CNN Talk to go Daily - Hit CNN International Show to Run Five Days a Week
- 7 Mar 2018
Good news, for CNN Talk fans anyway. We’re going to 5 days a week and have a snazzy new promo to celebrate: pic.twitter.com/G3XgqQEK2N — Max Foster (@MaxFosterCNN) March 7, 2018 This is the press release CNN have just issued announcing that CNN Talk is going 5 days a...
WATCH: CNN Talk - Does Hollywood Politics Make a Difference?
- 5 Mar 2018
A look back at The Oscars and whether Hollywood poliics is virtual signalling or really can make a difference. Ayesha and Liam get a little bit feisty.
WATCH: The Andrew Marr Show Paper Review & My Red Suit Jacket (But Not the Trousers)
- 4 Mar 2018
The Marr Show paper review from earlier today with me and the New Statesman’s Helen Lewis. Most people on Twitter were more concerned with what I was wearing that what I was saying, it seems. I bought it online from Empire Outlets. Just so you know!
WATCH: CNN Talk - How Can People Trafficking From North Africa Be Stopped?
- 3 Mar 2018
Tens of thousands of migrants are trafficked through Nigeria every year. CNN’s Nima Elbagir went undercover to learn about the horrific experience and met a man who escaped slavery after being trafficked. We talked about her films and how the world can stop people traffickin...
ConHome Diary: It's the Way Theresa May Tells Them! Boom Boom!
- 2 Mar 2018
I had to smile when John Major said there should be a free vote on the Brexit deal. As an ex Whip himself, and someone used to the black arts of the genre, he knows full well that no government could allow a free vote on an issue of this constitutional magnitude. This is no is...
Watch: CNNTalk - What Should the World Do About Syria?
- 26 Feb 2018
In today’s CNN Talk we discuss what the world should do about what is happening in Syria. With Max Foster, Ayesha Hazarika, Liam Halligan and me.
The Loneliness of a Tunbridge Wells Park Runner
- 24 Feb 2018
I hate running. Absolutely loathe it. Cross country running at school was one of the most hated moments of my week. But running is healthy and at the age of 55 and living a very sendantry lifestyle, I know I need to get fitter. I’m a type 2 diabetic with out of control blood s...
WATCH: CNN Talk - Can Armed Teachers Stop School Shootings (Clue: The Answer is no)
- 23 Feb 2018
Join me, Ayesha Hazirika, Liam Halligan and Max Foster for another CNN Talk in which we discuss Donald Trump’s suggestion that some teachers should be armed.
ConHome Diary: Misleading Remainers, Taking on the Halal/Kosher Lobby & the Joys of Being James Cleverly
- 23 Feb 2018
Balanced broadcasting is all about offending people equally, so this week I furthered that cause by offending both muslims and jews. Twice. On successive days I did phone-ins on whether Iceland is right to ban male circumcision and then whether Halal and Kosher animal slaughte...
WATCH: Iain Takes on Halal Defender - "I Don't Care What Your Prophet Says - I Care What the Animal Suffers"
- 21 Feb 2018
We did an hour long phone-in on the fact that the NFU has questioned religious slaughter of animals. It’s probably one of the most heated debates we’ve had recently. Here you will see the first ten minutes, where I take on a represenative from Halal Consultations. Safe to sa...
WATCH: CNNTalk - Which country poses the greatest global threat?
- 19 Feb 2018
A lively discussion on which country poses the greatest global threat. With Max Foster, Liam Halligan, Ayesha Hazirika and me.
Why EU scepticism doesn’t equate to Europe-scepticism
- 18 Feb 2018
In some respects, life in the limbo between the UK voting to leave the European Union and ‘Brexit’ itself has engendered some unfortunate habits in discourse. As a radio host, I’ve done my best to ask questions that challenge prominent figures from all parties who hold...
WATCH: CNN Talk - Gun Control After Florida - What Should Trump Do?
- 16 Feb 2018
It seemed like Groundhog Day, talking about gun control today.
ConHome Diary: Boris's Big Speech, No Sex Please We're Aussie MPs & Why Despite Brexit Europe Is Still Part Of Us
- 16 Feb 2018
Everyone gets rather overexcited whenever Boris Johnson makes a speech. The Westminster lobby do their normal thing and judge it through the prism of whether they can spot any split with Theresa May, even though they are fully aware that the whole speech has been pre-approved ...
I voted Leave, but Brexit Doesn’t Mean we Lose Everything European - Including Our Identity
- 15 Feb 2018
This is the text of an article I have written for the ‘i’ newspaper today… In some respects, life in the limbo between the UK voting to leave the European Union and Brexit itself has engendered some unfortunate habits in discourse. As a radio host, I’ve done my best to ask ...
My Interview with Morgan Tsvangirai
- 14 Feb 2018
Ten years ago I interviewed the Zimbabwean Opposition Leader, Morgan Tsvangirai. It was the cover interview of the second ever edition of Total Politics magazine Tonight it was announced he had died, at the age of 65. Here’s the i You won the election in March. Do you now fee...
WATCH: CNN Talk - The Oxfam Scandal
- 12 Feb 2018
We debate the Oxfam scandal and ask if it undermines the case for international aid. Clue: No it doesn’t…
WATCH: Interview with Alastair Campbell on the State of Brexit Negotiations - It gets feisty!
- 9 Feb 2018
This afternoon I did a two hour phone-in on the seemingly deteriorating relations between Michel Barnier and David Davis. My guest was Alastair Campbell. It developed into, well, quite a feisty encounter. I always enjoy interviewing Alastair. In this twelve minute interview ...
WATCH: CNN Talk - The Winter Olympics & the two Koreas
- 9 Feb 2018
In Friday’s CNN Talk we discussed how the Winter Olympics might affect future relations between North and South Korea, and also North Korea’s relations with the United States.
ConHome Diary: Pardons, Apologies, Soubers & Corbyn on Crime
- 9 Feb 2018
I’ve always liked Anna Soubry and I completely respect the fact that she holds very strong views on the European issue, which are in contract to my own. However, as an elected Conservative MP, you are a participant on politics, not a commentator on it. Her outburst on Newsnigh...