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The News Agents

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Last Checked: 2025-12-09 23:23:58.712516
Showing episodes 801 to 900 of 988 total

Elon Musk and the man who wants to take on Trump

25 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We'll be looking at sex, lies and Downing Street later in this episode with a writer who worked in N...

Partygate: Boris Johnson breaks the rules (again)

24 May 2023

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Does it matter if Boris Johnson broke more Covid rules by inviting guests to his country home, Chequ...

How Johnson's government pressured the Premier League into the Saudi takeover

23 May 2023

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Celebrations at Newcastle United as they qualify for the Champions League. It's a success story for ...

Speedy Suella: How long can she last?

22 May 2023

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Did Home Secretary Suella Braverman break the ministerial code by asking civil servants to help her ...

Why can't politicians just say sorry?

19 May 2023

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When Matt Hancock visited News Agents HQ yesterday, he repeatedly refused to answer questions about ...

Exclusive: Matt Hancock on NatCon, Covid, WhatsApps and “being human”

18 May 2023

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Matt Hancock, this afternoon, walked into The News Agents bunker for the first time. In this full, u...

Why is Liz Truss provoking China?

17 May 2023

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The MP for South West Norfolk has made a speech in Taiwan urging the UK Government to treat China as...

NatCon: fruitcakes, fringe, or future of the Tory Party?

16 May 2023

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Today we take you behind the scenes at Nat Con: the Conservative-ish conference taking place in Lond...

Alastair Campbell on war, w**kers and winning elections

15 May 2023

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A warning: explicit language from the very start of the episode. Alastair Campbell meets the The New...

Ukraine: a war without end?

12 May 2023

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It's Eurovision weekend. But the biggest party in Europe will not take place in Ukraine -last year’...

Met corruption and Britain’s biggest unsolved crime

11 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel Morgan, a young private investigator, was murdered in a carpark in 1987. His killer has never...

President Trump: Sexual abuser

10 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Is America prepared to elect a president found to have sexually abused a woman in a department store...

Will the Tories move even further to the right?

09 May 2023

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Forget those apocalyptic predictions of a thousand lost Conservative council seats. In the end the l...

Elections 2023: Are the Tories doomed?

05 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The results are in. And it was a complete drubbing for Rishi Sunak’s Tories. His first big elector...

The US Ambassador on Biden, Harry and Meghan & Sunak vs Truss

04 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

America's First Lady has just flown in for the King's coronation - without her husband the President...

Suella's new powers to curb protest

03 May 2023

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New laws to curb the power of protest have been pushed through parliament - just days before the Co...

Will the real Keir Starmer please stand up

02 May 2023

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Keir Starmer has admitted the Labour party will 'move on' from his original commitment to abandon tu...

Richard Sharp resigns: The Boris loan and the BBC

28 Apr 2023

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Richard Sharp - the embattled, embroiled BBC Chairman has resigned after a report by The Commissione...

Why is it becoming harder for you to vote?

27 Apr 2023

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For the first time ever, voter ID will be required at the polling stations next week for the May loc...

The rental crisis - no end in sight?

26 Apr 2023

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The renting crisis in Britain is unsustainable. More than sixty percent of private renters faced a r...

Prince Harry V Rupert Murdoch

25 Apr 2023

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As Prince Harry brings his case against the News Group Newspapers (Murdoch) at the High Court, his l...

The Brits trapped in Sudan's warzone

24 Apr 2023

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Stay indoors!We continue to advise all British nationals in Sudan to stay indoors wherever possible....

Raab Resigns

21 Apr 2023

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Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab has resigned. The inquiry into whether he bullied staff has final...

Queen Camilla's son on The News Agents

20 Apr 2023

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Tom Parker Bowles is a food writer and critic with strong views on coronation chicken, UK farming an...

Fox News Lies - and Murdoch pays millions

19 Apr 2023

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This is your midweek episode of Succession. Because Rupert Murdoch - aka Logan Roy - has shelled ou...

SNP - it's getting worse

18 Apr 2023

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Another high profile arrest in the SNP. This time, Party Treasurer Colin Beattie - who was called in...

Is horse racing becoming the new bullfighting?

17 Apr 2023

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Animal Rights Protestors are being blamed for the death of a racehorse at the Grand National this we...

Abortion in America: Illegal by stealth?

14 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

If you thought the overturning of Roe v Wade- the constitutional right to an abortion in the United ...

Liz Truss, the deep state and China

13 Apr 2023

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China's President Xi Jinping has told his troops they should be ready for real combat. So now we are...

"I’m Joe Biden and I’m Irish"

12 Apr 2023

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We've been told off-record that Joe Biden might be Irish. Obviously, unattributable. So keep it unde...

Are Labour's attack ads 'gutter politics'?

11 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Labour’s Easter weekend attack ads about the Conservatives and Rishi Sunak specifically have been ...

Why are the police searching Nicola Sturgeon's house?

06 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

There are two questions that accompany any political scandal. What did you know and when did you kno...

The People v Donald Trump - Part 2: Trump in the Dock

05 Apr 2023

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When we left you Trump was on the cusp of entering the Manhattan criminal court as an arrested man. ...

The People v Donald Trump - Part 1

04 Apr 2023

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Donald Trump will today become the first US president to appear in court on criminal charges. He arr...

Child grooming, 'political correctness' and dog whistle politics

03 Apr 2023

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Rishi Sunak has pledged to end the 'political correctness' that stops police arresting child sex abu...

Is Donald Trump going to jail?

31 Mar 2023

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For the first time in American history a former president has been indicted (charged) with a crimina...

Britain's Rotten Meat Scandal

30 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ten years on from the horse meat crisis, a new scandal has engulfed almost the entire food retail se...

The Government's Ship Idea

29 Mar 2023

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THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS TO BE HOUSED ON LUXURY CRUISE SHIP screamed the headline in the Daily Express....

Will Corbyn get his revenge?

28 Mar 2023

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Jeremy Corbyn will not be allowed to stand for Labour at the next election. That’s despite the fac...

Led by Bibi, Led by Humza & Led By Donkeys

27 Mar 2023

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More mass protests in the streets- this time in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and the rest of Israel.Millions ...

Why is Paris burning?

24 Mar 2023

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In this special episode of The News Agents, Lewis travels to Paris to find out why the City of Light...

Our billionaire PM and his £1 million tax bill

23 Mar 2023

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Keir Starmer spent the morning in Stoke-on-Trent. Not WOKE-on-Trent, as one hilarious Tory Red-wall-...

Boris Johnson Swears He's Telling the Truth

22 Mar 2023

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Boris Johnson told the parliamentary inquiry that he HAD misled parliament, but he hadn't meant to. ...

The (sexist, racist, homophobic) Met Police

21 Mar 2023

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The Met Police - so says the explosive Casey Review released today - is a bullying boys club in whic...

Can Boris Johnson defend the indefensible?

20 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Boris Johnson has submitted evidence to the Privileges Committee which will be judging whether he se...

Is the SNP falling apart?

17 Mar 2023

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After nearly a decade of stability spearheaded by Nicola Sturgeon, why do the SNP look like they're ...

Jeremy Hunt on junior doctors, Brexit and his Budget

16 Mar 2023

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The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt finished his early morning media round and then came for a coffee with th...

The Budget: Will the rich get richer?

15 Mar 2023

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Today's bombshell rabbit (to mix a metaphor) was the Chancellor's promise to abolish the lifetime al...

Suella's asylum plan - why dozens of Tory MPs aren't backing it.

14 Mar 2023

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Last night more than forty Conservative MPs refused to back Suella's new plan for immigration. One- ...

The BBC vs. Lineker: They think it’s all over ... it isn’t

13 Mar 2023

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Gary Lineker will be back on air this weekend. And BBC Director General Tim Davie has apologised to ...

The BBC takes Gary Lineker off air

10 Mar 2023

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The BBC have told Gary Lineker he won't be presenting Match of the Day on Saturday night. Emily, Jon...

Will Macron block Rishi's small boats plan?

09 Mar 2023

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The coveted Crimes against the English Language award goes to Penny Mordaunt today for mangling almo...

Should Gary Lineker be free to speak his mind?

08 Mar 2023

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Gary Lineker has responded to the furore surrounding his tweet on the government's asylum policy wit...

Is Suella prepared to break international law?

07 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Tories have produced - at last count - over forty different failed policies to stop channel cros...

The Johnson Family Honours List

06 Mar 2023

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Is Boris Johnson’s dad going to receive a knighthood? Is anyone else in the Johnson family? We spe...

Isabel Oakeshott: Why I did it

03 Mar 2023

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We talk to the woman who has started a war with Matt Hancock- journalist Isabel Oakeshott. He was he...

Will we ever escape Boris Johnson?

02 Mar 2023

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Boris Johnson is back. But then again, he never really went away. In a speech today at a soft power ...

Inside Matt Hancock's WhatsApps

01 Mar 2023

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The Telegraph have released a slew of Matt Hancock's Whatsapp messages from when he was Health Secre...

Has Rishi sunk Boris?

28 Feb 2023

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We said yesterday that Rishi Sunak had taken a massive gamble announcing a new deal for Northern Ire...

Sunak's gamble

27 Feb 2023

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For Northern Ireland Protocol, now read Windsor Framework. A beaming Rishi Sunak and European Commis...

Bernie Sanders on Biden, Corbyn, and billionaires

24 Feb 2023

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U.S. Senator, Chair of the Budget Committee and TikTok sensation Bernie Sanders joins Lewis and Jon ...

Let Them Eat Turnips

23 Feb 2023

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The environment and food secretary has suggested that - faced with a tomato shortage - people should...

Shamima Begum: should we forgive the IS bride?

22 Feb 2023

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Most fifteen year olds do stupid things. Rarely do they join a terrorist organisation in Syria. But ...

Putin, the Protocol and the Press

21 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

There is too much news today. Frankly. Putin tried to convince a domestic audience that NATO started...

What is Boris Johnson up to?

20 Feb 2023

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Boris Johnson has been slapped down by a senior Conservative for his interventions on Rishi Sunak's ...

Is the Union bouncing back?

17 Feb 2023

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Rishi Sunak has been in Belfast, hoping he can be the Prime Minister to finally answer the question ...

Nicola Bulley: Have the police said too much?

16 Feb 2023

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Lancashire Police have come under-fire for the revelations they made overnight about the missing mot...

Sturgeon resigns

15 Feb 2023

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Sturgeon is stepping down as Scotland's First Minister. Jeremy Corbyn is banned from standing as a L...

Gender Identity, Children and the NHS

14 Feb 2023

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The only NHS service in England to offer gender identity services to children announced it would be ...

Why is Joe Biden shooting down UFOs?

13 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the airspace, another one gets shot down. What are...

Is it now too expensive to have kids?

10 Feb 2023

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Childcare in Britain is broken and yet it is almost never talked about. Why? In this episode, Lewis ...

Turkey-Syria earthquakes: How do we aid people under authoritarian regimes?

09 Feb 2023

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Authoritarian regimes in both Syria and Turkey make a devastating situation even more complicated. H...

Zelenskyy wants wings: Will Rishi grant his request for fighter jets?

08 Feb 2023

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With a mere couple of hours notice that Ukraine's President Zelensky was in town, The News Agents dr...

High Drama, Low Politics: James Norton joins the cast

07 Feb 2023

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Rishi Sunak has had his first proper reshuffle (excluding the one he did as soon as he started).What...

All (Dis) Quiet on the Westminster Front

06 Feb 2023

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Liz Truss is back. And oh. So are those pauses. She tells Spectator TV she do...

Jeremy Corbyn on strikes, Starmer and anti-Semitism

03 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jeremy Corbyn’s time as Labour leader was one of the most extraordinary periods of modern politics...

The Return of Liz Truss?!

02 Feb 2023

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Little birdies have told The News Agents we can shortly expect Liz Truss to re-emerge onto the polit...

Full-on, dirty political gossip

01 Feb 2023

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A Labour MP has put the cat amongst the pigeons by calling Israel's government 'fascist' in the Hous...

Is the UK regretting Brexit?

31 Jan 2023

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Brexit is three years old. And like a raging toddler after a missed lunchtime nap it's kicking and s...

Are the Tories suffering from 'Long Boris'?

30 Jan 2023

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New polls show more bad news for Rishi Sunak less than a day after his decisive action to sack his m...

Nicola Sturgeon on Gender, Starmer and Prince Harry

27 Jan 2023

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We travel to Edinburgh and Holyrood, the home of the Scottish Parliament, and sit down in a meeting ...

Is Britain becoming irrelevant?

26 Jan 2023

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The News Agents are on Nadhim-watch. Alas there have been no actual sightings of him this week, but ...

Is the job too big for Rishi Sunak?

25 Jan 2023

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In Prime Minister's Questions this afternoon, Leader of the Opposition Keir Starmer landed the blow ...

Is Sunak too weak to sack Zahawi?

24 Jan 2023

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Nadhim Zahawi’s tax affairs are now becoming a problem for Rishi Sunak. The PM has asked for a ful...

Are the Tories running the BBC?

23 Jan 2023

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The BBC's mantra is that impartiality - and the perception of impartiality - must be at its core. Ye...

Degrees, Debt, Despair: uni students in 2023

20 Jan 2023

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In our 100th episode, are students the forgotten part of our society? They're facing the cost of liv...

Sir Keir Starmer on Brexit, the Met Police and "being a lad"

19 Jan 2023

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Up an icy cold Swiss mountain, Sir Keir Starmer talked exclusively and at length to The News Agents....

Brexit home truths at Davos

18 Jan 2023

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Emily and Jon are in the Swiss mountain village of Davos. Luckily, for them, they're in the same mou...

The Union and Gender politics collide

17 Jan 2023

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Two of the big conflicts which define British politics- the culture war and the war for the Union, h...

Suella, The Home Office and the Holocaust survivor

16 Jan 2023

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It's quite a thing to pick a fight with a Holocaust survivor. But this weekend, The Home Office aske...

Is Labour shifting on Brexit?

13 Jan 2023

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It's been said for years that Labour have been too scared to touch the political lightning rod of Br...

Northern Ireland: Brexit's biggest headache

12 Jan 2023

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Keir Starmer is heading to Belfast and believes his party can help unlock the stalemate there. What ...

Partygate: The Hangover

11 Jan 2023

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If you thought it was safe to go back to The Twiglets - hang fire. New revelations about what Boris ...

Rishi Sunak Goes Private (Jet)

10 Jan 2023

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Do we mind if our Conservative prime minister takes a private jet (to Leeds), if has a private GP, i...

Armando Iannucci on the prince, politicians and being a 'spare'

09 Jan 2023

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The creator of The Thick of It, Veep and Alan Partridge Armando Iannucci joins us to talk about the ...

What's Harry's endgame?

06 Jan 2023

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Prince Harry has taken aim at the Palace in his new memoir ‘Spare’. Is the institution of the mo...

Starmer, strikes and Shapps

05 Jan 2023

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Keir Starmer says you can’t legislate your way out of a dispute with new laws against strikes. But...

Channel 4 Privatisation is OFF: The Scoop

04 Jan 2023

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A letter sent from Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was intercepted ...

The collapse of the NHS

03 Jan 2023

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For months - maybe years - we've talked about the NHS being at breaking point. 'On the brink'. 'On t...

2022 in review, Part II: The King, 3 PMs and a failed president

28 Dec 2022

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Emily, Jon and Lewis review 2022; at home and abroad. You know about the prime ministers and the mon...