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The Bigger Picture: Why Rishi Sunak needs to be more ruthless

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The Bigger Picture: Why Rishi Sunak needs to be more ruthless
Political commentator Mike Indian looks at the political lie of the land after Rishi Sunak's first 100 days as Prime Minister. While believing he did the right thing when it came to Nadhim Zahawi, Mike feels that the Prime Minister needs to show more ruthlessness when it comes to his own party. As for the country as a whole, the current batch of strikes simply feed into the picture that nothing in Britain is working as it should.
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Mike Indian


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Simon Rose

The Bigger Picture: Where is Brexit's golden age, 200 years of housing trends & 100 years of the BBC

Simon Rose
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The Bigger Picture: Where is Brexit's golden age, 200 years of housing trends & 100 years of the BBC
Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University wonders where and what are the benefits of Brexit, three years after the UK left the European Union. He looks at a fascinating set of numbers analysing housing trends over the past two hundred years. And, 100 years since the founding of the BBC, he explains why he admires the BBC, despite – or because of – its ability to irritate all sides equally at once.
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Professor Tim Evans


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Juliette Foster

The Bigger Picture: Justice Secretary & Leave campaigner Michael Gove speaking to Share Radio ahead of the EU Referendum (REPLAY)

Juliette Foster
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The Bigger Picture: Justice Secretary & Leave campaigner Michael Gove speaking to Share Radio ahead of the EU Referendum (REPLAY)
With Simon Rose taking a well-earned break and with continuing debate swirling around the merits of Brexit, we bring you one of our interviews recorded at a critical point, with just a week to go until the public voted in what was the most important 'once in a generation' referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union. Juliette Foster, then host of Investment Perspectives, was joined on the line by the then Secretary of State for Justice and prominent Leave campaigner, Michael Gove, who is now Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations.
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Michael Gove


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Simon Rose

The Bigger Picture: UK Is Becoming Poor, War On The Rich Is Disastrous & NHS In Permacrisis

Simon Rose
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The Bigger Picture: UK Is Becoming Poor, War On The  Rich Is Disastrous & NHS In Permacrisis
Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University says that we must face the fact that Britain is going the way of Argentina and becoming a poor country. The war on the ultra-rich, he points out, will spell disaster for the UK's public finances. And it is surely time we recognised that the NHS is in a state of permanent crisis and that a Royal Commission should be set up to find a solution.
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Professor Tim Evans


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Simon Rose

The Bigger Picture: Sunak & Starmer's New Year's Messages & Will Boris Make a Comeback?

Simon Rose
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The Bigger Picture: Sunak & Starmer's New Year's Messages & Will Boris Make a Comeback?
Politicial commentator Mike Indian analyses the New Year's addresses of Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer. Will the PM be able to deliver on his 5 pledges? Is Starmer being ambitious enough, channelling the likes not just of Blair, but also Wilson and Callaghan? With the May elections expected to give the Conservatives a massive drubbing, could Boris Johnson yet make a comeback as leader?
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Mike Indian


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Gavin Oldham

The Bigger Picture: The King's Speech for Christmas Day

Gavin Oldham
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The Bigger Picture: The King's Speech for Christmas Day
Following the tradition of his mother Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles III presents his first Christmas broadcast at 3 pm on 25th December 2022. image source: Wikipedia
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King Charles III


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Simon Rose

The Bigger Picture: Tim Evans looks back at 2022 and ahead to 2023

Simon Rose
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The Bigger Picture: Tim Evans looks back at 2022 and ahead to 2023
Professor Tim Evans looks back at the challenging year that was 2022, taking us through learning to live with Covid, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the US mid-terms and the Trump revelations, the passing of the Queen, the rapid turnover of Prime Ministers and the cost-of-living crisis. Looking ahead, he wonders how China will cope with Covid, wonders if the current industrial unrest might rebound on Labour and wonders what will become of Russia as the war grinds on.
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Professor Tim Evans


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Simon Rose

The Bigger Picture: The Nurses' Strike, Raab Bullying Claims & 2022 Summary

Simon Rose
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The Bigger Picture: The Nurses' Strike, Raab Bullying Claims & 2022 Summary
Political commentator Mike Indian looks at the nurses' strike. When all solutions to the NHS's problems are difficult, he feels emphasis should be on patient outcomes. He looks at the new bullying claims against Dominic Raab, wondering why the relationship between government and the civil service has deteriorated so markedly. And he summarises an extraordinary year which, he says, shows just how the Conservatives have thrown away most of the advantages they held.
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Mike Indian


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Simon Rose

The Bigger Picture: Progress report on the PM, government U-turns & divisions in the SNP

Simon Rose
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The Bigger Picture: Progress report on the PM, government U-turns & divisions in the SNP
Politicial commentator Mike Indian says that PM Rishi Sunak should not get bogged down in detail, but work out what to concentrate on and make himself visible where it counts. He discusses government U-turns and what the Chester by-election means for Labour, suggesting it reinforces the idea that the party will form the next government. With Stephen Flynn the new SNP leader in Westminster, does this mean that Nicola Sturgeon's days are now effectively numbered?
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Mike Indian


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Simon Rose

The Bigger Picture: How can the UK grow, cutting overseas students & India taking China's place

Simon Rose
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The Bigger Picture: How can the UK grow, cutting overseas students & India taking China's place
Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University suggests ways in which the UK can return to growth and compete internationally, but wonders which government – if any – will do what is necessary. He discusses the mindless vandalism of cracking down on overseas students. And he considers whether China's increasing economic woes will benefit India, the world's biggest democracy.
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Professor Tim Evans


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