Westminster Weekly - Guardian Podcast

Wednesday 10:48

Polly Toynbee, Michael White and John Harris discuss the forthcoming election campaign

05-03-2010 17:55

Michael White and Chris Ames assess Gordon Brown's performance at the Iraq inquiry and discuss the thorny issue of funding for military equipment

25-02-2010 13:39

Andrew Rawnsley is in the studio to discuss the storm over his new book The End of the Party. And, as the polls narrow, are the Tories wobbling on the economy?

11-02-2010 13:20

Rafael Behr and Polly Toynbee join Tom Clark and Allegra Stratton to get a masterclass in speech-writing and have a look at whether that thing most beloved of political obsessives – a hung parliament – may come to pass

29-01-2010 20:18

Chris Ames, Michael White and Martin Kettle join Tom Clark and Allegra Stratton to pick over Blair's appearance at the Iraq War inquiry

21-01-2010 13:19

Anne Perkins and Andy Beckett join Tom Clark and Allegra Stratton to ask if we are stepping back in time to the troubled decade of the 1970s

07-01-2010 12:36

Jonathan Freedland and Tom Happold join Tom Clark and Allegra Stratton to pick over the latest attempts to unseat Gordon Brown

19-12-2009 06:23

John Vidal, Suzanne Goldenberg and Jonathan Watts discuss the Copenhagen agreement

10-12-2009 13:24

Polly Toynbee, Simon Jenkins and Nick Cohen face a live audience as Politics Weekly looks back on the last 12 months in Westminster, and gazes ahead to the new year in politics. If 2009 was the year of the duck house, how will 2010 go down in history?

26-11-2009 13:49

Anne Perkins and Polly Toynbee decide which Miliband they would like as Labour leader, discuss this week's disappointing banking news, and ask whether the Iraq inquiry will amount to anything, fifth time around

13-11-2009 12:44

Lesley Riddoch, Julian Glover and Georgina Henry join Allegra Stratton to pick apart the week in politics

29-10-2009 16:01

Nick Cohen and Anne Perkins join Tom Clark and Allegra Stratton for a lively digest of the week in politics

15-10-2009 14:19

Julian Glover and Polly Toynbee join Tom Clark and Allegra Stratton to discuss the week in politics

09-10-2009 16:48

Jenni Russell and Georgina Henry pick apart the Conservative party conference with Tom Clark and Allegra Stratton

24-09-2009 17:04

Nick Cohen and Julian Glover join Allegra Stratton and Tom Clark to ask if Labour is ready for their conference next week and look at whether the Liberal Democrats achieved party cohesion in Bournemouth

16-07-2009 13:23

Julian Glover and Georgina Henry join Tom Clark and Allegra Stratton to discuss the week in politics. George Monbiot analysis the new low-carbon plan, and Michael White reviews the parliamentary year

02-07-2009 16:30

Polly Toynbee and Jonathan Freedland join Allegra Stratton and Tom Clark to discuss Building Britain's Future, lying in parliament and education policy

19-06-2009 23:00

The prime minister discusses the expenses crisis, the internet and politics, the financial markets, Alan Sugar and Peter Mandelson

11-06-2009 17:25

Allegra Stratton and Tom Clark are joined by Julian Glover, Madeleine Bunting and Michael White

21-05-2009 15:26

The panel discusses the resignation of Michael Martin, parliamentary reforms in the wake of the expenses scandal, and the prospect of a general election. With Jonathan Freedland, Polly Toynbee and Jenni Russell

07-05-2009 18:36

Seumas Milne, Michael White and Julian Glover ask if the prime minister is posting his own suicide note, take a look at Tory plans to get into bed with some distinctly odd European rightwingers, and educate themselves on Gordon Brown's new schools policy

23-04-2009 14:42

Our business and politics teams analyse the winners and losers from the most important budget for a generation. With Jackie Ashley, Dan Roberts, Ashley Seager, Tom Clark and Aditya Chakrabortty

16-07-2009 13:23

Julian Glover and Georgina Henry join Tom Clark and Allegra Stratton to discuss the week in politics. George Monbiot analysis the new low-carbon plan, and Michael White reviews the parliamentary year

02-07-2009 16:30

Polly Toynbee and Jonathan Freedland join Allegra Stratton and Tom Clark to discuss Building Britain's Future, lying in parliament and education policy

19-06-2009 23:00

The prime minister discusses the expenses crisis, the internet and politics, the financial markets, Alan Sugar and Peter Mandelson

11-06-2009 17:25

Allegra Stratton and Tom Clark are joined by Julian Glover, Madeleine Bunting and Michael White

21-05-2009 15:26

The panel discusses the resignation of Michael Martin, parliamentary reforms in the wake of the expenses scandal, and the prospect of a general election. With Jonathan Freedland, Polly Toynbee and Jenni Russell

07-05-2009 14:11

Seumas Milne, Michael White and Julian Glover ask if the prime minister is posting his own suicide note, take a look at Tory plans to get into bed with some distinctly odd European rightwingers, and educate themselves on Gordon Brown's new schools policy

01-05-2009 14:22

Andrew Rawnsley, Martin Kettle and Georgina Henry join Allegra Stratton and Tom Clark to discuss the prime minister's climbdown in the Commons on expenses and defeat on Gurkhas, his trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan this week, and Boris Johnson's first year as mayor of London

03-04-2009 15:15

Jonathan Freedland, Larry Elliott, Tom Clark and Allegra Stratton try to figure out whether the G20 lived up to its billing

26-03-2009 13:46

Polly Toynbee, Julian Glover and Deborah Hargreaves discuss this week's events in the economy, the human rights bill and Ken Clarke

12-03-2009 13:22

Martin Kettle, Seumas Milne, Allegra Stratton and Tom Clark discuss Northern Ireland, the G20 and the 25th anniversary of the miners' strike.

27-02-2009 17:09

The government's plans to part-privatise the post office, Gordon Brown's response to the death of David Cameron's son and are civil liberties are at risk?

05-02-2009 14:04

Allegra Stratton, Deborah Hargreaves, Ros Taylor and Julian Glover ask: is there such a thing as too much protectionism? Plus we test the mental arithmetic facilities of our team

22-01-2009 14:18

Allegra Stratton, Anne Perkins, Andrew Sparrow and Dan Roberts ask whether the government's second bail-out will work, what Obama's inauguration means for Britain, and what the future holds for MPs' expenses

06-01-2009 14:50

Audio: Sunny Hundal looks for reasons why British Asian women are more likely to become depressed and suicidal than white women

22-12-2008 11:30

Audio: Dave Hill travels around the capital to assess how the mayor Boris Johnson is implementing his vision - and talks to the man himself

15-12-2008 12:30

Audio: Seth Freedman hears how Palestinians in the West Bank have been affected by Israel's security wall

04-12-2008 12:23

Nick Watt and guests discuss Damian Green, the Queen and Peter Mandelson

26-11-2008 15:22

Martin Kettle, Deborah Hargreaves and Julian Glover join Nick Watt to discuss the fallout from Alistair Darling's pre-budget report – and Peter Mandelson's dancing skills

13-11-2008 16:01

How Gordon Brown and David Cameron are responding to the growing recession. With Nick Watt, Allegra Stratton, Will Woodward and Philip Inman

07-11-2008 13:30

Nick Watt, Polly Toynbee and Will Woodward discuss Labour's victory at the Glenrothes byelection. Plus, what now for the 'special relationship' following the election of Barack Obama?

23-10-2008 16:56

Nick Watt and guests assess the future for George Osborne after he discussed whether to accept a £50,000 donation from a Russian billionaire

16-10-2008 17:13

Nick Watt and guests discuss the worldwide praise for Gordon Brown's bank bailout plan. Plus David Davis on the defeat of the 42-day detention plan

09-10-2008 16:01

Nick Watt, Polly Toynbee, Julian Glover and Bill Keegan discuss the government's £500bn rescue plan for Britain's banks unveiled by Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling

01-10-2008 21:11

Nick Watt and guests assess the impact of David Cameron's conference speech in which he said he has the "character and judgment" to be Prime Minister

18-09-2008 17:23

Nick Watt and guests assess the impact of Nick Clegg's decision to bury the Liberal Democrats' image as the tax and spend party

11-07-2008 13:24

Nick Watt and guests discuss David Davis’s victory and Gordon Brown’s Heathcliff moment

09-10-2008 16:01

Nick Watt, Polly Toynbee, Julian Glover and Bill Keegan discuss the government's £500bn rescue plan for Britain's banks unveiled by Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling

03-10-2008 18:21

Peter Mandelson's return to the cabinet is discussed by the Guardian's political team