The Edition podcast: what would the Corbyn nightmare look like?

Though the Tories are consistently and comfortably leading in the polls, nothing can be taken for granted in politics, if recent years are anything to go by. So what would happen if Corbyn really does get into No. 10? In this week’s cover piece, economist and Telegraph columnist Liam Halligan breaks down the consequences of Corbyn’s domestic agenda, calling it a Nightmare on Downing Street. So is Liam right? He speaks to Katy Balls and Michael Jacobs, Professor of Political Economy at Sheffield University and former adviser to Gordon Brown.

Plus, why is tree planting all the hype these days? From Elton John carbon offsetting private jet journeys for his friends, to all the major parties pledging to plant millions or even billions of trees to save the planet, farmer Jamie Blackett argues in this week’s issue that this isn’t actually going to absolve anyone of their environmental sins. In fact, tree planting in the wrong way can even make things worse.