Nish Kumar

Next week, we have the amazing Ash Sarkar in the studio with us to discuss her new book, Minority Rule Adventures in the Culture War. So if you have any questions for her, drop us a line. Ash is probably one of the only people who has boiled the piss of more Daily Mail readers than me. So that's something to look forward to.

Next week, we have the amazing Ash Sarkar in the studio with us to discuss her new book, Minority Rule Adventures in the Culture War. So if you have any questions for her, drop us a line. Ash is probably one of the only people who has boiled the piss of more Daily Mail readers than me. So that's something to look forward to.

I'm on there as well. Are you on there? Yeah, it's just my profile picture is a picture of me with my head in my hands on the Channel 4 election night coverage.

I'm on there as well. Are you on there? Yeah, it's just my profile picture is a picture of me with my head in my hands on the Channel 4 election night coverage.

I'm not following anyone, currently. Yeah, yeah, yeah, sure. I actually need to engage with Blue Skies.

I'm not following anyone, currently. Yeah, yeah, yeah, sure. I actually need to engage with Blue Skies.

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The executive producers are Anushka Sharma, Tanya Hines and Madeleine Herringer with additional support from Ari Schwartz and Katie Long.

And I'm Nish Kumar. Today, it seems our young people have lost faith in democracy. A poll this week found that 52% of them would favour an authoritarian government. It's scary stuff.

And I'm Nish Kumar. Today, it seems our young people have lost faith in democracy. A poll this week found that 52% of them would favour an authoritarian government. It's scary stuff.

Well, look, we thought it was prime time to get inside the heads of these people. We're joined by a very special guest who found himself sucked into the alt-right wormhole that came out the other side. We'll be speaking with YouTuber Jimmy the Giant.

Well, look, we thought it was prime time to get inside the heads of these people. We're joined by a very special guest who found himself sucked into the alt-right wormhole that came out the other side. We'll be speaking with YouTuber Jimmy the Giant.

That's the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, laying out her latest plans for cutting down on government spending and kickstarting growth. So how are they going to do it? In an op-ed in The Times on Tuesday, Keir Starmer wrote, we'll cut the weeds of regulation and let growth bloom, which is very poetic. But what does it mean?

That's the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, laying out her latest plans for cutting down on government spending and kickstarting growth. So how are they going to do it? In an op-ed in The Times on Tuesday, Keir Starmer wrote, we'll cut the weeds of regulation and let growth bloom, which is very poetic. But what does it mean?

Reeves has announced subsequently that she plans to streamline environmental obligations, calling the example of the HS2 BAT tunnel, that cost £100 million, an example of regulation going wrong. They're going to limit legal challenges and the number of people who can veto projects and particularly infrastructure projects and streamline consultation that would otherwise drown builders.

Reeves has announced subsequently that she plans to streamline environmental obligations, calling the example of the HS2 BAT tunnel, that cost £100 million, an example of regulation going wrong. They're going to limit legal challenges and the number of people who can veto projects and particularly infrastructure projects and streamline consultation that would otherwise drown builders.