The News Agents

Has Rishi Sunak 'got Brexit done' today?

31 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been four years since we formally left the EU - and its been eight years of trying to square an impossible circle. How do you keep Brexiteers ...

Who are the “Evil Plotters” trying to destroy Rishi Sunak?

30 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Last weekend the Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch made clear - in her trademark no nonsense style - that she wished all those trying to plot against a...

This week on The News Agents USA: Could Taylor Swift swing the US election?

30 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Emily and Jon host a weekly US politics podcast in the run-up to the 2024 US presidential election; giving you everything you need to know about the w...

Why is everyone starting to talk about World War III?

29 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Telegraph editor began the morning by asking how ‘everyday British life would change in a global conflict’. Trump has already called it for WW...

Why has America started to gas its convicts?

26 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Alabama has executed convicted murderer Kenneth Eugene Smith with nitrogen gas, the first time this method of capital punishment has been used anywher...

Will conscription ever happen in the UK?

25 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The head of the army - General Sir Patrick Sanders - has said the UK needs to train and equip a citizen army to be on the front door for any future wa...

Has the government really ‘captured’ the BBC?

24 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The week started with Lucy Frazer, the Culture Secretary calling out the BBC for bias and a failure of impartiality. She struggled to give many exampl...

Will Israel get its hostages home?

23 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today we hear from Ziv, who was at the Nova music festival and saw her friends die. Her boyfriend is a hostage. And from Eli whose 18 year old daughte...

Are British institutions really too 'woke'?

22 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

PSA: If you want all the latest on the departure Ron de Santis and the Republican Presidential primary race we have a full bonus episode for you on Th...

The dangers of 2024 and how to manage them - with Britain’s oldest foreign secretary

19 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

2024 is still young but from Gaza to Ukraine to Pakistan, somewhere new is seemingly pulled into the mire of geopolitical clashes what seems like ever...

Rishi, Coffey, Kigali and...Count Binface

18 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Rishi won his Rwanda bill as the rebels all but melted away. But how much of a victory is it - and can he convince the Lords to leave it alone? The fo...

Have the Tories stopped caring about the rule of law?

17 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After a couple of dramatic resignations last night from Tory rebels, the government appears fairly confident it CAN get it's Rwanda bill through the c...

Is Rishi Sunak about to sack Lee Anderson over Rwanda rebellion?

16 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

60 Tory rebels are currently off signing amendments to Rishi Sunak's Rwanda bill including - checks notes - his two deputy chairmen who are on the gov...

This week on The News Agents USA: Donald Trump dominates in Iowa: is the Republican race already over?

16 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Emily and Jon host a weekly US politics podcast in the run-up to the 2024 US presidential election; giving you everything you need to know about the w...

Has Rishi's party decided he's no good?

15 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A mystery is afoot: in a critical week for the Government's Rwanda policy - with a looming Commons vote in 24 hours - a YouGov poll has emerged which ...

Is Israel committing genocide in Gaza?

12 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The war in Gaza has escalated. The UK, US and allies have attacked Houthi militia in Yemen, who themselves have been attacking Western shipping routes...

Can Nikki Haley stop Donald Trump?

11 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Christie - the only Republican candidate to publically call out Trump’s flaws - has pulled out of the presidential race. Does his departure o...

Post Office scandal: Why has justice taken two decades?

10 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The wrongly convicted Post Office victims have waited up to twenty years to have their prosecutions cancelled. Today, in one swift sentence, the Prime...

Sex Tape Allegations on Epstein's island: will we ever learn the truth?

09 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

One of Jeffrey Epstein's alleged trafficking victims has stood by her claim that sex tapes exist of Prince Andrew and Bill Clinton on Little St James ...

This week on The News Agents USA: The 2024 US election: the starting gun is fired

09 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Emily and Jon host a weekly US politics podcast; giving you everything you need to know about the world of US politics and how it affects you.Episodes...

The Post Office Scandal: who’s to blame for Britain’s greatest miscarriage of justice?

08 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Why are more than 700 postmasters still trying to clear their names and access even the most basic compensation more than two decades after they were ...

Ukraine and Gaza: when will the wars end?

05 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What's next for Ukraine and Russia? For Israel and Gaza? As tensions expand and inflame in the vital trading channel of the Red Sea and Russia continu...

Sunak sets the election date (sort of)

04 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Prime Minister has pretty much ruled out a May election. He said today that he is "working on the assumption" that the General Election will be in...

When will Sunak call the election?

03 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It's 2024. (Almost certainly) election year. Parties are in election mode and the pressure is on the PM to demystify when he will call the public to t...

2023 In Review: Part Two

29 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In part two of their end of year review, Jon, Emily and Lewis look back on the news from the months of July to December.Editor: Tom HughesSenior Produ...

2023 In Review: Part One

27 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In part one of their end of year review, Jon, Emily and Lewis look back on the news from the months of January to June.Editor: Tom HughesSenior Produc...

Christmas Q&A Special!

25 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Your questions answered in a (very merry) Christmas Q&A special with Jon, Emily and Lewis.Editor: Tom HughesSenior Producer: Gabriel RadusProducer...

2024: democracy's biggest year

22 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

75% of democracies in the world go to the polls next year. It's a year of enormous significance - not just for the US and for the UK, but for massive ...

Has Macron given in to racists?

21 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Macron relents to the far-right and introduces tough immigration laws into multicultural France. What does this mean for the right-wing Marine Le Pen'...

Will the courts stop Trump from running?

20 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Supreme Court of Colorado has used an arcane section of the 14th Amendment of the US constitution to disqualify Donald Trump from standing for pre...

Wes Streeting: The NHS is not the envy of the world

19 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Wes Streeting is hoping to become the first Labour Health Secretary in 14 years. How honest is he prepared to be about what the health service needs a...

Michelle Mone: Is it too easy for the rich and famous to lie to the public?

18 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What did Michelle Mone mean when she said all she’d done was “lie to the press“ after she threatened journalists with lawsuits if they dared to ...

The News Agents Investigates: The Rise of the Far Right

17 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Far Right are growing in strength, power and number across Europe and beyond. In election after election extremist forces are becoming bigger and ...

High Court: Piers Morgan knew about phone hacking

15 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Prince Harry won, the press lost. In a landmark court verdict, a high court judge on Friday ruled that phone hacking and other unlawful practices to o...

Does Putin think he's about to win the war?

14 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Vladimir Putin’s “Results of the Year “ was a marathon televised chat show where for 4+ hours he answered none of the questions the Russian publ...

Does anyone care what Gary Lineker tweets?

13 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The incoming chair of the BBC, Samir Shah, has suggested that Gary Lineker may have breached BBC guidelines with his 'ad hominem attacks' on two Conse...

This week on The News Agents USA: Anti-Semitism and academic freedom: what’s happening on US college campuses?

13 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Emily and Jon host a weekly US politics podcast; giving you everything you need to know about the world of US politics and how it affects you.Episodes...

How has Sunak got himself into this mess over Rwanda?

12 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Rishi Sunak faces a crucial vote tonight in the Commons over his new Rwanda bill. It's not proving to be an easy week with his party split over whethe...

Is the Tory right about to kill Rishi's Rwanda bill?

11 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Rishi Sunak is in a dark room in Paddington talking about the decisions he made as Chancellor to the covid inquiry. Meanwhile, various huddles of Tory...

Delusional, scandalous and snobbish: Tory PMs according to John Bercow

08 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In an extended interview, Lewis Goodall speaks with the former speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow.They discuss his difficult relationships w...

Is Rwanda about to bring Rishi Sunak down?

07 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

An impromptu Prime Minister's press conference this morning raised more questions than it answered. Rishi Sunak was responding to the resignation of I...

Boris Johnson: the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth

06 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Boris Johnson’s appearance before the Covid Inquiry always had the feeling of the end of season pre-Xmas finale. It began with protests from the ber...

Will you have to be rich to marry a foreigner under the new immigration rules?

05 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Home Secretary will bring in tough new rules to curb legal migration next Spring. Workers will be required to earn nearly forty thousand pounds to...

This week on The News Agents USA: What will a second Trump term actually look like for America?

05 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Emily and Jon host a weekly US politics podcast; giving you everything you need to know about the world of US politics and how it affects you.Episodes...

Why is Rishi Sunak less popular than Liz Truss?

04 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Conservative Party has lost half a million voters since their October party conference - according to a brand-new poll of polls. They suggest Rish...

Matt Hancock takes the stand

01 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Hancock has had his moment in the Covid Inquiry's sun. In characteristic form, he's been an appropriate mix of quoteworthy, weird and often both....

2008, Alistair Darling, and the day the world changed forever

30 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On 15 September 2008 the world changed forever. The collapse of Lehman Brothers Bank heralded the financial crash and the worst recession in 60 years....

Does it matter who owns our news?

29 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With The Telegraph newspaper up for sale we are asking a wider question about who owns our news. Does it matter if foreign parties have a stake ? Does...

Why has Rishi snubbed the Greeks?

28 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Rishi Sunak has cancelled a meeting with the visiting Greek PM. Downing Street says it was because he raised the issue of the return of the Elgin Marb...

This week on The News Agents USA: Sean Spicer: Trump's Press Secretary on Trump, truth and 2024

28 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Emily and Jon host a weekly US politics podcast; giving you everything you need to know about the world of US politics and how it affects you.Episodes...

Why are the Tories arguing over immigration?

27 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Net migration is at an all-time high. Almost three times higher - ironically - than before the Brexit vote. If everyone agrees it’s unsustainable th...

Olivia Colman on domestic violence, paparazzi and The Crown

26 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Oscar-winning and BAFTA-winning actress Olivia Colman joins The News Agents in a rare broadcast interview to talk about her work: on screen, and off-s...

Hostages in Gaza, riots in Ireland and (election) shockwaves in the Netherlands

24 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As Israel and Hamas exchange hostages for prisoners, the worst riots in decades break out on the streets of Dublin (at the egging on of one Conor McGr...

Is worrying about public service cuts “left wing"?

23 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A quick trip to Downing Street for The News Agents today and an interview with the Chancellor fresh from his Autumn Statement. How does he explain tho...

Is Jeremy Hunt really cutting our taxes?

22 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The government is running out of chances to change the course of politics. Today’s Autumn Statement was one of them. It was billed by PM Rishi Sunak...

Is the Covid Inquiry coming for Rishi Sunak?

21 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the past couple of days, the Covid Inquiry has seen the two most powerful scientists in the country during the height of the pandemic - Professor C...

This week on The News Agents USA: Why is Joe Biden haemorrhaging support from young voters?

21 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Emily and Jon host a weekly US politics podcast; giving you everything you need to know about the world of US politics and how it affects you.Episodes...

Is the 'Suellafication' of the Tory party over?

20 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What should the government do if the Supreme Court calls their policy unlawful? Simples. Just change the law.It’s not the Christmas cracker joke ans...

Sir Keir Starmer on Cameron, a Gaza ceasefire and Rwanda

17 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lewis travels up to Aberdeenshire to speak exclusively - and at length- to the Leader of the Opposition - Sir Keir Starmer after the mother of all Bri...

Has Labour's rebellion weakened Keir Starmer?

16 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jess Philips - one of the 8 frontbenchers who voted against the Labour whip last night - gives her first interview to us since resigning last night fr...

Is the illegal Rwanda plan dead for good?

15 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Within minutes of the Supreme Court ruling - that the government’s Rwanda scheme was ’unlawful’.Deputy chairman Lee Anderson was out of the trap...

This week on The News Agents USA: Are Republicans changing their stance on abortion?

15 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Emily and Jon host a weekly US politics podcast; giving you everything you need to know about the world of US politics and how it affects you.Episodes...

One cabinet, two prime ministers

14 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Who is in charge of cabinet now, with two prime ministers sitting around the table? And are they aligned on domestic, as well as foreign policy? One d...

Cameron in, Suella out

13 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

By 9am this morning, Suella began her own lifestyle choice of homelessness - sacked as Home Secretary. But the big news was still to come. David Came...

USA Special: Dispatch from the Deep South - is the US about to give Trump a second chance?

11 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Emily reports from Georgia, the eye of the Donald Trump legal storm, where he was caught on tape trying to get an election official to 'find' him more...

Who does Suella really speak for?

10 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Suella Braverman is (still) the Home Secretary.That's despite ongoing calls from within her own party for the Prime Minister to sack her for comments ...

Is Suella trying to get the sack?

09 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Suella Braverman is in trouble- again. It's almost like she invites it. This time she's written a piece for The Times which is being slammed as i...

How Putin is betting everything on Trump

08 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Fiona Hill is one of the most powerful British people of the 21st century but the chances are you haven’t even heard of her. She’s advised three p...

The King’s Speech and Suella’s disappearing tents

07 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today we examine what was in the King's Speech - and what was left out. Suella's controversial "lifestyle choice" tents for the homeless were dropped....

Why is Trump beating Biden in the polls?

06 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

There are tremors amongst Democrats today - and the makings of a victory lap for Trump fans - after polling one year out from a Presidential election ...

Is there hope for peace in the Middle East?

03 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In an extended interview, Jon speaks to Layla Moran, the only MP with Palestinian heritage and the Lib Dem MP for West Oxford and Abingdon.She talks a...

Covid inquiry: Was Matt Hancock "playing God”?

02 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Did former Health Secretary Matt Hancock think the best person to decide who should live and die during the pandemic was... Matt Hancock? That was the...

Are the police getting the protests right?

01 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How should the police be responding to the government’s call to arrest more people on "hate marches" (sic Suella). Do laws need to change? Do specif...

The Covid Inquiry: F***pigs, morons and c***s

31 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

So, three guesses whose WhatsApps gave us our episode title today. That’s right, Dominic Cummings was up in front of the Covid inquiry where we were...

This week on The News Agents USA: America’s most conservative senator: The Exclusive

31 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Emily and Jon host a weekly US politics podcast; giving you everything you need to know about the world of US politics and how it affects you.Episodes...

What is Israel’s endgame?

30 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Israel began a prolonged ground invasion in northern Gaza this weekend, it continued targeted airstrikes in the region and temporarily cut off communi...

Your questions answered: a listener special

27 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Is Suella Braverman nailed on to be the next Tory leader?Will Donald Trump win the presidency from a prison cell?And...when are The News Agents going ...

What is Netanyahu's next move?

26 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Last night - after Israel's Prime Minister addressed the nation - the troops went into Gaza. It was a raid that paved the way for what Netanyahu promi...

Why is pressure mounting on Keir Starmer to call for a ceasefire?

25 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Labour Muslim MPs have had a long meeting with leader Keir Starmer in which they expressed their discontent with their leader for not explicitly calli...

A year of Rishi - can he keep the Tories in power?

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Rishi Sunak’s premiership is almost one year old. Is this where the Tory party wants to be 12 months out from an election? Can a party that’s been...

This week on The News Agents USA: Is Liz Cheney coming for Donald Trump?

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Emily and Jon host a weekly US politics podcast; giving you everything you need to know about the world of US politics and how it affects you.Episodes...

Should it be a crime to shout "jihad"?

23 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Should it be a crime to shout "jihad" on the streets of London during a protest to support Palestinian rights? The Home Secretary had a meeting with M...

Are the Tories heading for extinction?

20 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Two massive by-election losses in Tory heartland. Are Rishi Sunak's hopes of holding onto his premiership next year in tatters?They may still win Tamw...

The rise and fall of a crypto billionaire

19 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Just one day after the US president Joe Biden, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is on the ground in Israel pleading for the lives of British hostages and fa...

The misinformation of war

18 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A deadly inhumane attack on a Gazan hospital by Israeli forces killing hundreds. Or, a failed rocket by Palestinian Islamic Jihad, aimed at Israel, la...

Can there ever be peace in the Middle East?

17 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Israeli military has denied that there is a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, but there are now reports of people drinking toilet water to survive.So w...

This week on The News Agents USA: Is Biden going to Israel a bad idea?

17 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Emily and Jon host a weekly US politics podcast; giving you everything you need to know about the world of US politics and how it affects you.Episodes...

The UK politics of Israel-Palestine

16 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Over the weekend, Palestinian flags flooded central London as thousands marched for 'Free Palestine'. But has legitimate support for the rights of Pal...

Is Israel about to commit war crimes?

13 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Israeli officials have told Gazan citizens to leave the north and head south ahead of a potential ground invasion - retaliating after a week of war cr...

How does Israel get its hostages back?

12 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

There are an estimated 150 hostages in Gaza - all ages, all nationalities, some taken from their beds as they slept. How does Israel even begin to con...

How far will Israel go in response to Hamas terrorism?

11 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Keir Starmer was asked live on LBC how far he'd be prepared to see Israel go in response to Hamas.Would he support a blockade? A siege of Gaza? And th...

Starmer's speech: has he done enough to win a majority?

10 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The News Agents at the Labour Party Conference: Day 2If Sir Keir Starmer was looking for a bit of sparkle today in his Leader's speech he shouldn’t ...

This week on The News Agents USA: A power vacuum in Washington and chaos in the Middle East

10 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Emily and Jon host a weekly podcast; giving you everything you need to know about the world of US politics and how it affects you.Episodes are availab...

War in Israel, and an interview with Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves

09 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The News Agents at the Labour Party Conference: Day 1The Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves joins The News Agents following her speech in Liverpool.We di...

Rishi Sunak’s Great British Train Robbery

06 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the biggest story of the past week - a flagship, important, party conference week for the Prime Minister, he announced the scrapping of the biggest...

Sunak suffers a Tory backlash - but what will Labour do next?

05 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Tory conference is over, but the next one - Labour - looms large. What will Sir Keir Starmer do with the new look rail plans? Will they resurrect ...

Sunak's speech: Has he cost himself the next election?

04 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Rishi Sunak was on his feet in a speech that was frankly too long. It ripped up HS2 and replaced it with a nebulous Northern Network pledge. It promis...

This week on The News Agents USA: MCCARTHY SACKED: Why is the Republican Party eating itself alive?

04 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Emily and Jon host a weekly podcast; giving you everything you need to know about the world of US politics and how it affects you.Episodes are availab...

The Radicalisation of the Conservative Party

03 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The News Agents at the Conservative Party Conference: Day 2What does Conservatism look like in 2023? At their party conference in Manchester this year...

One year on: Are the Tories still Liz Truss' party?

02 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The News Agents at the Conservative Party Conference: Day 1The queue to see the former PM stretched right the way through the Midland Hotel in Manches...