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A pledge card or a culture war? Krishnan Guru-Murthy discusses election strategies with Conservative Equalities Committee Chair Caroline Nokes and former Labour Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw.

As the PM ramps up defence spending, the Conservative’s James Heappey and Labour’s Baroness Anderson join Krishnan Guru-Murthy to discuss whether British troops could end up fighting Putin’s war.

In this episode of The Political Fourcast, Nicky Morgan and Charlie Falconer join Krishnan Guru-Murthy to discuss how the war in Gaza could change the political fortunes of UK parties.

Families with relatives still being held in Gaza say they don’t care about the Israeli government’s declared aim of eliminating Hamas, and that they just want the hostages back, and peace.

The truce between Israel and Hamas has continued for a fifth day, but it’s looking increasingly fragile after both sides accused each other of violations. 

There’s a vacancy in one of the top jobs in US politics after the ousting the Speaker of the House of Representatives.  Third in the presidential line of succession, the person who’d have to take charge if the President and Vice President were both indisposed, Republican Kevin McCarthy was voted out by his own party. 

We spoke to the Conservative MP Steve Brine, who chairs the Health and Social Care Committee.

Now this year has been marked by repeated strike action across the UK: today it was England’s NHS consultants walking out again. 

A meeting of two isolated leaders, usually too afraid of leaving home. North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un left his country by armoured train for the first time in four years to meet President Putin in Eastern Siberia. 

We spoke to Bryn Hughes. He worked as a prison officer for 25 years – and had to carry defendants into the dock. 

Krishnan speaks to KC Kate Bex, who has been involved in many criminal trials, both as a prosecutor and defence lawyer.

For the victims or relatives who’ve endured the trauma of a trial, the refusal of the offender, once found guilty, to attend their own sentencing, can doubtless seem a travesty of justice. 

Presidential elections in Ecuador are going to a run off – after no candidate managed to get enough votes in the first round to be declared the winner.

The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing a no confidence motion, in the wake of a video showing shocking violence which went viral round the world.  

Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey has been cleared of sexually assaulting four men. He had described the allegations against him as “madness”. We spoke to celebrity PR and brand expert Mark Borkowski and started by asking him how easy will it be for Spacey to rebuild his reputation.