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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Presented by Tom Clark and produced by Phil Maynard

Politics Weekly podcast: Ed Miliband and an EU referendum

Ed Miliband is now more popular (or perhaps more accurately "less unpopular") than David Cameron according to recent polls, - and as our parliamentary sketchwriter Simon Hoggart notes, his performances in the Commons are getting stronger. Even the usually hostile Spectator is starting to take seriously the prospect of a Miliband premiership.

In the studio to discuss Ed Miliband's change in fortunes are Guardian columnists Gaby Hinsliff and Zoe Williams and the Observer's Nick Cohen.

Also up for discussion this week is the enduring appeal of an EU referendum. Ed Miliband has been floating the possibility of including an in/out vote on Europe in the next party manifesto. But could the tactic designed to destabilise the Tories backfire?

Plus we look at the Beecroft report on employment, in which a prominent Conservative donor argues that workers should be made easier to fire in order to make them more appealing to hire.

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