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Why can’t the BBC handle our chaotic politics? – with special guest Steve Richards
Season 2 Episode 411
BBC politics coverage is in trouble: browbeaten by the Mail and Telegraph, still reeling from Tory intimidation, and addicted to ever-shorter, cheape…
1 year, 5 months ago
A Dictator from Day One
Season 2 Episode 410
Trump starts as viciously as he means to go on, with a confected state of emergency on immigration, attacks on gay and trans people, withdrawals from…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Politics of Chaos – How should Britain handle Trump?
Season 2 Episode 409
And so it begins. The second age of Trump is upon us. Are we all braced? All eyes are on what executive orders he will enact in his first week. So, h…
1 year, 5 months ago
Has the Right conquered social media – and can the Left win it back?
Season 2 Episode 408
As Musk and Zuckerberg vie to enshittify Twitter and Facebook, is the Right’s victory over social media final? Is there something intrinsic to social…
1 year, 5 months ago
Gilty Conscience – Is Rachel Reeves really in trouble?
Season 2 Episode 407
As Britain’s economic growth slows and gilt returns go up (no, we can’t remember what it means either) the Tory press are eager to construct a narrat…
1 year, 6 months ago
Are the Tories worse than Reform?
Season 2 Episode 406
Senior Tories like Badenoch and Jenrick are cynically following the lead of far-right wackos like Elon Musk to stoke the grooming gangs story. Are th…
1 year, 6 months ago
2025: The Four Horsemen of the Apodalypse
Season 2 Episode 405
We did it, we survived 2024. Now, we face 2025 – a year where the world’s most influential country is headed by a convicted felon. How consequential …
1 year, 6 months ago
The Oh God, What Now? Politics Awards 2024
Season 2 Episode 404
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Rishi in the rain? Musk ruining everything? Boris Johnson’s stupid book? In the OGWN P…
1 year, 6 months ago
Rejoining the EU? – On the agenda for 2025?
Season 2 Episode 403
As bad Brexit news piles up, a new poll says that even Leave voters would welcome freedom of movement if it meant access to the Single Market. But is…
1 year, 6 months ago
Ho Ho Ho God, What Now? Live – Christmas ’24 Special – Part Two: Trump’s MAGA-lomania
Season 2 Episode 402
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1 year, 7 months ago