PoliticsJOE Podcast

Sadiq Khan marked ten years in City Hall this May, and Ava joined the Mayor of London to walk back through a decade running Britain's capital.

Sadiq's time in charge has been far from smooth. From Conservative administrations to conspiracy theories, the Mayor of London has fought against opposition from all angles to get his agenda through.

During the chat, Sadiq speaks about the pockets of offline and online opposition to his leadership of the city, and how he pushes back against those who want to do London down.
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Laura reflects on her journey to Central London last Saturday for the Unite the Kingdom rally, fronted by Stephen Yaxley-Lennon aka Tommy Robinson. She breaks down the faces seen on the ground, the ideology, fragmented as it was, of the attendees, and key takeaways from the day.
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Jeevun Sandher is a Labour MP and economist, and swung by the studio to speak to us about the economy, Labour and Keir Starmer's woes, and how to turn around the government's fortunes.

For Sandher, affordability is key. He breaks down key issues he saw on the doorstep from 2015 until today, and how both real and imagined threats have mobilised the country around a far-right alternative in Reform UK. He explains how a drop in living standards has led to Brits up and down the land turning away from parties like Labour and turning towards Farage and his politics of blame and division.

The MP explains how the Labour Party need to re-employ a politics of hope, and plan to change the economic situation of millions of Brits up and down the land, if they are to have any chance of beating the right at the next election.
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Ava and Andy sit down to break down Keir Starmer's first PMQs back from recess as his own MPs circle and call for him to resign. Will he make it to another PMQs session?

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Ava and Andy take to the PolJOE sofa to unpack last week's chaos, from Wes Streeting's sustained meddling to Mayor Burnham's prospects in the upcoming Makerfield by-election.

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