The Politics Show

Ten years after the Brexit referendum, a British Prime Minister has said out loud what much of the country has concluded: Brexit did more harm than good.

Andy Burnham has told his party that no credible ten-year plan for Britain can avoid the Europe question, and has since declined to rule out rejoining the EU in Labour’s next manifesto.

Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Tom McTague and Ethan Croft to discuss.
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It’s been a tumultuous time for the Green Party. Their controversial “Zionism is racism vote” and leader Zack Polanski’s defeat in a by-election in North London has led to turmoil within the party.

Meanwhile, is the long-suffering Tory party finally experiencing a “Kemi-bounce”?

And how about the Lib Dems? Is leader Ed Davey facing a coup?

Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Megan Kenyon and Ethan Croft.

Correction: Jamie Driscoll was not suspended from the Labour Party. He wasn’t allowed to stand as a candidate and so he left the party.
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Reform clearing its own officials of breaking party funding law, Kemi Badenoch’s inheritance tax gambit and was Britain really better off in the 1980s?

Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Will Dunn for our weekly round up.

READ: https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/2026/10/spains-warning-to-andy-burnham

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/the-sketch/2026/10/vegan-sausages-and-loathing-at-green-party-conference

https://www.newstatesman.com/business/economics/2026/10/was-britain-really-better-off-in-the-1980s
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Labour has held the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, with Sagal Abdi-Wali retaining the seat for the party despite a hard-fought contest from Green Party leader Zack Polanski.

The result preserves Labour’s long-standing grip on the constituency, and disrupts Polanski’s momentum.

Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Megan Kenyon and Ben Walker to discuss.
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At the Green Party conference, party members backed a motion to describe Zionism as racism.

Zack Polanski, currently campaigning in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, missed the controversial vote, which called for Israel to be replaced by a single Palestinian state.

Is this a watershed moment for the Green Party?

Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Megan Kenyon.
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