What is allowed to be a joking matter? And where does one draw the line? This week, Alan and Lionel discuss the pitfalls of being a satirist in 2025. They talk to political cartoonist Steve Bell, who ...

Could a populist right-wing party take power in the UK? And if one did, what would it do? This week, Ellen and Alona are joined by Prospect’s contributing editor Philip Collins who analyses Reform ...

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Alan and Lionel are asked about Tortoise's imminent takeover of the Observer. The hosts discuss a surprisingly timely encounter, and share some breaking news about Prospect. They also discuss blasting ...

Last week I discussed the long-term trends in party support. This week: the short term—what the coming elections can tell us about what is going on right now. In some ways next week’s contests are a ...

“To keep this moor viable we have to raise 6,000 grouse a season, which we do by killing everything else that moves,” says Viscount Deveroux, the alter-ego of comedian Henry Morris. Walking a moor, ...

On a balmy afternoon in early April, Sarah Pochin is trying to convince locals in Runcorn to elect her as the Cheshire town’s first non-Labour MP in 52 years. “Runcorn,” Pochin tells me, “has been so ...

I’ve been wanting to talk to Professor Lucy Selman since reading her fascinating and thought-provoking piece for the British Medical Journal at the end of last year. The article argued that “despite a ...

Richard Wagner may, in the words of WH Auden, have been an “absolute shit”, but he was unlucky in the acolytes and slavish disciples he gained, and who then created a cult that ended up in some very ...

Many MPs who are in favour of Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying bill are said to be boiling mad at the possible delay in implementation, which they feel may hole the plan below the water line. They’ll ...