Coronavirus! Climate! Brexit! Trump! Politics has never been more unpredictable, more alarming or more interesting: Talking Politics is the podcast that tries to make sense of it all. Every week David Runciman and Helen Thompson talk to the most interesting people around about the ideas and events t… read more
David and Helen look at what's changed - and what hasn't - since we last spoke, from Brexit to Biden to Covid. Has the Brexit deal really given the UK a chance to do things differently? Do Democrat wins in the Georgia Senate races open up new possibilities for Biden? What is at stake in the politics of vaccination? Plus, we talk about where things now stand for the future of the Union.
*Recorded before the events in Washington on Wednesday *
Talking Points:
What can the UK do that it couldn’t do before Brexit?
Northern Ireland and Scotland will both be key questions that we will talk about in greater depth this year.
Meanwhile, in the USA… the Democrats now have control of the Senate.
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