Oh God, What Now?

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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Farage and Reform’s donation humiliation – Emergencycast!

Fast reaction with News Statesman’s associate political editor Rachel Cunliffe and Jacob Jarvis. Nigel Farage and Reform are facing another crisis after two – now former – senior officials were filmed...

2026-09-04

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How Big Tech is still getting away with it – with kids’ campaigner Baroness Beeban Kidron

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 so onerous, or just the price of keeping Zuckerber...

2026-09-04

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Andy’s first day at Big School

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 first Commons speech, but a long list of challenges is...

2026-09-02

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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 the Russian tyrant, and Russia’s interference ...

2026-08-31

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Harry, Meghan, Jason Arday… and why we get news we don’t want

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” but why does the clickrate say otherwise? Plus: Giftg...

2026-08-28

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How Soon is Mao? The weird rebirth of communism – with Paul Mason

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 the Red Scare of his youth to attack the Democrats...

2026-08-25

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Yes, you CAN do something about the Climate Crisis

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 Briefing is a growing movement around a stunning d...

2026-08-21

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Jason Arday and the Information Crisis

The shocking death of former Cambridge University professor Jason Arday raises serious questions about the press investigation of his career and the claims he made about his life. Some blame the right...

2026-08-18

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Emergency Clactoncast! – Trash defeats Bin, with Steve Richards

Fast analysis of the Clacton by-election with Steve Richards and Andrew Harrison. Two and half cheers for plucky underdog Nigel Farage who defeated the “establishment” candidate Count Binface in a by-...

2026-08-14

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Bin Day

Barring a bin-shaped asteroid strike on the Essex Coast, Nigel Farage will win the Clacton by-election – but his problems won’t be over. What will Reform’s slippery leader face in the months to c...

2026-08-14

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Welcome to Veto Britain… where you can only drink lying down

No drinking pints standing up in London’s nightlife hotspot? No new reservoirs until 2040? Welcome to Veto Britain – where infrastructure, housing and even a round at the bar are all subject to the me...

2026-08-11

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Hot Fear Summer – Why is politics ignoring the climate crunch?

The earth is burning, Britain is parched brown and rain is a distant memory. Yet the Tories are purging the last of their Net Zero advocates, the Greens seem to have lost interest in green policies, a...

2026-08-07

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Shock as new Labour government… quite good?

Fifteen days in… Is Burnham’s government actually shaping up to be quite good? Impossible to say for certain, but the PM’s policy blitz seems to be landing pretty well, buoyed by Labour’s Greater Manc...

2026-08-04

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Care vs Scare – Can Burnham get social care past the “Death Tax” die-hards?

Andy Burnham is promising to spend “whatever political capital” he has to fix the crumbling social care system after decades of political failure. As the right-wing press dusts off its “Death Tax” hea...

2026-07-31

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Burnham Derangement Syndrome

He’s a communist! He wants to drag us back to the 70s! He’s going to tax you to death! He’s weak! He’s a tyrant! He’s gone to war with the South! His jackets are too expensive! Burnham has only been P...

2026-07-28

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Can Burnham master the A.I. Revolution? – with the TUC’s Paul Nowak

Burnham arrives promising a “cost of living” government but can he make it happen? And does his mix of ideas and promises add up? TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak returns to the pod to talk about Burn...

2026-07-24

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Emergencycast! – Andy Burnham and The Cabinet of Mystery

As ever, politics waited until we finished recording before dropping the big stuff… But worry not! Steve Richards of the Rock & Roll Politics podcast steps up to analyse the surprises, genius mov...

2026-07-21

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Oh God, What Now?

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