Podcast appearances and mentions of robert colvile

Keir Starmer says it's all about growth, growth, growth - but why do some economists and politicians say we're looking at it the wrong way? Ed Vaizey finds out about the radical theory of 'degrowth', and asks whether happiness is a better measure of success than GDP.Plus: Columnists Melanie Reid and Robert Colvile discuss Britain's faltering national pride, the crucial role of public libraries, and why the Tories are seen as a bit weird. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's Spectator Out Loud: Katy Balls reflects on the UK general election campaign and wonders how bad things could get for the Tories (1:02); Gavin Mortimer argues that France's own election is between the ‘somewheres' and the ‘anywheres' (7:00); Sean Thomas searches for authentic travel in Colombia (13:16); after reviewing the books Great Britain? by Torsten Bell and Left Behind by Paul Collier, Robert Colvile ponders whether Britain's problems will ever get solved (20:43); and, Melissa Kite questions if America's ye olde Ireland really exists (25:44).    Presented by Patrick Gibbons.  

On this week's Spectator Out Loud: Katy Balls reflects on the UK general election campaign and wonders how bad things could get for the Tories (1:02); Gavin Mortimer argues that France's own election is between the ‘somewheres' and the ‘anywheres' (7:00); Sean Thomas searches for authentic travel in Colombia (13:16); after reviewing the books Great Britain? by Torsten Bell and Left Behind by Paul Collier, Robert Colvile ponders whether Britain's problems will ever get solved (20:43); and, Melissa Kite questions if America's ye olde Ireland really exists (25:44).    Presented by Patrick Gibbons.  

Less than a day after calling the general election, Rishi Sunak kicked off his campaign with a set-piece interview with Nick on Today. Amol and Nick explore what clues it provides for the coming campaign – and Nick talks though his interview strategy. Also, with inflation now down to 2.3% we bring together two of the leading economic thinkers from the left and the right to talk tax-and-spend: Kate Bell, assistant general secretary of the TUC, and Robert Colvile, director of centre-right think tank the Centre for Policy Studies. Plus. comedian Angela Barnes provides her moment of the week. Episodes of The Today Podcast usually land on Thursdays. Subscribe on BBC Sounds to get Amol and Nick's take on the biggest stories of the week, with insights from behind the scenes at the UK's most influential radio news programme. If you would like a question answering, get in touch by sending us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 4346 or email us Today@bbc.co.uk The Today Podcast is hosted by Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson, both presenters of BBC Radio 4's Today programme, the UK's most influential radio news programme. Amol was the BBC's media editor for six years and is the former editor of the Independent, he's also the current presenter of University Challenge. Nick has presented the Today programme since 2015, he was the BBC's political editor for ten years before that and also previously worked as ITV's political editor. The senior producer is Tom Smithard, the producers are Hatty Nash and Joe Wilkinson. The editor is Louisa Lewis. The executive producer is Owenna Griffiths. Technical production from Daffyd Evans and digital production from Elliot Ryder.

Aside from a windfall from higher inflation which the Chancellor used to make tax cuts, the underlying picture for the economy is essentially flat. That being said, some welcome pro-growth measures were announced, most notably the decision to make full expensing permanent. But is it too little too late? To analyse what this means for the future of the public finances, Robert Colvile was joined by Chair of the OBR Richard Hughes and economist Vicky Pryce. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's Party Conference season, and while the Lib Dems were kayaking and playing crazy golf in Bournemouth last week, this weekend it's the Tories' turn to troop up to Manchester. Attendees are anticipating drama, gossip and exciting policy announcements – the Prime Minister is promising 'long-term decisions for a brighter future'.But while Rishi Sunak will be rolling the pitch for an election manifesto, on the fringes other grandees will be fighting for the soul of the Conservative Party.CapX welcomed our Editor-in-Chief and Director of our parent organisation the Centre for Policy Studies to give is a run-down of what to expect. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

James Cook presents political debate and discussion from Beauchamp College in Oadby.

Keir Starmer may be ahead in the polls, but nearly half of voters say they still don't think he looks like a prime minister in waiting. Matt hears advice on how to look the part from experts from the worlds of fashion and photography, and Thatcher's biographer Charles Moore explains how the Iron Lady changed her voice.Plus Columnists Rachel Sylvester and Robert Colvile on what Russell Brand is like in person, why Robert is obsessed with a Labour Party video from 1997, and what has happened to the Conservative Party after 13 years in government. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The government is embroiled in a row about environmental protection. Should it apply pollution rules inherited from the EU in the way its own environmental advisers interpret them, or should it change the rules to help housebuilders construct more homes? Neil and Jonathan discuss the trade-offs with Robert Colvile, a self confessed housing nut who is director of the Centre for Policy Studies.Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.With Robert Colville.Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.In association with Briefcase.News Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Evacuation orders due to wildfires on the Greek island have seen tens of thousands of residents and tourists fleeing the flames. And while wildfires in the region aren't uncommon, scientists say climate change is increasing the intensity of heatwaves which can trigger fires. On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson speaks to our Europe correspondent in Rhodes, Siobhan Robbins and Rhodes resident Micah Greaves, who tells us how dependent the island is on tourism. Plus, Niall is joined by Robert Colvile, director of the Centre for Policy Studies and former Tory advisor, to discuss if net zero policies can still be vote winners as the row continues over ULEZ expansion in London. Rosie Gillott - podcast producer David Chipakupaku – podcast promotion producer Wendy Parker - editor

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Fire Brigades Union General Secretary Matt Wrack, former Conservative Transport Minister Steve Norris, SDLP MP Claire Hanna and Robert Colvile from the Centre for Policy Studies think tank.

UK to investigate banks blacklisting accounts, Cross Question and are religious leaders out of touch on assisted dying?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Fire Brigades Union General Secretary Matt Wrack, former Conservative Transport Minister Steve Norris, SDLP MP Claire Hanna and Robert Colvile from the Centre for Policy Studies think tank.

Patrick Maguire is in for Matt, looking at Labour's 1983 manifesto - 'the longest suicide note in history' - 40 years on, with historian Phil Tinline. He also finds out how to write a modern manifesto with two people with first-hand experience, Ayesha Hazarika and Robert Colvile.PLUS: Timandra Harkness and Jimmy McLoughlin discuss Boris Johnson's WhatsApps, whether MPs who are under police investigation should be barred from Parliament, and whether AI is an existential threat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

James Heale speaks to Fraser Nelson and Robert Colvile from the Centre for Policy Studies about today's migration figures, which hit a record high yet still came in lower than expected.

It's that special time of year again when the Chancellor delivers a Budget, before commentators, policy wonks and political opponents rush to tear it apart in the ensuing days.In that noblest of British traditions, we invited our editor-in-chief, Robert Colvile and the Centre for Policy Studies tax and policy guru, Tom Clougherty, for a special Budget edition podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How can the smaller political parties win in 2023 when the electoral system is stacked against them and they are struggling for the public's attention?Patrick Maguire sitting in for Matt talks to YouGov's Tanya Abraham, The Times' Political Reporter Geri Scott and the Green Party Deputy Leader Zack Polanski, before taking a look at the electoral map around the UK.Plus: Columnists Melanie Reid and Robert Colvile discuss how to be a ghostwriter and whether Liz Truss is about to make a comeback. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Conservative MP and former immigration minister Kevin Foster, Labour's shadow local government minister Sarah Owen, and Robert Colvile, director of the Centre for Policy Studies think tank and Conservative Party's 2019 election manifesto co-author, join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst to discuss the latest rows over Levelling Up, housing and private schools.

On this week's podcast: For the cover of the magazine Kate Andrews assesses the politics of panic, and the fallout of last week's so-called fiscal event. She is joined by Robert Colvile, director of the Centre for Policy Studies think tank to discuss where the Conservatives go from here (00:57). Also this week: Does the future belong to Sinn Fein in Northern Ireland? This is the claim that Jenny McCartney makes in this week's Spectator. We speak with journalist Melanie McDonagh and politician Mairia Cahill about what this could mean for Irish reunification (15:58). And finally: Are red kites magnificent or a menace? Paul Sargeanton says in his article for The Spectator that red kites should have never been reintroduced back into the UK. His claim is contested by naturalist and author of The Red Kites Year, Ian Carter (28:19). Hosted by Lara Prendergast and William Moore.  Produced by Oscar Edmondson.

On this week's podcast: For the cover of the magazine Kate Andrews assesses the politics of panic, and the fallout of last week's so-called fiscal event. She is joined by Robert Colvile, director of the Centre for Policy Studies think tank to discuss where the Conservatives go from here (00:57). Also this week: Does the future belong to Sinn Fein in Northern Ireland? This is the claim that Jenny McCartney makes in this week's Spectator. We speak with journalist Melanie McDonagh and politician Mairia Cahill about what this could mean for Irish reunification (15:58). And finally: Are red kites magnificent or a menace? Paul Sargeanton says in his article for The Spectator that red kites should have never been reintroduced back into the UK. His claim is contested by naturalist and author of The Red Kites Year, Ian Carter (28:19). Hosted by Lara Prendergast and William Moore.  Produced by Oscar Edmondson.

Matt Chorley is joined by Times Radio's Chief Political Commentator Lucy Fisher to discuss what's coming up in a frantic week of politics as Liz Truss' cabinet set out three key policy plans in the House of Commons. We also hear from Institute for Fiscal Studies Director Paul Johnson, Miriam Deakin from NHS Providers and Abby Jitendra from Citizens Advice.David Aaronovitch and Robert Colvile discuss economic growth and beige food. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Water, water everywhere...this week's news has been dominated by rows over the privatised utilities. From polluting water companies to 'greedy' energy bosses, it's open season on anyone who dares turn a (highly regulated) profit while providing an essential public service.Recent water and high energy prices have also turned a spotlight on a chronic failure to build new infrastructure, with the UK failing to approve a new reservoir for more than three decades.Joining us for this topical edition of the podcast are two leading lights of the centre-right policy world: CapX's editor-in-chief and Director of the Centre for Policy Studies, Robert Colvile, and the Deputy Editor of ConservativeHome, Henry Hill.(If you haven't had the chance, do read Robert's canonical piece on how the water industry actually works, complete with an array of informative and perhaps surprising charts on pre and post-privatisation investment.) Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tonight on Farage, Nigel gives his take on Wimbledon banning players who were born in Russia and Belarus, reacts to OCR proposing the removal of works by Wilfred Owen, Philip Larkin and Thomas Hardy from their GCSE syllabus and asks ‘why do the establishment not want to talk about' Islamist terrorism against the LGBTQ+ community and much more. Then, on Talking Pints, Nigel is joined by Robert Colvile, Director of Centre for Policy Studies. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The war in Ukraine shows no sign of easing, and its impact is being felt across UK government. What will it mean for bills if Russian energy imports are cut off? And why is the Home Office making such a mess of the Ukraine refugee crisis? Robert Colvile, director of the Centre for Policy Studies and Sunday Times columnist, joins the pod team to discuss.   And a new IfG report looks back at the last crisis, which saw a lack of accountability and blame-gaming mark central government's relationship with public bodies during the pandemic. So what went wrong and what needs to be done to get it right next time? We speak to the report author.   Presented by Catherine Haddon, with Giles Wilkes, Jill Rutter and Matthew Gill. Produced by Candice McKenzie.   “The problem with energy is that you can't conjure it into being” – Robert Colvile   “Net zero commitments are just going to be parked in a lot of countries while we deal with this crisis” – Robert Colvile   “Lord knows how the internal economy of Russia works right now” – Giles Wilkes   “I'm still recovering my morale … I might own a little bit of Chelsea” – Giles Wilkes   “The Home Office is fundamentally a department of control – it's lagging very badly” – Jill Rutter   “It's not an accident that the phrase ‘not fit for purpose' was coined about the Home Office” – Robert Colvile

The CBI's number one priority for 2022? Get the government to take economic growth seriously.  The long-term health of our public services, businesses, and the leveling-up agenda are all at stake. Hear from the CBI's Director General, Tony Danker, alongside Robert Colvile, Director at the Centre for Policy Studies, and Sunday Times columnist, as they explore the radical actions the Chancellor must take to break the UK out of the economic trap of low growth, low productivity, and high taxes. Recorded in front of a live audience from CBI headquarters in London on 03 February 2022.

It's a very special edition of the podcast this week as we take you inside Tory conference in Manchester for a fascinating, fun-packed conversation with the one and only Jacob Rees-Mogg and our editor-in-chief, Robert Colvile. It's a bit of a cliche to call these chats 'wide-ranging', but they really did cover a lot of ground, from the Labour politicians he most admires, to the state of the British economy and the thrill of taking on the world's fastest zipline dressed entirely in tweed. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The pandemic has undoubtedly transformed the way some of us work as the lines between our professional and home lives sometimes blurred.Big tech firms including Google and Apple in the US delayed a returned to the office due to rising COVID cases, with Amazon recently following suit for some of its staff – while in the UK, as some settle back into old routines, others are adopting a more flexible attitude.On the Sky News Daily podcast, Dermot Murnaghan is joined by Robert Colvile, director of the Centre for Policy Studies, plus getting stuck into the debate: journalist Afua Adom, university professor James Woudhuysen, CEO of tech firm Distributed Callum Adamson and Jack Kelly, founder of the Compliance Search Group specialising in recruitment.Daily podcast team:Podcast producer - Annie JoycePodcast producer - Nicola EyersPodcast producer - Rosetta FourlagawoInterviews producer - Tatiana AldersonArchive - Simon WindsorArchive - Rob FellowesArchive - Nelly StefanovaMusic - Steven Wheeler

From the eruption of Vesuvius to the Chernobyl meltdown, human history has always been punctuated by catastrophes - some natural, others very much man-made. In his new book Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe, world-renowned historian Professor Niall Ferguson argues that far from being "unprecedented", the response to Covid-19 exhibits the same political and social pathologies that have shaped so many previous crises. Moreover, we can't hope to understand the pandemic without a keen appreciation of the history of economics, society, culture and politics.The latest episode of the CapX Podcast is a recording of our CapX Live event with Professor Ferguson – a typically lively, entertaining and thought-provoking discussion with our editor-in-chief, Robert Colvile. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP Bim Afolami, Director of the Centre for Policy Studies Robert Colvile, Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff and Green Party Member of the London Assembly Zack Polanski.

Matt Vickers starts the show, talking to Mike about yesterday's vote on the tougher tier system. Neil Oliver and Mike discuss normal life. Robert Colvile speaks about culture wars. Dame Esther Rantzen tells Mike about care home visits. Paul Hetherington from Buglife takes the homeschooling segment on invertebrates. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jonathan Freedland and Rowena Mason discuss developments in the Dominic Cummings scandal, and Robert Colvile examines the pandemic's impact on UK-EU Brexit negotiations. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

This week, a new year, a new government - what do we make of it so far? Where is Boris Johnson heading? Will this feel like a revolution or nothing of the sort? Joining Gary to discuss that is Robert Colvile, Director of the Centre for Policy Studies, who helped write the Tory manifesto for the last general election and Rachel Sylvester, Times columnist and distinguished political commentator.  Producer: Rachel Evans

Heather Stewart is joined by Laura Parker, Robert Colvile and Matthew Holehouse to look ahead to an intense Labour leadership race, and what lengths the Tories may go to make sure the UK leaves the EU in 2020. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

The Labour Party would like us all to do four-day weeks, we speak to Robert Colvile from the Centre for Policy Studies about whether that's a good idea. Columnist Dawn Neesom gives her opinion about Emma Watson refusing to call herself 'single'. And Royal Butler Grant Harold tells us which things make us British. Plus, we take your calls on how fireworks affect your pets. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week is a special episode of Free Exchange, recorded live at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester. The director of the Centre for Policy Studies, Robert Colvile, was joined by some of the leading lights on the right to discuss why free markets, competition and conservatism really are the route to prosperity. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Who's pulling your strings - from advertisers and peer pressure to political campaigns and self-deception - hidden persuaders are everywhere. Journalist Poppy Noor, historian Sarah Marks, psychologist and magician, Gustav Kuhn, the philosopher, Quassim Cassam and Robert Colvile from the Centre for Policy Studies join Matthew Sweet to track them down. We're all confident that we know our own minds -- but do we? And if we don't, why not? Producer: Zahid Warley Quassim Cassam is professor of philosophy at Warwick University. He is the author of Self Knowledge for Humans and his new book, Vices of the Mind will be published next year. Gustav Kuhn teaches psychology at Goldsmiths College, University of London. His book Experiencing the Impossible : The Science of Magic will be published next year. Sarah Marks is a post-doctoral researcher at Birkbeck College in London where she is one of the team involved in the Hidden Persuaders project. Poppy Noor is a journalist and contributes to The Guardian newspaper. Robert Colvile is the director of the Centre for Policy Studies.

Joseph C. Sternberg and Robert Colvile catch up on Britain's annual party convention season, and weigh the next challenging few weeks in Britain's divorce from the European Union. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Universal Basic Income may just be the trendiest idea in politics. It's also one of the most radical. Its advocates include Mark Zuckerberg, Richard Branson and John McDonnell. From the joblessness that could arise from automation and machine learning to growing concern over income inequality, UBI's cheerleaders claim the policy could solve some of the biggest political challenges we face.Put simply, a basic income is a lump sum from the government to which everyone is entitled. These days this generous sounding proposal is associated with the Left. But it has its roots on the libertarian Right. Friedrich Hayek and Milton Friedman were both supporters of a version of UBI. And one of the few real-world trials of the policy was carried out by Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld.But does this rare point of agreement between Left and Right mean UBI is a good idea? On the latest episode of Free Exchange, I brought together Sam Dumitriu, who recently made the free-market case for basic income on CapX, and Robert Colvile, who thinks UBI is a particularly bad idea, to debate whether such a simple idea could really be the answer to so many difficult questions. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Heather Stewart is joined by Larry Elliott, Sonia Sodha and Robert Colvile to discuss the second budget of the year. Plus we hear from Robert Chote – the man responsible for the drastic downward revision to Britain's economic growth forecasts – and the Resolution Foundation's Matthew Whittaker. Please support our work and help us keep the world informed. To fund us, go to https://www.theguardian.com/give/podcast

John Kay was born a year before Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. In the latest episode of Free Exchange, the CapX podcast, he tells Robert Colvile that "sometimes I look at Corbyn and I think, he thinks what I thought when I was 17. It's just that I've learnt a bit since then and he hasn't."Whereas the Labour leader has spent his life ploughing the furrow of far-left activism, John Kay has had a diverse and fascinating career as an economist. In the 1970s, he worked at the Institute for Fiscal Studies under its Nobel prize-winning director James Meade and alongside Mervyn King, who would go on to become governor of the Bank of England. Kay became director of the IFS in 1979 and helped to build it into arguably the UK's most respected think tank.Kay has written on business and economics for the Financial Times for several decades and is the author of numerous popular books on economics, business and finance, most recently Other People's Money: Masters of the Universe or Servants of the People. In a world where economic debate has become less nuanced, Kay is someone who understands the genius of the market but is also alive to its shortcomings. He despairs at the caricatured greed-is-good view of the market that has become conventional wisdom. He calls this idea "both repellant to most thoughtful people and false as a description of how markets really operate". What has been lost, he says, is an appreciation of the extent to which "our economy does depend very heavily on morality and trust relationships. It is not a matter of leaving people to do whatever they like. Nor is it about glorifying greed."In a wide-ranging interview, he explains why he fell in love with economics, what big banks and taxi drivers have in common, where modern finance has gone wrong, why economists should admit there are somethings you cannot predict and the new book he is working on with his old colleague Mervyn King. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Michael Heseltine finds himself in an unusual position. He is one of the most distinguished Conservatives in the country, but is completely at odds with the party’s stance on the biggest issue of the day. While most Remain-supporting Tories – not least the Prime Minister – have taken the referendum result and run with it, Lord Heseltine has remained steadfast to his view that Brexit is an unmitigated disaster.In this week’s episode of Free Exchange, he tells Robert Colvile that he has become a controversial figure. But that it is “the Conservative Party that has changed. Not me.” Brexit, he says, is the most catastrophic domestic British political decision in his lifetime. So catastrophic, in fact, that it may never happen. Can anything good come from it? He doesn’t think so. And he thinks that the arguments for leaving the EU are built on either deception or a misunderstanding of how the modern world works.It isn’t just Brexit that has Heseltine so gloomy. It has come as a surprise to him that the battles against the hard left that his generation thought they had won for good in the Seventies and Eighties are having to be refought in the 21st century. For Heseltine, Prime Minister Corbyn is “a chilling prospect. I never thought for an instant that it would be possible, but the last election changed my mind.”Beyond Brexit and Corbyn, the Tory big beast also discusses why nothing in politics changes, how to get industrial policy right, why politicians should focus on investment not consumption, and what has motivated him throughout his successful careers in both business and politics. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Daniel Hannan MEP is known to most people as a leading Eurosceptic, or, in the Guardian's words, "the man who brought you Brexit". With Britain on its way out of the EU, Hannan has established the Institute for Free Trade, which makes the intellectual and moral case for free trade, and sees Brexit unique opportunity to revitalise global trade. A few weeks ago, at the Conservative Party Conference, he sat down with Robert Colvile, CapX's Editor-in-Chief, to discuss what sort of deal he would like to see between Britain and the EU, the genius of comparative advantage, and exactly why Jeremy Corbyn is so dangerous. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jeremy Corbyn has built a potent political movement on the back of his explicit anti-capitalism. But it is not just the crowds of Corbynistas who don’t think much of the market. New research by Matthew Elliott of the Legatum Institute and James Kanagasooriam of Populus finds that on the economy the attitudes of the public as a whole are much closer to the Labour leader than the Conservative Party’s position. Capitalism is overwhelmingly associated with negative concepts such as greed and selfishness. Even among Conservative voters, renationalisation of the railways is a popular policy. What explains the unpopularity of private ownership and the free market? After a summer hiatus, Free Exchange, returns with Robert Colvile, CapX’s Editor-In-Chief, speaking to Elliott and Kanagasooriam about their findings and discussing what can be done to reverse these troubling trends. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Deepak Lal is one of the world's foremost development economists, who helped billions of people to prosper by arguing that prosperity is better delivered by markets rather than central planners. He talks to Robert Colvile about why the enemies of progress once again have the upper hand. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

At the Margaret Thatcher Conference on Security, Robert Colvile talks to the Pulitzer Prize winner about Russia, Trump and the state of the West. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In a special edition of the CapX podcast, recorded live in Parliament, Nicky Morgan, Sunder Katwala, Garvan Walshe and Eric Kaufmann debate whether immigration is a good or bad thing - with Robert Colvile in the chair. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Robert Colvile talks to Baroness Stroud, the new head of the Legatum Institute about fighting poverty on an individual, national and international level. From working with drug addicts in Hong Kong to working with IDS on welfare reform, Philippa Stroud has spent her life trying to help others. She talks us through her extraordinary personal story. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi, talks to Robert Colvile at the Margaret Thatcher Conference on Security about whether the West has lost its moral compass. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Now executive chairman of the Resolution Foundation, Lord Willetts has long been one of the Tory party's intellectual heavyweights - the man so smart they nicknamed him "Two Brains". He talks to Robert Colvile - in a conversation recorded before the election - about what Britain's getting right. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

CapX's deputy editor Oliver Wiseman spent the weeks before the election criss-crossing the country. He talks to Robert Colvile about the extraordinary results, and what happens next See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Professor John Curtice, the pollster's pollster, talks to Robert Colvile about election night and taking the pulse of the nation, in a special election edition of the CapX podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As strategy director to David Cameron and pollster for the Remain and Better Together campaigns, Lord Cooper of Windrush has been at the heart of some of the biggest moments in British politics. Ahead of the UK election, he talks to Robert Colvile about what he's learned, why pollsters get it wrong, and why Margate holds the key to Britain's future. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lord Owen was Britain's youngest ever Foreign Secretary - before jumping ship to start his own party. The former leader of the SDP talks to Robert Colvile, CapX's Editor, about making Brexit a cross-party cause and why today's Labour MPs shouldn't follow in his footsteps. (This interview was recorded before the election was called.) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sue Cameron has made it her life's work to understand the people who run Britain - not the politicians, but the civil servants who sit behind them. She talks to Robert Colvile, CapX's Editor, about how well Britain is governed, which Prime Ministers have got the best grip on the Whitehall machine, and how the Civil Service is going to cope with Brexit. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Robert Colvile talks to Frank Field - the Labour MP who's spent his career thinking the unthinkable, and often been punished for it by his party. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Robert Colvile, Editor of CapX, talks to the Observer columnist Nick Cohen about the decline of the Left, his fears over Brexit, and why Jeremy Corbyn isn't going anywhere. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Robert Colvile, Editor of CapX, talks to Daniel Hannan MEP about Brexit, free trade and the most surprising and important idea in economics. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

An award-winning columnist and polemicist, Peter Oborne is the premier chronicler of the decline and fall of Britain's political class. He talks to Robert Colvile about the rise of political lying, his hopes for Brexit, and why he thinks we don't understand the Muslim world. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

There is only one constant in life: Change. It destroys, creates, excites... but also terrifies. Most of us, however opened-minded we claim to be, instinctively resist change and prefer to cling to our familiar routines and circles. But creatures of habit are rarely powerful. Law 45 breaks down this inertia: how can we make changes that suit us? How can we overcome the innate, tribal resistance of the people and structures which surround us? Acceptance can come surprisingly quickly if you know how to play the game effectively, and in this episode we reveal the tools you need to do so. From Henry VIII telling the Pope to take a hike to why contemporary America has no real left wing politics, we explore how to make change without being destroyed. We accidentally reveal our own resistance to change when it comes to new social networking gimmicks; explain why it's best to ask for forgiveness rather than permission; and why everything mainstream gets ruined. We get into quite a debate on how scientific and cultural progress can and should happen, and argue that the idea of a 'slippery slope' is relevant, and talk about the terrifying historical examples which continue to repeat into the present day, even as we try to ignore them. With examples from Stalin and Mao to Zuckerberg and Jobs, this is one packed and essential step on the road to power. This episode includes: How to upgrade your workplace without alienating everyone around you What all progressives forget and how it neutralises their power Use Facebook secrets to develop your strategy and your business What the Holocaust and frogs in boiling water have in common Why eliminating dissent is always dangerous to power Using the past to legitimise your revolution Creating your own rituals to enhance your power Why universities are pointless Mentioned in the episode: Order our beautiful companion book: The 48 Laws of Power in Practice! Ryan Holiday's superb book, Ego is the Enemy Mazlow's Hierarchy Of Needs Our feature interview with Robert Colvile on The Great Acceleration in our lives Hilary Mantel's hugely acclaimed novels about Thomas Cromwell and Henry VIII: Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies The powerful Doctor Who clip Jon mentioned Mithras – the proto-Jesus! The Invention of Tradition, by Hobsbawm & Ranger George Orwell's essay on humour   Challenge: Seed the idea for change at your workplace, rather than trying to forcibly fix it yourself. Can you get someone else to do the work for you and take the flak? Let us know what happened next! Be silly. Be kind. Be weird. Join us as we continue our 48 Laws of Power review, exploring Robert Greene’s provocative and compelling book, in which he lays bare the history, practice, psychology, and philosophies of power that ultimately shape all human relations. Often seen as a handbook for the ‘modern Machiavelli’, we take a closer look, beyond the hyperbole, and discuss how understanding and implementing these Laws can actually enrich your life personally, professionally and spiritually. Jon and Dre aim to get to the heart of each of the Laws, grapple with their sometimes disturbingly amoral nature, and discuss what the Laws mean in everyday life (often revealing their own experiences – good and bad – when they’ve either observed or transgressed them).

Chancellor, Brexiteer, climate change sceptic, Spectator editor, prime ministerial speechwriter - Lord Lawson has had one of the most packed careers in politics. He talks to Robert Colvile about what he's learned over his career, and where the next crisis is coming from. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sathnam Sanghera, Judy Wajcman, Griselda Togobo and Robert Colvile join Radio 3 presenter Matthew Sweet to look at the history of the workplace from factory floor to hot desk to the gig economy and debate whether the merging of workplace and home creates more stress.Bosses have always monitored and changed our working day, clocking staff in and out the factory, analyzing productivity through time and motion studies, using remote monitoring, introducing flexible working and “logging on later.”Sathnam Sanghera is a journalist and award-winning author of Marriage Material: A Novel and The Boy with the Topknot: A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies in Wolverhampton. Before becoming a writer he (among other things) worked at a burger chain, a hospital laundry, a market research firm, a sewing factory and a literacy project in New York.Judy Wajcman is a Professor of Society at LSE and the author of Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism .Griselda Togobo is an entrepreneur, engineer, chartered accountant and the head of Forward Ladies, an organisation which aims to help companies maximise the potential of their female staff.Robert Colvile is a journalist and author of The Great Acceleration - a new book about how technology is speeding up the pace of life.Recorded as part of Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival in front of an audience at Sage Gateshead.Producer: Craig Smith

Bad apples, shit-stirrers and fifth-columnists. It only takes one to disrupt and destroy your power, but how can you spot and remove them before it's too late? Purging, banishment, shame and rebellion – Law 42 explores the enormous power of isolation and exile, but it's frequently more complicated than it seems to put into practice. How can you keep people on side without pandering to their whims, and how can you dethrone a power-player without fostering an eventual counterstrike? This episode we get controversial. We get into a tense debate about whether mercy can ever be a tool of power; why prison systems always undermine their own goals; and why democracy means representation, but not the rule of the people. Jon's got plenty of examples from authoritarian Russia, but just how distant are they from our own 'democratic' systems? He rants about why he left his union while simultaneously thinking unions are a Very Good Thing; Dre reveals his grand plan for redesigning government from the ground up, before promoting strike action... and saying he would've crushed Gandhi. Are you ready for this one? This episode includes: Do events have their own momentum, or can we exert power over them? The power of exile How to identify and destroy the shit-stirrers Why punishment simply doesn't work... except when it does Who should have political power? Making and breaking unions When to burn your bridges Mentioned in the episode: Tom Hughes's mission to write a whole book in one year Starts Here Max Weber and charisma Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy Chris Ryan's podcast, Tangentially Speaking, and his book, Sex At Dawn Daniel Beer's superb book, The House of the Dead: Siberian Exile Under the Tsars Our interview with Robert Colvile about The Great Acceleration in our lives The idea of 'Working Towards The Führer' Challenge: Push the negative person out of your group; don't invite them to the party and see just how much of a better time everyone has. Allow others to realise the benefits of that person's absence... and see their toxic power diminish. Let us know what happened next...! Be silly. Be kind. Be weird. Join us as we continue our 48 Laws of Power review, exploring Robert Greene’s provocative and compelling book, in which he lays bare the history, practice, psychology, and philosophies of power that ultimately shape all human relations. Often seen as a handbook for the ‘modern Machiavelli’, we take a closer look, beyond the hyperbole, and discuss how understanding and implementing these Laws can actually enrich your life personally, professionally and spiritually. Jon and Dre aim to get to the heart of each of the Laws, grapple with their sometimes disturbingly amoral nature, and discuss what the Laws mean in everyday life (often revealing their own experiences – good and bad – when they’ve either observed or transgressed them).

You've got Daddy Issues. And you're going to have to deal with them if you want to find your way to Power. Law 41 penetrates deeply into our psyches and draws back the veil on the automatic behaviours we go through life with – unconsciously playing out the patterns we inherited from our parents, whether by copying them or trying, naively, to reject them. So how can we forge our own distinctive routes to Power? This week, we ask some crucial questions. What is real drive? Who has it; can it be learnt; and should you rely on your children to have it? Are rags to riches stories actually instructive, or do they simply warp and distort our sense of what's necessary to become the hero of your own movie? We get psycho-philosophical and explain what it really means to kill the Buddha (and your parents) if you see them on your path; we explore the human inability to resist a pecking order; and we reveal what Bridezillas and Mothers-in-Law have to tell us about the Laws of Power. Law 41 nuances many of the previous Laws, from what Law 1 (Never Outshine the Master) actually means in practice, to always remembering to Give Before You Take (the core lesson of Law 12). As well as drawing together more of the rich tapestry of the 48 Laws, we stop off to ponder some personal issues, too. Jon reflects on his continuing life on the road and what the symbols of success really are for people in their 20s-30s these days; Dre describes how signal-to-noise ratios explain something absolutely fundamental about human nature... and what kind of lazy he really is. And we reveal why Alexander the Great seriously needed to pull his fucking self together. This episode includes: The only way to effectively overcome a powerful predecessor and forge your own legacy Does comfort erode ambition? How to avoid playing out the unlived lives of your parents Why rebellion so often turns out to be nothing new Learning the dominant paradigm and when to subvert it Do you lose your choices by following in someone's footsteps, or are you more prepared than your peers? How to reinvent yourself and why you have to do so Mentioned in the episode: The HBO series on John Adams which Dre mentioned The infamous Indiana Jones sword vs. gun scene Our excellent interview with Robert Colvile on The Great Acceleration in our lives Challenge: Write down a list of the qualities and achievements of both your father/mother and your idol... and then think of ways you could do the opposite. What does that reveal? What's the first thing you would change about your current lifestyle and trajectory? Be silly. Be kind. Be weird. Join us as we continue our 48 Laws of Power review, exploring Robert Greene’s provocative and compelling book, in which he lays bare the history, practice, psychology, and philosophies of power that ultimately shape all human relations. Often seen as a handbook for the ‘modern Machiavelli’, we take a closer look, beyond the hyperbole, and discuss how understanding and implementing these Laws can actually enrich your life personally, professionally and spiritually. Jon and Dre aim to get to the heart of each of the Laws, grapple with their sometimes disturbingly amoral nature, and discuss what the Laws mean in everyday life (often revealing their own experiences – good and bad – when they’ve either observed or transgressed them).

Never got enough time? Always feel like you're spinning a dozen plates without a moment for yourself? Worried you're unable to remember anything without needing to Google it? You're right. The world is getting faster, faster. But is that necessarily a bad thing? Robert Colvile, author of The Great Acceleration, joins us as we try to get to grips with what this apparently endless speeding-up of life means for our mental health, relationships, careers, and even our ability to just sit down and read a good book all the way through. Robert's worked on the front lines of The Great Acceleration: in just a handful of years, journalism has shifted from 'winning the day' to 'winning the hour' as editors frantically compete to get their version of events out first, often at the cost of accuracy or the space for deeper reflection. As politics turns into a battle of soundbites, dating into a game of swiping and discarding, and adolescence into a full-time job of social media curation, is there still space for genuine human connection and honesty? Or even to feel that we have more than a finger-tip control over our lives? Despite the undeniable stresses and personal costs of The Great Acceleration, this isn't a straightforwardly negative story culminating in an inevitable crash and burn. Robert is refreshingly optimistic, and not without cause. He's spent years talking with experts at tech giants (even sitting in on board meetings at Google), leading politicians, psychologists and more to get to the facts and figures which paint a surprisingly – at times dramatically – different picture. What We Get Into: How we can (and if we should) step off the treadmill The mental health costs of The Great Acceleration The truth about dating apps and our ability to connect with other people Does speed breed creativity or conformity? Whether Universal Basic Income can ever really work What Brexit means for Britain and the EU's ability to develop and adapt in future Find Robert Robert's website On Twitter And on CapX Mentioned in the Interview: Ryan Holiday's book on media manipulation, Trust Me, I'm Lying Nick Bostrom's book, Superintelligence Carl Honoré's rather different view, In Praise of Slow

We throw around a lot of words and ideas about technology, about disruption, about progress and about the impact of technology in speeding up our lives.  The  fact is the speed up is more than just technology. As we move to cities at increasing rates, as the workplace demands greater productivity, as global competition abounds, the pressures to speed up are everywhere. But how fast is fast?  How fast exceeds our evolutionary and biological ability to cope? And what happens to the the anger of those left behind in the cloud of dust from creative destruction. These are just a few of the issues taken up by Robert Colvile in The Great Acceleration: How the World is Getting Faster, Faster.

We throw around words and ideas about technology, about disruption, about progress and the impact of technology in speeding up our lives.  The  fact is, it’s more than just technology. As we move to cities at increasing rates, as the workplace demands greater productivity, as global competition abounds, as we experience the globalization of acceleration,  the pressures to speed up are everywhere. But how fast is fast?  How fast exceeds our evolutionary and biological ability to cope? And what happens to the the anger of those left behind in the cloud of dust from creative destruction. These are just a few of the issues taken up by Robert Colvile in  The Great Acceleration: How the World is Getting Faster, Faster.

Engage with Andy Busch brings on British journalist and author Robert Colvile to discuss his new book, "The Great Acceleration:  how the world is getting faster, faster.  We discuss how politics, religion and technology are all being shaped by the world speeding up.  

On Start the Week Andrew Marr looks at the pace of life with the writer Robert Colvile who celebrates today's accelerating flow of change and argues that we are hard-wired to crave novelty, speed and convenience. But Carl Honoré challenges this cult of speed in his praise of slowness. The scientist Steve Jones looks back at another period of history where the pace of change was revolutionary impacting scientifically, socially and politically - the French Revolution. And the writer Sarah Dunant focuses on 16th century Italy at a time when ideas in politics, religion and art were gathering pace. Producer: Katy Hickman.