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Presenter, Today & Political Thinking, BBC Radio 4. Former BBC/ITV Political Editor. Author, Election Notebook & Live from Downing Street

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    Apr 2

    Political Thinking is back: In the first of the new run, vaccines minister talks about fleeing Iraq aged 9, founding the pollsters , losing & making money, whether greed helped us win the vaccine race & Shakespeare. Listen now 🎧

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  2. Apr 2

    Political Thinking is back: In the first of the new run, vaccines minister talks about fleeing Iraq aged 9, founding the pollsters , losing & making money, whether greed helped us win the vaccine race & Shakespeare. Listen now 🎧

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  3. Apr 2

    ...if that whets your appetite my series of short profiles of Prime Ministers from Walpole on is still available on

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  4. Apr 2

    It is the Prime Minister’s 300th birthday. Listen to & ’s excellent history here and ...

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  5. Apr 2

    Which prime minister didn’t enjoy life at No 10? Coming up at 11 am on ⁦⁩ & on ⁦⁩

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    Apr 1

    Political Thinking with is back: In the first of the new run, vaccines minister talks about his family fleeing from Iraq, losing and making money, capitalism & vaccines, and Shakespeare -

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  7. Apr 1

    Did what called "greed" help Britain to win the vaccine race? The new series of conversations starts with the vaccines minister who fled Baghdad aged 9 & made millions here after watching his father lose everything. Listen

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    "If you start a business because you want to get rich you'll probably fail" Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi tells that vaccine deployment benefits from the right kind of entrepreneurs 🎧
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  8. Mar 31

    Are those who think Britain is institutional racist “well meaning” but wrong? I’ve been speaking to the man who chaired the Commission on race which made that claim.

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    Dr Tony Sewell, chairman of the independent Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities talks to about institutional racism heard earlier form Matthew Ryder QC, who represented the family of Stephen Lawrence
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  9. Mar 30

    Here’s that business card

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  10. Mar 30

    David Cameron’s appointment to work for Greensill was within the rules. His lobbying of ministers did not breach rules. That, however, does not mean that his close relationship with a company that has collapsed does not raise significant political questions

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  11. Mar 30

    The financier Lex Greensill had a business card calling him a "senior adviser" in the Prime Minister's Office with his own Downing St email address & landline according to Labour. Greensill then employed who lobbied ministers for him. All within the rules but ...

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    Was it appropriate for former Prime Minister David Cameron to be lobbying the Chancellor Rishi Sunak on behalf of private finance company Greensill? tells he thinks Mr Cameron has "done nothing wrong"
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    Mar 29

    Have some schools covered up allegations to protect their reputations, asks Simon Bailey, National Police Chiefs Council, says it is reasonable to assume some schools dealt with claims internally rather than reporting them as they should.

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  13. Mar 28

    The BBC's @sallynabilb tells that the partial freeing of the is a ‘huge breakthrough.. a huge amount of sand has been dredged around the ship .. but even when it’s totally free it can’t move immediately ... as it still has to be checked for damage’

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  14. Mar 28

    Video here...

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    🚨The Ever Given is floating🚨
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  15. Mar 28

    The Suez ship has been freed - largely ...

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  16. Mar 26

    The two vote voting system really does mean that a new party could help gain votes/seats for pro independence parties but, on the other hand, it may confuse voters and ensure the Salmond/Sturgeon soap opera continues putting some off voting for either pro-Independence Party

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  17. Mar 26

    Possible reasons is setting up a new party 1. Voting system means he can run against SNP but say he’s helping it 2. Alba can act as pressure group on SNP in way UKIP/Brexit Party was to Tories 3. He hates not being in public eye 4. It will upset Nicola What think?

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  18. Mar 26

    ⁦⁩ demonstrates why his row with ⁦⁩ really did matter. It was always about politics as well as personality, pique & inappropriate personal behaviour towards women on his staff

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  19. Mar 26

    Interestingly, anti-semitic cartoons are often used in the teaching about the Holocaust. The educational charity advises teachers to use them alongside pictures of Jewish people to humanise the people who were persecuted

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  20. Mar 26

    What's the row at Batley school really about? tells it's about child protection as Muslim children at the school were bullied & called "terrorists." Others say no-one has a right not to be offended so it's about free speech

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