Political Currency

EMQs: Are the Tories against welfare cuts?

After the great response to Ed Balls’ scepticism on Burnham trying to rejoin the EU, former Labour MP Gloria De Piero got in touch. She asks Ed and George Osborne just how they would make the case for...

2026-10-26

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Will Healey’s budget burst the Burnham bubble?

The Budget is less than a week away, and the pressure is on for Andy Burnham and John Healey to deliver. Ed Balls and George Osborne debate whether the right moves are being taken for the new chancell...

2026-10-23

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EMQs: Who Lifts Heavier, Ed or George?

Author Philip Delves Broughton asks Ed Balls and George Osborne whether Britain could survive an energy shock like the 1973–74 oil crisis, which ended with a three-day week and the fall of the Heath g...

2026-10-19

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Does Burnham have a foot in mouth problem?

International politics can disrupt the best laid plans of any government, and this week was no different. Ed Balls and George Osborne delve into a week that has been dominated by the war in Ukraine, a...

2026-10-16

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EMQs: The truth about government war gaming

Money saving expert Martin Lewis sends in a question for Ed Balls and George Osborne this week, all about the tiny fixes. He tasks the pair with contributing to his new Small Ideas Initiative, proposi...

2026-10-12

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Have Burnham & Badenoch restored two-party politics?

Party conference season is over, and it went out with a bang. The Greens have been engulfed by controversy over Zionism, and the Tories have been repositioning as the leading party on the right. Ed Ba...

2026-10-09

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EMQs: Should John Healey recruit ex-chancellors?

A questioner from Instagram takes Ed Balls and George Osborne back 20 years in this week’s EMQs, reminiscing on fringe events at party conferences that drew no audience. They reflect on how to handle ...

2026-10-05

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Will Burnham’s big and bold speech backfire?

The dust has settled on Andy Burnham’s conference speech, and the verdict is positive. However, there are lingering questions. Ed Balls and George Osborne, fresh off their Hot Take, set out to answer ...

2026-10-02

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HOT TAKE: Our verdict on Burnham’s conference speech

Andy Burnham’s first Labour conference speech was pitched as a break from your standard conference speech, but did it deliver? Ed Balls and George Osborne went live earlier this afternoon to give thei...

2026-09-30

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EMQs: Biggest conference clangers

In a star studded edition of EMQs, Sky News political editor, and rival podcaster, Beth Rigby asks Ed Balls and George Osborne for their biggest party conference cock-ups over the years. George takes ...

2026-09-28

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Can the Burnham & Trump love-in last?

Andy Burnham has finally met Donald Trump, and George Osborne concludes it went as well as it possibly could. He and Ed Balls delve into the two leaders’ meeting in New York this week, and just how Br...

2026-09-25

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EMQs: The challenges criticising Netanyahu with rising anti-semitism?

How do you unite leaders to come together and work for a common goal? Tom Fletcher, who works for the UN on Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief, asks this very question to Ed Balls and George Os...

2026-09-21

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Has Burnham wasted his honeymoon?

The budget crunch is on for Andy Burnham’s new government, with Ed Balls and George Osborne warning that the economic outlook has got much worse from when the new PM entered No. 10. The Fed raising in...

2026-09-18

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EMQs: Why does Farage fall out with everyone?

Veteran journalist John Sweeney starts this week’s EMQs asking Ed Balls and George Osborne why Farage falls out with all his mates. From Rupert Lowe right back to his Ukip days, the Clacton MP has a l...

2026-09-14

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Has Andy Burnham gone too far on Israel?

Foreign affairs took centre stage in British politics this week, with Andy Burnham finally showing where he stands. Ed Balls and George Osborne examine the shake-up in rhetoric to Israel/Gaza, but sug...

2026-09-11

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EMQs: From Athelstan to Dollywood

Off the back of our preview of the Bayeux Tapestry, The Rest is History’s own Tom Holland asks Ed Balls and George Osborne about another significant English date: 926. The show is broadcast from insid...

2026-09-07

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Inside the British Museum’s Bayeux Tapestry Coup

In this week’s episode, George Osborne and Ed Balls broadcast from the magnificent Bayeux Tapestry exhibition at the British Museum - the only podcast allowed in the space.   Joined by curator Mi...

2026-09-04

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EMQs solutions special: Burnham reviving Sunak’s national service plan?

In this policy focused edition of EMQs, Ed Balls and George Osborne are thinking about the big ideas to help solve Britain’s big issues. They first consider whether steps should be taken to offer tax ...

2026-08-31

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Amol Rajan: Why I’m leaving the BBC

In our final special summer interview, George Osborne sits down with Amol Rajan as he leaves the Today Programme for a new venture. Amol gives George the scoop on his latest endeavour on YouTube and h...

2026-08-27

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EMQs What If: Ed and George had never entered politics?

For our third summer EMQs we’re returning to our What Ifs. Ed Balls and George Osborne first consider how Britain would change had they never entered politics? Would the Bank of England become indepen...

2026-08-24

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