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Gadgets & Gizmos: Interacting with the new £20 banknote

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Gadgets & Gizmos: Interacting with the new £20 banknote
Tech guru Steve Caplin on how you can interact with Turner's masterpiece on the new £20 note, Jeff Bezos's pledge to save the environment, Samsung's new phones, the Met Police bringing in live facial recognition, an app taking revenge on nuisance calls, the knife that thinks it's a fork and vice versa and ends with organic robots, robot snakes, sweating robots and a giant Gundam robot.
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Steve Caplin

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Simon Rose

The Bigger Picture: Why big projects go over budget, BBC licence fee & the UK's EU history

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The Bigger Picture: Why big projects go over budget, BBC licence fee & the UK's EU history
Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University examines why big construction projects such as Crossrail and HS2 go over budget, what ought to be done about the BBC and its licence fee and he casts a look back over the UK's troubled relationship with the EU during its 47-year membership.
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Professor Tim Evans

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The Bigger Picture: US State of the Union, post-Brexit decision-making & Labour leadership

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The Bigger Picture: US State of the Union, post-Brexit decision-making & Labour leadership
Political commentator Mike Indian looks across the pond, discussing Trump's State of the Union address, his impeachment acquittal and the Iowa caucuses. Back home, with Brexit now achieved, what can we expect from an EU trade deal and how are decisions such as that regarding Huawei likely to be received? With the SNP under pressure with another sex scandal, he looks at the Labour leadership election and asks if Emily Thornberry has run out of road?
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Mike Indian

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Simon Rose

The Bigger Picture: UK economy turnaround, exhausted central bankers & the limits of Xi and Putin

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The Bigger Picture: UK economy turnaround, exhausted central bankers & the limits of Xi and Putin
Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University discusses predictions that the UK economy will outperform the EU bloc after Brexit, wondering whether economics should be trusted as a hard science. With global debt said to be $188 trillion, he hears the confessions of central bankers that they have run out of ammunition. And with Xi and Putin both of an age when they could claim a bus pass, he wonder what the future holds for them and their countries.
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Professor Tim Evans

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Simon Rose

The Bigger Picture: Labour leadership; Brexit countdown; Trump impeachment

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The Bigger Picture: Labour leadership; Brexit countdown; Trump impeachment
Mike Indian, political journalist and author of the Groucho Tendency blog, is in the studio talking about the latest from the Labour leadership election with Keir Starmer and Lisa Nandy on to the ballot and left-leaning Jess Phillips dropping out. Meanwhile, John Bercow's peerage is in doubt. Mike also looks ahead to what we can expect from Brexit this year and the impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump.
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The Bigger Picture: UK global exports; Iran & Oman; Sir Roger Scruton RIP

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The Bigger Picture: UK global exports; Iran & Oman; Sir Roger Scruton RIP
Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University discusses ONS figures showing that non-EU exports are growing five times faster than those heading to the EU. He also turns his attention to the Middle East, wondering what might be the result of recent events involving Iran and looks at Oman, broker to the Iran nuclear deal, where the modernising Sultan has just died after ruling for 50 years. Lastly, he assesses the importance of the recently-deceased philosopher Sir Roger Scruton.
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Professor Tim Evans

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Simon Rose

The Bigger Picture: US-Iran tensions; Labour leadership contest & the new Parliament

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The Bigger Picture: US-Iran tensions; Labour leadership contest & the new Parliament
Political commentator and author of the Groucho Tendency blog Mike Indian talks to Simon Rose about the political ramifications across Europe of the killing of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani. He looks at the various candidates vying for leadership of the Labour Party, how the process works and how the party might recover from its election defeat. And he discusses the different nature of Parliament with a new Speaker and a Conservative majority.
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Mike Indian

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The Bigger Picture: Britain's economy in the 20s, Labour's leadership & the Tories' economic policies

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The Bigger Picture: Britain's economy in the 20s, Labour's leadership & the Tories' economic policies
In his first appearance in 2020, Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University looks at the effect Brexit may have on Britain's status in the world economy. He looks at what might happen in Labour's leadership contest, wondering whether – like the Conservatives in the Blair years – they may go through several leaders. And he considers what economic policies the Conservatives might choose to adopt after their decisive election victory.
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Professor Tim Evans

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The Bigger Picture: Lessons of the election, whither Labour and can Boris cut the mustard?

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The Bigger Picture: Lessons of the election, whither Labour and can Boris cut the mustard?
Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University reflects upon the 2019 UK General Election. What lessons should be drawn for the main political parties? What can we expect from Labour's forthcoming leadership election? And what will Boris Johnson's government actually do in terms of public policy and Brexit?
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Professor Tim Evans

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Simon Rose

The Bigger Picture: 2019 Election Special

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The Bigger Picture: 2019 Election Special
What will the election result mean for Britain and the markets? Richard Stone and Gavin Oldham of The Share Centre discuss the political and economic ramifications of the Conservatives being returned with a solid majority and what it will mean for the UK's future relationship with Europe. Investment Research Analyst Helal Miah looks at the sectors likely to benefit from a reappraisal of the prospects for the UK stock market.
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Gavin Oldham, Richard Stone, Helal Miah

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