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Chris Philp: ‘The government showed no foresight whatsoever’

In the last few days, Keir Starmer has agreed to let the US military use UK bases to conduct specific defensive actions against Iran, and the aircraft...

08.03.2026 9

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Sunday shows round-up: Healey says few 'will mourn the Ayatollah's death'

John Healey: ‘Few people will mourn the Ayatollah’s death’ Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead, after the US and Israel...

01.03.2026 6

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Sunday shows round-up: Boris says troops should be sent to Ukraine

Boris Johnson: Britain should send troops to Ukraine now In an interview with the BBC, former prime minister Boris Johnson expressed regret that...

22.02.2026 9

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Yvette Cooper: ‘Only the Russian regime had the motive, the means and the opportunity’

Two years on from the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the UK has released a joint statement with Sweden, France, Germany and the...

15.02.2026 9

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Sunday shows roundup: Pat McFadden defends Keir Starmer

08.02.2026 20

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Sunday round-up: Reed says we 'need to hear from Peter Mandelson'

01.02.2026 8

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Sunday shows round-up: Tice says ‘Robert [Jenrick] is a great new asset to Reform’

18.01.2026 10

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Sunday shows round-up: Heidi Alexander: UK hoping for a ‘peaceful transition’ of power in Iran

11.01.2026 10

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Sunday shows round-up: Keir Starmer hasn't 'got the full picture at the moment'

04.01.2026 9

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Sunday shows round-up: terror in Australia

14.12.2025 5

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Could benefits be withdrawn from young people?

07.12.2025 7

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Sunday shows round-up: Reeves denies misleading voters before Budget

30.11.2025 10

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Sunday shows round-up: Mel Stride says ‘mistakes will have been made’ during Covid

23.11.2025 8

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Sunday shows round-up: Mahmood’s migration ‘moral mission’

16.11.2025 9

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Sunday Interviews / Sunday shows round-up: Culture Secretary concerned about ‘systemic bias’ at the BBC

09.11.2025 4

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Sunday shows round-up: Culture Secretary concerned about ‘systemic bias’ at the BBC

09.11.2025 8

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Bridget Phillipson: UK played a ‘key role’ in Gaza peace deal

12.10.2025 10

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Shabana Mahmood: Government must ‘stem the rising tide of anti-Semitism’

05.10.2025 4

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David Lammy: A Gaza ceasefire ‘lies in tatters’

21.09.2025 6

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Sunday shows round-up: Peter Kyle believed ‘at the time that the risk was worth it’

14.09.2025 5

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Sunday shows round-up: Farage insists Reform really will stop the boats

07.09.2025 5

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Sunday shows round-up: Labour is ‘committed to the recognition of Palestine’

27.07.2025 10

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Sunday shows round-up: Reed puts his job on the line over water targets

20.07.2025 9

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Sunday shows round-up: Labour defends its ‘one in, one out’ migrant scheme

13.07.2025 10

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Sunday shows round-up: Reeves weighs in on Israel

16.06.2025 10

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John Healey: ‘Russia is attacking the UK daily’

01.06.2025 10

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Rayner denies leadership ambitions and Kemi humiliated on Sky

25.05.2025 10

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Nick Thomas-Symonds: ‘We won’t go back to freedom of movement’

18.05.2025 10

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Yvette Cooper: ‘We are closing care recruitment from abroad’

11.05.2025 7

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Sunday shows round-up: Streeting calls Reform a ‘real threat’ to Labour

04.05.2025 6

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Justin Welby: I could forgive John Smyth

30.03.2025 10

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Sunday shows round-up: Reeves says living standards will increase

23.03.2025 10

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Sunday shows round-up: Wes Streeting says the NHS is ‘addicted to overspending’

16.03.2025 8

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Sunday shows round-up: civil service is in for a ‘whole lot of change’

09.03.2025 10

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Bridget Phillipson: ‘I welcome that Trump is able to bring the Russians to the table’

23.02.2025 7

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Sunday shows round-up: ‘No peace without European partners’

16.02.2025 9

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Sunday shows: Andrew Gwynne’s messages were ‘completely unacceptable’

09.02.2025 4

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Yvette Cooper: ‘We’re not returning to the EU. We need to move on’

02.02.2025 8

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Badenoch blames lack of ‘integration’ following Southport conviction

26.01.2025 10

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Sunday shows round-up: Labour reacts to the Gaza ceasefire

19.01.2025 8

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Sunday shows: calls grow for Tulip Siddiq to resign

12.01.2025 10

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Streeting defends Jess Phillips from Elon Musk

Wes Streeting: Elon Musk’s attacks are a ‘disgraceful smear’ Elon Musk has spent this week calling for the release of the far-right campaigner...

05.01.2025 6

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Angela Eagle: we don’t know how many undocumented migrants there are

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper admits relations with China are ‘a complex arrangement’ An alleged ‘Chinese spy’ with links to Prince Andrew, who also...

15.12.2024 7

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