Political Thinking with Nick Robinson Episodes Episode guide
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The Maro Itoje One
The England rugby player on racism, Black Lives Matter, statues and finding middle ground
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The Mark Sedwill One
The former Cabinet Secretary on handling crises and speaking frankly to the PM
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The Mark Regev One
Israel's former ambassador to the UK on arguing his case and reasons for optimism
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The Mark Drakeford One
Wales's First Minister on tackling the virus, working with Boris & digging the allotment
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The Luciana Berger One
The Independent MP on leaving Labour, facing anti-Semitism and forging a new politics
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The Liz Truss's Big Gamble One
A bonus episode. Nick discovers the inside story of the UK's shortest ever premiership
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The Liz Truss One - Revisited
Nick Robinson revisits his interview with the prime minister, Liz Truss, from July 2018.
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The Liz Truss One
The Chief Secretary on 'freedom fighting', negotiating Brexit & love of British cheese
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The Liz Truss Foreign Secretary One - Revisited
Nick Robinson revisits his interview with Liz Truss from December 2021
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The Liz Truss Foreign Secretary One
The Foreign Secretary on threats abroad, Mrs Thatcher and Christmas parties
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The Lisa Nandy One
The Labour leadership candidate on political stock, reviving towns and a love of Britney
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The Lindsay Hoyle One
The new Speaker on how he'll be different from his predecessor and roll call of pets
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The Len McCluskey One
The Unite leader on why he wouldn't weep if Tony Blair left Labour and his favourite poem
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The Len McCluskey Election Special One
The Unite General Secretary on Hartlepool, Starmer鈥檚 鈥榝ailure鈥� and football
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The Layla Moran One
The LibDem MP on liberalism, localism, fat-shaming and the politics of sexuality
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The Laura Pidcock One
The Labour frontbencher talks class politics, friends and enemies, and the commentariat
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The Kwasi Kwarteng One
The new Business Secretary on deregulation, his 鈥楽unday鈥� name, and views of Empire
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The Ken Clarke One
The Father of the House on the politics of discord and whether he still wants the top job
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The Kemi Badenoch One
The Equalities Minister on racial inequality and loving Mrs Thatcher
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The Keir Starmer Opposition Leader One
The Labour leader on family matters and what he thinks of Boris
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The Keir Starmer One
His youthful attacks on 'reformist passivity' and how he let burglars steal his TV
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The Katharine Birbalsingh One
The Chair of the Social Mobility Commission on conservative values, schools & smartphones
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The Kate Green One
The Shadow Education Secretary on abolishing Eton and reforming the honours system.
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The Kate Forbes One
The Scottish Finance Secretary on her faith and another referendum
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The Kate Bingham One
The former head of the Vaccine Taskforce on finding a vaccine
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The Justine Greening One
The former cabinet minister on resigning, the class ceiling and another referendum.
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The Justin Welby One
The Archbishop of Canterbury explains why he gets involved in politics
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The Jonathan Sumption One
The former Supreme Court justice on being a libertarian and why lockdown is 'despotic'
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The Jonathan Reynolds One
The Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary on Labour, autism and Sunderland FC
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The Jonathan Ashworth One
The Shadow Health Secretary on his Dad's alcoholism and his fears over Brexit