A Hard Place - Podcast

After skipping the last General Election when their then leader Marlene Hassan stood down, socialist Nick Calamaro and the party’s leader tells Dominique Searle this is more than a pressure group and he will lead the party into the next General Election. What if he wins enough seats to make a difference? Thanks for reading A Hard Place! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work....

Dominique is joined by Andrew Mackinlay as we discuss the challenges Europe faces as Trump sets the agenda and UK’s Labour falling into the leadership challenge trap. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit searledom.substack.com

I speak with William Chislett Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute. William covered Spain’s transition to democracy for The Times of London between 1975 and 1978. He was then based in Mexico City for the Financial Times between 1978 and 1984. He returned to Madrid on a permanent basis in 1986 and since then, among other things, has written more than 20 books on various countri...

I am joined by Andrew Mackinlay who gives us an insight into just how far Harold Wilson feared the UK security services were after him, Pedro Sanchez, Spain’s premier welcomes Gibraltar’s Chief Minister Fabian Picardo’s GSLP socialists into Socialist International.. and the gaming industry hit by a cash hungry Chancellor . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subs...

Andrew Mackinlay joins me to discuss politics in the UK, this week’s Joint Ministerial Council of the British Overseas Territories and whether we need Governors in these territories. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit searledom.substack.com

I have known Giles Tremlett from my years as a journalist as far back as the 1990s when I was Editor of the Gibraltar Chronicle and stinger for The Times and Reuters. Always a highly regarded Madrid correspondent, his books are both informative and a very good read. Giles is a British historian, author, and journalist born in 1962 in Plymouth, England. He is based in Madrid, Spain, and has lived t...

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit searledom.substack.com