The Number 10 Podcast

In this episode, released on the 100 year anniversary of Irish partition, we talk with Ivan Gibbons about the statesmen involved in the decision and whether it was a success. We talk about the implications of partition that are still being felt to this day.

In this episode we speak with James Elles (former British MEP) about the changing relationship between Britain and Europe, as well as the steps that led to Brexit in a really fascinating conversation with a politician who has been involved in European and International politics since the 1970s.

We discuss the father of Liberalism, John Locke. He is arguably one of the most important modern philosophers influencing modern psychology, liberal ideology, British constitutional monarchy and even the United States Declaration of Independence.

This week we talk to Mark Garnett, senior lecturer at Lancaster University in Politics, about the changing role of the Prime Minister and his new book "The British Prime Minister in an Age of Upheaval". We talk about the motivations of individuals (duty and public service or ego and money?), the role of devolution and what the role of PM will look like in the future.

This week we look at elections and how they were conducted in the 1700s and pretty much all the way up to the Great Reform Act in 1832 (as well as other subsequent legislation).

We continue today talking about Queen Anne, after talking in great detail about the Act of Union of 1707 that created the kingdom of Great Britain. We move back a little bit to talk about some other important areas of Anne's life and rule.

A little treat today, as we read the entirety of the Treaty of Union that bonded Scotland and England together in 1707, off the back of various financial issues that Scotland had suffered (namely the Great Famine and the Darien Scheme failure) .

Today we're starting our look at Queen Anne after the death of William and the rise of the Tories under Godolphin and Marlborough. We then turn to looking at why Scotland, despite hugely against a union, ended up jumping into it with both feet.

On the eve of the UK general election 2019, we explore everything you need to know about the general election, as well as a bit of the history and interesting facts surrounding the whole process.

An episode from our swapcast, where I spoke to Dave over at the Freaking Hambone Show (@hb_show) earlier this week.

Today we looked back across history to pick out the Prime Ministers who had the worst start to their careers in Number 10. This is about what they did, what they didn't do and also what they inherited limited to the first few months of their premiership.

To kickstart this season, we're going to be going around the world in the year 1702, setting the scene for the new century and giving some perspective as to the events that will affect the next 100 years and beyond.

In today's episode, we discuss the events of Armistice Day, that happened 101 years ago today (11/11/1918).

A quick message from Chris to thank everyone, including our dear listeners for their support this season.

In today's episode we talk about the core constitutional sources of our uncodified constitution, as well as some letters from our fans.

The second and final episode of the chat forecasting the policies and styles of the two current leaders of the Labour and Conservative Parties in the UK.

Today we talk with the international socialist of mystery, Ryan, about the backgrounds of Boris Johnson, our current Prime Minister and Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the Labour Party. We'll talk about where they've come from, controversies and how they're being perceived outside of Westminster.

We talk today about the swathe of legislation through William and Mary's reign that led to the start of our Parliamentary democracy, including the iconic Bill of Rights.

With the Hong Kong protests in full swing and escalating week on week- we talk to protesters on the front line and those who've fled Hong Kong when it became part of China in the 1990s.

This week we're delighted to be joined by historian Jack Brown for this episode discussing Number 10 Downing Street- the construction, renovations and of course, the occupants.

Today we've got a bit of a special episode for those of you kind enough to post a question to the show about anything really, but most were about what we've covered so far.

Today we'll be hearing the text of the Invitation to William written by the Immortal Seven that we spoke about last week.

Today we talk about the penultimate Stuart monarchy in the UK and what some say is the last successful invasion of the British Isles. If you remember we spent some time talking about Charles II a few episodes back who had become increasingly unpopular during his reign, with plots, assassinations and a rowdy parliament being a thorn in his side. James, had also become increasing unpopular through Charles' reign, but Charles was now dead and James was still unpopular… and now King as well.

In this chat episode, we look back on her achievements, disasters and what her legacy is going to be. A hard working MP and Home Secretary who was responsible for the vans telling illegal immigrants to go home and the woman who failed to get the UK any further to Brexit. The second female prime minister who had so much planned but ended up as a meme for her bad dancing and naughty wheat field running.

Today we talk about probably the greatest English diarist of all time, Samuel Pepys. He’s probably one of the greatest […]

Now you'd think, with assassination attempts, and parliament trying to limit your ability to sit on the throne, James was going to come into a pretty bad time of it. That, bizarrely, was not the case.

This week we'll be doing a group chat in one of our new segments called "This House Believes" or THB for short. We'll be talking about unions and whether they are a force for good or bad in regards to the economy and society.

This time we explore the Charles' Catholic sympathies, the Popish Plot, Exclusion Crisis and the Royal assassination attempt at Rye House.

A reading of the important weights and measures memo from the 14th century.

A look back over the 16th and 17th Century in the run up to...

Did you know 14 of the last 23 Prime Ministers were not elected into power? That one Premier died after falling off a chair? One supposedly created...

Our first episode talks through the scope of the podcast...