A Mucky Business with Tim Farron

Carla Lockhart: I feel called to talk about abortion and to evangelise

5 Oct 2021
28:32

DUP MP Carla Lockhart feels passionately that she has been elected to Westminster to talk about the issue of abortion. But she also thinks the Church needs to step up its practical help and love towards women who feel they cannot raise a child. The M...

Kate Forbes: Being in the SNP and how I answer difficult questions about Christianity

28 Sep 2021
28:29

Kates Forbes is the second most senior politician in Scotland after Nicola Sturgeon and is the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy. Tim asks her how she copes with being a Christian in the public eye and answering difficult questions and ho...

Dame Andrea Leadsom: Is being ambitious ok?

21 Sep 2021
27:52

Series 2 of A Mucky Business kicks off with Tim Farron, the former leader of the Liberal Democrats, talking to Dame Andrea Leadsom, who nearly became Prime Minister in 2016 and has had several top jobs in Cabinet. Andrea talks about why she gets anno...

Series 2 Trailer

20 Sep 2021
01:51

Find out about what's coming up in series 2 of 'A Mucky Business' and why MP Tim Farron is keen to see Christians around the UK engage in politics.    If you have any feedback or suggestions of guests, questions or topics, please email: farron@premi...

Derek Thomas: how to pray when the President comes to town

20 Jul 2021
29:09

When major leaders including President Biden visited Cornwall in June for the G7 summit, most of them did not know how much prayer was going on behind the scenes. But the MP for St Ives and Christian, Derek Thomas, was right at the heart of the local...

Cat Smith: how should Christians respond to Covid retrictions ending?

13 Jul 2021
27:43

It’s time for the next episode of A Mucky Business with the Christian MP Tim Farron. This week he talks about taking the knee and racism in football, as well as what churches should do when the Covid restrictions, such as mask wearing, become guidanc...

Miriam Cates: is it a Christian MP's duty to support families?

6 Jul 2021
27:52

What is a Christian politician's duty when it comes to the family? Is it their role to encourage couples to marry, stay together and spend time with their children? Is that naive and dismissive of people in different circumstances? Tim Farron discus....

Tim Farron: the tables are turned

29 Jun 2021
26:36

Cara Bentley asks Tim Farron how he became a Christian, the recent oversight regarding donations which fund his parliamentary staff, why he doesn't want to force non-Christians to live by God's laws and whether he'd ever be a church pastor. Tim share...

Michael Wear: Obama's faith advisor on the politicisation of Christianity

22 Jun 2021
36:42

Michael Wear has prayed with President Obama and advised him on how to engage with evangelical voters - so what does he think about President Biden's approach to faith and about why Christianity is so tied to political parties in America? Tim Farron...

Jane Dodds: How to trust God with your future

15 Jun 2021
26:47

How can you trust God when it feels like life has not gone to plan? Leader of the Welsh Lib Dems, Jane Dodds, became an MP in August 2019 and then lost her seat 4 months later in the General Election. She describes how her Christian faith helped her...

Andrew Selous: Is an established church good for the gospel and the country?

8 Jun 2021
30:45

Tim Farron interviews the MP who is the link between parliament and the Church of England - Andrew Selous. As well as being a Christian and a Conservative MP, Andrew is the Second Church Estates Commissioner, meaning he answers MPs' questions about t...

Sir Steve Webb: Coalition Christianity, how to work with believers from other parties

25 May 2021
25:52

Tim Farron speaks to former MP and Lib Dem minister Sir Steve Webb about the Coalition government and working with Christians of different political persuasions. Steve worked with Iain Duncan Smith in the Department for Work and Pensions - a departme...

Jeremy Marshall: How does the gospel help us fight political and personal uncertainty?

18 May 2021
27:23

Every now and again Tim Farron asks a Christian from a different mucky business to share their story, to shed some light on politics from an outsider's perspective. This week, Jeremy Marshall former CEO of C. Hoare and Co. - a private bank - describe...

Murdo Fraser: Scotland's future and gracious debate

11 May 2021
27:47

How should Christians engage in the Scottish independence debate? The finance spokespeople for the Scottish Conservatives and the SNP are both Christian but on opposite sides. This week, the Conservative MSP Murdo Fraser describes what role he thinks...

Ruth Jones: How do MPs actually help people?

4 May 2021
25:52

How much time do MPs spend on constituency work in comparison to on Westminster debates? Tim Farron and Labour's Ruth Jones discuss how MPs actually help people as well as how she answered an altar call to become a Christian at 14. And is it a Christ...