A Mucky Business with Tim Farron

Gareth McNab: Can we eradicate poverty

6 Dec 2022
30:45

Tim is joined this week by Gareth McNab, the director external affairs at Christians Against Poverty.They discuss the scale of poverty in the UK and ask whether poverty can ever be eradicated here. Tim also reflects on the census figures which shows...

Andy Bevan: The World Cup, labour exploitation & seeking justice

29 Nov 2022
28:52

Tim is joined this week by Andy Bevan from International Justice Mission UK. They discuss the World Cup controversies surrounding host nation Qatar when it comes to labour exploitation. Tim also reflects back on the support of the Iranian team who re...

Fr Mark Vickers: God in Number 10

22 Nov 2022
26:47

Tim is joined this week by Fr Mark Vickers, author of the book God in Number 10 which looks at the faith of our country’s Prime Ministers. They look at how faith has impacted politics over the decades and what it means now that we have a Hindu PM in...

David Burrowes: Conservative and Christian

15 Nov 2022
28:31

Tim is joined this week by former MP and parliamentary director of the Conservative Christian Fellowship David Burrowes. David shares how he founded that organisation and unpacks what it means to be both a Conservative and a Christian. And Tim reflec...

Tom Holland: The impact of Christianity on our nation throughout history

8 Nov 2022
31:23

Tim is joined this week by author and historian Tom Holland. They unpack some of themes of his book Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World and look ahead to the future impact of Christianity across the world And as politicians and ca...

Dr Russell Rook: Community organising and advising party leaders

1 Nov 2022
29:22

Tim is joined this week by political consultant and founder of the Good Faith Partnership, Russ Rook. They discuss the variety of ways one can influence politics from advising party leaders to bringing together groups of people to tackle societal pro...

Paul Givan: Former Northern Ireland First Minister on living out faith in frontline politics

25 Oct 2022
25:47

Tim is joined this week by Paul Givan, a former First Minister of Northern Ireland. They unpack the challenges of serving in Northern Irish politics and the importance of being open about matters of faith. Tim also unpacks how to handle imposter synd...

Lizzie Jewkes: How I managed to change government legislation

18 Oct 2022
26:40

Tim is joined this week by director of the Liberal Democrat Christian Forum – Lizzie Jewkes. While never serving in front line politics, she was responsible for legislation which affected millions of people in a positive way. Tim also tells of how we...

Rob Hutton: Digging for dirt in the ‘mucky business’ of politics

11 Oct 2022
27:23

Tim is joined this week by political journalist Rob Hutton – someone who has seen the ‘mucky business’ of politics up close through his work in parliament. They discuss the relationship between journalism and politics – the good, the bad and the ugly...

Live from Labour Conference (Part 2)

4 Oct 2022
24:17

Tim is joined this week by Hannah Rich, director of Christians on the Left for part two of our special episode recorded in front of a live audience at Labour Party conference. They discuss the need for Christians of the same political thinking to uni...

Live from Labour Conference

27 Sep 2022
26:21

Tim is joined this week by Christian Labour MP Stephen Timms for part one of our special episode recorded in front of a live audience at Labour Party conference. They unpack the struggles of being a believer and working in the ‘mucky business’ of pol...

Glen Scrivener: The Air We Breathe

20 Sep 2022
34:57

Christian MP Tim Farron is joined this week by Glen Scrivener - ordained minister, director of Speak Life and author of The Air We Breathe. They unpack some of the themes of that book, looking at the values and beliefs of Christianity and how they im...

Tim Montgomerie: Reflections on Queen Elizabeth and the role of King Charles in politics

13 Sep 2022
27:47

Christian MP Tim Farron is joined this week by broadcaster, commentator and former Downing Street advisor Tim Montgomerie. They pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth but also look ahead to the role King Charles will play in politics both in Westminster but...

David Barclay: Making a difference away from front line politics

19 Jul 2022
26:51

Christian MP Tim Farron is joined this week by David Barclay from the Good Faith Partnership. They discuss community organising, collaboration and how there’s plenty of opportunities to make a difference in people’s lives away from front line politic...

Les Isaac: The sermon which led to the resignation of Boris Johnson

12 Jul 2022
28:04

Christian MP Tim Farron is joined this week by Pastor Les Isaac, founder of the Street Pastors and the man behind the sermon at last week’s National Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast. It was that sermon which former health secretary Sajid Javid credited...