Is the world ready for Donald Trump?

Is the world ready for Donald Trump?

Author: Institute for Government November 8, 2024 Duration: 43:51
Buckle up everyone.  Donald Trump has won the US presidential election and will return to the White House after an extraordinary campaign featuring criminal convictions, assassination attempts, shocking language, and so much more. So what does this tell us about the US? What does it mean for the UK? And how might the world change in the years to come? Scarlett Maguire of JL Partners, the pollsters that called the numbers right, and Michael Martins, a former US Embassy adviser, join the podcast team to explain an extraordinary week. Plus: Kemi Badenoch is the new leader of the Conservative party. We’ll take a look at what this means for the opposition. And finally: another huge story - well, at least for some parts of the IfG. A new ministerial code has been published. We’ve read it and will give you the lowdown. Alex Thomas presents. With Cath Haddon and Sachin Savur. Produced by Candice McKenzie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Podcast Episodes
Trump Declares War: Tariff Liberation Day [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 40:51
The rules of global trade have been dramatically ripped up by Donald Trump. So what is the US president’s tariff plan actually meant to do? Has a global trade war started? How big a hit will the UK economy take? And what…
Will Trump rip up Reeves’s rebalanced books? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:53
Spring has nearly sprung, but the fiscal forecasts made for a rather gloomy spring statement for Rachel Reeves. Stewart Wood, a Labour peer and former adviser to Gordon Brown, joins the podcast team to assess the state o…
Will Rachel Reeves and Darren Jones’ sums add up? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 45:23
With Rachel Reeves just days away from setting out her spring statement to parliament, chief secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones MP drops into the podcast studio to discuss the Treasury’s new plans for watching the pe…
Keir Starmer rewires the state: An interview with the prime minister [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 43:26
Minutes after setting out his plans for reforming the civil service, abolishing NHS England, and ending ministerial reliance on quangos, Keir Starmer joined Inside Briefing for an exclusive interview with IfG director Ha…
Will Ukraine be “Keir Starmer’s Falklands - or his Iraq”? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 38:27
So much has happened since that explosive – and unsettling – White House press conference bust-up between Donald Trump and Vlodymer Zelensky, but does Keir Starmer have a workable plan for peace? UKICE’s Anand Menon join…
Starmer and Trump: special relationship or odd couple? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 49:50
Keir Starmer has completed his first visit to the White House – and delivered a letter from King Charles to Donald Trump. So just how special is the special relationship looking this weekend? Defence expert Karin von Hip…
What is the UK’s place in Trump’s world? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 44:57
With Donald Trump making a series of headline-making statements on Ukraine and its leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy, former national security adviser Peter Ricketts joins the podcast team to make sense of America’s place in th…
In conversation with John Healey MP, Secretary of State for Defence [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 41:27
The Institute for Government was delighted to welcome Rt Hon John Healey MP, Secretary of State for Defence, to discuss his priorities for reforming UK defence. With war in Europe, instability in the Middle East and a ne…
Starmer’s border crackdown, Trump’s Ukraine sellout [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 39:05
Valentine’s Day is upon us... but there doesn’t seem to be a great deal of love for Keir Starmer and his government right now. So what is the PM going to do about it? Commentator Ian Dunt joins the podcast team to weigh…
Keir Starmer: Leader or HR Manager? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 46:58
Gabriel Pogrund, Whitehall Editor of the Sunday Times, joins the podcast team to discuss his new book Get In, which is being billed as the definitive account of Labour’s reinvention under Keir Starmer. The prime minister…