A Hard Place - Podcast

A Hard Place - Podcast

Dominique Searle

Episodes 18
Avg. Duration 30m
Activity Highly Active
Since Nov 2025
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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Weekly
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Episodic
Consistency
57%
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About This Podcast

My personal Substack on current affairs covering Gibraltar, the UK and beyond. Regularly featuring former British MP Andrew Mackinlay

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Recent Episodes

Will former King Juan Carlos return finally to Spain? As the UK-EU Gibraltar Agreement unfolds, what are the pitfalls that could lie ahead?

Apr 08, 2026 26m

Recent article by William Chislett on the Gibraltar Agreement This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit…

Spain a moderating force in a time of uncertainty...

Apr 06, 2026 28m

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Droning our way to inflation and a black cab into the future....

Mar 30, 2026 33m

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Oil, Starmer and where we go next

Mar 20, 2026 40m

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The border between Gibraltar and Spain about to vanish...

Feb 26, 2026 29m

Andrew Mackinlay joins me to discuss the issues of the day affecting us This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit…

Information, disinformation, shenanigans and the role of defence in our lives today

Feb 16, 2026 29m

* The accompanying transcript is AI generated This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit searledom.substack.com

Sticking it out...politicians in Westminster and Gibraltar wait for the rain to stop

Feb 09, 2026 28m

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Trump a relativist? Starmer blocks Burnham. Gibraltar sets April 10 target for removing Europe's last border

Feb 01, 2026 26m

Andrew Mackinlay joins me to discuss the news of the past few days. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit…

After Davos, the rethink

Jan 25, 2026 34m

Andrew Mackinlay joins me for our 10th edition of A Hard Place to look at where volatile politics, globally and at home is leading us. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with…

S1E9 ICE, REFORM AND THE ELECTORATE

Jan 16, 2026 39m

Andrew Mackinlay joins me to talk about the shock impact of the Minnesota ICE incident, the Tory haemorrhage to Reform and where Gibraltar sits in all this with its own political…

2026 Rabbits out of the hat or canards

Jan 08, 2026 43m

Andrew Mackinlay joins me for the first Hard place podcast for 2026 discussing global and local issues.* more info Kennedy Center reference to https://www.thecookersmusic.com/**ref to The Skibbereen…

Holding Together?

Dec 20, 2025 21m

After skipping the last General Election when their then leader Marlene Hassan stood down, socialist Nick Calamaro and the party’s leader tells Dominique Searle this is more than a pressure group and…

Europe, erasure and the rest of us....

Dec 14, 2025 29m

Dominique is joined by Andrew Mackinlay as we discuss the challenges Europe faces as Trump sets the agenda and UK’s Labour falling into the leadership challenge trap. This is a public episode. If you…

What is the real Spain that Gibraltar is now engaging with?

Dec 04, 2025 29m

I speak with William Chislett Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute. William covered Spain’s transition to democracy for The Times of London between 1975 and 1978. He was then…

S1E4 Gambling on the Budget, Wilson and a few loose nuts....

Dec 01, 2025 28m

I am joined by Andrew Mackinlay who gives us an insight into just how far Harold Wilson feared the UK security services were after him, Pedro Sanchez, Spain’s premier welcomes Gibraltar’s Chief…

Budget week watershed: where next for British politics...

Nov 23, 2025 32m

Andrew Mackinlay joins me to discuss politics in the UK, this week’s Joint Ministerial Council of the British Overseas Territories and whether we need Governors in these territories. This is a public…

S1E2 Franco: Dead, or Alive?

Nov 19, 2025 25m

I have known Giles Tremlett from my years as a journalist as far back as the 1990s when I was Editor of the Gibraltar Chronicle and stinger for The Times and Reuters. Always a highly regarded Madrid…

Why podcast, how media, inquiries and reading...

Nov 12, 2025 28m

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