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Westminster sexting and the honeytrap
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
William Wragg, the MP who found himself blackmailed by a person to whom he'd sent explicit photographs - last night resigned the Conservative party wh...
Will Labour just be another version of the Tories?
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It is a truth near-universally acknowledged (amongst pollsters at least) that Labour will be the largest party at the next election. But how would the...
Is Angela Rayner really in trouble?
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Police are re-examining claims Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner may have broken electoral law more than a decade ago by failing to pay a capital g...
Weekend Edition - The Sports Agents
06 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Sports Agents, your questions for Gabby & Mark on everything from Olympics predictions, to how the panel on Match of the Day is s...
Ian Hislop on Boris Johnson, Piers Morgan and political satire in the age of the absurd
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Hislop, editor of The Private Eye and team captain on Have I Got News For You sits down with Lewis for an extended conversation about political sa...
Why is David Cameron being reported to the ethics adviser?
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the early hours of Thursday morning Layla Moran - the only British MP of Palestinian heritage- received news she’d been longing to hear for month...
Why is the UK still selling arms to Israel?
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Prime Minister has called the Israeli Prime Minister's actions in Gaza 'increasingly intolerable' in a phone call with Netanyahu after the deaths ...
Why did JK Rowling want to be arrested?
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A new law has Police Scotland saying that they'd investigate every online hate crime. But what they've categorised as a hate crime has caused controve...
(Easter) Weekend Edition - The Sports Agents
30 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, The Sports Agents dug into why Arsenal are still in a league of their own when it comes to the commercial success of their Women's team, ho...
Q&A Special
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Your questions answered in a special Q&A edition of the podcast with Emily, Jon and Lewis.Editor: Tom HughesSocial Media Editor: Georgia FoxwellVi...
Is the world running out of babies?
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Forget everything you know about an exploding world population. The sad truth is, our birthrate is plummeting globally to the point where there soon w...
Is Rishi Sunak prepared to pick a fight with China?
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Once you have revealed that China is hacking British citizens on a major and global scale, the next question is - well, what are you going to do about...
The Moscow terror attacks: Are ISIS back?
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The bombing of a Moscow concert hall left at least 137 dead and even more wounded. The regrouped ISIS - now ISIS K- have claimed responsibility even t...
Owen Jones on why he's left the Labour Party
24 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Influential left-wing commentator Owen Jones is in News Agents HQ a day after he quit the Labour Party - despite being a member since he was 15 - on a...
The Sports Agents: Weekend Edition - The Sports Agents
23 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, The Sports Agents took a closer look at the state of Rugby Union, reflected on Nottingham Forest becoming the latest Premier League club to...
Kate Middleton reveals she has cancer
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At 6pm on Friday the Princess of Wales released a video statement. In it, she discusses her cancer diagnosis for the first time. She acknowledges the ...
Could the Reform party overtake the Tories?
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There's only one poll that counts and that's the actual election and that's not today. We know that, we get it, but the latest numbers from YouGov are...
Why is Thatcher back in fashion?
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret Thatcher has been out of power for thirty years but this week it's started to feel like she's back in the room. Rachel Reeves, shadow chancel...
How should the Royals respond to TikTok conspiracies?
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Even after Kate Middleton appeared IRL at a local Windsor farm shop, the Tiktok conspiracy theories continued. Was it really Kate? Was the photo stage...
Are the Tories really ready to replace Rishi Sunak?
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The weekend has been awash with talk of yet another leadership putsch. Is Penny Mordaunt on manoeuvres? Is Kemi Badenoch scheming? The answer is proba...
The Sports Agents: Weekend Edition - The Sports Agents
16 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, The Sports Agents were invited to the head offices of 'The Enhanced Games' to interview President Aron D'Souza - who wants to put on an Oly...
Sayeeda Warsi on her "arsonist" Tory colleagues
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
British politics has been dominated by race this week. The big picture is that certain ideas which would once have been unsayable are now commonplace ...
Do the Tories have any credibility on extremism?
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Gove has announced today that the government is redefining extremism. But given they've taken up to 15 million pounds worth of donations from ...
Has Rishi lost control of his party?
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The PM has belatedly conceded that the comments in which a Tory donor expressed his urge to 'shoot all black women' WAS actually racist. He's still no...
Another day, another Tory racism row
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Tory 'was it racist?' row centres a donor who's given the Conservatives more than ten million pounds. The Guardian scoop revealed comments he ...
Lee Anderson wants his country back
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lee Anderson has defected to the Reform Party, saying he’d done a lot of soul-searching on his political journey, and wants his country back. He had...
The Sports Agents: Weekend Edition
09 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The Sports Agents, a brand-new twice-weekly addition to The News Agents podcast family, hosted by Gabby Logan and Mark Chapman... This week...
EXCLUSIVE: The Telegraph and the "hypocrisy" of Andrew Neil
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There is fury surrounding a bid by the former head of CNN to buy The Telegraph and The Spectator due to the involvement of the Abu-Dhabi-backed RedBir...
Why are we paying for a cabinet minister's libel bill?
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Michelle Donelan is Rishi Sunak’s Science Secretary. She has accepted that she libelled an academic. That’s unusual. It’s even more unusual that...
Marjorie Taylor Greene tells Emily Maitlis to "F*** off"
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Chancellor of the Exchequer made a fat joke about the Leader of the Opposition on the floor of the House of Commons as he delivered his Spring Bud...
The worst Tory poll of all time
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Conservative Party have just received their worst polling results of all-time, with Ipsos now showing Tory support at just 20 points. It's the wor...
What's the strategy to make Trump president? Inside the MAGA bunker
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After everything that’s happened - the million plus deaths from Covid, the January 6th insurrection, the indictments, the law suits the debts and th...
The News Agents USA Special: Live from Richmond, Virginia: Trump on the campaign trail
03 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The News Agents: USA, on Global PlayerWe're in Richmond, Virginia for Donald Trump's last rally before he is almost certainly crowned the Republican c...
Starmer’s “Worst Nightmare”- Galloway wins in Rochdale
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
George Galloway has said that Keir Starmer’s woken up to his “worst nightmare”, after the former Labour MP won the Rochdale by-election by almos...
Is the Chancellor trying to nick Labour's policies?
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Right now the Treasury are flying more kites than you would see on top of Parliament Hill on a windy day. This comes ahead of next week’s budget - t...
Is it time for Rishi to boot out Liz 'deep state' Truss?
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liz Truss was doorstepped by the BBC in Westminster today and asked to explain why she'd been talking about the dangers of the 'deep state' at a Washi...
The Sports Agents - Coming 5th March
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gabby Logan and Mark Chapman, two of the UK’s best sports broadcasters, host a brand new twice-weekly podcast exploring the stories behind the sport...
What do the Tories really think about Lee Anderson?
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Scully, former Minister for London, has given his first extended interview to The News Agents since he talked about 'no-go' areas in Tower Hamlet...
Has the Tory party been taken over by 'right-wing nationalists'?
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Former Deputy Tory Chair Lee Anderson was suspended from the Conservative party this weekend after accusing the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan of 'giving...
Joe Lycett on raw sewage, Liz Truss and "woke" comedy
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Lycett is one of the biggest comedians in Britain today. He has also, over time, become more and more political. He’s had a new show on Channel ...
EXCLUSIVE: Could The Telegraph be bought by a political extremist?
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sir Paul Marshall is a Tory donor, hedge fund millionaire, co-owner of GB News and - according to his anonymous Twitter account - amplifier of far rig...
Is Kemi Badenoch telling the truth?
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Why did Kemi Badenoch accuse a whistleblower of lying - in a row over compensation payouts to Post office victims?And why isn't the Prime Minister pre...
Should Prince William be getting involved with Gaza?
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Prince William has expressed his deep concern about the terrible human cost of the middle east conflict and expressed his desire to see an end to the ...
Why can't the West stop Putin's killings?
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alexei Navalny's widow Yulia has laid the blame for her husband's murder directly with Putin. Few world leaders seem to disagree. There is much grave ...
Two more Tory wipeouts
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two more Labour wins in two more by-elections. Kingswood and Wellingborough were very safe Conservative seats, but now they've turned red. The C...
Recession: are we f***ed?
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The UK is in recession - which means the economy has been shrinking for most of the last year.What does that do to our standard of living? And what ar...
Is Labour's lead slipping away?
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the past 7 days Sir Keir Starmer has had to face down a leak over his big policy U-turn, a policy U-turn and the suspension of two Labour candidate...
Could the weirdest ever by-election be won by George Galloway?
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Keir Starmer insists he took "decisive action" by suspending the Rochdale candidate Azhar Ali from the Labour party. Should it have come quicker? How ...
Does the Labour Party still have an anti-Semitism problem?
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Keir Starmer has gone out of his way to break with his party's antisemitic past and to reshape the Labour parliamentary party. But this weekend, shado...
Mick Lynch on Starmer, strikes and a united Ireland
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When will strikes end - and are Labour the party to stop the constant drumroll of them?We're joined by the most charismatic man on the left of British...
Why is Starmer running scared of his own policies?
08 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The worst kept secret in politics was freed from its shackles today as Sir Keir Starmer confirmed Labour would drop their 28 billion pound spending pl...
Why is our Prime Minister making jokes about trans people?
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How has Rishi Sunak shown so little emotional intelligence that he ended up making his customary 'trans joke'?In the presence of the mother of a bruta...
PopCon: Inside the Liz Truss revolution
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liz Truss and her mates have been selling their version of popular conservatism in central London this morning. They were delighted to see Lewis at th...
How close are we really to a united Ireland?
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Northern Ireland's new first minister Michelle O'Neill has had her knuckles metaphorically rapped by the PM - who's warned politicians to "focus on th...
Why is it so dangerous to be an MP?
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Justice Minister and MP for Finchley and Golders Green, Mike Freer, announced he would be leaving politics this week, fearing for his and his family's...
Is the EU losing control of Europe?
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Paris is under siege. And this time, it's the farmers. But why?After weeks of tractors on the straße in Germany, France are hit by similar trouble. I...
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...