Sadiq Khan - LIVE

The Mayor of London is on top form in this special episode recorded at the Edinburgh Festival. 

What's his analysis of Labour's first year in power?

Will Sadiq and Trump meet during the State Visit?

If so, where in London will Sadiq take him..?

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January

28 Birmingham Glee Club

29 Dorking Halls

30 Northampton Royal and Derngate Theatre

February

5 Lancaster Grand Theatre

6 Brighton Corn Exchange

12 Tunbridge Wells Theatre

14 London Bloomsbury Theatre

18 Faversham The Alex

19 Maidstone Hazlitt Theatre

20 Milton Keynes The Stables

26 Canterbury The Gulbenkian

27 Bridport Electric Palace

March

1 Guildford Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

3 Buxton Opera House

4 Shrewsbury Theatre Severn

5 Isle of Wight Shanklin Theatre

6 Paignton Palace Theatre

19 Leicester Y Theatre

20 Durham Gala Theatre

25 Sunderland Fire Station

26 Alnwick Playhouse

27 Barnard Castle The Witham

April

9 Winchester Theatre Royal

15 Worcester Huntingdon Hall

16 Swansea Taliesin Arts Centre

17 Monmouth Savoy Theatre

18 London Bloomsbury Theatre

22 Cheltenham Town Hall

23 Bath Komedia

24 Swindon Arts Centre

26 Salford Lowry

28 Leeds City Varieties

29 Lincoln New Theatre Royal

30 Chorley Theatre

May

1 Chester Playhouse

7 Norwich Playhouse

8 Oxford Northwall Arts Centre

13 Plymouth Quad Theatre

14 Launceston Town Hall

15 Exeter Northcott

20 Stamford Corn Exchange

21 Chelmsford Theatre

22 Bury St Edmunds The Apex

27 Lowestoft Marina Theatre

29 Maidenhead Norden Farm

31 Nottingham Theatre Royal

June

4 Coventry Warwick Arts Centre

5 Cambridge Junction

6 Sheffield Steamworks

9 Liverpool Everyman Theatre

10 Chipping Norton Theatre

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Joanna Cherry - LIVE

This is a corker. 

Joanna Cherry doesn't hold back on what it was like to be inside the SNP, but outside the Sturgeon clique. 

Following the publication of the former First Minister's memoir, Joanna gives a comprehensive analysis of the failings of the last few years. 

This is absolutely compelling from the very first second.

Oh, and it also includes some quality music chat. 

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21 August: Kirsty Wark

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Ian Murray - LIVE

This is an absolute hoot.

For years Ian Murray was the only Labour MP in Scotland. Now he's in the Cabinet as Secretary of State. 

He takes us inside Labour's first year and tells some cracking stories along the way including meeting Donald Trump off his plane when he recently visited Turnberry.

It's a classic. 

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13 August: Joanna Cherry

17 August: Sadiq Khan

21 August: Kirsty Wark

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James Cleverly - REPLAY

James Cleverly is back on the Conservative Party Frontbench.

Back in 2018 he'd just been made Deputy Chairman of the Tory Party.

He's on top form in this riotous hour.  

He would go on to be, among other things, Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary, before standing for the leadership in 2024. 

Hear where it all began...

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7 August: Ian Murray

13 August: Joanna Cherry

15 August: Sadiq Khan

21 August: Kirsty Wark

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Ed Miliband - REPLAY

Ed Miliband is one of the most powerful politicians in the country.

But in 2018 he was in a very different place.

Three years after his emotional resignation as leader, he was rebuilding his political career in the middle of the Corbyn era. 

This is a fascinating interview from The Political Party back catalogue. 

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7 August: Ian Murray

13 August: Joanna Cherry

15 August: Sadiq Khan

21 August: Kirsty Wark

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Oliver Coppard

Oliver has been the Labour Mayor for South Yorkshire since 2022. It's an area at the centre of many of our biggest political discussions. 

Health is his big priority, but does he have the powers he needs to create real change and how would he measure it?

This is an entertaining, engaging hour with a young politician whose Jewish heritage has meant he's not always had the easiest relationship with his own party. 

He's led a fascinating life... but what are the experiences that were formative in his politics?

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14 July: Michael Gove

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7 August: Ian Murray

13 August: Joanna Cherry

15 August: Sadiq Khan

21 August: Kirsty Wark

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Michael Gove - LIVE

One of the most transformational and impactful Cabinet ministers of recent years is on top form as he reminisces about his biggest moments. 

What was going through his mind at that press conference the morning after the Brexit referendum?

How did Boris react when he changed his mind about backing him?

How did he end up throwing shapes in an Aberdeen nightclub?

Michael also gives his take on Reform and Nigel Farage. How worried should we be about him becoming Prime Minister?

This is an outrageous and incisive interview with a phenomenal political brain. 

COME AND SEE THE POLITICAL PARTY AT THE EDINBURGH FRINGE:

7 August: Ian Murray

13 August: Joanna Cherry

15 August: Sadiq Khan

21 August: Kirsty Wark

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Louise Haigh - LIVE

Recorded live at the Crossed Wires festival in Sheffield, Louise Haigh reflects on Labour's first year in power.

Louise is on top form and has a unique perspective, having served in Cabinet and now sitting on the backbenches. 

How did the government get itself in a mess over welfare?

Where can Labour improve?

Plus why Louise got pepper sprayed... 

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14 July: Michael Gove

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7 August: Ian Murray

13 August: Joanna Cherry

21 August: Kirsty Wark

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Sonia Kumar

Sonia has been an MP for almost a year and has used her platform to lead the first ever Parliamentary debate on incontinence. 

It's a subject very close to Matt's bladder and Sonia tells him how her career as a physiotherapist led her to raising it as an issue and standing for Parliament in the first place.

Plus Sonia explains her position on assisted dying and gives the most compelling reason for visiting Dudley you are ever going to hear. 

Book your train tickets now!

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6 July: Andy Burnham (in Sheffield)

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14 July: Michael Gove

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Mims Davies

Prepare to be blown away.

Mims has had to deal with so many astonishing life events. Not only that, she's handled them with remarkable humour.

What made her a Conservative? Why didn't she think party membership was for people like her?

How do the Tories stave off the threat from Reform and assert their dominance as the party of the right?

Mims shares her incredible life story, with a bit of politics mixed in . 

COME AND SEE THE POLITICAL PARTY LIVE!

 6 July: Andy Burnham (in Sheffield)

https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/events/crossed-wires-presents-the-political-party-with-guest-andy-burnham

14 July: Michael Gove

https://nimaxtheatres.com/shows/the-political-party-with-matt-forde/

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