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Election Special: Is it change or die for Labour?
08 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The morning after elections, political parties send their leaders out to areas where they outperformed expectations to try and sell a narrative about ...
SPECIAL REPORT: An election like no other in Birmingham
07 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It’s polling day in elections across Great Britain. Labour is braced for a battering, at the hands of insurgent forces on every side. Birmingham is ...
Inside Premier League's 'best run' football club - The Sports Agents
07 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Brighton are known as one of football's best run clubs with a seemingly constant yearly profit margin above £100 million... and today they have offic...
Money, lies and death: London's criminal underworld with Patrick Radden Keefe
06 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of Pain and Say Nothing, is back asking questions of those in power. His new best-seller investigates the myste...
Does Donald Trump remember who started the war in Iran?
05 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump launched "Project Freedom" over the bank holiday weekend - a "humanitarian gesture", aimed at guaranteeing the safe passage of ships thro...
Why has Nigel Farage taken £5m from a crypto billionaire?
01 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the last weeks, the funding of the Reform party has attracted more and more attention. This is a party which tells us they are heading to Downing s...
How Trump's failed war in Iran screwed Britain
30 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Bank of England Monetary Policy Report might sound like a dry and dusty economic report - and often it is - but today's made for truly shocking re...
How Vincent Kompany made Bayern better - The Sports Agents
30 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
PSG and Bayern Munich put on one the greatest displays of football in the history of the game on Tuesday night and Vincent Kompany has coached his sid...
Has antisemitism become a national emergency?
29 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Two men stabbed in broad daylight in Golders Green this morning became the latest victims of what Kemi Badenoch has called a national emergency of ant...
Will Starmer's body count prove fatal for his premiership?
28 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Morgan McSweeney was called before MPs to explain HIS version of how Mandelson was hired: was he just finding a great job for a mate? Why hadn’t he ...
What will the King's visit really achieve with Trump?
27 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Trump has praised King Charles for pressing on with his US state visit in the wake of Saturday night's shooting, calling him ‘brave’. The Presiden...
How liberals lost the fight
24 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In a world of increasing extremes, Liberalism itself has come to be an insult. From 'metropolitan liberal elites' to 'bleeding heart liberals' the lib...
Seb Coe | Door open for Russia's return, 'Enhanced Games' threat & Man Utd's new stadium - The Sports Agents
23 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
After Liam Rosenior was sacked just 106 days into his 6-year-deal, life-long Chelsea fan & President of World Athletics, Lord Seb Coe joins Gabby ...
Has the cabinet given up on Keir Starmer?
23 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Is Keir Starmer a passenger and not a driver in his own government? At the end of a week of crisis management - with a sacked official spilling the be...
Has Starmer become the problem he promised to fix?
22 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Keir Starmer came to power promising to clean up politics and end the games at the top of Westminster. Yet this week has brought another sacking, link...
How does Keir Starmer recover from the Olly Robbins bombshell?
21 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Olly Robbins - the foreign office top civil servant fired by Keir Starmer on Thursday - gave his version of events today. He described an atmosphere o...
Starmer was told to vet Mandelson first. So why didn’t he?
20 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Keir Starmer is still pleading his case before MPs. Should he have been told about the failed Mandelson vetting by Olly Robbins? Should he have asked?...
Did Keir Starmer “lie, lie and lie again" over Mandelson?
17 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
That's the charge from Tory leader Kemi Badenoch, who has called on the Prime Minister to resign today.The Guardian reported last night that Starmer a...
Did the Pope just call Trump a tyrant?
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Pope didn’t mention Trump by name. But speaking to a large congregation on his trip to Cameroon he warned that the world was being "ravaged by t...
Have PSG exposed the Premier League? - The Sports Agents
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
After Liverpool became the SIXTH English club to fall victim to Luis Enrique's all-conquering PSG in the Champions League - does their unique blend of...
Social media ban for kids: Why is Starmer stalling?
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
MPs are voting again on a social media ban for U16s today - but the government has only committed to a consultation on the move so as it stands it's u...
Will the US and China go to war over Iran?
14 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today, the United States has imposed a blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, with JD Vance describing Iran’s earlier actions in the war as "economic ter...
Did Trump just kill off Europe's most powerful populist?
13 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Victor Orban has held Hungary in his iron grip for the best part of two decades. He became known as the godfather of populism, overseeing democratic b...
Everything Trump doesn't understand about Iran
10 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The US/Iran war is now 45 or so days old. There has been much analysis, counter analysis, fire and brimstone about its causes, its effects and its aim...
Will a McIlroy Masters repeat help Golf move on from Tiger? - The Sports Agents
09 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rory McIlroy returns to Augusta looking to be the 4th man in history to retain the green jacket. His Masters dinner was reportedly the 'most expensive...
Is Israel already sabotaging the ceasefire?
09 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Did Israel ever sign up to Trump's ceasefire? Did Trump ever ask Netanyahu about Lebanon? The relentless bombing of the south of the country - strikes...
Has Trump just capitulated to Iran?
08 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We start with the good news - Iran wasn’t obliterated last night as Trump had threatened this time yesterday. So that’s positive. And an 11th hour...
Trump: “A whole civilisation will die tonight“
07 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It’s becoming increasingly hard to distinguish between mad rant and nuclear threat these days. Trump has gone off again and whilst this time he was ...
Aden Durde: How a Londoner cracked the NFL - The Sports Agents
03 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Aden Durde became the first British-born coach to win a Super Bowl when the Seattle Seahawks masterminded a dominant display in California in February...
Q&A: Trump's tantrum, the Midterms and Lewis getting the sh*t kicked out of him
02 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It's been another dizzying week of news and, as we head into Easter, Jon and Lewis stocked up on chocolate and headed into the studio for a special Q&...
Don’t mourn for NATO, it’s already dead
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Trump warned his EU allies yesterday he wouldn’t forget their cowardice and refusal to help his Iran war. Today he went full throttle and said he wa...
Should the King tell Trump to P*ss Off?
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
“GO GET YOUR OWN OIL!"Just as Donald Trump woke up to begin his latest Truth Social assault on his European allies, berating UK and France for not h...
Is Trump about to put boots on the ground in Iran?
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A week ago President Trump was promising peace with Iran. This week he looks set to land marines on Kharg island - with a threat to obliterate it and ...
Special Report: Why MAGA hates Britain
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
CPAC is the biggest event in the MAGA calendar. Last year, it was a triumphant celebration of the total victory of the America First project. Donald T...
Are football's new 'Ultras' a force for good? - The Sports Agents
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The fan phenomenon of ‘Ultras’ has taken Scotland by storm… TIFO’s, flares and&nbs...
How Trump lost control of the Iran war
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump has urged Iran to “get serious” about reaching an agreement before i...
McSweeney's missing Mandelson messages
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Met police took the unusual step of publishing a full transcript of a phone call that took place last October between Keir starmers chief of staff...
Are Trump's friends getting filthy rich on his “peace deal“?
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
"Unusual activity" was observed on the main US stock market just fifteen minutes before Donald Trump went public with the sudden and unexpected news t...
Has Trump invented his peace deal with Iran?
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It's a funny old world when you have to check with Iran’s state TV before you know if the US president is telling the truth. In a post early this mo...
The case for Trump's war in Iran
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It can be hard to decipher the reasons behind the US-Israeli decision to strike Iran. With a flurry of hyperbolic - often contradictory - statements f...
How Morocco snatched Senegal's AFCON crown - The Sports Agents
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It has been like the longest VAR ruling in history… the match finished two months ago, the Africa Cup of Nations trophy was presented, the considera...
Is Iran winning the war?
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Looking and sounding rather like a frat boy emerging from a hazing, Pete Hegseth arrived blinking, bombastic and victorious into his press conference ...
Why do the Conservatives have a problem with Muslims praying in public?
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Timothy is the Conservative shadow justice secretary. This week, he took issue with Muslims gathering in Trafalgar Square to celebrate the last w...
Has Trump lost it?
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump's Oval Office ramblings are nothing new. But last night was off the scale. He thrashed out at allies. Castigated his friends. Contradicte...
Is Starmer ending his abusive relationship with Trump?
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Last night, President Trump told reporters on Air Force One that he was "demanding" allies provided back up in the Strait of Hormuz and send ships to ...
Keir Starmer: Britain’s passive Prime Minister?
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Just over a year ago, Lewis spoke to Gabriel Pogrund and Patrick Maguire, co-authors of the authoritative account of Keir Starmer's rise to power 'Get...
Sophie De Goede: crowdfunding to become World Rugby Player of the Year - The Sports Agents
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Playing in front of a record 80,000 fans at Twickenham, captaining your country in a World Cup final and winning World Rugby’s Player of the Year…...
How bad are the Mandelson files for Keir Starmer?
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The release of the Mandelson files revealed that Keir Starmer pushed on with appointing Peter Mandelson at US ambassador despite warnings over his lin...
Is Iran beating Trump in his own war?
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Trump has made it clear he thinks it’s time to end the war with Iran. There’s only one problem: Iran is not so sure it wants to. By using cheap, f...
Is Trump running scared of his own war?
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In a zig-zagging, confused and at times weirdly low energy press conference from President Donald Trump last night, a remarkably new tone was struck o...
Is Trump blowing up the world economy - as well as Iran?
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
For a Prime Minister obsessed with driving down the cost of living, the ongoing conflict in the Middle East is shaping up to be something of a nightma...
Live Q&A: Iran, Trump, and 'no d*ck energy'
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jon and Lewis are back to mark the end of a momentous week in geopolitics with a special live Q&A taking your questions.When will we know if the c...
From 18 months to live, to Paralympic dream: Team GB's Davy Zyw - The Sports Agents
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When the Winter Paralympics get underway this weekend in Italy history will be made. Davy Zyw was diagnosed with motor neurone disease at the age of 3...
Has Starmer lost control of his cabinet over Trump and Iran?
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Much of the coverage of the Iran conflict this week has been trying to understand the British government’s position on America’s strikes. On Frida...
Is Starmer ready to take on Trump?
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Trump is furious with Starmer over his delay in granting the US access to UK bases as part of their military operation against Iran . He's called the ...
Has Trump just ended the 'Special Relationship'?
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
You might think, just days into a major conflict in the Middle East, that Donald Trump and Keir Starmer would be speaking regularly, supporting each o...
Is the UK at war with Iran or not?
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Keir Starmer has agreed to a US request to use British military bases for "defensive" strikes on Iranian missile sites. But the Prime Minister said th...
Special Episode: Trump kills Iran's leader - what happens next?
01 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Iranian state television confirmed this morning that the country's supreme leader had been killed by joint US-Israeli strikes. President Trump address...
Have the Greens just replaced Reform as Labour's main threat?
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
For all Labour's insistence that the Gorton and Denton by-election was a straight fight between them and Reform - the Greens demonstrated in Greater M...
Are World Cup fans in danger after Mexico cartel violence? - The Sports Agents
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The recent killing of Mexican drug lord ‘El Mencho’ has caused unrest and cartel violence across the country. Guadalajara - one of Mexico’s host...
The Royal Family: Abolish, reform or carry on?
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Royal family is no stranger to headlines, scandal and existential crisis. But with the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the mood has shifted ...
Mandelson vs the Met: What the hell just happened?
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In a dramatic statement to MPs this morning, Commons speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle revealed that he had felt "duty-bound" to report to the police what he ...
Mandelson arrested: Will Starmer pay the price?
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Late yesterday afternoon Peter Mandelson was led from his London house by two plain clothes police officers with very visible body cameras into an unm...
Has Trump just been humiliated by his own judges?
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Trump is not a happy bunny. It all started on Friday when the Supreme Court declared his tariffs - the backbone of his economic policy - illegal. By t...
How did Epstein make his money?
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The tentacles of Epstein’s billionaire paedophile ring crossed continents, age, political persuasion and profession. That much is all clear from the...
Is Russia's ban from world sport over? - The Sports Agents
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Russian and Belarusian athletes will be allowed to represent their countries at the upcoming Winter Paralympics. For the first time since 2014, since ...
The arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A man in his sixties has been arrested in Norfolk. The mundanity of the police statement belies the monumental significance of what just happened. The...
Introducing: Up To Speed
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
News Agents listeners, we've got a new podcast we think you'll love.Step inside sport’s greatest soap opera, Formula One, with a brand-new podcast U...
Why didn’t the BBC ask Prince William about Andrew?
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Prince William gave an interview to BBC Radio 1 to talk about men’s mental health and the importance of speaking out. It’s a vital topic - and it ...
Did the Met Police cover up for Andrew Mountbatten Windsor?
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today we have an exclusive investigation into the relationship between the Metropolitan Police Royal Protection officers and the royals they served. D...
Why was a Labour campaign group spying on journalists?
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Prime Minister has called for an investigation by the Cabinet Office into the campaign group Labour Together which helped get him into power. The ...
Auld Enemy & Grand Slam Stakes: can Scotland stop England? - The Sports Agents
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What a week we’ve had here on The Sports Agents, from penis-gate, to Winter Olympics heartbreak and Premier League managers getting sacked.This week...
Natalie Fleet MP: Her grooming story and how she fought back
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It has been a dizzying week in UK politics since the publication of the latest of the Epstein files, and the revelations of his links to Westminster. ...
Has racism been normalised in the immigration debate?
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Ratcliffe, the part owner of Manchester United, multi-billionaire and Monaco based non dom, has taken the government to task for allowing immigran...
Why does Keir Starmer keep promoting the friends of paedos?
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Keir Starmer came away from a bruising Prime Minister's Questions encounter having to explain why he appeared to make the same mistake twice. No soone...
How did the coup against Keir Starmer go wrong?
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What was the moment of maximum jeopardy for the Prime Minister on Monday? And how did he turn it around? Was there more than one plotter? And what bro...
Is Labour turning on Keir Starmer?
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Another head spinning day in Westminster. Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar called on Starmer to stand down as Prime Minister, saying "the distractio...
How the government became a student loan shark
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine a loan where the Government sets the terms. It can change the terms at any time, and you have no recourse to alter them yourself.A loan design...
From carpet burn on the Scottish dry slopes to Winter Olympics gold? - The Sports Agents
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Winter Olympics are here! What sport are we all going to pretend to be an expert at? Curling maybe? Today Gabby and Mark are joined by one of Grea...
Can Keir Starmer save himself from the Mandelson scandal?
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Keir Starmer apologised this morning for appointing Peter Mandelson as Britain's ambassador to the US. He said he should never have believed "the lies...
Could the Mandelson scandal bring down Keir Starmer?
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Keir Starmer says Peter Mandelson "lied repeatedly" about the extent of his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, and said that he regrets appointing the...
Did Peter Mandelson betray Britain to impress Jeffrey Epstein?
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Things are moving at quite a pace these days, but at the time of writing Peter Mandelson has relinquished his peerage and the Prime Minister has asked...
Could Peter Mandelson end up in jail?
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Mandelson has resigned from the Labour party and insists he "doesn’t recall" receiving tens of thousands of pounds from Jeffrey Epstein but ha...
Is British politics just ungovernable?
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Keir Starmer is historically unpopular. When he entered Downing Street, his approval rating stood around +10%. Now? The Prime Minister languishes arou...
Content is king but at what cost to player privacy? - The Sports Agents
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
You’ve likely seen the viral video of Coco Gauff smashing her racket in a corridor at the Australian Open. She tried to go somewhere without cameras...
Is Trump about to rig the midterm elections?
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The election offices of Fulton County were raided by FBI agents yesterday morning. Fulton, in the state of Georgia, was at the heart of Donald Trump's...
Why does Kemi Badenoch want an even smaller Tory party?
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Kemi Badenoch has told her party not to get in her way as she steers it further to the Right. Is this the correct assessment of what the Conservatives...
Has Trump lost the battle for Minneapolis?
27 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump's tone on Minneapolis has changed in the last 24 hours. He’s now having conciliatory meetings and phone calls with State Governor Tim W...
Is Reform UK becoming a Tory party retirement home?
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman has renounced the party that gave her power, and defected to Reform. She's telling us today that Britain is bro...
Special Report: Surveillance and snatch squads in Trump's new America
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In Minneapolis right now, there are more ICE and border patrol agents than there are police officers. The national guard - the army - is on standby to...
Brand Beckham & Osaka's Jellyfish - has sport ever been so fashionable? - The Sports Agents
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone’s been talking about the Beckhams and Naomi Osaka this week. Hard to believe a family feud and a jellyfish outfit at the Australian Open ha...
Dictators, Invaders and Trump's motley crew on the Board of Peace
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Originally intended to be a small group overseeing a ceasefire in Gaza, Trump's Board of Peace has evolved into something much bigger. Apparently "a l...
Trump's Greenland shakedown: 'Say no and we will remember'
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump took to the stage at Davos to take the military invasion of Greenland off the table, cue sighs of relief from European leaders and NATO.B...
A year of Trump: terror, territory and tariffs
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We bring you a special report today of the 'dark flights' that are deporting hundreds of people - the vast majority of them here legally - in shackles...
Special Episode: Trump, ICE and cruelty on the streets of Minneapolis
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Emily and Lewis report from Minneapolis which has become the dark heart of President Trump's ICE agent immigration crackdown. We patrol the streets wi...
Introducing: Explosive Lies
18 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Here's a new podcast you might like - this is episode 1 of Explosive Lies. All episodes are available now on Global Player, or search for 'Explosive L...
The man the BBC censored for calling Trump corrupt
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Just a few months ago, historian and author Rutger Bregman found himself at the centre of a very British controversy. He had been asked to deliver a B...
AFCON Final: what's the impact of the diaspora? - The Sports Agents
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts Morocco face Senegal in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final on Sunday. At this AFCON almost 40% of players were born outside Africa, like th...
Kemi puts the knife in first: Has sacking Jenrick made her stronger?
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The politician who once complained of not seeing enough "white faces" in Birmingham probably had a very white one himself this morning.Robert Jenrick'...
Is ICE acting like America's 'Gestapo'?
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The images coming out of Minneapolis since the killing of Renee Good are nothing short of dystopian. Day after day, Minnesotans dragged from their veh...