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Political commentator Mike Indian, author of the Groucho Tendency blog, discusses the political reaction to the Budget (or the lack of it), Donald Trump's Twitter spat with Theresa May and the latest Brexit developments, including the question of whether there might be a vote of no confidence in the Government.

Political commentator Mike Indian, author of the Groucho Tendency blog, discusses with Simon Rose where we are (if anywhere) with Brexit negotiations, the lessons that should be learned from the Westminster Sex scandal and where the resignation of two ministers leaves the Tory party.

As the Bank of England increases the base rate for the first time in a decade, Tim Price of Price Value Partners looks at the role of central bankers. Why have we given them so much power, can they do the job they're given and what effects have their policies had?

Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University discusses the NHS and why, to save it, we must acknowledge that it's failing, why our productivity is so low and why the Tory grassroots base is ageing and losing the will to live.

Political commentator Mike Indian discusses the Brussels Summit and what it might mean for Brexit, the Universal Credit kerfuffle and the government's problems with the EU Withdrawal Bill.

Political commentators Mike Indian and Alex Clark discuss the Labour and Conservative Party Conferences, THAT speech of Theresa May's and the unrest in Catalonia.

Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University on the Uber ban, Labour and the generational split on Brexit and the strange politics of Theresa May.

Political commentators Mike Indian & Alex Clark discuss Boris, Brexit & Florence, the LibDem conference, the Labour conference and the German elections.

In this week’s ‘Bigger Picture’ Ed Bowsher talks to Professor Tim Evans about Aung San Sui Kyi’s inaction in the face of massacres of Rohingya Muslims, and the political views of the US ‘tech titans’ such as Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook.

Political commentators Mike Indian and Alex Clark discuss the return of Parliament and the opposition to the Great Reform Bill, the state of Brexit negotiations and Moggmania.