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Jan 19, 2022 • 7min
Ep 263: Stop and search on steroids
What are Serious Violence Reduction Orders, and why are they controversial? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 18, 2022 • 8min
Ep 262: Boris Johnson breaks another Covid rule
It isn't just parties at Downing St where the Prime Minister broke his own rules. He did it over his second home as well. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 17, 2022 • 5min
Ep 261: Hunting assassins in Haiti
Who orchestrated the killing of the country's president? Suspicion is now falling on the country's prime minister. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 14, 2022 • 7min
Ep 260: Partygate and Dominic Cummings
When Dominic Cummings was driven out of Number 10 at the end of 2020, many thought the days of the “Westminster protagonist” were over. Then came partygate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 13, 2022 • 8min
Ep 259: The most expensive drug in the world
Zolgensma is a life-saving drug but it costs more than a million and a half pounds per patient. Who decides if the NHS can afford it? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 12, 2022 • 8min
Ep 258: The family which captured a country
The Indian businessmen, the Gupta brothers, became enormously influential in South Africa. A new report says they effectively captured the country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 11, 2022 • 6min
Ep 257: An old row about a new way of policing drugs
Lewisham in south east London is considering a softer approach to young people caught with drugs. Is the rest of the UK ready to endorse it? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 10, 2022 • 7min
Ep 256: A Kazakh uprising
An anti-government movement is growing in Kazakhstan. So why are Russian soldiers the ones crushing it? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 7, 2022 • 7min
Ep 255: The rise of the incels
Incels - men who are 'involuntarily celibate' and blame women - are growing in numbers and getting angrier and more misogynistic. A man who goes by the name Alexander Ash is promoting their rise. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 6, 2022 • 9min
Ep 254: Prince Andrew's potential problem
Can Prince Andrew strike out a case against him by a woman who accuses him of abusing her when she was a minor? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
