
229. Sir Keir Starmer – Labour (2024-)
22/12/2025 | 33 mins.
Iain Dale talks to Patrick Maguire, chief political commentator for The Times about the life and career of the UK’s current prime minister.

228. Napoleon III – France (1852-70)
15/12/2025 | 32 mins.
Iain Dale talks to Sir Robert Buckland about the French Emperor who failed to live up to the reputation of his namesake predecessor.

227. Liz Truss – 2022-22
08/12/2025 | 27 mins.
I talk to Liz Truss’s biographer, James Heale, about Britain’s 56th and shortest serving prime minister.

226. Simon Harris – Ireland (2024-25)
01/12/2025 | 47 mins.
In order to complete the Irish Taoiseach podcast series, Iain Dale talks to Irish Times Political Editor Pat Leahy about the 16th Irish Taoiseach, Simon Harris.

225. Bashar Al-Assad – Syria (2000-24)
24/11/2025 | 36 mins.
Iain Dale talks to former Conservative MP Brooks Newmark about the rule of the Syrian dictator who eventually fled to exile in Moscow. Brooks met Assad on nine occasions.



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