EP.110 | Has the PM turned a crisis into an opportunity?
08/09/2025
Keir Starmers latest reset has not gone according to plan. But has the PM turned the crisis into an opportunity?
STARMER GAMBLES ON STRONGER NUMBER TEN TEAM – AND IT COULD BE HIS LAST THROW –OF THE DICE.
04/09/2025
Parliament returned after the summer recess, the PM reshuffled his team – and within 48 hours Labour was embroiled in another unfortunate controversy. Frank McKenna suggests that Keir Starmer may be under as much pressure to keep his job as Angela Rayner is to keep hers.
KEIR’S FIRST YEAR
17/07/2025
Downtown in Business group chair and chief executive Frank McKenna offers his reflections on a special Labour Party reception hosted in London this week.
ONE YEAR TO GET IT RIGHT. THE TICKING CLOCK.
09/07/2025
Jim has a gloomy view about the government’s ability to quickly turn
around its fortunes. He also reflects on the death of Lord Tebbit.
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP.98 | Keir’s First Year
01/07/2025
Do we have a government that is good at getting things done- but bad at politics?
Want to Beat Farage in the Red Wall? Appoint Burnham as Minister for the North
19/06/2025
Is Andy Burnham Labour’s antidote to Nigel Farage?
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP.94 | Budgeting for Better Days?
19/06/2025
Rachel Reeves announced her long awaited Spending Review last Wednesday and the DIB podcast team reflect about what that might do in terms of Labour’s polling fortunes.
Double Vision
05/06/2025
Who knows if the Prime Minister is a fan of Cher but one of her biggest hits ,‘If I Could Turn Back Time’ might be on his mind.
A good start – but more to do
22/05/2025
Frank McKenna reacts to the UK/EU reset that was unveiled earlier this week.
Beyond the bunting
08/05/2025
As we mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day with bunting and street parties, prayers and speeches, grainy footage and crackly sounds from a lifetime ago it’s almost impossible to imagine what it meant then.
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP.85 | Have British politicians ever been so unpopular?
28/04/2025
Have UK politicians ever been as unpopular? The polls do not make for healthy reading.
The elusive deal
03/04/2025
Jim reports that business is backing the Prime Minister in taking a cautious approach on the global tariff war that is breaking out. He also looks at the upcoming elections. With Labour and the Tories unpopular, where will the votes go?