Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

BBC

Nick Robinson talks to people who shape our political thinking about what shaped theirs. Each episode of Political Thinking features an in-depth conversation with someone who is shaping our politics. The people who run our country (and those who want...

Episodes

'Our donors are brave people': Reform's Robert Jenrick on wealth, power, and the establishment

We've got a plan: Louise Haigh on her journey back to power

The Treasury was in denial: John Healey on why he resigned as defence secretary

What went wrong for Starmer: Morgan McSweeney gives his side of the story

'A bad start even before he starts' - Welsh First Minister on why trouble's brewing with Burnham

20/06/2026

'We need some daydreaming': lawyer Theodor Meron on surviving the Holocaust, and issuing Netanyahu’s arrest warrant

06/06/2026

30/05/2026

23/05/2026

Why the Prime Minister has to go: Miatta Fahnbulleh on being the first minister to break with Starmer

'It's been a whirlwind': Zack Polanski on storytelling, Zionism and Zackonomics

From Sky boss to Number 10: Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith

'We cannot have chaos': Emily Thornberry on the law of war and Labour's struggles

'This is Iran's Berlin Wall moment': Omid Djalili, comedian and actor

'We're appeasing the tech bros': Beeban Kidron, from film-maker to lawmaker

Nigel Farage: 'Broken Britain', national identity and lessons from Trump

How to tell England’s story: James Graham, playwright

From boxing to politics: Vitali Klitschko, Mayor of Kyiv

David Lammy: The old world order isn't coming back