On The House
17 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsWhat’s really going on in Parliament? What’s happening in politics that the mainstream media always misses? Join MPs Sam Gyimah and Dr Phillip Lee plus friends, colleagues and friendly rivals for candid, irreverent political chat about what really matters, over that great leveller – a drink after work.
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ON THE HOUSE: ON THE ROAD with ALASTAIR CAMPBELL and guest host CLIVE TYLDESLEY
November 29, 2019 17:33 - 51 minutes“Hello! Hello! Here we go…” In an On the House first, Dr Phillip Lee is in the hot seat along with returning guest Alastair Campbell - asking the questions this week is one of the most recognisable voices in Britain, veteran football commentator Clive Tyldesley. He was in the commentator's box during the Champions League Final in 2005, and during England's defeat to Iceland at Euro 2016, only the second worst British-based national embarrassment of that year. Three points for guessing the fi...
RISKY BUSINESS with guest David Henig
November 22, 2019 16:56 - 39 minutesOn The House is back in Westminster this week after a trip up the Westway to Kensington. Dr Philip Lee is away, so Sam takes the wheel. After Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson’s ITV debate, are we any closer to knowing who’ll step into Number 10 on Friday, December 13th? Sam is joined by trade policy expert David Henig, who provides a dose of realism to the Brexit debate in his capacity as the director of the UK Trade Policy Project at the European Centre for International Political Economy. “...
THROUGH THE CAMPAIGN BARRIER with guest Vince Cable
November 15, 2019 15:55 - 42 minutesAs Election 2019 gets more intense and even more unpleasant, Phillip Lee and Sam Gyimah head into West London for a drink with a true heavyweight of the Lib Dems – Sir Vince Cable, former leader of the party, Secretary of State for Business, outgoing Twickenham MP and light-footed ballroom dancing legend. What wisdom can he impart to these two new Lib Dem candidates? Plus: Who’s having the worst General Election campaign so far: the Conservatives or Labour? Have the Lib Dems finally shaken ...
SCIENCE FRICTION with guest Mike Galsworthy
November 08, 2019 17:27 - 58 minutesIt’s a one-to-one pint after Parliament this week. Mike Galsworthy – Final Say vote champion, founder of Scientists For EU and rock star of Remain – joins Phillip Lee for a drink, a political head-to-head on what a Brexit election means for the NHS and science policy… and the obligatory ton of dry-roast peanuts. This week: The car-crash of Conservative Campaign Week One. How Brexit really could put Britain at the back of the queue for vital new drug launches – and cost us an extra £10bn. Wil...
ELECTION 2019: INTO BATTLE plus guest Dominic Grieve MP
November 01, 2019 15:22 - 43 minutesAs the Election Battle is finally joined, MPs Sam Gyimah and Phillip Lee are joined for a pre-poll pint by their former Conservative colleague Dominic Grieve - the Parliamentary giant who put his career on the line to hold back No Deal, and ensure that Parliament got a Meaningful Say on Brexit. Dominic Grieve is now running as an independent in Beaconsfield, and Sam’s standing in Kensington. How will these experienced MPs handle a General Election where all the rules have been torn up? Plus: ...
DIRTY DEALS DONE DIRT CHEAP with guest Ian Dunt
October 25, 2019 15:50 - 1 hourAs Boris Johnson edges his Brexit Deal a bit further than Theresa May did – but not much – MPs Sam Gyimah and Phillip Lee lift the lid on the tatty trade-offs that had to happen in Parliament for Johnson to claim a victory. They’re joined by special guest IAN DUNT of politics.co.uk and the Remainiacs podcast for an uncut look at the underbelly of Parliamentary politics. Why does passing the Deal mean more – and worse – squabbling over Brexit than we’ve already got? How are Conservative and L...
THE MOMENT OF TRUTH with guest Alastair Campbell
October 18, 2019 10:18 - 55 minutesBoris Johnson prepares to put his Deal to the Commons. Hundreds of thousands of people get ready to descend on London to march for a Final Say vote. As Britain braces itself for Brexit’s moment of truth, MPs Sam Gyimah and Phillip Lee join special guest ALASTAIR CAMPBELL for an eve-of-battle conflab. What’s the truth about Johnson’s Deal? Does it in any way resemble what was sold in the Referendum? What do the Commons numbers look like for Saturday’s vote? Is there a realistic route to that ...
EXTINCTION REBELLION: Panic or practical politics? With guest Sarah Lunnon
October 12, 2019 12:55 - 44 minutes - 40.3 MBThere’s much more happening in politics this week than can be contained within the walls of the Houses of Parliament. As the radical climate change movement Extinction Rebellion stages disruptive protests all over the world, MPs Sam Gyimah and Phillip Lee share a drink with one of its spokespeople, former Green councillor Sarah Lunnon, about what makes the Rebellion run. Can idealism and practical politics come together? Is there a sweet spot between XR’s demands for an emergency carbon cra...
EXTINCTION REBELLION: Panic or practical politics? With guest Sarah Lunnon
October 12, 2019 12:55 - 45 minutesThere’s much more happening in politics this week than can be contained within the walls of the Houses of Parliament. As the radical climate change movement Extinction Rebellion stages disruptive protests all over the world, MPs Sam Gyimah and Phillip Lee share a drink with one of its spokespeople, former Green councillor Sarah Lunnon, about what makes the Rebellion run. Can idealism and practical politics come together? Is there a sweet spot between XR’s demands for an emergency carbon crash...
JOHNSON TRIGGERS THE BLAME GAME with The Observer's Will Hutton
October 04, 2019 16:23 - 55 minutesThe pint after Parliament podcast returns with special guest WILL HUTTON – Observer columnist, Principal of Hertford College at Oxford and tribune of Keynesianism – joining MPs Phillip Lee and Sam Gyimah to gaze in amazement at the latest week in politics. Is there anyone around who believes that Boris Johnson’s arcane buffer zone scheme isn’t just a fake solution designed to be rejected by the EU? Are the EU just being polite with Britain – and for how long? Will Parliament even get to vote...
PROROGUE’S GALLERY with special guest Stephen Doughty MP
September 27, 2019 15:33 - 57 minutes“UTTERLY EXTRAORDINARY AND DEEPLY SHAMEFUL”: Parliament is back but the Prime Minister and his lieutenants’ vicious opening performance left the country completely aghast. On their latest pints-after-politics podcast, MPs Sam Gyimah and Phillip Lee plus special guest Stephen Doughty (Labour/Co-Op MP for Cardiff South and Penarth) give their honest and unvarnished eyewitness account of this, the most unpleasant and shameful display in the Commons in recent memory. What was the Government tryin...
PROROGUE’S GALLERY with special guest Stephen Doughty MP
September 27, 2019 15:33 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MB“UTTERLY EXTRAORDINARY AND DEEPLY SHAMEFUL”: Parliament is back but the Prime Minister and his lieutenants’ vicious opening performance left the country completely aghast. On their latest pints-after-politics podcast, MPs Sam Gyimah and Phillip Lee plus special guest Stephen Doughty (Labour/Co-Op MP for Cardiff South and Penarth) give their honest and unvarnished eyewitness account of this, the most unpleasant and shameful display in the Commons in recent memory. What was the Government try...
COLLATERAL DAMAGE with guest Owen Bennett of the Daily Telegraph
September 20, 2019 10:12 - 46 minutesThe Telegraph’s Whitehall Editor OWEN BENNETT joins stereo MPs Sam Gyimah and Phillip Lee for this week’s edition of the candid pints-after-politics podcast. On the agenda: What happens when the people running the system want to smash the system? Will the Supreme Court challenge to prorogation remake or break Britain’s constitution? Is Jo Swinson’s promise to revoke Article 50 good politics or bad strategy for the Lib Dems? And after Owen torpedoed Michael Gove’s Conservative leadership chanc...
DEEPER INTO DARKNESS with guest Marie le Conte
September 13, 2019 12:51 - 59 minutesThis week on the candid pint-after-Parliament podcast, MPs Sam Gyimah and Phillip Lee are joined by special guest MARIE LE CONTE, political commentator and writer for the Guardian, New Statesman and more. Is the Boris Johnson-Dominic Cummings government digging itself into an ever-deeper hole? How will this mess get sorted? What’s the real power of political gossip? And how many bags of Nobby’s Nuts will be consumed this week…? There’s only one way to find out. Audio production by Alex Rees. ...
A ROUND WITH THE REBELS: MPs Phillip Lee and Sam Gyimah plus special guest Guto Bebb
September 06, 2019 13:49 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBON THE HOUSE, the candid pint-after-Parliament podcast with MPs Sam Gyimah and Phillip Lee, returns for a full series — and we’ve certainly picked the right week for it. Phillip crossed the floor to join the Lib Dem right in the middle of Boris Johnson’s first PMQs. Sam lost the Tory whip after rebelling over No Deal. And so did special guest GUTO BEBB, Aberconwy MP and fellow member of the 21 rebels. What WILL they talk about? Take your pick from open civil war in the Tory party, constitut...
A ROUND WITH THE REBELS: MPs Phillip Lee and Sam Gyimah plus special guest Guto Bebb
September 06, 2019 13:49 - 1 hourON THE HOUSE, the candid pint-after-Parliament podcast with MPs Sam Gyimah and Phillip Lee, returns for a full series — and we’ve certainly picked the right week for it. Phillip crossed the floor to join the Lib Dem right in the middle of Boris Johnson’s first PMQs. Sam lost the Tory whip after rebelling over No Deal. And so did special guest GUTO BEBB, Aberconwy MP and fellow member of the 21 rebels. What WILL they talk about? Take your pick from open civil war in the Tory party, constitutio...
Into the Age of Boris and beyond
July 28, 2019 13:23 - 1 hourIn ON THE HOUSE, MPs Sam Gyimah and Phillip Lee join friends, fellow MPs and friendly rivals for a drink after the House rises, for free and frank talk about what really mattered in politics this week – and what to look out for in the coming months. In this first edition the special guest is ELIZABETH DAY, author, journalist and creator of hit podcast How To Fail. On the agenda: the dawn of the Boris Johnson Government, the future of Tory politics and much more. Audio production by Alex Rees....