510: Local Elections Aftermath

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Rob and Tom pick apart the results of the 2022 UK Local Elections and what they mean for the major parties…

Topics

• [0:00] Intro

• [1:02] Headlines: Get A Fine? We Will Resign

• [6:35] Headlines: Tories Porn Shame In The Commons

• [11:58] Headlines: Defiant Truss: "we Will Rip Up Brexit Border Deal!

• [18:08] Main Story: Local Elections: Conservatives

• [28:09] Local Elections: Labour

• [34:31] Local Elections: Lib Dems

• [41:06] Local Elections: The Greens

• [44:09] The Polls

• [49:35] Outro

• [50:53] Ad: Dr Wilko's Campaign For Better Beverages

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Shownotes

• The Papers

• Tory MP’s friend ‘can see’ how he went from tractors to porn site

• England Local Elections 2022

• Prospect of a united Ireland comes into sharp focus

• Electoral Calculus

• Politico Poll of Polls

• Join us on Discord!

Discuss

• Reddit

• Twitter

• Facebook

Attribution

• Recording engineer: Ennuicastr

• Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

• Main Image: 2022 United Kingdom local elections by Ralbegen under CC by SA 3.0

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417: Batley & Spen

Rob and Tom discuss the 2021 by-election in Batley & Spen as well as the impending removal of COVID restrictions and England’s Euro 2020 performance…

Topics

• [0:00] Intro

• [1:01] Headlines: Freedom Is In Your Hands Now

• [13:59] Headlines: Football Is Not Coming Home

• [27:05] Main Story: Batley & Spen

• [33:52] The Results

• [41:38] Has The Electorate Shifted?

• [51:53] Outro

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Shownotes

• The Papers

• PM statement at coronavirus press conference: 5 July 2021

• PM statement at coronavirus press conference: 12 July 2021

• Tyrone Mings’ Tweet

• Foreign aid: Theresa May spearheads Conservative rebellion against Boris Johnson's overseas aid cuts

• 2021 Batley and Spen By-Election

• Batley and Spen: Is politics starting to return to normal?

• AstraCast Special

• Join us on Discord!

Discuss

• Reddit

• Twitter

• Facebook

Attribution

• Recording engineer: Ennuicastr

• Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

• Main Image: Tracy Brabin's office, Hill Top, Gomersal by habiloid used under CC by SA 2.0

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416: Liberal Democrats Winning Here

Rob and Tom discuss the fallout of the 2021 Chesham and Amersham by-election, what it means for the Liberal Democrats, the Conservatives and Labour’s chances in Batley and Spen…

Topics

• [0:00] Intro

• [0:36] Headlines: When Will We Be Free?

• [7:04] Headlines: Hopeless Bloke...

• [10:11] Headlines: Oh Baby What A Love In

• [13:51] Main Story: Liberal Democrats Winning Here

• [18:04] What Were The Local Issues?

• [23:20] Was There Tactical Voting?

• [27:09] The Lib Dem Picture Nationally

• [31:56] A Weakness For The Conservatives?

• [39:02] Batley & Spen By-Election

• [45:00] Quick Polls Update: Deutschland Edition

• [51:15] Outro

• [52:34] Bonus: HS2

• [53:48] Ad: Dr Wilko's Campaign For Better Beverages

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Shownotes

• 2021 Chesham and Amersham by-election

• High Speed 2

• Are the Conservatives about to suffer defeat in the “Blue Wall”?

• Lib Dems’ byelection victory suggests trouble for Tories in ‘blue wall’

• The Batley and Spen byelection will reveal the depth of Labour’s predicament

• Opinion polling for the 2021 German federal election

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Discuss

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• Facebook

Attribution

• Recording engineer: Ennuicastr

• Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

• Main Image: Ed Davey triumphant against the blue wall

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415: Fired For At Least 15 to 20 Things

Rob and Tom discuss the 2021 Election Results across the UK as well as the revelations from the Dominic Cummings Select Committee hearing….

Topics

• [0:00] Intro

• [0:42] Election Results 2021: Hartlepool

• [14:38] Election Results 2021: Local Councils

• [19:27] Election Results 2021: Metro Mayors

• [24:38] Election Results 2021: London Mayor

• [35:43] Election Results 2021: Wales & Scotland

• [40:19] Dominic Cummings: The Select Committee

• [47:29] Dominic Cummings: Matt Hancock

• [51:22] Dominic Cummings: One Day In March

• [1:00:08] Outro

• [1:01:09] Ad: Hat Of Many Things

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Shownotes

• 2021 Hartlepool by-election

• 2021 United Kingdom local elections

• 2021 London mayoral election

• BBC: Dominic Cummings: The seven most explosive claims

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Discuss

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• Facebook

Attribution

• Recording engineer: Ennuicastr

• Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

• Main Image: via Getty

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216: Single Market Maybe?

Rob and Tom discuss the local elections 2019. Who won? Who lost? Was there a Lib Dem surge? And how do these results reflect on the parties fortunes if we were to have a General Election?

Topics

• Local Election Results

• Three Party Politics

• Extrapolating to a General Election

• Quick Polls Update

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Shownotes

• BBC: Local elections: Results in maps and charts

• Uttlesford

• BBC: Election results: Lib Dems 'success story of the night'

• Twitter: Vince Cable tweet

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

• Britain Elects: Conservative drop off in aggregated polls

• Tom is Running the London Marathon

• Join us on Discord!

Discuss

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• Twitter

• Facebook

Attribution

• Recording engineer: Craig

• Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

• Main Image: Polling Station - Beacon Road, Lewisham Deptford by RachelH_ under CC by 2.0

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106: Local Elections for Local People

Rob and Tom discuss the most interesting thing in politics...an election! They pore over the latest local election results in the UK.

Topics

• The Headlines

• Local Elections 2018

• Voter ID

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• Time: Geologists Say North Korea's Nuclear Test Site Has Collapsed

• Guardian: Tata steel crisis: Cameron defends blocking tariffs as Javid faces workers’ anger

• BBC (Twitter): House of Commons Projection

• BBC: UKIP official likens party to the Black Death after big losses

• Watford Observer: Local election ID trial 'preventing people from voting'

• Wikipedia: Tory Power Stance

• Twitter: Blackadder Power Stance

Discuss

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Attribution

• Recording engineer: Craig

• Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

• Main Image: Polling station 6 may 2010 by secretlondon123. Used under Creative Commons by SA 2.0.

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