Oh God, What Now?

The Midterms – Judgment Day for Donald Trump?

Like the Democrats we’ve been pinning our hopes on the 2026 US mid-terms to end (or at least interrupt) Trump’s cruel circus… and now they’re finally here. Will the Republicans get the devastatin...

2026-10-27

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England belongs to who? – The endless debate about “Englishness”

Who ordered the heated debate about Englishness? Open any newspaper or social media feed and you’ll stumble on some histrionic handwringing about “what it means it be English”. Who decided we needed t...

2026-10-23

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The Politics of Violence

Rupert Lowe of Restore UK claims that street violence is not just inevitable but necessary “if we are to save our home”. Elsewhere, the far-right pals up with street thugs – and its leaders walk right...

2026-10-20

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The Age of Trollitics

• This edition recorded before Trump cancelled livestreaming the execution of the Fort Hood killer.  Televised executions, machine-gunning illegal migrants in the Channel, renaming technolo...

2026-10-16

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From Russia with Leave

Andy Burnham has finally said what we’ve all been thinking: Russia meddled in Brexit. Is this brave honesty – or the first step on the long road back to Brussels? Plus, the Greens are still in turmoil...

2026-10-13

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BONUS: Is Zack Polanski sunk after Holborn & St Pancras?

Labour wins the Holborn & St Pancras handily – but the Greens had staked a lot on Zack Polanski winning and he failed. Is Polanski’s nightmare week over the Zionism vote a symptom of deeper weakn...

2026-10-09

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Remainiacs Assemble? – Can Burnham end the Brexit Era?

Has Burnham really broken Britain’s bizarre, self-enforced silence around the disaster that is Brexit? What would a real pro-EU membership stance from Labour mean for British politics? And would killi...

2026-10-09

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Badenoch to the bone – Are the Tories becoming a Kemi cult?

Kemi Badenoch has promised to revitalise the Tory party at the Conservatives' conference – but can she drag it out of the doldrums? Plus, the Green Party conference descended into acrimony after membe...

2026-10-06

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Give ’em enough hope – Did Labour turn a corner in Liverpool?

Andy Burnham’s powerful and emotional speech at the Labour Conference left the Party full of righteous energy and its enemies scrabbling for attack lines. Has he succeeded in setting out a new directi...

2026-10-02

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“The best political speech of the 21st century”? – Burnham inspires Liverpool – BONUS

BONUS EDITION: Well, we weren’t expecting THAT… Andy Burnham stuns and rouses Labour’s Liverpool conference with a bold, emotionally powerful speech that amounted to the promise of a new era. Wil...

2026-09-30

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Labour in Liverpool – Can Burnham make a second first impression?

Andy Burnham's first Labour conference as PM is underway. So… will he and his government make a good impression on the party and voters? First the PM proposed an NHS-style social care system; a day la...

2026-09-29

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Burnham won’t confront Britain’s Blackshirts. Why?

Actual blackshirts are blockading ports, doxxing lifeboat volunteers and intimidating people across the South Coast, and the most senior political figure to come out against them is… Rishi Sunak?...

2026-09-25

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Burn in the USA – How did the PM's Trump meet go?

Bonus episode with James Ball and Jacob Jarvis… Andy Burnham finally meets Donald Trump at the UN General Assembly in New York. The pair hit it off, as Trump hails the PM as a “natural businessman” an...

2026-09-23

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Reality bites Burnham — Can the PM stay positive?

Andy Burnham promised politics with a “sense of optimism” – now the PM is warning that “difficult decisions” lie ahead. So can he keep up the smiles as next month’s budget looms and the reality of gov...

2026-09-22

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Burnham or Polanski – Who's under more by-election pressure?

It’s the most important by-election ever since the last by-election! The candidates are finalised for the fight for Keir Starmer’s old St. Pancras and Holborn seat. It’s a test for Burnham’s Labour an...

2026-09-18

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Donations shock – Can Farage buy power for £72m?

Reform has been bolstered with £72 million from crypto billionaires – is it enough for Nigel Farage to buy his way to power? What will the money be spent on? And what rules could change in the wake of...

2026-09-15

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Jon Ronson in the Manosphere of Madness – Weekend Bonus

Another of our weekend bonus editions… When author Jon Ronson’s son texted him from a supposed party in a medieval castle (?) and said it was getting “very weird”, Jon had no idea that it would o...

2026-09-13

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The Power of Gov – Is this Burnham's biggest problem?

Andy Burnham wants to change who holds the power in Britain, taking the levers of government out of Whitehall’s hands. Plenty of his predecessors have tried – and failed – to make their vision stick. ...

2026-09-11

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Denial and Error – Are Farage and Reform done for?

Nigel Farage’s family has even urged him to “pack it in” and “walk away” amid recent scandals. Can he and his party survive the latest scrutiny? The beleaguered Reform leader tried to appear unruffled...

2026-09-08

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“Brexit has left us at Trump’s mercy,” says Sir Vince Cable – Weekend Bonus

Weekend bonus episode… Britain still mired in Brexit, Europe divided, economic stagnation in the West and Donald Trump’s disastrous culture wars and actual wars. Are they all just a blip in human hist...

2026-09-06

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