Is Britain’s benefits system broken? w/ Caroline Selman and John Pring
Thu, 3 Oct 2024
The new Labour government has promised bold action to fix Britain’s benefit system. Last week, Kei...
Can Starmer’s upbeat note drown out the donation scandal? w/ Zoë Grünewald and Simon Kuper
Thu, 26 Sep 2024
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Starmer’s Garm Drama + the Government looks right on immigration w/ Zoe Gardner
Thu, 19 Sep 2024
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Inside out: How to fix the UK’s prison system + Labour embraces unpopularity
Thu, 12 Sep 2024
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Time to nationalise Ticketmaster? “Cigarettes & Alcohol”, the Grenfell Inquiry concludes
Thu, 5 Sep 2024
Parliament is back in session and so is Pod Save the UK! Coco is joined by Zoë Grünewald, filling ...
Live! How comedy can bring hope in dark times - with Adam Hills and Kemah Bob
Thu, 15 Aug 2024
In this special live episode from the Edinburgh Fringe, recorded on 07/08/24, Nish and Coco are join...
Live! Finding hope in the wake of Britain's racist riots - with Ahir Shah & Tom Ballard
Thu, 8 Aug 2024
In this special live episode from the Edinburgh Fringe, Nish and Coco bring two special guests to ta...
How Can We Fix The British Economy? With Paul Johnson From The IFS
Thu, 1 Aug 2024
It’s been a tough few weeks for new Chancellor Rachel Reeves. In a speech to the House of Commons ...
Red Rebellion, Just Stop Locking Up Activists And How To Fix Our Broken NHS With Clare Farrell And Victor Adebowale
Thu, 25 Jul 2024
Three weeks haven’t yet passed since the election, but Keir Starmer’s Government has faced its f...
The Kings Speech, Knives Out for Vaughan Gething and An Education on Schools Policy with Liz Bates
Thu, 18 Jul 2024
As parliamentarians were ironing their robes in preparation for the King’s Speech, Trump’s new r...
Are Labour the party to finally fix housing? w/ Kwajo Tweneboa, Toby Lloyd and Sam Freedman
Thu, 11 Jul 2024
It’s week one in government and Labour have hit the ground running. We’ve got a new cabinet and ...
Labour Landslide - will things get better? With Torsten Bell MP and Femi Oluwole
Fri, 5 Jul 2024
It’s official. The election results are in and we are in the era of a Labour government. Prime Min...
Would a Labour supermajority really be bad for democracy? Rory Stewart on why opposition is vital
Sun, 30 Jun 2024
Counting down the last five days until the election results come flooding in, the Conservative Party...
Will “gamblegate” scandal obliterate the Tories Forever? Plus last few days of the election with Liz Bates
Thu, 27 Jun 2024
With just one week to go until the election, Rishi Sunak’s chances of avoiding a landslide defeat ...
Chris Packham Vs Taylor Swift: Will People or Politics Save Our Planet?
Sun, 23 Jun 2024
The major parties have failed to pledge to make the radical changes needed to save our planet from c...
Who gets the power? Devolution and the General Election.
Thu, 20 Jun 2024
It’s been a horrendous campaign for the Conservatives so far, careening from disaster to catastrop...
Manifesto deep-dive: Is Labour’s at all progressive?
Sun, 16 Jun 2024
Following a week of political manifestoes dropping from UK parties - Nish & Coco take a deep-dive in...
How to make your vote count: is Tactical Voting a necessary evil? With Femi Oluwole
Thu, 13 Jun 2024
The polls are indicating a landslide victory for Labour come the election on July 4th. But that hasn...
Why is it so hard to tax the rich? Would it fix our economy? With Gary Stevenson
Sun, 9 Jun 2024
The UK’s sorry state of affairs when it comes to water and railways is both a massive problem and ...
Jeremy Corbyn & Mhairi Black: Left Culled, Centre Cracked and Right Reformed?
Thu, 6 Jun 2024
In week two of the campaigns for the upcoming General Election - the fight for the centre vote has b...
Generational Warfare: Has Rishi Sunak’s electoral gambit misfired?
Thu, 30 May 2024
It’s week one of the campaign and after a comical series of false starts, Rishi Sunak and the Tori...
What do the Trans & Non-binary community need most right now?
Sun, 26 May 2024
Nish and Coco are joined by Abigail Thorn (actress, writer and host of PhilosophyTube) and Freddy Mc...
Are these the last six weeks of Rishi Sunak and the Tories?
Thu, 23 May 2024
Nish and Coco bring you a hot off-the-press special look at the announcement of a UK general electio...
The economy is growing, so why are we feeling poorer?
Thu, 16 May 2024
The UK is officially out of recession - Rishi Sunak and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt have been banging the...
Abortion rights & ending hunger with Aisling Bea
Thu, 9 May 2024
“A hung Parliament” - it’s not quite admitting defeat, but the new media lines from Rishi Suna...
Are the Local Election results the beginning of total Tory annihilation?
Fri, 3 May 2024
While the results from elections across England & Wales are still rolling in - the signs so far are ...
Humza Yousaf's Shock Resignation: Are the Greens Seizing Power in Scotland?
Thu, 2 May 2024
The Westminster rumour mill went into overdrive last weekend peddling an ultimately incorrect rumour...
Nish dismantles Sunak's attack on disabled people and Coco meets Caroline Lucas
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
Rishi Sunak finally ‘got Rwanda done’ after a long and dramatic night as his Safety of Rwanda Bi...
Jess Phillips on Angela Rayner tax story: scandal or smear?
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
On a busy week of news as MPs return to Parliament, Nish and Coco are joined by the Labour MP Jess P...
Scandal and cyber security in Westminster
Thu, 11 Apr 2024
Coco is back from holiday and the first order of business is for Nish to explain the Westminster “...
Fighting the Rwanda Bill + Mr Kumar goes to Westminster
Thu, 4 Apr 2024
With the Government’s controversial Rwanda Bill currently stuck between the Commons and the Lords,...
A China crisis, a dodgy attack ad, and Titchmarsh’s trousers
Thu, 28 Mar 2024
As Westminster goes on its Easter holidays, Nish and Coco reflect on a busy end of term that saw a c...
Democracy for sale, Europe’s first black leader + tea with Obama
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
This week Nish and Coco ask if our politics is on sale to those with the deepest pockets? The Conser...
Tory donor racism row, plus the Princess and the pic
Thu, 14 Mar 2024
Another shocker of a week for the Conservatives which saw their biggest donor caught up in a race ro...
Jeremy Hunt’s election budget for big earners and big owners
Thu, 7 Mar 2024
Did the Chancellor’s much anticipated pre-election budget fall flat? Nish and Coco pick over the d...
The man who would be PM: who is the real Keir Starmer?
Thu, 29 Feb 2024
With a huge lead in the polls, all the signs point to Keir Starmer moving into Downing Street by the...
Will Young: popstar to politician? Plus Westminster ceasefire row
Thu, 22 Feb 2024
Nish and guest co-presenter Liz Bates set the scene on what went on to become a chaotic night in t...
Rochdale row tests Starmer’s leadership, plus the woman who helped take down Weinstein
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
A week that was supposed to bring more woe for Rishi Sunak has turned into arguably the biggest test...
Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf: Sunak, Starmer and samosas
Thu, 8 Feb 2024
Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf joins Nish and Coco to reflect on the highs and lows of his...
The MP who gives away part of her salary, hope for Northern Ireland and Nish Kumar takes on the evil plotters
Thu, 1 Feb 2024
After nearly two years without a functioning Government, are the people of Northern Ireland finally ...
Why are our councils going bust?
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
1 in 5 local councils in England is in danger of going bankrupt within the next two years - it’s a...
Rwanda, Reparations and Romance
Thu, 18 Jan 2024
It’s groundhog day at Westminster as Rishi Sunak’s Safety of Rwanda Bill returns to the Commons ...
The Horizon Post Office scandal and Lionel Rishi
Thu, 11 Jan 2024
Why did it take a TV drama to wake politicians up to what’s been described as the most widespread ...
Nish and Coco’s predictions for 2024, plus would you kiss a Tory?
Thu, 4 Jan 2024
Comedians Andy Zaltzman and Catherine Bohart return to help Nish and Coco try to predict what politi...
Just Stop Politics! Nish and Coco’s review of 2023
Thu, 28 Dec 2023
Comedians Andy Zaltzman and Catherine Bohart take up Nish and Coco’s challenge, to find the laughs...
Sunak survives, plus the long wait for Grenfell justice
Thu, 14 Dec 2023
Rishi Sunak endured one his toughest weeks yet as Prime Minister, as he faced the Covid Inquiry and ...
Bereaved families’ verdict on Boris Johnson at the Covid Inquiry
Fri, 8 Dec 2023
Please note: This podcast includes a description of a death from Covid, that some may find distressi...
Tory Immigration crackdown, plus Ben Rhodes on following the Queen into the toilet
Thu, 7 Dec 2023
It’s been a big week in the Tories’ war on foreigners. While efforts to resuscitate the Rwanda p...
Sunak’s big fat Greek blunder, plus will COP28 be a COP out?
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
Rishi Sunak’s decision to publicly snub the Greek Prime Minister in a row over the Parthenon Marbl...
The Tories’ back-handed budgeting
Thu, 23 Nov 2023
This week the attention of British political journalists was firmly fixed on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt,...
Judges block Rwanda plan, plus who broke Britain with James O’Brien
Thu, 16 Nov 2023
A frantic week in UK politics, that started with the sacking of Suella Braverman and the shock retur...
Bye bye Braverman, hello Cameron
Mon, 13 Nov 2023
Nish and Coco jump on for an emergency bonus episode to reflect on a day of high political drama. Ri...
The King’s Speech: Milli Vanilli in a gold hat
Thu, 9 Nov 2023
King Charles’ first State Opening of Parliament as monarch, provides plenty of pomp, pageantry and...
No.10’s shameful Covid WhatsApps, plus is AI a threat to humanity?
Thu, 2 Nov 2023
The latest hearings at the Covid Inquiry reveal chaos and dysfunction at the heart of Government dur...
A year of Sunak, and why housing is eating our economy
Thu, 26 Oct 2023
As the Israel Gaza crisis continues, pressure grows on both Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer to back cal...
Sunak in Israel, by-elections and back to Bibby
Thu, 19 Oct 2023
The crisis in Israel and Gaza presents a huge challenge for our politicians, both internationally an...
Sparkles with Starmer plus Rob Delaney, NHS champion
Thu, 12 Oct 2023
Despite being an American, who can’t even vote in this country, Rob Delaney has become an outspoke...
Tory conference sh*tshow + Stormont stalemate
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
Coco and her special guest Femi Oluwole pore over the bin fire that was the Conservative Party Confe...
Cancelling HS2 and GB News + Lib Dem Layla Moran
Thu, 28 Sep 2023
The Conservative Party heads to Manchester for its Conference as rumours swirl that Rishi Sunak is g...
The Russell Brand scandal and fixing the police
Thu, 21 Sep 2023
In the wake of the allegations of rape and sexual assault against Russell Brand, Nish says his behav...
China spy scandal rocks Parliament + David Lammy
Thu, 14 Sep 2023
Labour’s Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy reveals what it was like in Westminster when the new...
Fixing Britain’s crumbling schools and broken politics
Thu, 7 Sep 2023
Nish and Coco reflect on a scandal they think is a perfect metaphor for Tory-led Britain. Schools ha...
Exposing Andrew Tate and saying goodbye to Nadine Dorries
Thu, 31 Aug 2023
More 16 to 17-year-old boys recognise Andrew Tate than Rishi Sunak - have we been guilty of underest...
Men in suits spoiling women’s football
Thu, 24 Aug 2023
With the headlines dominated by Lucy Letby, the most prolific child killer in modern British history...
Tories war on 'lefty lawyers', and Sunak's Disney dinner
Thu, 17 Aug 2023
Returning from their summer holidays, Nish and Coco reflect on the failure of the Government’s ‘...
How to have difficult conversations - with Gina Martin
Thu, 10 Aug 2023
In a politics increasingly dominated by ‘wedge issues’ and the ‘woke’ divide, Nish and Coco ...
Tactical voting, Tory traps and Labour purges
Thu, 27 Jul 2023
Is a combination of a progressive alliance, tactical voting and proportional representation the way ...
By-election special: Tories trounced in two, scrape home in one
Fri, 21 Jul 2023
Nish and Coco can’t resist popping up for a special bonus mini-episode to discuss the Super Thursd...
Is Keir Starmer a Kid Starver?
Thu, 20 Jul 2023
Nish and Coco ask “what’s going on with Labour?” Sir Keir Starmer caused consternation within ...
Tea with Biden, scandal at the BBC and drugs with the Greens
Thu, 13 Jul 2023
While the UK was losing its senses over a sex scandal, the BBC and a tabloid newspaper, Nish brings ...
Does Rishi Sunak give a sh*t about the climate?
Thu, 6 Jul 2023
Does Rishi Sunak care about the climate crisis? A former minister accuses him of apathy, and a leake...
Matt Hancock vs The Grim Reaper
Thu, 29 Jun 2023
Matt Hancock fails to win over bereaved families at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, as they turn their back...
The King of the North, Windrush and ChickenNugNugz
Thu, 22 Jun 2023
Labour’s Andy Burnham, tells Nish and Coco why he doesn’t mind being labelled ‘The King of the...
The end of Boris Johnson and the start of the Covid Inquiry
Thu, 15 Jun 2023
Nish and Coco are reunited in the studio following a tumultuous week in politics that saw Boris John...
Labour’s Emily Thornberry promises a “no bullshit” manifesto
Thu, 8 Jun 2023
Can the Labour Party save the UK? Labour frontbencher Emily Thornberry is challenged by Nish and Coc...
Don’t mess with a Baroness
Thu, 1 Jun 2023
Nish and Coco ask how we can save the UK from knife crime. It turns out we have evidence of what wor...
Speedy Sue and other myth-takes
Thu, 25 May 2023
Why did Suella Braverman’s speeding ticket take up so much oxygen, and who did it serve? Nish and ...
Facts, Rats and Rents
Thu, 18 May 2023
Never ones to shirk a challenge, Nish and Coco launch ‘Chat Shit Get Banged’, their campaign to ...
Protest, Eurovision and Showgirls
Thu, 11 May 2023
While we were busy being dazzled by glittery crowns and golden coaches…did the authorities sneak i...
Raving for a Republic
Thu, 4 May 2023
Pod Save the UK is on a mission: to free the royals, and the country, from the madness of monarchy. ...
Chat Sh*t, Get Banged: the USA meets the UK
Thu, 27 Apr 2023
Introducing Pod Save the UK (4th of May)
Wed, 19 Apr 2023
Pod Save the UK is your fresh weekly fix of UK political news, big ideas and a shot of inspiration. ...