Talking Politics

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Political Editor Robert Peston and News At Ten Anchor Tom Bradby discuss and debate all the key talking points of the political week. You can watch every episode on YouTube, ITVX and Spotify and listen on every podcast platform, including https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talking-politics/id1724952808 (Apple Podcasts). Hit subscribe on any platform to ensure you don't miss an episode.

Episode Date
Epstein-Mandelson what does it all mean for Starmer?
Feb 04, 2026
Behind the scenes of the Starmer vs Burnham by-election row
Jan 28, 2026
Why the UK is in a TERRIBLE position after Trump's Greenland tariffs threat
Jan 19, 2026
Has the government's latest U-turn on digital IDs ruined Rachel Reeves' big day?
Jan 14, 2026
Can Labour REALLY solve Britain’s housing crisis?
Jan 13, 2026
Why Trump REALLY wants Greenland - and why it should worry Starmer
Jan 07, 2026
Can the BBC survive Trump's $10bn lawsuit?
Dec 17, 2025
How Trump's new Security Strategy changes EVERYTHING for Britain and Europe
Dec 10, 2025
Inside the Reeves-OBR Budget 'shambles' as Chancellor faces calls to resign
Dec 03, 2025
Will Budget tax rises and delay tactics come back to haunt Rachel Reeves?
Nov 26, 2025
Starmer claims his government has restored respect in politics
Nov 21, 2025
The tax rises we predict will be in the Chancellor's Budget
Nov 19, 2025
Home Sec Shabana Mahmood: 'Illegal migration is tearing our country apart'
Nov 17, 2025
Health Secretary forced to deny he wants the top job after Downing Street rumours swirl
Nov 12, 2025
Will Budget tax rises WRECK trust in Labour? We asked its deputy leader
Nov 04, 2025
Why Rachel Reeves is likely to raise income tax to fill Budget black hole
Oct 29, 2025
David Lammy: We can't let 'hooligans and fascists' appropriate the British flag
Oct 23, 2025
Pressure grows on the government to strip Prince Andrew of ALL his titles
Oct 21, 2025
UK government used Chinese owned data centre, Cummings tells Peston
Oct 17, 2025
Trump sold peace to the Middle East: but will it last?
Oct 14, 2025
The Jenrick 'white faces' race row and Badenoch's stamp duty promise
Oct 08, 2025
'Coverage of Gaza war inaccurate': Peston interviews Kemi Badenoch | Talking Politics | ITV News
Oct 07, 2025
'This is the fight of our times': Peston interviews the Prime Minister
Oct 01, 2025
Starmer attacks Farage - will it help or harm UK's 'least popular' PM?
Sep 30, 2025
Exclusive: Hugh Grant says hacking victims have been ‘personally betrayed’ by Sir Keir Starmer
Sep 29, 2025
Rachel Reeves’ £30bn tax rise NIGHTMARE
Sep 23, 2025
Special episode: Robert grills Ed Davey on immigration, windfall taxes and why he thinks Elon Musk is running a criminal enterprise
Sep 22, 2025
President Trump's state visit: Has Starmer's 'kowtowing' paid off?
Sep 18, 2025
Starmer’s leadership crisis worsens: How much trouble is he in?
Sep 16, 2025
Q&A: Does Angela Rayner deserve a pay off after resigning?
Sep 12, 2025
Mandelson sacked over Epstein revelations: Reaction and analysis
Sep 11, 2025
Why the Mandelson-Epstein birthday book revelations are CATASTROPHIC for Keir Starmer
Sep 10, 2025
Angela Rayner OUT, Farage gloating: Is Starmer more vulnerable than ever?
Sep 05, 2025
Q&A: When did politicians STOP answering the question? Is this year Rachel Reeves’ last chance to fix the economy?
Sep 03, 2025
Why is Nigel Farage rowing back on his party's immigration policies?
Aug 27, 2025
Why did the UK side with the 'tech bros' over Britain's creatives in AI battle?
Aug 26, 2025
Ukraine peace talks at the White House: Has Zelenskyy evaded Putin's 'trap'?
Aug 18, 2025
Nicola Sturgeon's 'searingly personal' interview with Julie Etchingham
Aug 11, 2025
Q&A: Are the far left finished in UK Politics? What are the chances of a coalition government in 2029?
Aug 06, 2025
Trump talks at Turnberry: The new deadline set for Russia
Jul 28, 2025
Why Starmer was EXPOSED in front of MPs | Could Farage really deport prisoners? | Why is the PM's team so secretive?
Jul 23, 2025
Why the Afghan data breach is so unnerving | Britain’s foreign policy FAILS | Trump’s state visit dilemma
Jul 16, 2025
Q&A: Should Labour target Reform voters?
Jul 11, 2025
Why we could all be carrying ID cards in new migration controls
Jul 09, 2025
How Trump's reacted to Elon Musk’s new America Party
Jul 09, 2025
Q&A: What's Labour’s next embarrassing U-turn?
Jul 04, 2025
Why tearful Rachel Reeves presents a HUGE problem for Keir Starmer
Jul 02, 2025
Government's HUGE welfare bill climbdown and where it leaves us - live Q&A and reaction
Jul 01, 2025
How Zohran Mamdani won and what it means for the Democrats. Plus a week of wins for Donald "Daddy" Trump
Jun 30, 2025
Q&A: Could the UK ever ban the burka? Have you ever seen a politician cry?
Jun 27, 2025
Has Trump handed Putin the right to strike without impunity?
Jun 25, 2025
What America's strikes on Iran could mean for the region, the UK and the world
Jun 23, 2025
How will Donald Trump’s actions now affect the next American elections?
Jun 20, 2025
Exclusive: Why Kim Leadbeater expects assisted dying vote victory
Jun 18, 2025
What can Trump do about Israel vs Iran? Pete Souza on the power of images. Plus what was the president's military parade like?
Jun 16, 2025
Q&A: What's Starmer achieved as PM? Plus which MP should take a lie detector test?
Jun 13, 2025
Will Rachel Reeves’ spending spree pay off? And will her Farage jokes backfire?
Jun 11, 2025
Q&A: Trump vs Musk - who will come out on top?
Jun 09, 2025
The Trump-Musk bromance IMPLODES - is the President in trouble?
Jun 06, 2025
Trump's Ukraine Envoy on whether US will give up on peace, inside a Putin phone call, and dealing with Trump's character
Jun 05, 2025
Are Robert Jenrick’s video stunts clever or harmful? Plus Rachel Reeves’ next spending challenge
Jun 04, 2025
Meeting the MAGA media at the White House, Musk's farewell & the TACO trend irking Trump
Jun 03, 2025
Exclusive: Simon Case on why China's Taiwan intent is an enormous threat to the UK
Jun 02, 2025
Q&A: Do we have 'Farage Derangement Syndrome'? Plus the team reveal their most awkward interviews
May 30, 2025
How worried should Labour be by Reform's 'joke' policies? And could Robert Peston be a spy?!
May 28, 2025
The shocking inside story of Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and the 'Wildest Battle for the White House'
May 25, 2025
Q&A: How will Reform handle power? Plus Peston's final questions for Anushka
May 23, 2025
Why Starmer's been walked into a winter fuel 'disaster'
May 21, 2025
'The Residence' author on Melania Trump's vanishing act. Plus, the questions over Joe Biden's cancer and a seashell controversy
May 19, 2025
Q&A: Will Keir Starmer sack Rachel Reeves?
May 16, 2025
Why Starmer’s immigration comments are a 'catastophe' for Labour
May 14, 2025
Robert Moore on his new Donald Trump documentary. PLUS America First vs the First American Pope and is Air Force One getting upgraded?
May 12, 2025
Q&A: Would pro-Trump Farage turn the UK into a 'Little America'? Your key questions on Reform answered
May 09, 2025
Peston: Why the US-UK tariff deal REALLY matters
May 08, 2025
How far can Nigel Farage and Reform rise?
May 07, 2025
Q&A: When was America greatest? And is it safe for LGBT+ people to visit the US?
May 05, 2025
Local Elections Analysis: Too much too soon for Reform?
May 02, 2025
Are the tech bros backing Trump to avoid jail?! Peston shares a source’s WILD claim - Plus the impact of Carney’s win and Kneecap's 'threat'
Apr 30, 2025
100 days of Donald Trump 2.0 and what does a baseball cap REALLY tell us about the future?
Apr 28, 2025
Which party leader is under the most pressure? And what colour can't you wear in TV news?
Apr 25, 2025
How Trump's tariffs mess boosts Putin, the new gender politics and inside Robert Jenrick's WhatsApp group
Apr 23, 2025
Q&A: Should Trump be sharing AI content? And what's it like on Air Force One?
Apr 21, 2025
The next test for Farage and Reform - plus has Grant Shapps earned his knighthood?
Apr 18, 2025
Why Trump faces recession or worse - and how the UK can profit from it
Apr 16, 2025
Will Donald Trump 'Make China Great Again'?
Apr 14, 2025
Why is 10 Downing Street's door painted black? Are Labour now just Tories 2.0?
Apr 11, 2025
Exclusive: Keir Starmer addresses his AWKWARD past comments on Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin
Apr 09, 2025
Why Donald Trump's tariffs are winning him some friends - but could push him and Elon Musk apart
Apr 07, 2025
Peston analyses Trump’s tariffs, why Number 10’s ‘euphoria’ will be short-lived and where the trade wars go next
Apr 03, 2025
Why is Badenoch repeating a false Adolescence conspiracy? Can the world bully Trump on tariffs? Plus how power has changed Rachel Reeves
Apr 02, 2025
Trump turns on Putin, tariff 'Liberation Day' looms, Trump talks up a THIRD term, and Musk's $1m Wisconsin voter payments
Mar 31, 2025
Should expenses be scrapped for MPs after their pay rise? And what role could Donald Trump's sons play in a MAGA dynasty?
Mar 28, 2025
Spring Statement ‘fiction’, how far the UK is conceding to Trump on tariffs and trade, and do 'mediocre' MPs deserve their pay rise?
Mar 26, 2025
Canada versus USA, outrage at Trump envoy’s Putin love-in and the painting that has made Donald RAGE!
Mar 24, 2025
Q&A: Could Trump call off elections? Could Badenoch EVER be PM? Which leader was a nightmare to interview?
Mar 21, 2025
Why Trump has rocked Starmer’s confidence
Mar 19, 2025
Donald Trump vs the law - AGAIN. Plus is Elon Musk giving Tesla owners buyer's remorse?
Mar 17, 2025
Q&A: How far could Trump go before Starmer criticises him?
Mar 14, 2025
How can the UK combat Trump’s tariffs? Plus Anushka’s Tesla confession
Mar 12, 2025
Fifty days of Donald Trump 2.0, presidential 'swagger' and Top Gun diplomacy
Mar 10, 2025
How Trump’s new world order changes EVERYTHING
Mar 05, 2025
What Trump and Zelenskyy’s Oval Office row means for Ukraine and Europe
Mar 03, 2025
THAT Trump Gaza video - and is Starmer serving America or Britain? Plus how politicians go viral on TikTok
Feb 26, 2025
How will Trump deal with Starmer and a split Europe?
Feb 24, 2025
Donald Trump turns on Zelenskyy - so what will Keir Starmer do next?
Feb 19, 2025
Are Trump, Putin and Xi carving up the world? Plus Donald at Daytona and Hygge's Hollywood ambition
Feb 17, 2025
PM exclusive! Keir Starmer talks Trump, Ukraine and more with Peston
Feb 13, 2025
Westminster’s WhatsApp weakness and why is Kemi Badenoch ignoring Peston?
Feb 12, 2025
The odd duck, the conspiracy theorist and the ‘Thomas Cromwell’ inside Donald Trump’s 'royal court'
Feb 10, 2025
Coming to you on Monday… Talking Politics USA
Feb 07, 2025
Will Starmer defy 'mafia boss' Trump? Plus Peston's voice coach revelation
Feb 05, 2025
Why we need to talk about immigration - plus Tom’s question which caused outrage
Jan 29, 2025
What Trump has that Starmer needs, Southport lessons, the Prince Harry vs The Sun fallout, and why Ed Miliband's 'incandescent'
Jan 22, 2025
Did Badenoch miss an open goal at PMQs, and is it time she changed her strategy?
Jan 15, 2025
Should there be a national inquiry into grooming gangs and why is Musk interfering in UK politics?
Jan 08, 2025
Reflections on a whirlwind year, and predictions for 2025
Dec 20, 2024
Starmer's 'honesty problem': Unforced error, or long-term strategy?
Dec 18, 2024
Can Starmer find a solution to Reform's surge in the polls? And will the UK show leadership in Syria?
Dec 11, 2024
Could Elon Musk really give Nigel Farage's Reform UK $100 million?
Dec 04, 2024
Will MPs vote for assisted dying? And how much longer can Labour keep blaming things on the Tories?
Nov 27, 2024
Fears of World War Three, the farming fallout and this week's 'not quite' PMQs
Nov 20, 2024
'The most pathetic PMQs' - and is Starmer vulnerable to what brought down the Democrats?
Nov 13, 2024
Kemi vs Keir: Should the PM apologise for earlier comments on Trump?
Nov 06, 2024
BUDGET SPECIAL: Did Labour bottle it, and will they have to come back for more?
Oct 30, 2024
Starmer's Trump problem, brewing budget rows, and the one politician you shouldn't underestimate
Oct 23, 2024
Budget takes shape, a lively disagreement on Taylor Swift, and is Starmer too 'weird' on camera?
Oct 16, 2024
The life, death and legacy of Alex Salmond
Oct 13, 2024
Bonus episode: Cleverly knocked out, as the race to replace Rishi is whittled down to two
Oct 09, 2024
Has Starmer finally put all the drama behind him... or is his Chancellor about to break an election promise?
Oct 09, 2024
Boris Johnson on Brexit, Covid, and regrets over Partygate apologies
Oct 04, 2024
What does the next Conservative leader need to do to regain power?
Oct 02, 2024
Why the upcoming budget could be the UK's most important since the 1970s
Sep 25, 2024
Robert exclusively reveals Starmer's free Arsenal hospitality box, plus what does the PM want from his EU 'reset'?
Sep 18, 2024
What has the Harris campaign learned from Keir Starmer? And has Labour botched its winter fuel announcement?
Sep 11, 2024
The Grenfell report, repairing the British state, and whether our politicians really get it yet
Sep 04, 2024
How did Starmer fare in his first PMQs as Prime Minister?
Jul 24, 2024
After 14 years of waiting what laws did Labour prioritise in the King's Speech?
Jul 17, 2024
The government changes, but the problems stay the same
Jul 10, 2024
The 'Starmer Tsunami', what now for the country?
Jul 05, 2024
Was this the ‘most maddening and absurd election campaign’ so far?
Jul 03, 2024
Postal vote delays and can a Prime Minister have a work–life balance?
Jul 02, 2024
French Elections: How should you deal with a far-right neighbour?
Jul 01, 2024
Racism, Reform and the Prime Minister's anger
Jun 28, 2024
A week to polling day - who do you trust to end the doctors' strikes?
Jun 27, 2024
Will the real Keir Starmer please stand up?
Jun 26, 2024
What does the latest twist in the Tory gambling saga mean and why is 2024 the TikTok election?
Jun 25, 2024
A withering economic assessment of the parties' manifestos plus what to expect from the last full week of campaigning
Jun 24, 2024
Place your bets: Will gambling-gate plague the PM all the way to polling day?
Jun 21, 2024
The Conservative betting scandal, and what would Martin Lewis tell the next Chancellor?
Jun 20, 2024
Is there any path to Scottish independence - and why are billionaires batting for Labour?
Jun 19, 2024
Will Labour be less cautious if they get elected?
Jun 18, 2024
Could Nigel Farage be Prime Minister in five years’ time?
Jun 17, 2024
How accurate is Nigel Farage's claim that he is now "leader of the opposition"?
Jun 14, 2024
Is Labour's 'safety first' manifesto ambitious enough?
Jun 13, 2024
Another Sunak slip-up, a change in Tory tactics and why Wordle is the light relief we all need...
Jun 12, 2024
It's manifesto time...Rishi Sunak's big pitch for staying in power
Jun 11, 2024
What can we expect from manifesto week, and who can we trust?
Jun 10, 2024
How damaging could Rishi Sunak's early D-Day departure be for the Conservatives?
Jun 07, 2024
Behind the scenes of ITV's moving interview with Sir Ed Davey
Jun 06, 2024
Does Rishi Sunak's ITV debate £2,000 tax claim stand up to scrutiny?
Jun 05, 2024
Sunak and Starmer prepare for the first debate, but Nigel Farage still steals the limelight
Jun 04, 2024
The moment Nigel Farage threw his hat back in the ring
Jun 03, 2024
How messy could the Diane Abbott saga get for Labour? And can the ITV debate save Rishi Sunak?
May 29, 2024
The election is called - so why now? And why are Tory MPs so unhappy?
May 22, 2024
Will Rishi Sunak choose a campaign of hope or fear at the General Election?
May 15, 2024
A post-election shock defection, and is there really any chance of a hung parliament?
May 08, 2024
Local elections: A 'seismic' shift or a Sunak sigh of relief?
May 03, 2024
Can the Rwanda scheme save Rishi Sunak?
May 01, 2024
Do voters really care about immigration? And are the Rayner allegations damaging for Labour?
Apr 24, 2024
Is the tide finally turning for Rishi Sunak?
Apr 17, 2024
The local elections briefing, plus could Hunt and Mordaunt really lose their seats?
Apr 10, 2024
Do signs point to cost-of-living crisis ending? And will free childcare plan work?
Apr 03, 2024
Could Conservatives disintegrate this year? Or can controversial attack ads save them?
Mar 27, 2024
Can Sunak really hold on until a winter election?
Mar 20, 2024
Does racism row show Sunak is hopeless at politics?
Mar 13, 2024
Budget special: Tax giveaways and a big headache for Labour
Mar 06, 2024
Prince Harry Vs the Home Office, Farage’s future and has Truss joined the conspiracists?
Feb 28, 2024
Did Prince William criticise the government and can Badenoch really be the next Tory leader?
Feb 21, 2024
Is anti-Semitism the biggest crisis in Keir Starmer's leadership?
Feb 14, 2024
The King’s diagnosis, an elusive election, and should Sunak say sorry for trans jibe?
Feb 07, 2024
Is a united Ireland coming four years after Brexit?
Jan 31, 2024
The logic behind Simon Clarke's explosive attack on Sunak
Jan 24, 2024
Why Keir Starmer is the most ruthless politician in decades
Jan 17, 2024
Who'll pay for the Post Office scandal and when will the PM call the election?
Jan 10, 2024
Introducing... Talking Politics
Jan 08, 2024