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As another round of strikes loom, a GP joins The New European podcast to lay bare the scale of the problems facing healthcare workers and to answer the big question: Is a quality, free-to-all National Health Service still possible? Plus: Liz Truss on the comeback trail, Ann Widdecombe goes too far and Nigel Farage sees the light. With Steve Anglesey, Eleanor Longman-Rood and Matt Withers. Producer...

Why did Greece try to jail Sara Mardini, one of the real-life heroes who inspired Netflix hit The Swimmers? The New European's Suna Erdem explains all. And what does the Nadhim Zahawi affair mean for Rishi Sunak's faltering premiership? Analysis of another government crisis with TNE's Eleanor Longman-Rood, Matt Withers and Steve Anglesey. Plus: Jacob Rees-Mogg's new TV show, and more bad politicia...

Comedian Mitch Benn looks forward to former prime minister Boris Johnson's autobiography, and asks: Where is Liz Truss hiding? Plus: Nadhim Zahawi, Jeremy Hunt and Suella Braverman are thrown into our political Hall Of Shame. With Steve Anglesey, Eleanor Longman-Rood and Matt Withers. Producer: John Dakin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Award-winning journalist James Ball joins Steve Anglesey to explain why Rishi Sunak might yet be the worst prime minister ever. Plus: Another Boris Johnson goes down in flames as Partygate rears its head again, and Matt Withers puts Jonathan Gullis and Lee Anderson into our Hall of Shame. Producer: John Dakin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Broadcaster and economics expert Jonty Bloom joins Steve Anglesey to dig through major speeches by Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer and find out each man’s vision for Britain’s economy and the future of Brexit. The New European’s Eleanor Longman-Rood and Matt Withers have more on Sunak v Starmer, and Steve Barclay, Richard Tice and Isabel Oakeshott go into the Hall of Shame. Producer: John Dakin Hoste...

A host of New European contributors share their highlights and lowlights of 2022 and their hopes and wild predictions for 2023. With Bonnie Greer, Will Self, Lionel Barber, Tanit Koch, Jonty Bloom, Eleanor-Longman Rood, Matt Withers and more. Producer: John Dakin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business expert Jonty Bloom joins New European editor Steve Anglesey to assess the damage done to Britain's economy by another year out of the EU. Plus: Eleanor Longman-Rood and Matt Withers ask if the Qatargate scandal in Brussels has damaged hopes of rejoining. And more pompous politicians are thrown in our Hall Of Shame. Producer: John Dakin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...

Best-selling author John Kampfner joins The New European team as we look back on a triumphant year for Volodymyr Zelensky and the dangers that lie ahead for Ukraine’s unlikely hero. Plus: What’s behind the coup plot in Germany, will anyone miss Matt Hancock, and who is in our political Hall of Shame? With Steve Anglesey, Eleanor Longman-Rood and Matt Withers. Producer: John Dakin Hosted on Acast....

What's really behind Donald Trump's decision to run again for president of the USA? What happens if Ron DeSantis beats him to the Republican nomination? And would Joe Biden defeat either of them and return to the White House?  The New European columnist Bonnie Greer explains all to Steve Anglesey. Plus: Could Nigel Farage's comeback kill off the Conservatives? And which Brexiteers are in our Hall...

Overreach author Owen Matthews on Russia's disastrous invasion of Ukraine. Plus: More Brexit nightmares, Boris Johnson returns and Rishi Sunak enters the Hall of Shame. With Steve Anglesey, Eleanor Longman-Rood and Matt Withers. Producer: John Dakin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paul Mason joins the podcast to discuss Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement, Rishi Sunak’s future as PM and the return of Donald Trump with TNE editor Steve Anglesey. Plus TNE’s Eleanor Longman-Rood and Matt Withers talk about another week of Brexit bad news, plus two things we’re turning off - the World Cup and I'm A Celebrity… And finally, Nigel Farage is back in the Hall of Shame, with Nadine Dorrie...

Steve Anglesey and Ellie Longman-Rood discuss Matt Hancock on I'm A Celebrity... and ask who his appearance will damage most: the ITV show, Rishi Sunak or Hancock himself. Plus: Five years on from a visit that created local outrage and national headlines TNE goes back to Skegness to see if the seaside town still loves Brexit. And Suella Braverman, Nigel Farage and Lee Anderson go into our Hall of...

In this week’s episode, host and The New European journalist Eleanor Longman-Rood discusses another sane week in British politics as Matt Hancock joins the cast of this year’s I’m a Celebrity and Rishi Sunak U-turns over his decision not to attend COP27. Then, The New European’s Suna Erdem joins the podcast to discuss her recent interview with Caroline Lucas MP, the government’s responses to the c...

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist James Ball joins Steve Anglesey, Ellie Longman-Rood and Matt Withers to talk about the new prime minister's dodgy start in Downing Street, and if his controversial home secretary can last. Special thanks to producer John Dakin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode, comedian Mitch Benn joins Steve Anglesey, Eleanor Longman-Rood and Matt Withers to discuss the fall of Liz Truss and what comes next. Should there be a general election? Where are they hiding Kwasi Kwarteng? And what job could Truss do (badly) next? Plus Nadine Dorries and David Frost join the Hall of Shame this week. Enjoyed this episode? Let us know by tweeting @TheNewEur...

In this week's episode, Matt Withers and Eleanor Longman-Rood remember the years preceding the Truss era before discussing the new Netflix series The Empress that's being touted as Germany's answer to The Crown and a new exhibit at London's Imperial War Museum. Then, The New European 's Clár Ní Chonghaile joins the podcast to answer the question of what on earth is wrong with Suella Braverman and...

Steve Richards from the Rock & Roll Politics podcast joins the team to explain why Liz Truss may not get any of her radical agenda through the Commons. Plus, how to tell if you’re part of the Anti-Growth Coalition and discussion of the new Spanish series The Girls At The Back and Elon Musk’s revived Twitter bid. Finally, Suella Braverman enters the Hall of Shame Enjoyed this episode? Let us kn...

In this week’s new-format episode, there’s a deep-dive into the economy’s deep-dive as former Financial Times editor Lionel Barber tells Kwasi Kwarteng and Liz Truss where they went wrong. And Steve Anglesey is joined by new co-hosts Eleanor Longman-Rood and Matt Withers to talk This England - the new Boris Johnson Covid drama - and German doner kebabs. Plus the team puts more bad politicians in t...

In this week’s episode, host Steve Anglesey asks whether the ongoing droughts in continental Europe are the new normal. The New European writer Clár Ní Chonghaile shares worrying predictions of what the future will hold unless we act now. And Labour historian and author Francis Beckett joins to discuss the party's Brexit stance and its upcoming conference. Finally, Ann Widdecombe, Liz Truss and An...

In this week’s episode, host Steve Anglesey dissects the week in politics as normal service is paused after the death of Queen Elizabeth II and, it seems, abnormal service resumes as bankers come out on top in the latest instalment of the cost-of-living crisis. Then, The New European columnist Bonnie Greer joins the podcast to discuss how, through an accident of timing, she will always be linked t...

In this week’s episode, host Eleanor Longman-Rood discusses Liz Truss's first week at Number 10. Is it out with the old and in with the new or more new leadership, same old failings? She then hears listeners' thoughts on what's next for Rishi Sunak after losing his leadership bid. The New European 's Suna Erdem joins the podcast to share her thoughts on how Liz Truss's opening days have been, the...

In this week’s episode, Matt Withers hears listeners' thoughts on which fictional characters could get a seat in Liz Truss' cabinet. Steve Anglesey talks to New European editor-at-large Alastair Campbell about Boris Johnson leaving Downing Street, his legacy, what he does next and what exactly the atmosphere is like in No 10 when a prime minister departs for the final time. And Edwina Currie, Mich...

In this week’s episode, host Steve Anglesey revels in the fact that there are just 10 days left of Boris Johnson as prime minister, but despairs in the fact that Liz Truss will likely be succeeding him - who this week said she was a solar power sceptic. Then, he hears listeners' suggestions on what they would give Liz Truss as a welcome gift when she moves into Downing Street. Journalist Lynne O'D...

In this week’s episode, host Steve Anglesey discusses the country's rising political tensions as Britain's rising temperatures appear to be halted for now before hearing listeners' suggestions on what they would get Boris Johnson as a leaving present. Journalist Zoe Williams then joins the podcast to discuss the appeal of Boris Johnson that allowed him to remain leader for so long, Liz Truss's pol...

In this week’s episode, host Steve Anglesey discusses the upcoming choice, not between Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, but between heating or eating as the cost-of-living crisis worsens. On a lighter note, he then hears listeners' thoughts on what Liz Truss's show at the Edinburgh Festival would be called. Then, The New European columnist Paul Mason joins the podcast to discuss how the Tory leadership...