I talk to Tony Groves in Ireland for his ironically named Echo Chamber podcast in Ireland every month or so. The latest edition was delayed
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Debate Ammunition: Has the UK’s Political Settlement Run Its Course?
THE RICHARD J MURPHY YOUTUBE CHANNEL DEBATE AMMUNITION Has the UK’s Political Settlement Run Its Course? Funding the Future | July 2026 Topic The UK
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What’s failing? Our Prime Ministers or the UK?
Why have seven Prime Ministers come and gone in little more than a decade? Is Britain simply producing weaker political leaders, or is something much
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England lacks hope
This data is from the ONS, via The Telegraph: What do Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have in common? Governments that want out of the
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Starmer, Burnham, the Hapless Horserace
This podcast was recorded on Friday for the Echo Chamber podcast, now run by Tony Groves, in Dublin. We were discussing UK themes on this
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Will the UK survive?
The local election results in England and national government elections in Wales and Scotland may prove to be among the most historically significant political events
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Is the UK past its sell by date?
It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that a Prime Minister in office beyond their use-by date fails to recognise that fact, and has to be
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In the Echo Chamber: resilience in a wartime economy
As if one podcast were not enough for a morning, let me offer you a second one. On this occasion, I am the guest on
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The UK isn’t a single nation. Are we in crisis because politicians keep pretending it is?
The UK is no longer a unitary political system. Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England now operate as distinct political realities, yet Westminster still governs
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