Oh God, What Now?
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Oh God, What Now?
Making sense of our political hell every Tuesday and Friday! Oh God, What Now? is the no-bulls**t politics podcast, making the unbearable bearable with top quality guests and analysis, plus poor quality jokes. Regulars include: Guardian writer Rafael Behr • Rachel Cunliffe of the New Statesma...
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Coronation Street – What lies waiting for Burnham?
At long last it’s the Rover’s Return… What are the burning issues that will be taking up Andy Burnham’s time when he takes over No.10 next week? OGWN...
Farage, Reform and the killing of Ann Widdecombe
Counter-terrorism police take over the investigation into the killing of Ann Widdecombe, a crime that has shocked people across the political spectrum...
Binface vs. the Has-Bin
Nigel Farage wanted a “people vs. the establishment” by-election but it quickly turned into “man vs. bin”. Every major rival has refused to run agains...
Emergencycast! – Farage opts for by-election martyrdom
Quick-fire reaction to Nigel Farage’s resignation with Jacob Jarvis, Andrew Harrison and Jonn Elledge… For his latest trick, the Reform leader has qui...
Nigel’s Got Money Troubles – Is Farage about to flame out?
After weeks of defending the £5m “gift” that won’t go away, Farage finds himself at the centre of another uncomfortable money story: undeclared financ...
Manchesterism rave on – Should YOU support Andy Burnham?
Now that the Age of Andy is starting to take shape, will our panel stick their necks out and say they can support the King Half In The North? Is there...
Talking ’bout a Devolution – Will Burnham’s big bet pay off?
Will spreading power throughout the UK be Burnham’s secret weapon? Will “No.10 North” be located at Salford Lads’ Club? And will Britain’s PM in waiti...
The Mancunian Candidate – Burnham’s northern exposure
What a difference a week makes… Andy Burnham is now number one in a field of one, and planning to move a chunk of No.10 to Manchester. How is Labour a...
The Referendum ten years on – Can we escape the vote that broke Britain?
“We voted Brexit and all we got was this lousy podcast…” Ten years since the vote that sent Britain round the bend, could we finally break out of the...
Tears for Keir – How Starmer ran out of road
As we sadly file away that ‘Keep Keir And Carry On’ headline in the bottom drawer… Keir Starmer steps down and our panel look at what the Starmer era...
Makerfield Emergencycast! – The Andy Man Can
Our fast reaction to Burnham’s victory in Makefield with the don of political commentators Steve Richards of Rock & Roll Politics talking to Andrew Ha...
From Russia with Hate – Putin’s shadow war comes to Starmer’s door
Surprise, surprise! The arson attacks on properties linked to Keir Starmer turn out to have been instigated by a Russian “diplomat” with a background...
TikTok You Don't Stop – Labour vs social media with Bridget Phillipson MP
Labour surprises everyone with a ban on Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X for the under-16. Critics say the “Australia Plus” regime...
Belfast and the Far-Right – The Bottomless Buffet of Bullshit
What’s more revolting? The racist pogrom against innocent families in Belfast? Or the way the far-right is again using a violent attack to claim that...
“Brexit? It wasn’t our job to have a plan” – What the BBC’s jaw-dropping doc reveals
The BBC gets in early with its “ten years since the Brexit Referendum” jamboree with a “star”-studded retro-documentary, Brexit: A Very British Civil...
Farage’s riot act — How the right is exploiting Henry Nowak’s murder
Farage and the far-right have been quick to seize on Henry Nowak’s horrific murder, ignoring pleas from the victim’s family for the killing not to be...
Who votes Reform and why? – with Sir John Curtice
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Blair: “Modern Life is Rubbish”
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What else does a beleaguered PM like Keir Starmer need but… ...
The Count of Dodgy Crypto
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Nigel Farage’s latest defence of his “gift”...
The Brexit Bus is coming (and Andy Burnham’s jumping)
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Slash’n’Burnham – Makerfield is already getting nasty
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Makerfield residents, wire up your letterboxes – the leaflet...
Where the Streets has no shame
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Broadcasting from the middle of the Labour chaos vortex, we...
Get Starmer
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Amid the rubble of last week’s electi...
Emergency Localscast! – What Labour’s walloping REALLY means – with Steve Richards
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Fast analysis with don of political c...
Zack’s Appeal – Are the Greens a one-man band?
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The Greens are on fire and Zack Polanski’s travails don’t se...
Lifestyles of the rich and heinous
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Filler-faced, gilded mansions and utterly unhinged. Today’s...
Monarchy in the USA – Has Charles outfoxed Trump?
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Applauded by Congress, lauded by Trump and working his way t...
Trump’s Ballroom Blitz – Reform’s Tragical History Bore
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Another week, another assassination a...
Emotional Support Leadership Candidate
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As the dust settles from the umpteent...
Return of the Mandel-Scandal
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Oh Mandy… the scandal that won’t die...
The End is Nige – What happens if Reform win?
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Viktor is a Loser – Hungary’s brilliant revolution
Good news for a change! Revolting far-right tinpot tyrant Viktor Orbán gets his marching orders in Hungary. Our panel talk about how it’s bad news for...
For Whom The Booth Tolls – or, Strait to Hell
Trump threatens the literal obliteration of an entire civilisation, then announces a ceasefire. So war crimes work, right? Er, not when you create the...
Why is Keir Starmer so hated?
After nearly two years in the job, Keir Starmer isn’t just disliked or unpopular – he’s actually hated in much of the country. But why? How did this u...
Shake your money-maker – Why you’re getting Capitalism wrong
Capitalism: Where did it come from and what does it want? Is it falling to pieces or just reinventing itself to remain immortal, as it always has done...
Has Trump destroyed Trumpism?
Trump promised America lower prices, cheaper gas, no more foreign wars and worldwide respect. Instead his Iran rampage has dynamited the world economy...
Have we reached Peak Reform?
Is Farage faltering? Reform’s poll lead is slowly sliding, so much so that last week Farage administered a Trumpian punishment beating to pollsters Yo...
Great British Nukes, Tice’ s tax and the Manosphere – Theroux the looking glass
Ed Davey wants Britain to have its own nuclear weapons – smart move against the Greens or the end of the old anti-nuke Lib Dems? Why is the damning st...
Can Centrism save the world… again?
The Mandelson Files are beginning to dribble out and they don’t look good for Keir Starmer. Will this be the final albatross round the PM’s neck? Zoë...
Tough-Guy Politics – Will Britain ever be free of it?
British voters are overwhelmingly against Trump’s war in Iran but the pundits and politicians of the Tory-Reform universe seem to want more, harder an...