This is a top level briefing from one of the best minds in foreign policy.

Ben was Special Adviser to David Lammy when he was Foreign Secretary.

He's been in the room for some of the most important meetings of the last few years, including face-to-face meetings with JD Vance.

In this gripping episode he answers some of the biggest questions about global instability.

What should the UK do to mitigate the shift in American policy?

How terrifying is the future?

What do these changes mean for politics in the UK?

How can the British state be changed to work better?

How radical do we need to be when it comes to racial and religious integration at home?

Big questions with big answers from one of the most compelling voices in modern politics.

THE POLITICAL PARTY LIVE

20 April: Shabana Mahmood

11 May: Lewis Goodall

https://nimaxtheatres.com/shows/the-political-party-with-matt-forde/

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Claire is the Shadow Secretary of State for Energy, Climate Change and Net Zero, having been Secretary of State in the last Conservative government... and she's changed her position on Net Zero.

In this candid and entertaining interview, she tells us why she's changed her mind and her frustrations with the system.

Claire also talks about having to confront her own mortality after the traumatic birth of her son and what it's done for her outlook on life.

Plus, freedom of speech, class, race and everything else going on in politics at the moment.

It's a classic.

THE POLITICAL PARTY LIVE

20 April: Shabana Mahmood

11 May: Lewis Goodall

https://nimaxtheatres.com/shows/the-political-party-with-matt-forde/

SIGN UP to Matt's mailing list to get free audience tickets to his Radio 4 series:

https://www.mattforde.com/mailing-list

SEE Matt's brand new stand-up tour 'Defying Calamity' across the UK:

https://www.mattforde.com/live-shows

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How does Labour defeat Reform and the Greens?

What would count as success in the local, Holyrood and Cardiff elections for Labour?

PLUS, The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport talks

Culture

Media

and...

Peroni, AI and Britney Spears.

It's a classic.

THE POLITICAL PARTY LIVE

20 April: Shabana Mahmood

11 May: Lewis Goodall

https://nimaxtheatres.com/shows/the-political-party-with-matt-forde/

SIGN UP to Matt's mailing list to get free audience tickets to his Radio 4 series:

https://www.mattforde.com/mailing-list

SEE Matt's brand new stand-up tour 'Defying Calamity' across the UK:

https://www.mattforde.com/live-shows

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.