Political Thinking with Nick Robinson
BBC Radio 4
Nick Robinson talks to people who shape our political thinking about what shaped theirs.
Each episode of Political Thinking features an in-depth conversation with someone who is shaping our politics. The people who run our country (and those who want to), campaigners, business and union leaders, and people who run other countries. All of them join Nick in the studio, not for a news-y interrogation, but for an extended and relaxed conversation, delving into their past and how it shaped their worldview.
New episodes drop on Fridays on BBC Sounds. You can also watch them on BBC Two at 12:15pm on Fridays or on BBC iPlayer. And you can listen on BBC Radio 4 on Saturdays at 17:30.
Each episode of Political Thinking features an in-depth conversation with someone who is shaping our politics. The people who run our country (and those who want to), campaigners, business and union leaders, and people who run other countries. All of them join Nick in the studio, not for a news-y interrogation, but for an extended and relaxed conversation, delving into their past and how it shaped their worldview.
New episodes drop on Fridays on BBC Sounds. You can also watch them on BBC Two at 12:15pm on Fridays or on BBC iPlayer. And you can listen on BBC Radio 4 on Saturdays at 17:30.
Episodes
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Dec 1, 2017 • 33min
The Dan Hannan One
The politician who some credit as the man behind Brexit tells Nick why it wasn't about immigration, how the British sometimes fail to appreciate what they have and why the UK should look to Switzerland as inspiration.
Nov 24, 2017 • 37min
The Armando Iannucci One
The comedy brain behind The Thick of It, Veep and The Death of Stalin talks with Nick about the importance of language in politics, why comedy needs to be more like journalism and which one of them was the bigger teenage political trainspotter.
Nov 17, 2017 • 34min
The Frances O'Grady One
The TUC leader tells us what the Remain campaign got wrong, why we were happiest in the 1970s, and what she does with her lunch break. But does she forgive Nick for using Uber?
Nov 10, 2017 • 33min
The Chuka Umunna One
Can he block Brexit? Is he a Remaniac? Does he really think Jeremy Corbyn is like Harold Wilson? Why didn't he run for Labour leader? And is he happy to be a backbencher?
Nov 3, 2017 • 30min
The Caroline Lucas One
How patriarchy works in Parliament, why her party's vision of a green economy is more radical than Jeremy Corbyn's, and when it's sometimes just too tough to go vegan.
Oct 27, 2017 • 27min
The Rob Halfon One
Rob Halfon MP tells Nick why Conservatives need to radically reconnect with the people
Oct 20, 2017 • 25min
The GO'D One
Gus O'Donnell, former top civil servant, on cabinet disunity and the problems of Brexit
Oct 13, 2017 • 31min
The Ed Miliband One
Ed Miliband tells Nick his big ideas and wonders if he should have been a redder Ed.
Oct 6, 2017 • 31min
The Ruth Davidson One
Nick discusses the implications of Theresa May's conference speech with Ruth Davidson
Sep 29, 2017 • 25min
The Jon Lansman One
Jon Lansman talks to Nick about where Momentum could be taking the Labour party.
