The Fourcast
Episodes
Will Tory culture wars actually help Labour?
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Are Labour and the Conservatives already prepping for the election? Both Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak are certainly behaving like they are. The Labo...
Has Natalie Elphicke defection actually harmed Labour?
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For the second time in a fortnight, the Conservatives have been dealt a jaw-dropping blow - another MP has defected. This time, it is Dover MP and rig...
Are election results worst of all worlds for Tories?
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Conservatives are facing their worst local election results in 40 years - and yet it looks like Rishi Sunak may cling on after Ben Houchen secured...
Ukraine Russia war: has the West got it all wrong?
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rishi Sunak has pledged he'll ramp up Britain's defence budget and announced a £500 million military aid package to Ukraine, in the same week a long-...
Mark Menzies: is UK politics full of scandal?
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Political Fourcast, another scandal hits the Tories - Mark Menzies MP loses the whip as the Conservative Party investigates claims th...
What impact will war in Gaza have on UK political parties?
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Political Fourcast - as war rumbles on in Gaza, we discuss how foreign policy affects domestic politics, and how the government’s d...
Will immigration determine the election and Sunak’s future?
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With Rwanda flights unlikely to take off before the summer, if ever, could Rishi Sunak find himself in the departure lounge before any asylum seeker? ...
Did Tory budget steal Labour policies - and May election rumblings
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Will we have a May General election? Will there be massive Conservative defeat in any Election that we do have this year? And what’s the economy got...
Israel-Hamas at war: Israel 'has lost the moral high ground', says NRC Secretary General, Jan Egeland
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the 110 days since the war started, over 25,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's offensive on Gaza, prompting the charity Oxfam to describ...
Israel-Hamas at war: Palestine’s Ambassador to the UK
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A four day temporary cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas has been extended by two days, and brings a glimmer of relief and hope to Palestini...
Israel-Hamas at war: Israel's Ambassador to the UK
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Pressure on Israel to pause fighting and allow humanitarian aid into Gaza is growing, with leaders around the world including President Biden calling ...
Israel / Gaza conflict: Day 4
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Fourcast, our correspondents are on the ground with the very latest on the war between Israel and Hamas, as Israelis shelter fr...
Israel / Gaza news special
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As Israel declares a ‘complete siege’ of Gaza, and the death toll in Israel continues to rise, we bring you the latest from the region, with Matt ...
Why Ukraine isn't joining Nato
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
At the Nato summit this week, the star attraction was President Zelenskyy of Ukraine. But while he knew he was among friends - and allies were keen to...
The Mediterranean migrant crisis: the people drowning as Europe pushes them away
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The story of the sinking of the Titan submersible dominated news headlines. Five people killed underwater. That same week, our international correspon...
Mutiny in Moscow: why it’s not all over for Vladimir Putin
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This hasn’t been the greatest week for Russia President, Vladimir Putin in two decades of power in the Kremlin. A mutinous band of mercenaries, that...
A journey through hell: walking the migrant route through the Darién gap
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Darién gap is a stretch of land between Colombia and Panama, an unavoidable section of the route from South America to Central America that thous...
Inside the village divided over asylum seekers
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In March this year, the owner of a hotel in the Leicestershire village of Kegworth signed an exclusive contract with the Home Office to use his hotel ...
Thucydides Trap: are America and China destined for war?
26 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This past week, the G7 - the group of the world’s richest democracies - gathered in Japan to discuss Ukraine, Russia, global affairs, and their incr...
When will Ukraine strike-back at Russia?
19 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For weeks now, the world has been waiting for Ukraine to launch their spring counter offensive against Russia. But how much longer will we wait? Or ha...
How fentanyl is becoming the deadliest drug ever
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Fentanyl is killing at least seventy thousand Americans a year. It’s a synthetic drug, it’s up to 50 times more powerful than heroin and 100 times...
King Charles III Coronation: made-up rituals and fake history
05 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
70 years on from the last Coronation, when Britain was still an empire and hardly anyone had a TV - what does Charles the Third’s crowning say about...