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Nick Thomas-Symonds as Self - Panellist
Episodes 12
21/03/2019
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Belfast. On the panel: Conservative defence minister and former captain in the Royal Green Jackets, Tobias Ellwood MP; shadow solicitor general for England and Wales, Nick Thomas-Symonds MP; the DUP's Jeffrey Donaldson MP; Sinn Fein's John O’Dowd MLA; and chief executive of the think-tank Demos Polly MacKenzie.
Read More26/09/2019
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from the National Assembly for Wales, the Senedd, in Cardiff. On the panel: James Cleverly MP, Conservative Party chairman; Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, shadow solicitor general; Adam Price AM, leader of Plaid Cymru; Mark Reckless AM, leader of the Brexit Party in the Welsh Assembly; and Gina Miller, businesswoman and complainant against the government's decision to prorogue Parliament.
Read More07/05/2020
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from West London, with audience questions from Newcastle and from social media. On the panel: George Eustice MP, secretary of state for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Conservative; Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, shadow home secretary, Labour; Juergen Maier, industrialist and former chief executive of Siemans UK; Chris Hopson, chief executive, NHS Providers; and Afua Hirsch, writer, broadcaster, and author of a book on British identity - Brit(ish): on Race, Identity and Belonging.
Read More29/10/2020
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with an audience from Lincoln. On the panel: Chris Philp MP, Home Office minister, conservative; Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, shadow home secretary, Labour; Anthony Scaramucci, American financier, republican and former White House chief of communications under Donald Trump; Marie van der Zyl, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews; and Bonnie Greer, playwright, critic and broadcaster.
Read More20/05/2021
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with a virtual audience from around the UK. On the panel: Nadhim Zahawi MP, Covid-19 Vaccine Deployment minister and Business minister, Conservative, Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, shadow home secretary, Labour, Richard Walker, managing director of Iceland Foods and author of The Green Grocer, Harriet Green OBE, businesswoman, former CEO of IBM Asia Pacific and former CEO of the Thomas Cook Group, and Professor Devi Sridhar, chair of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh Medical School.
Read More23/06/2022
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Stratford-upon-Avon. On the panel: Rachel Maclean MP, Home Office minister responsible for Safeguarding, Conservative; Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, shadow secretary of state for International Trade, Labour; Mick Lynch, general secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT); Anne Boden MBE, founder and chief executive officer of Starling Bank; and Ben Habib, chief executive of First Property Group and former Brexit Party MEP.
Read More02/11/2023
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Chipping Campden in Gloucestershire. On the panel: from the government, cabinet office minister Jeremy Quin MP; Labour’s cabinet office shadow Nick Thomas-Symonds MP; Camilla Cavendish, former director of policy at Downing Street; president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, Marie van der Zyl; and Artificial Intelligence researcher and entrepreneur Mustafa Suleyman. Live on iPlayer at 8pm.
Read More07/03/2024
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of current affairs discussion with politicians and members of the public, in Cardiff. On the panel, from the government, the secretary of state for Wales, David TC Davies MP; Labour’s Cabinet Office shadow Nick Thomas-Symonds MP; Plaid Cymru’s leader, Rhun ap Iorwerth MS; the head of economics and politics at Bloomberg, Stephanie Flanders; and Guto Harri, who was an adviser to former prime minister Boris Johnson.
Read More26/09/2024
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate with politicians and members of the public in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. On the panel: from the government, the minister for the Cabinet Office, Nick Thomas-Symonds; former Conservative chancellor Nadhim Zahawi; Carla Denyer, co-leader of the Green Party; and Reform UK’s party chairman Zia Yusuf.
Read More21/11/2024
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate with politicians, and members of the public, from Trowbridge in Wiltshire. On the panel, from the government, cabinet office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds MP; from the Conservatives, shadow business minister Harriett Baldwin MP; Daisy Cooper MP, who is deputy leader and treasury spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats; and former president of the National Farmers’ Union and cross-bench peer Minette Batters.
Read More20/02/2025
Fiona Bruce presents a special debate from London on the war in Ukraine and the UK’s role in establishing an enduring peace, with an audience including Ukrainian refugees. On the panel are: former chief of the defence staff General Sir Nick Carter; Lesia Vasylenko, a Ukrainian MP; from the UK government, cabinet office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds MP; Conservative Sir Ben Wallace, who spent five years as secretary of state for defence; and a Trump campaign adviser, Jan Halper-Hayes.
Read More22/05/2025
Fiona Bruce hosts a live debate with politicians, commentators and members of the public from Dulwich in south London. On the panel are: from the government, minister for European Union relations Nick Thomas-Symonds MP; from the Conservatives, shadow justice minister Dr Kieran Mullan MP; the editor of The Economist magazine, Zanny Minton Beddoes; the writer and commentator Inaya Folarin Iman; and the barrister and author Hashi Mohamed.
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