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The Bigger Picture is Simon Rose at his presenting best. He regularly enjoys digging behind the headlines to find the really interesting stories that are being talked about by economists and think-tanks which are helping to shape the conversations in Whitehall. In his weekly analysis with Mike Indian and Professor Tim Evans, Simon brings the latest political and economic thinking into sharp focus. Hrkn to www.shareradio.co.uk for more ..

Episode Date
The Bigger Picture: Reviewing the past 12 years, looking at the good, the bad and the ugly
Jul 06, 2026
The Bigger Picture: What will Labour look like under Andy Burnham?
Jun 25, 2026
The Bigger Picture: The unintended consequences of blanket bans & Cuba is going capitalist
Jun 18, 2026
The Bigger Picture: Riots and two-tier policing, social media and under 16s & the Makerfield by-election
Jun 11, 2026
The Bigger Picture: The intellectual divisions in the Labour Party and policing is another ruined British brand
Jun 04, 2026
The Bigger Picture: Tony Blair's essay, Peter Murrell's plea and Alan Milburn's "lost generation" report
May 28, 2026
The Bigger Picture: A Government at war with itself & is the UK more productive than thought?
May 21, 2026
The Bigger Picture: UK local election results and Labour's leadership
May 14, 2026
The Bigger Picture: UK's youth unemployment, the unaffordable state pension and council micro-aggressions
May 07, 2026
The Bigger Picture: The Civil Service vs. Keir Starmer and the King's US state visit
Apr 30, 2026
The Bigger Picture: The impact of the Iran war, UK defence & the Hungarian election
Apr 16, 2026
The Bigger Picture: The biggest geopolitical upheaval since the 40s & solving the student loan crisis
Apr 09, 2026
The Bigger Picture: Trump & Nato and Starmer pledging closer EU ties ahead of the local elections
Apr 02, 2026
The Bigger Picture: Understanding Donald Trump, the Archbishop of Canterbury & will Net Zero be the new Brexit?
Mar 26, 2026
The Bigger Picture: The UK-US relationship, oil price impact, Angela Rayner & Starmer's future
Mar 19, 2026
The Bigger Picture: Undermining trial by jury, capitalism's role in women's lib & Reform now the best-funded party
Mar 12, 2026
The Bigger Picture: Iran, the UK-US relationship and the Spring Statement
Mar 05, 2026
The Bigger Picture: The Gorton by-election, Gammon's Law in the NHS & the nicest man in British politics
Feb 26, 2026
The Bigger Picture: Starmer's Teflon premiership and Reform's 'shadow cabinet'
Feb 19, 2026
The Bigger Picture: Why life is increasingly unaffordable, Labour's fissures & how Trump is reshaping our world
Feb 12, 2026
The Bigger Picture: Can Starmer survive the Mandelson revelations and the forthcoming elections
Feb 05, 2026
The Bigger Picture: What has happened to beauty in housing and why has housbuilding in London collapsed?
Jan 29, 2026
The Bigger Picture: Under-16 social media ban, defections to Reform & Trump's erratic behaviour
Jan 22, 2026
The Bigger Picture: The main themes for the UK in 2026, ID cards and other Labour U-turns
Jan 15, 2026
The Bigger Picture: Trump, Venezuela & Greenland and Starmer's New Year reset
Jan 08, 2026
The Bigger Picture: Tim’s Top Ten in 2025
Jan 05, 2026
The Bigger Picture: The Three Unwise Men
Dec 18, 2025
The Bigger Picture: Abolishing trial by jury & Labour pleasing the libertarian right
Dec 15, 2025
The Bigger Picture: Reeves' Budget, Calamity Lammy's latest & the Farage racism claims
Dec 08, 2025
The Bigger Picture: What will be the outcome of Reeves' political Budget?
Nov 27, 2025
The Bigger Picture: Asylum reforms, the forthcoming Budget & leadership challenges
Nov 20, 2025
The Bigger Picture: Labour turmoil, crisis at the ONS & could finance leave New York?
Nov 13, 2025
The Bigger Picture: Budget build-up, Reeves's rental problems & Andrew Mountbatten Windsor
Nov 06, 2025
The Bigger Picture: Going abroad for care, Milei's win in Argentina and the attraction of US tax rates
Oct 31, 2025
The Bigger Picture: Gold, precious metals and the loss of faith in fiat currencies
Oct 23, 2025
The Bigger Picture: Margaret Thatcher's 100th, sovereign debt alarm and do the French need a king?
Oct 16, 2025
The Bigger Picture: October 7th anniversary & the Gaza peace deal and Labour & Tory conferences
Oct 09, 2025
The Bigger Picture: The party conference season & the systemic decline of the BBC
Oct 03, 2025
The Bigger Picture: Andy Burnham, the US & free speech and Trump at the UN
Sep 25, 2025
The Bigger Picture: Kruger's defection, why the Crown trumps presidencies & the process of Brexit
Sep 18, 2025
The Bigger Picture: Lord Mandelson, Angela Rayner & the deputy leadership election
Sep 11, 2025
The Bigger Picture: Graham Linehan's arrest, anarcho-capitalism & has the Tory party died?
Sep 04, 2025
The Bigger Picture: Starmer's latest staff changes, Reform's deportation plan & Budget rumours
Aug 28, 2025
The Bigger Picture: The cryptography row, are the Tories 5th & is the UK teetering on the edge?
Aug 21, 2025
The Bigger Picture: The Alaskan summit, Vance in the UK & Reeves and the economy - 14 Aug 25
Aug 14, 2025
The Bigger Picture: Labour is digging an ever-bigger economic hole, the strategic errors of the EU & the slow extinction of the human race
Aug 09, 2025
The Bigger Picture: Recognising Palestine, the doctors' strike, Trump's visit & migration
Jul 31, 2025
The Bigger Picture: British politics could be changing out of all recognition
Jul 24, 2025
The Bigger Picture: Labour MPs suspended, the Afghan data leak & lowering the voting age to 16
Jul 17, 2025
The Bigger Picture: The welfare state is unsustainable, Tim's manifesto & public opinion on healthcare
Jul 10, 2025
The Bigger Picture: The crumbling of Britain's welfare state & Trump's extraordinary first 6 months
Jun 27, 2025
The Bigger Picture: The G7 meeting, the grooming gang inquiry & the decriminalisation of abortion
Jun 19, 2025
The Bigger Picture: The UK's Doom Loop, "Return To Growth" & Starmer's backing of nuclear power
Jun 12, 2025
The Bigger Picture: Winter fuel U-turn, the Spending Review and the Tories disowning the Truss Budget
Jun 05, 2025
The Bigger Picture: Will Reform face a new Project Fear, Are Western economies doomed & Railway renationalisation
May 29, 2025
The Bigger Picture: The winter fuel U-turn, the UK-EU reset deal & Angela Rayner's tax rise memo
May 22, 2025
The Bigger Picture: UK politics is at an inflexion point so what does it mean for party politics?
May 19, 2025
The Bigger Picture: Trade deals, local election results and Reform & the Australian and Canadian elections
May 11, 2025
The Bigger Picture: Chinese economic problems, Blair's attack on net zero drive & Trump's 1st 100 days
May 05, 2025
The Bigger Picture: Ukraine, the Supreme Court gender ruling & the death of Pope Francis
Apr 24, 2025
The Bigger Picture: British Steel and statecraft, Trump's divisiveness & future military planning
Apr 17, 2025
The Bigger Picture: Beyond Trump's tariffs, why savings shouldn't be taxed & the UK prepares for space
Apr 03, 2025
The Bigger Picture: Rachel Reeves's Statement, improving the housing market & university free speech
Mar 27, 2025
The Bigger Picture: A fifth of UK adults not looking for work, Starmer as an international statesman
Mar 20, 2025
The Bigger Picture: What is Trump really up to, lessons from the Laffer Curve & the centre-right civil war
Mar 13, 2025
The Bigger Picture: Trump & Zelensky, Europe's response and what US tariffs could mean
Mar 06, 2025
The Bigger Picture: What is Trump up to, Labour is panicking in Wales & countering historical ignorance
Feb 27, 2025
The Bigger Picture: Trump, Ukraine and what it means for Europe & Labour MPs' offensive messages
Feb 20, 2025
The Bigger Picture: Trump is playing a clever game & could the Tories become the UK's 4th party?
Feb 13, 2025
The Bigger Picture: Starmer & the EU, Is Reeves' growth speech enough and Trump & Gaza
Feb 10, 2025
The Bigger Picture: What Labour is getting right (& the Tories wrong) and Trump's Executive Orders
Jan 30, 2025
The Bigger Picture: Trump's return as President, UK infrastructure & how safe is Rachel Reeves?
Jan 23, 2025
The Bigger Picture: Is Labour pivoting right, a must-read book & Canada's federal elections
Jan 17, 2025
The Bigger Picture: The Chancellor & the markets, the grooming inquiry call and Elon Musk & Reform
Jan 09, 2025
The Bigger Picture: The political economy of time, the new "New Right" and the economic case against EVs
Jan 02, 2025
The Bigger Picture: Problems for the UK economy, Reform's danger to the Tories & the New Year ahead
Dec 19, 2024
The Bigger Picture: How to invest long-term when US debt us not just a problem but a predicament
Dec 16, 2024
The Bigger Picture: France's political turmoil, why Starmer is doomed & the surge of Reform
Dec 06, 2024
The Bigger Picture: The Assisted Dying Bill, net migration, the General Election petition & Davey's disc
Nov 28, 2024
The Bigger Picture: European-style welfarism, the medical monopoly & the politics of the Tractor Tax
Nov 25, 2024
The Bigger Picture: Aftermath of Trump's victory, can he and Musk work together & Badenoch's win
Nov 14, 2024
The Bigger Picture: The ramifications of Trump's victory & Kemi Badenoch as new Tory leader
Nov 07, 2024
The Bigger Picture: Reaction to Rachel Reeves' first budget, the Tory leadership contest & the US election
Oct 31, 2024
The Bigger Picture: Poaching young talent, British industry's voice & the truth about plastic recycling
Oct 24, 2024
The Bigger Picture: Budget lookahead, the Tory leadership contest & Alex Salmond
Oct 17, 2024
The Bigger Picture: The Tory party leadership contest & conference and Labour freebie controversy
Oct 03, 2024
The Bigger Picture: The AI revolution, Labour heading to the market right & Cronygate
Sep 28, 2024
The Bigger Picture: The Bigger Picture: Sue Gray's salary & Starmer's freebies, the LibDem conference and the nation's health
Sep 19, 2024
The Bigger Picture: Starmer's trap for the Tories, Labour's private housing & the AI revolution
Sep 12, 2024
The Bigger Picture: The Grenfell Tower inquiry, Labour and worker rights and UK arms to Israel
Sep 05, 2024
The Bigger Picture: Starmer's downbeat tone, the Tory leadership & the de-growth movement
Aug 29, 2024
The Bigger Picture: Can Kamala Harris win, UK riots and Labour's public sector pay deals
Aug 22, 2024
• The Bigger Picture: The university crisis, China's economy is in trouble & demand for EVs is faltering
Aug 19, 2024
The Bigger Picture: Investing in an uncertain political & economic environment
Aug 08, 2024
The Bigger Picture: How is Labour doing, Who will be Tory leader & Can Reform be a professional party?
Aug 01, 2024
The Bigger Picture: How are Labour doing and what does Biden's exit mean for the Presidential election?
Jul 25, 2024
The Bigger Picture: Can Labour and Reform squeeze the Conservative Party into oblivion?
Jul 18, 2024
The Bigger Picture: The General Election, Starmer at NATO & the future of Biden and the Tories
Jul 11, 2024
The Bigger Picture: Pre-Election Special and what might happen on 5th July and beyond
Jun 27, 2024
The Bigger Picture: The main parties' political atmospherics
Jun 20, 2024
The Bigger Picture: Sunak & D-Day, Labour's policies, Farage entering the race and the likely outcome
Jun 13, 2024
The Bigger Picture: General Election Special – What can we expect?
Jun 10, 2024
The Bigger Picture: General Election Special – What can we expect?
Jun 03, 2024
The Bigger Picture: Thoughts on the election, challenges to global companies & understanding populism
May 23, 2024
The Bigger Picture: Starmer's six pledges, underinvestment in infrastructure & who is pulling Labour's strings?
May 16, 2024
The Bigger Picture: Labour & Donald Trump, the future of Conservatism & the shocking NHS estate
May 09, 2024
The Bigger Picture: The SNP Leadership, OECD & UK growth & Labour and zero-hours contracts
May 02, 2024
The Bigger Picture: Top earners fleeing Scotland, the Mondragon Experiment & the UK defence budget
Apr 26, 2024
The Bigger Picture: Will Rwanda flights happen, the UK's influence over Israel, the smoking bill & Liz Truss's book
Apr 18, 2024
The Bigger Picture: Demographics & public services, the truth about money & the libertarian origins of cryptocurrency
Apr 11, 2024
The Bigger Picture: Why Sunak is so obsessed with Rwanda flights, GE polling & WASPI compensation
Apr 04, 2024
The Bigger Picture: Insupportable state pensions, BIS warnings on state debt and NHS dissatisfaction
Mar 28, 2024
The Bigger Picture: Rwanda Bill delay, the WASPI women & Varadkar's resignation
Mar 21, 2024
The Bigger Picture: Improving central government, why Britain isn't working & the forthcoming energy revolution
Mar 14, 2024
The Bigger Picture: Hunt's Budget, a Trump v Biden rematch and the Rochdale by-election
Mar 07, 2024
The Bigger Picture: Private space enterprise, NHS hidden waiting lists & Eurozone problems
Feb 29, 2024
The Bigger Picture: The Speaker & The Commons, The Post Office Scandal & Alexei Navalny
Feb 22, 2024
The Bigger Picture: Reform UK's policies, Trump's agenda and the rise of fake scientific papers
Feb 15, 2024
The Bigger Picture: Debt problems, the BRICs and the downside of government interference
Feb 08, 2024
The Bigger Picture: Milei lecturing the WEF, plummetting EV car sales & the truth about Gen Z
Feb 01, 2024
The Bigger Picture: The Post Office Horizon fallout and what we can expect in an election year
Jan 11, 2024
The Bigger Picture: Why 2024 will be such a momentous year, the real story of immigration & Labour and defence
Jan 04, 2024
The Bigger Picture: What does 2024 hold in store, domestically and internationally?
Dec 22, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Sunak & the Rwanda Bill vote and legal migration
Dec 14, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Regulation and standards, Conservative desperation & Labour and the NHS
Dec 08, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Autumn Statement, net migration, the Covid inquiry and Labour's strategy for government
Nov 30, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Is the Autumn Statement a suicide note, Argentina & anarcho-capitalism and could the UK get PR?
Nov 30, 2023
The Bigger Picture: David Cameron's return, Starmer's Gaza Rebellion and the Rwandan court verdict
Nov 16, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Cheap money is no more, Net Zero planning madness & property market jitters
Nov 07, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Starmer's Gaza position, the Covid inquiry, the AI summit and a Halloween general election?
Nov 02, 2023
The Bigger Picture: New Zealand farmers' rebellion, distrust of electric cars & private police forces
Oct 26, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Sunak's visit to Israel, Keir Starmer & the Labour Conference and the by-elections
Oct 19, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Labour to the right of the Tories, are we facing a financial crisis & the revolt against Net Zero
Oct 12, 2023
The Bigger Picture: The financial inadequacies hurting the UK, HS2 & climate policy and working longer
Sep 28, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Sunak's Net Zero U-turn, Liz Truss's speech, HS2 and the Horizon scheme
Sep 21, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Spinning GDP numbers, Is a US trade deal on again & what Liz Truss got right
Sep 14, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Learning from the Renaissance
Sep 07, 2023
The Bigger Picture: BRICS & de-dollarisation, road pricing & is the NHS recruitment plan affordable?
Aug 31, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Nadine Dorries, Labour's caution and the Republican debate
Aug 24, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Ireland's resurgent economy, an essential documentary on money & the campaign against cash
Aug 17, 2023
The Bigger Picture: NHS waiting lists, inflation, asylum seekers & net zero
Aug 10, 2023
The Bigger Picture: The US at its most divided since Civil War, rejoining the EU & the demographic time bomb
Aug 03, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Alison Rose & Natwest, lessons from the by-elections & Labour dropping trans pledge
Jul 27, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Mickey Mouse degrees, the necessity for nuclear power & the latest banking scandal
Jul 20, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Public Sector Pay, The Illegal Migration Bill & Joe Biden, the UK and NATO
Jul 13, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Will opinions about the EU switch, failing water companies & is the NHS about to hit a point of no return?
Jun 29, 2023
The Bigger Picture: The need for long-term governance and inter-generational rebalancing
Jun 22, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Changing EU/non-EU immigration, the disaster the inefficient UK state is creating & EU deflation
Jun 15, 2023
The Bigger Picture: AI, the PM in the US, Labour's social care reform plans & the Covid Inquiry
Jun 08, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Latin America's problems, the Vortex of Doom in South Africa & the UK's nannying state
Jun 01, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Immigration soars, Boris Johnson's WhatsApps, Suella Braverman & Ron DeSantis
May 25, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Labour & Housing, Immigration & the Battle for the Future of Money
May 18, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Local elections, the Illegal Immigration Bill, Sue Gray & Penny Mordaunt
May 11, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Private Armies, Is Voter ID Fair or a Scandal & Labour and Tuition Fees
May 04, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Ministerial/Civil Service relations, Joe Biden running & Sinn Fein attending the Coronation
Apr 27, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Has the NHS reached a tipping point, greedflation & is politics set to get more interesting?
Apr 20, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Joe Biden in N.I, Labour's attack ads & the SNP's troubles
Apr 13, 2023
The Bigger Picture: The UK joining the CPTPP, Finland's geopolitics & Lord Nigel Lawson
Apr 06, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Johnson & Partygate, Sunak's good fortnight & the SNP's new leader
Mar 30, 2023
The Bigger Picture: The Met needs reform, public debt is out of control & Winnie the Pooh threatens Xi Jinping
Mar 23, 2023
The Bigger Picture: The Budget, small boats legislation and the BBC & Gary Lineker
Mar 16, 2023
The Bigger Picture: The immigration showdown, the Spring Budget & American isolationism
Mar 09, 2023
The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors: UK economic indicators & the hawkish Fed Chair
Mar 09, 2023
The Bigger Picture: NI Protocol deal, Matt Hancock's WhatsApp messages & the SNP leadership race
Mar 02, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Labour's Scottish opportunity, are railways doomed & is cash on the way out
Feb 23, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Sturgeon's resignation, Starmer's Corbyn ban & a possible NI Protocol deal
Feb 16, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Macron & pensions, what role for UK unions & Sunak's reshuffle
Feb 09, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Why Rishi Sunak needs to be more ruthless
Feb 02, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Where is Brexit's golden age, 200 years of housing trends & 100 years of the BBC
Jan 26, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Justice Secretary & Leave campaigner Michael Gove speaking to Share Radio ahead of the EU Referendum (REPLAY)
Jan 21, 2023
The Bigger Picture: UK Is Becoming Poor, War On The Rich Is Disastrous & NHS In Permacrisis
Jan 12, 2023
The Bigger Picture: Sunak & Starmer's New Year's Messages & Will Boris Make a Comeback?
Jan 05, 2023
The Bigger Picture: The King's Speech for Christmas Day
Dec 25, 2022
The Bigger Picture: The Nurses' Strike, Raab Bullying Claims & 2022 Summary
Dec 22, 2022
The Bigger Picture: Progress report on the PM, government U-turns & divisions in the SNP
Dec 08, 2022
The Bigger Picture: How can the UK grow, cutting overseas students & India taking China's place
Dec 01, 2022
The Bigger Picture: Autumn Statement's Aftermath, Scottish Independence & Rail Strikes
Nov 24, 2022
The Bigger Picture: The Autumn Statement, the failing NHS & the ideology of nationalism
Nov 17, 2022
The Bigger Picture: Gavin Williamson, Matt Hancock, Sunak & COP and US mid-terms
Nov 10, 2022
The Bigger Picture: Is the IMF fit for purpose, Africa's megalopolis & California's amazing success
Nov 03, 2022
The Bigger Picture: The downfall of Truss and rise of Sunak and why MPs, not members, should choose their leader
Oct 27, 2022
The Bigger Picture: The real costs of cheap money & the importance of getting WW2 Russian history right
Oct 20, 2022
The Bigger Picture: Is Liz Truss an Existential Threat to the Conservative Party & Is Andrew Bailey the Right Man for the Job?
Oct 13, 2022
The Bigger Picture: Liz Truss's first month as PM, Europe and China & Is Keir Starmer ready for government?
Oct 06, 2022
The Bigger Picture: The mini-budget and the market response & the Labour Party conference
Sep 29, 2022
The Bigger Picture: What can we expect of the PM, Energy and Russia & Reflections on the late Queen.
Sep 22, 2022
The Bigger Picture: The death of Queen Elizabeth and an overview of the new Truss government
Sep 15, 2022
The Bigger Picture: Gorbachev RIP, Saudi's diplomatic moment & the West's vortex of doom
Sep 01, 2022
The Bigger Picture: Qualifications in a complex economy, Brexit in danger & Ukraine six months on
Aug 25, 2022
The Bigger Picture: A-levels, Inflation & Who Is Governing Britain?
Aug 18, 2022
The Bigger Picture: Curing "Basketcase" Britain, The Commonwealth Games & Immigration Thriving Post-Brexit
Aug 11, 2022
The Bigger Picture: Tory Leadership Contest, Pelosi & Taiwan, Cost of Living & Lord Trimble
Aug 04, 2022
The Bigger Picture: Ideas for the Tory leader, Labour hones its plans & China's demographic timebomb
Jul 29, 2022
The Bigger Picture: The Tory leadership contest analysed and where it leaves Labour
Jul 21, 2022
The Bigger Picture: The vital role for unconventional people
Jul 14, 2022
The Bigger Picture: Boris Johnson's Resignation
Jul 07, 2022
The Bigger Picture: The Politics of Nothingness, Young Activists & Secular Britain's Rituals
Jun 30, 2022
The Bigger Picture: Rail strikes, inflation & interest rates and the Government's Rwanda policy
Jun 23, 2022
The Bigger Picture: What is the government's vision, levelling up & the Queen's Platinum Jubilee
Jun 16, 2022
The Bigger Picture: Are we seeing the end of the Johnson premiership?
Jun 09, 2022
The Bigger Picture: The Elizabeth Age, the Needy Being Failed by the System & NHS GP Services Collapsing
Jun 02, 2022
The Bigger Picture: The Sue Gray Report and Sunak's cost-of-living measures
May 26, 2022
The Bigger Picture: Democracy on the march, groupthink at the BofE & the 1990s and culture
May 20, 2022
The Bigger Picture: The Queen's Speech, cost of living, local elections & Northern Ireland
May 12, 2022
The Bigger Picture: Europe and energy, what do Conservatives stand for & the US divide on abortion
May 05, 2022
The Bigger Picture: Should MPs continue to police themselves and looking ahead to the local elections
Apr 28, 2022
The Bigger Picture: Will China & the US go to war, could the Sahara solve our energy problems & Partygate
Apr 21, 2022
The Bigger Picture: Partygate and the future of the PM & Chancellor, UK local elections & Ukraine
Apr 14, 2022
The Bigger Picture: Russia's "business school" failings, statecraft and Covid-19 & Channel 4
Apr 07, 2022
The Bigger Picture: Why the inflation chickens are coming home to roost and what investors can do
Mar 24, 2022
The Bigger Picture: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's release, the PM in Saudi Arabia, Ukraine & Lord Lebedev
Mar 17, 2022
The Bigger Picture: The U-turn on energy, Putin and unintended consequences & NHS virtual wards
Mar 10, 2022
The Bigger Picture: The political ramifications of the invasion of Ukraine
Mar 03, 2022
The Bigger Picture: What are Putin's aims in Ukraine, how can the West react & why China matters
Feb 24, 2022
The Bigger Picture: Divergent attitudes on Ukraine and the war of words in UK politics
Feb 17, 2022
The Bigger Picture: How to ameliorate NHS waiting lists, the crisis in policing & nuclear fusion
Feb 10, 2022
The Bigger Picture: The cost-of-living crisis, can Boris survive and is Russia sabre-rattling over Ukraine?
Feb 05, 2022
The Bigger Picture: The end of globalisation, is Labour still divided & is inflation massively under-counted?
Jan 30, 2022
The Bigger Picture: Prime Minister's Question Time
Jan 24, 2022
The Bigger Picture: Has Boris's luck run out, Putin's sabre-rattling & mistaken Brexit predictions
Jan 15, 2022
The Bigger Picture: NHS backlog, Covid Plan B, rising energy bills & Blair's knighthood
Jan 08, 2022
The Bigger Picture: Highlights of Professor Tim Evans in 2021
Dec 30, 2021
The Bigger Picture: Looking at the year through 3 politicans: Merkel, Johnson & Biden
Dec 24, 2021
The Bigger Picture: Egalitarian Capitalism and Is Boris Johnson still a lucky General?
Dec 19, 2021
The Bigger Picture: Partygate & the PM, new Covid rules and the case for compulsory vaccination
Dec 12, 2021
The Bigger Picture: Redefining poverty, the Farage-Trump interview & the politics of abortion
Dec 04, 2021
The Bigger Picture: Can Boris Johnson last, Migrant deaths in the Channel & Article 16 - again
Nov 26, 2021
The Bigger Picture: Tensions in Europe, the roots and reality of UK sleaze & inside the care crisis
Nov 22, 2021
The Bigger Picture: MPs' second jobs and lobbying, Lord Frost and article 16 & COP26
Nov 14, 2021
The Bigger Picture: Trussell Trust, helping UK food banks rise to the challenge
Nov 08, 2021
The Bigger Picture: Culture Wars move into science arena, NHS and private hospitals & Frank Field
Nov 06, 2021
The Bigger Picture: A reminder of the the Paris Climate Deal 2015
Oct 30, 2021
The Bigger Picture: Sir David Amess, Boris's gamble on a green future, the EU vs. Poland
Oct 22, 2021
The Bigger Picture: Northern Ireland Protocol, Boris's party speech, Sunak's Budget & NHS waiting lists
Oct 16, 2021
The Bigger Picture: Whither or wither Britain? The UK in the Space Race. Inequality in blue plaques
Oct 10, 2021
The Bigger Picture: The energy crisis, Labour & Tory conferences, the end of furlough & fishing disputes
Oct 01, 2021
The Bigger Picture: 100 Years of the Culture War, Does Aukus herald a new global order, why more are paying for healthcare
Sep 24, 2021
The Bigger Picture: The Cabinet reshuffle, universal credit & are we heading for an early General Election?
Sep 17, 2021
The Bigger Picture: UK social card & the NHS, thinking about seas & oceans and science's Replication Crisis
Sep 10, 2021
The Bigger Picture: A World Of Individual Opportunity: The Vision Of Egalitarian Capitalism
Sep 03, 2021
The Bigger Picture: Afghanistan, food shortages and why we're in a 20-year financial crisis
Aug 26, 2021
The Bigger Picture: Why American isolationism is such a dangerous policy
Aug 19, 2021
The Bigger Picture: Authoritarianism on the rise, the BoE's dilemma & the new era of UK security policy
Aug 13, 2021
The Bigger Picture: Buying political access, an end to cheap foreign travel & NHS falling in health rankings
Aug 06, 2021
The Bigger Picture: Death of the Californian Dream, Labour's Month of the Long Knives & reflections on Afghanistan
Aug 01, 2021
The Bigger Picture: "Freedom Day", the pingdemic and the Cummings' interview
Jul 24, 2021
The Bigger Picture: Are we returning to toll roads, the new regional "Great Game" & unrest in Cuba
Jul 17, 2021
The Bigger Picture: The challenges for Sajid Javid and why Batley & Spen is so important for Labour
Jul 08, 2021
The Bigger Picture: de Gaulle was right all along, reflections on post-communist Europe and GB News
Jul 02, 2021
The Bigger Picture: What does Chesham mean and are there different Covid rules for the elite and us?
Jun 24, 2021
The Bigger Picture: Liberal Democrats - the long journey to Chesham & Amersham
Jun 19, 2021
The Bigger Picture: The G7 in Cornwall, Portugal & the Green List and unlawful Covid contracts
Jun 10, 2021
The Bigger Picture: Tory opposition to planning reforms, Germany's reliance on Russian energy & the EU and Switzerland
Jun 04, 2021
The Bigger Picture: Dominic Cummings' testimony, Labour & Batley and Spen and the BBC & Bashir
May 27, 2021
The Bigger Picture: How net zero could make us richer, the new age of the train & GB News
May 20, 2021
The Bigger Picture: Interpreting the recent election results, Starmer's botched reshuffle & the Queen's Speech
May 13, 2021
The Bigger Picture: What is the future for Labour, America's socialist soul & Iran cosying up to Venezuela
May 06, 2021
The Bigger Picture: Classical liberalism's success, central bank digital currencies & why the UK needs Labour
Apr 22, 2021
The Bigger Picture: Cameron and Greensill, Northern Ireland and the Scottish elections
Apr 14, 2021
The Bigger Picture: The Duke of Edinburgh, Covid's help to the economy, Scotland & business & who won the war?
Apr 08, 2021