Podcast appearances and mentions of gary gibbon

Donald Trump has spent the week turning the world upside down again - launching a trade war with China and claiming America will take over the Gaza Strip - and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is scrambling to work out how best to respond to the American president. Sir Keir met with EU leaders earlier in the week for post-Brexit reset, but the prospect of closer ties comes just as Donald Trump has the EU in his crosshairs - saying he'll slap tariffs on the bloc, while suggesting he might spare the UK.  So, the prime minister is walking a tightrope that stretches across both the Channel and the Atlantic, will he keep the balancing act going or topple over? In this week's episode of the Fourcast, Gary Gibbon is joined by Michael Gove, cabinet minister under four Conservative Prime Ministers and now editor of the Spectator, journalist and biographer of Keir Starmer, Tom Baldwin. And head of the Europe programme at the Chatham House think tank, Armida van Rij . Produced by Silvia Maresca, Calum Fraser, Ka Yee Mak, Rob Thomson.  

Amid turmoil in the bond market and a plummeting pound, Sir Keir Starmer has had to defend his chancellor Rachel Reeves while dealing with the resignation of the former anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq. So, can Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves turn it around? The Prime Minister says it will take 10 years to solve some of the chronic issues facing the UK, but will he even get a second term with Labour's support sliding in the polls and Nigel Farage's Reform UK breathing down his neck? In this episode of the Fourcast, Matt Frei is joined by the Financial Times' columnist Katie Martin, psephologist Luke Try and Channel 4 News' political editor Gary Gibbon.  Produced by Calum Fraser, Silvia Maresca and Ka Yee Mak.  

Conservative Party leadership favourites Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick have found themselves embroiled in controversy over comments they've made during the Tory Party conference, while rivals Tom Tugendhat and James Cleverly haven't missed a beat to capitalise.  Meanwhile, the latest polling show's Badenoch's lead over Jenrick amongst party members has narrowed. And so the future of the UK's most successful political party remains up in the air.  In this special episode of the Political Fourcast from Birmingham, Cathy Newman is joined by former Deputy Prime Minister and Liz Truss ally Thérèse Coffey, former Education Secretary Gillian Keegan and Channel 4 News' political editor Gary Gibbon. Produced by Silvia Maresca, Calum Fraser, Rob Thomson  

Rachel Reeves has just delivered her Labour conference speech as the UK's first female chancellor, defending the “hard but fair” choices that Labour will have to make. She called Labour the party of “economic responsibility”, but there remains much discontent over winter fuel allowance cuts to pensioners, and then there's a donation scandal that's dressed much of the conversation at this year's conference.  With a speech focused on business, there was one line that came up again and again: “that's the Britain we're building”. But how do you deliver change and growth if the railways aren't working? And public services aren't working? Where will the £16bn come from if taxes aren't being raised?  To talk about all of this on day 2 of the Labour Party conference in Liverpool with Krishnan Guru-Murthy is Channel 4 News' Political Editor, Gary Gibbon, and Economics Correspondent for Channel 4 News, Helia Ebrahimi.  Produced by Calum Fraser, Silvia Maresca, Shaheen Sattar, and Rob Thomson  

This week on The Political Fourcast - as war rumbles on in Gaza, we discuss how foreign policy affects domestic politics, and how the government's decisions during the Israel/Gaza conflict could influence the outcome of an upcoming general election. Should Lord Cameron divulge the legal advice he has received over supplying arms to Israel? Why is the Labour party ignoring pleas to call for a ceasefire? And why did the Foreign Secretary make a house call to Donald Trump on his recent trip to the US?  Joining Krishnan Guru-Murthy and political editor Gary Gibbon this week to discuss all this and more; Lord Charlie Falconer, a politician who was at the heart of Tony Blair's government the last time the party had a major falling out with its supporters over foreign policy during the Iraq war, and the Tory peer Nicky Morgan, a long-time ally of former Prime Minister and current Foreign Secretary David Cameron. Produced by Alice Wagstaffe, Silvia Maresca, Rob Thomson.

Will we have a May General election? Will there be massive Conservative defeat in any Election that we do have this year? And what's the economy got to do with it?  Here to answer those questions are Former Chancellor who gave us the infamous mini-budget of 2022, Kwasi Kwarteng. And the former Labour Party leader and Mother of the House, Harriet Harman. They join Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Channel 4 News' Political Editor, Gary Gibbon to discuss Jeremy Hunt's Budget announcement yesterday, income tax cuts, and why in their view, the Conservatives are starting to look a lot like the Labour party.  

Gary Gibbon, Political Editor of Channel 4 News

Channel 4's political editor Gary Gibbon joins the IfG podcast team to examine whether the government's controversial new asylum bill will actually work, and whether the politics of promising to stop the boats will win the Conservatives support – and pose a headache for Labour.   Boris Johnson wants to knight his father. So is it time for Rishi Sunak to do away with the increasingly farcical tradition of prime ministerial resignation honours?   And talking of abolitions, why do governments so often seek to abolish public bodies – and why does it so often go wrong? A new IfG report has the answers.   Hannah White presents. With Alex Thomas, Rhys Clyne and Grant Dalton.   Produced by Candice McKenzie

This week, Rishi Sunak agreed a new Brexit deal with the European Union: the Windsor framework.    Seven years after Britain voted in the referendum, is this the end of protocol conversation, trade deals, backstops, and late night votes? Does this mean we can finally all stop talking about Brexit? What exactly does the Windsor framework do? How is it different from before? And is this really the end of the Conservatives' decades-long battle over its relationship with Europe?   In today's Fourcast, our political editor Gary Gibbon delves into the details, ponders what Sunak did that others could not, and whether the DUP's official silence means this may not be over yet. Oh and also - what about Boris Johnson?   Producer: Freya Pickford and Alice Wagstaffe

It's been one month since Rishi Sunak became prime minister of the United Kingdom and so he's now just three weeks off lasting longer at Number 10 than Liz Truss did. After the disaster of the mini budget, Sunak has been the safe pair of economic hands needed to calm things down, reassure the markets and try to get the Conservatives back on track after disastrous poll numbers. But how long can the new prime minister keep the country and his party calm and quiet? In this episode, our political editor Gary Gibbon looks at the first few weeks of the reign of Rishi and whether his autumn statement will be enough to shore up support and ensure the Conservatives aren't thumped at the next election. Produced by: Freya Pickford and Ka Yee Mak

Liz Truss was always inheriting a difficult job, with a war in Ukraine, a cost of living crisis and a party in need of a fresh start after 12 years in power and the scandals of Boris Johnson.   She's certainly made a mark. Kwasi Kwarteng's mini budget has been anything but mini, it's had a huge impact on the markets, mortgages, gilts, and the pound.   It's also had an impact on how her party and the public view her and that's what could be really lethal.   Today, our political editor, Gary Gibbon, takes us through the first few weeks of Liz Truss's leadership and how it could be ending before it's even got started. Produced by Nina Hodgson and Ka Yee Mak

We're down to the final two. We know our next Prime Minister will be either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak. But what will the party and country look like with someone new at Number 10? And is this simply a coronation for a leader who is set to lose the next election whenever that might be? Today, our political editor Gary Gibbon details what to expect from the weeks ahead in the Tory leadership election - and whether the party is ready to properly start a new chapter after Brexit, Covid and Boris - or whether the Tories need time in the wilderness to find their bearings. Sources: LBC Producer: Rachel Evans

Before the bunting had been taken down and the Jubilee stage dismantled, at 8am the morning after the Platinum celebrations, a rude awakening for Boris Johnson. A confidence vote that threatened his leadership of the party and with it the country. Johnson survived, but his margin of victory was smaller than that of Theresa May's before him, and she was forced out just months later. Does the same await Johnson? This week, he's been defending his record, announcing new policies and aiming to move on - but is the clock ticking - or will he once again defy the odds? Gary Gibbon returns to analyse the past week in Westminster. Producer: Rachel Evans

It was the moment we've been waiting for for six months. The report from civil servant Sue Gray into parties at Number 10 during the three lockdowns. 37 pages, 16 events, nine photos. But what did it say and was it worth the wait? Our political editor, Gary Gibbon, explains all. Producer: Freya Pickford

For weeks, Westminster has been waiting for the Sue Gray report. How many parties? Was Boris Johnson there? Was ABBA played? After all that time, we've only got 12 pages. But there's a Met Police investigation to come and maybe more from Sue Gray herself. Our political editor Gary Gibbon looks back at the week that was in Westminster. Sources: BBC News, ITV News

This week, after decades of signing up to the EU policy of free movement of people, Boris Johnson announced Britain will halt low-paid immigration with just a few exceptions at the margins - and he'll make high-skilled immigration a little easier if you're outside the EU. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) The day after the announcement, Gary spoke to Sunder Katwala, director of the think tank British Future, which looks at migration and identity issues, and Eric Kaufmann, Professor of politics at Birkbeck College at University of London, and author of the book, 'Whiteshift'. ------- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHk5OgI7lNk&feature=youtu.be

This week we are looking at the negotiations for the new relationship with Europe as we now have the opening positions of both sides.   As the British document was published on Thursday, Gary Gibbon caught up with Georgina Wright of the Institute for Government and Same Lowe of the Centre for European Reform to wade through the documents and tell us what they say about the chance of a deal and the shape of a deal. Producer: Rachel Evans

Just in the nick of time for the Election, Dario brings a discussion he had earlier in the year with Steve Rayson, MSc graduate from the London School of Economics. His research project was a quantitative and qualitative investigation of Political Podcasts and their potential effect on engagement and understanding of political issues. Steve spoke to a range of political podcasters including David Runciman from Talking Politics and Channel 4's Gary Gibbon. Steve and Dario cover a range of issues included some of the problems with political journalism in the internet age, objectivity versus subjectivity, the reflexivity and democratising potential of podcasting, podcast listening and social capital, podcasting as a research methodology, media and trust, conversation and the conditionality of meaning, demographics of political media engagement, podcasting’s discoverability problem, and how podcasting has influenced interviews. You can see Steve's research in more detail on his website: https://www.brightoncafe.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/newauralcultures/message

Mere days away from the general election, Gary Gibbon sits down with the political editor of the Daily Mirror, Pippa Crerar, and by James Kirkup, director of the Social Market Foundation, and before that a senior journalist at The Telegraph.

Veteran political analyst Professor John Curtice and Professor Matthew Goodwin of the University of Kent tell Gary Gibbon their predictions for this general election. Curtice is also a senior fellow of the UK in a Changing Europe research unit, where we sit down to record this week's podcast.

With Boris Johnson looking like the favourite to win the Tory leadership contest and become Prime Minister, political commentators Isabel Hardman (The Spectator) and Rafael Behr (The Guardian) join Gary Gibbon to chat about what a Johnson premiership might look like. Subscribe to Politics: Where Next? for more in-depth discussion every Friday.    

For this week's podcast episode, Gary Gibbon talks to Rory Stewart MP, Secretary of State for International Development, on his dynamic Tory leadership campaign, supporting Jeremy Hunt and whether he'll ever trust a word Boris Johnson says.

It's Boris Johnson versus Jeremy Hunt in the race to be Prime Minister. For this week's podcast episode, Gary Gibbon talks to Boris biographers Sonia Purnell and Andrew Gimson about what we should all expect from the bookies' favourite.  Subscribe to Politics: Where Next? for more in-depth discussion every Friday.     

Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, Jon Trickett talks to Gary Gibbon about the plausibility of a Labour-Conservative deal, the prospect of a second referendum and how Brexit is really affecting his Yorkshire constituents.   

In the week of one meaningful vote and two indicative votes, Jess Phillips and Nick Boles get together with Gary Gibbon for the first time after *that* "irresistible" comment to bash out what might be happening with Brexit. Subscribe to Politics: Where Next? for new episodes every Friday. Producer: Sarah Gough.

Two former Number 10 advisers chat to Gary Gibbon about the likelihood of a new centrist party, what Brexit tells us about voter behaviour and where that will take our politics. Pollster Andrew Cooper worked on two referendums with varying success - for Remain in 2016 and more successfully for the NO campaign in Scotland's referendum in 2014. Gavin Kelly worked for Gordon Brown at the Treasury and at Number 10 - he's now Chief Executive of the Resolution Trust. Subscribe to Politics: Where Next? for new episodes every Friday.  

Amid resignations and a potential vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister, where next for Westminster? What are the chances of getting Theresa May's Brexit deal through Parliament and what could happen if it doesn't? A second referendum? A general election? A renegotiation? No deal? Political scientist Professor Philip Cowley and UK correspondent to German newspaper Die Welt Stefanie Bolzen chat to Gary Gibbon about all the potential scenarios. Producer: Sarah Gough

How do you deal with rising populism? That was the dominant debate in the corridors at the EPP Summit in Helsinki this week. As populist movements continue to grow in Europe and beyond, what is motivating them and where is it all heading? In conversation with Gary Gibbon this week is Professor Matthew Goodwin, author of 'National Populism: The Revolt against Liberal Democracy' and Dr Daphne Halikiopoulou of Reading University. Producer: Jack Parkes Editing: Sarah Gough

Associate Research Director Heather Rolfe talks to Gary Gibbon, Political Editor of Channel 4 News about what role broadcast media plays in framing people's negative perceptions of immigration. They talked after the public launch of a new in-depth report by NIESR entitled "Post-Brexit Immigration Policy: Reconciling Public Perceptions with Economic Evidence", funded by the Leverhulme Trust. You can find the report on NIESR's website on www.niesr.ac.uk

ECFR’s Anthony Dworkin is joined by Gary Gibbon, the political editor of Channel 4 News, and Susi Dennison, the head of ECFR's European Power programme, to discuss what the Tories, Britain and the EU want after Brexit. The podcast was recorded on 6th October 2017. Bookshelf: Yanis Varoufakis, Adults in the Room: My Battle With Europe’s Deep Establishment Ivan Krastev, After Europe Graham Stewart, Burying Caesar : Churchill, Chamberlain And The Battle For The Tory Party Gary Younge, Another Day in the Death of America Oona Hathaway and Scott Shapiro, The Internationalists Picture: Wikimedia Commons/Ilovetheeu

How Impartial?, a Westminster Dialogue organised by the Westminster Abbey Institute. Speakers: Professor Jean Seaton, Professor of Media History and the Official Historian of the BBC; Gary Gibbon, Political Editor, Channel 4 News. Interlocutor and Chair: Lord Neuberger, President of the Supreme Court. Recorded on Tuesday 1st November 2016, 6.30pm in The Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey. #WestminsterAbbey #WestminsterAbbeyInstitute #media #journalism #politics #press #news

The Voice launches on BBC1 next week, a few weeks ahead of the usual launch date of ITV's Britain's Got Talent. This year, though, BGT's been brought forward and the two programmes will clash. Neil Midgley has been looking into how this happened and what's at stake for the broadcasters.James Murdoch's written to the Commons committee investigating phone hacking at the News of the World, reasserting that he has not misled Parliament while sharing responsibility for not uncovering wrongdoing earlier. Why has he written this now, without being asked and what hangs on the committee's delayed report? Channel 4's political editor Gary Gibbon and Guardian media editor Dan Sabbagh discuss.Lord Hunt is the chair of the Press Complaints Commission which, he announced last week, is closing down to reform. He says he has the encouragement of Lord Leveson to develop a new model for self regulation - which Lord Leveson has clarified is not the same as endorsement. Lord Hunt tells Steve how he thinks a new PCC could work.And Emma Barnett, the Telegraph's digital media editor, looks at Mashable, the technology and social media news site which CNN is said to be thinking of buying for $200 million, just a few years after a Scottish teenager started it up in his bedroom in Aberdeen.The producer is Simon Tillotson.