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121: Bye-bye Boris

121: Bye-bye Boris

In this podcast, The Critic's deputy editor, Graham Stewart, talks to the magazine's parliamentary sketchwriter, Rob Hut... Read more

7 Jul 2022

23mins

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120: Tribes of Westminster: Steve Baker MP, Christian Libertarian

120: Tribes of Westminster: Steve Baker MP, Christian Libertarian

The Tribes of Westminster is a new monthly podcast co-produced by the Critic and the New Social Covenant Unit, seeking t... Read more

14 Jun 2022

35mins

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119: The not-so-beautiful game

119: The not-so-beautiful game

In the June 2022 issue of The Critic, Nick Timothy wrote that football needed to “search its conscience”, regarding the ... Read more

3 Jun 2022

25mins

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118: In conversation with Laura Dodsworth

118: In conversation with Laura Dodsworth

Olivia Hartley and Laura Dodsworth discuss Laura's article for the May 2022 issue of The Critic, "The false euphoria of ... Read more

18 May 2022

33mins

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117: What would Boris do if he had to resign?

117: What would Boris do if he had to resign?

Most ex-Prime Ministers struggle with life after Downing Street. But would Boris bounce back and, if so, in what role? I... Read more

7 May 2022

26mins

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116: New Labour, new danger?

116: New Labour, new danger?

Historian of the Labour movement Anthony Broxton talks to Critic online editor Sebastian Milbank to mark 25 years since ... Read more

1 May 2022

49mins

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115: In Sparta: How Brexit happened

115: In Sparta: How Brexit happened

Three years ago the UK had been due to leave the EU. But on the same day, 28 MPs voted against Theresa May's EU Withdraw... Read more

29 Mar 2022

40mins

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114: Is NATO to blame for the war in Ukraine?

114: Is NATO to blame for the war in Ukraine?

Journalist, author and Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens joins Professor Adrian Pabst, Deputy Director of the Nati... Read more

3 Mar 2022

53mins

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113: Remembering Richard Shepherd

113: Remembering Richard Shepherd

Sir Richard Shepherd, for 35 years an independently minded Conservative MP, died last month. How should he be remembered... Read more

2 Mar 2022

19mins

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112: Ukraine special

112: Ukraine special

Online Editor Sebastian Milbank hosts a special Critic Podcast special reacting to Russian's invasion of the Ukraine. He... Read more

25 Feb 2022

45mins

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