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“Brexit has left us at Trump’s mercy,” says Sir Vince Cable – Weekend Bonus
Season 2 Episode 590
Weekend bonus episode… Britain still mired in Brexit, Europe divided, economic stagnation in the West and Donald Trump’s disastrous culture wars and …
1 day, 3 hours ago
Farage and Reform’s donation humiliation – Emergencycast!
Season 2 Episode 589
Fast reaction with News Statesman’s associate political editor Rachel Cunliffe and Jacob Jarvis. Nigel Farage and Reform are facing another crisis af…
2 days, 18 hours ago
How Big Tech is still getting away with it – with kids’ campaigner Baroness Beeban Kidron
Season 2 Episode 588
Facebook owners Meta hit the headlines with an $18bn settlement in the US over accusations that its products had harmed kids. But was the bill really…
3 days, 3 hours ago
Andy’s first day at Big School
Season 2 Episode 587
Andy Burnham is feeling a sudden wave of the back-to-school blues. Not only did Keir Starmer tactlessly decide to quit Parliament just before his fir…
5 days, 3 hours ago
Is Trump a Russian Asset? – Bonus with The Guardian’s Russia expert Luke Harding
The first of our occasional weekend bonus episodes… Bewildered by the tangled stories of Putin’s war on Ukraine, Trump’s incomprehensible loyalty to …
1 week ago
Harry, Meghan, Jason Arday… and why we get news we don’t want
Season 2 Episode 585
Good news for newsrooms: Harry and Meghan are back in Britain and editors are beside themselves. We might say we don’t care about “Reverse Megxit” bu…
1 week, 3 days ago
How Soon is Mao? The weird rebirth of communism – with Paul Mason
Season 2 Episode 584
Is communism having a mini revival? Marxist critiques and socialist ideas are becoming the in thing with Gen Z, while Donald Trump is harking back to…
1 week, 6 days ago
Yes, you CAN do something about the Climate Crisis
Season 2 Episode 583
The climate crisis got horribly real this summer – but is it really true that ordinary people can’t do anything about it? The National Emergency Brie…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Jason Arday and the Information Crisis
Season 2 Episode 582
The shocking death of former Cambridge University professor Jason Arday raises serious questions about the press investigation of his career and the …
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Emergency Clactoncast! – Trash defeats Bin, with Steve Richards
Season 2 Episode 581
Fast analysis of the Clacton by-election with Steve Richards and Andrew Harrison. Two and half cheers for plucky underdog Nigel Farage who defeated t…
3 weeks, 2 days ago