"One quality I think chancellors probably need is luck. And on that basis, Jeremy Hunt is a great chancellor." Economics reporter Neil Macdonald explains on the The Fourcast why the government has a bit more money to play with ahead of tomorrow's budget.

“Providing impartial news is what I regard as important.” Adam Boulton tells the The Fourcast that a growing list of so-called ‘presenticians’ blur the line between broadcast news and campaigning politicians.

"Most people were expected to make considerable sacrifices... if our leadership wasn't doing it, I think that's quite disappointing." On The Fourcast, Prof. Devi Sridhar talks about why Boris Johnson's Partygate inquiry matters, three years after the pandemic began.

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"The one consistent hesitation people have is Keir Starmer. That's not great." On @c4thefourcast, Paul McNamara discusses Channel 4 News exclusive polling with JLP - and if Rishi Sunak has what it takes to win the next election.

The Fourcast Paul McNamara JLP Watch the full podcast here: youtube.com/watch?v=hX2qnk…

"We're giving Donald Trump all this oxygen once again through the media, which is exactly what he craves." On the The Fourcast, Matt Frei discusses a momentous week for American democracy - and wonders whether the media has learnt anything from covering Trump over the years.

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"He wins the presidency from, either from a courtroom or indeed a jail cell... constitutionally that is entirely possible." On the The Fourcast, Matt Frei discusses the other investigations Donald Trump faces and what it would mean if he still won the presidency.

Russia is making this big push at the moment in Africa. They are actively going out there." On The Fourcast, Lindsey Hilsum explains why Russia and Western countries are competing for influence over African nations.

The Fourcast Lindsey Hilsum Watch the full podcast here: youtube.com/watch?v=RXA6lr…

"We do it better than anyone else, because there's no one else." On The Fourcast, historian David Cannadine explains the history of Britain's royal rituals and what King Charles' modern coronation tells us about where we are today.

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"People didn't even want this stuff, but it was being sold to them." On @c4thefourcast, journalist Ben Westhoff says fentanyl, the drug "50 times stronger than heroin", has "changed the whole game" with drug dealers saving money by lacing heroin with the synthetic opioid drug.

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"When a rapidly rising power threatens to displace an established ruling power, in general, the outcome is very bloody." On the The Fourcast, political scientist Graham Allison explains the "Thucydides Trap" theory and why the US and China are following the path of history.

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"We'll see a fierce rivalry that is at the same time thickly cooperative." On the The Fourcast political scientist Graham Allison says he hopes the US-China can manage a rivalry partnership over the next few decades, but admits the China could become the predominant power.

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"The way regimes end in Russia, it's pretty messy but always rather quick. And things like that occur usually when Russia had started a war and started to lose it." Hubertus Jahn, professor of Russian history at Cambridge University, discusses recent events on The Fourcast.