With a wide variety of different festivals and shows, Edinburgh comes alive in August with thousands of comedians, musicians, magicians, poetry and interviews.
It is an incredible opportunity to see politicians up close and personal, and to hear them in unique interviews unseen anywhere else.
The programme for this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, and Edinburgh International Book Festival are online already, and there’s a whole host of politicians to see.
Here are 15 politicians who will be appearing in Edinburgh this August.
5. Diane Abbott
Another Labour party MP and the UKs first Black female MP, Diane Abbott will be talking about her memoir, A Woman Like Me at this year's Edinburgh Book Festival. | Getty Images
6. Jeremy Hunt
MP and former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt will be chatting to Iain Dale as part of the Edinburgh Fringe. | Getty Images
7. Vince Cable,
Vince Cable, former leader of the Liberal Democrats, will be speaking at the Edinburgh Book Festival in a lecture called Twilight of the West. | Getty Images
8. Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn, MP and former Labour leader, will be speaking on social justice in a show called In Conversation with Jeremy Corbyn. | Getty Images