Sanam on Pod Save The UK - "No Winston Churchill": is the special relationship over?

Sanam on Pod Save The UK - "No Winston Churchill": is the special relationship over?

From If You Were In Charge by Sanam Naraghi Anderlini

March 6, 2026 · 54 min

About this episode

Sanam Naraghi Anderlini discusses the implications of the escalating conflict in the Middle East and its impact on UK politics and asylum rules.

A leadership podcast about people, power and possibilities. A world leader has been assassinated, schools and hospitals have been hit, and Donald Trump thinks that Keir Starmer is no Winston Churchill. It’s all kicking off as the US and Israel’s illegal war escalates across the Middle East. All of this with the open admission of no real plan for what comes next. Struggling to absorb it all? Wondering if there’s another way? British-Iranian peace strategist Sanam Naraghi Anderlini MBE is here to fill us in. She joins Coco and comedian Sophie Duker, who is in the hotseat for Nish this week. Soaring oil prices was not the backdrop Chancellor Rachel Reeves was hoping for ahead of her second Spring Statement. Finalised before the conflict broke out, her economic plan was “Trumped” before it was even delivered - so where does this leave the UK? Plus - just as the UK gets dragged into this latest destabilising conflict, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood rips up the rules on UK asylum. Got a burning question for Nish or Coco? Big or small - they will be answered in a special episode! Email: psuk@reducedlistening.co.uk GUEST Sanam Naraghi Anderlini MBE, founder and CEO of the International…

People in this episode

Host: Coco

Guests: Sanam Naraghi Anderlini MBE, Sophie Duker

Topics covered

  • Middle East conflict
  • UK politics
  • asylum rules
  • economic impact
  • peace strategy

Keywords

  • Middle East
  • Keir Starmer
  • Rachel Reeves
  • Shabana Mahmood
  • asylum
  • peace strategy
  • UK politics
  • oil prices

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN), BBC One, PBS News Hour, BBC News

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