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The Lowdown from Nick Cohen

Nick Cohen

Get The Lowdown from Nick Cohen as he investigates a world that seems to get ever more crazy, with leading commentators and politicians.

Each week, leading commentator Nick Cohen talks to the country's leading movers and shakers - to cut the through much of the drivel and commentary that passes for so much political discourse these days. Nick - a long-term columnist for The Observer and The Spectator - will be attempting to make sense of our ever stranger and troubling world with insightful politicians,  journalists and authors. Our mission is to help keep you sane! So please get The Lowdown from Nick Cohen and subscribe to his Substack column - Writing from London.

Episode 33: Will Hutton on Labour's path aheadApril 26, 2024
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Ep 32: Will the real Keir Starmer step forward? With the Labour Leader's biographer Tom BaldwinMarch 02, 2024
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Ep 31: Pulling Brexit Britain out of its economic death spiral - with economist Danny BlanchflowerFebruary 25, 2024
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Ep 30: The Tories' by-election blues and the stench of electoral death with Professor Tim BaleFebruary 18, 2024
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Ep 29 How Labour wins big & stays in power with former Blair adviser John McTernanFebruary 11, 2024
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Ep 28: The Left's failure to confront the Trumpism menace with writer Matt JohnsonFebruary 04, 2024
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Ep 27: Breaking the Brexit Taboo with Professor Chris GreyJanuary 28, 2024
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Ep 26: The Post Office scandal & the curse of British managerialism with economist Chris DillowJanuary 21, 2024
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Ep 25: Crimes against humanity, lies & misinformation in the Gaza conflict with Daniella PeledJanuary 14, 2024
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Ep 24: How the Radical Right of Reform could destroy the Tories - with Rob FordJanuary 07, 2024
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Ep 23: Praying for Tory wipe-out in 2024 with author & historian James HawesDecember 25, 2023
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Ep 22: Another fine Tory mess - The great Rwanda farce with immigration lawyer Colin YeoDecember 17, 2023
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Ep 21: The Tories' perfect storm - how hard will it blow? with Professor Rob FordDecember 09, 2023
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Ep 20: A Hitch in time? What would Christopher Hitchens have made of today's insanity? With author Matt JohnsonDecember 02, 2023
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Ep: The strange death of the Left in the West & in Israel with Professor Shlomo SandNovember 19, 2023
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Ep 18: Boris Johnson's poisoned legacy with historian Robert SaundersNovember 11, 2023
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Ep 16: War and peace in the Middle East with journalist Daniella Peled of Institute for War & Peace ReportingOctober 21, 2023
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Ep17: SLAPP BACK! How the rich abuse British courts with lawyer & author David HooperOctober 21, 2023
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Ep 15: Israel, Hamas and the threat to Britain's Jews with antisemitism expert Dave Rich October 12, 2023
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Ep 14: The Ascent of Woke with Yascha MounkOctober 05, 2023
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Ep 13: Ukraine's path to victory with military strategist Dr Mike MartinSeptember 27, 2023
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Ep 12: The Tory South & its revolt against the UK with James HawesSeptember 23, 2023
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Ep 11: The Stagnation nation - is the UK's decline unstoppable? with Profesor Jonathan PortesSeptember 13, 2023
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Ep 10: Breaking the Brexit Omerta with Peter Foster of the Financial TimesSeptember 06, 2023
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Ep. 9: Wither and whither the Tories? With author & Conservative Party expert - Professor Tim BaleJuly 24, 2023
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