Politics.co.uk editor Ian Dunt is joined by Italian freelance journalist Francesco Zaffarano and Miriam Sorace, LSE fellow in EU Politics at the European Institute, to discuss the Italian Five Star Movement (Movimento Cinque Stelle) and how the populist party came to be.

3: The Politics.co.uk Podcast - the Five Star Movement

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Politics.co.uk editor Ian Dunt is joined by Steve Rolles , senior policy analyst at Transform, and Kirstie Dous, head of legal services at Release, to discuss all you need to know about the medicinal uses of cannabis.

9: The Politics.co.uk Podcast - the medicinal uses of cannabis

Politics.co.uk editor Ian Dunt is joined by Dr Ruth Fletcher, Senior Lecturer in Medical Law at Queen Mary University, and Lisa Hallgarten, Policy Manager at Brook, to discuss abortion laws in Northern Ireland.

7: The Politics.co.uk Podcast - abortion laws in Northern Ireland

Politics.co.uk editor Ian Dunt is joined by James Rodgers, international journalism lecturer, author and former BBC Moscow correspondent, and Jamie Bartlett, journalist and author of "The People Vs Tech", to discuss Russia's modern information warfare tactics.

6: The Politics.co.uk Podcast - Russian infowars

Politics.co.uk editor Ian Dunt is joined by Alexandra Wunswich, director of Unlock Democracy, and Matt Singh, founder of Number Cruncher Analytics, to discuss whether trialling voter ID at polling stations was actually a good idea.

3: The Politics.co.uk Podcast - the Five Star Movement

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