210: Do We Secretly Have a Dragon?

Rob and Tom discuss the surprisingly prescient topic of how to form a new political party from a mixture of Independents and existing MPs.

Topics

• Headlines

• A New Political Party?

• Quick Polls Update

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow’s Newspapers Today

• Positive News

• Guardian: What Corbyn's terms for backing May on Brexit really mean

• BBC: Five reasons why Macron won the French election

• Women’s Equality Party

• Ipsos MORI: Political Monitor: Satisfaction Ratings 1997-Present

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

• Join us on Discord!

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: Jüri Ratas, Emmanuel Macron and Donald Tusk by Arno Mikkor under CC by A 2.0.

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209: He Wanted A Wall, Now He Wants Quite A Big Fence

Rob and Tom discuss the end of the government shutdown and how Trump has fared so far.

Topics

• Headlines

• Brexit Amendments

• Trump & Government Shutdown

• Trump’s Achievements

• Quick Polls Update

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow’s Newspapers Today

• Positive News

• The Queen and Government

• BBC: Brady Amendment

• Twitter: Plan B Cartoon

• Planet Money: The First Shutdown

• 538: Trump Approval Ratings

• Wikipedia: Federal Judges Appointed by Trump

• New York Times: The Myth of the Criminal Immigrant

• Wikipedia: Rhyme as Reason Effect

• Facebook: Amy Patrick on the Wall

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

• Labour vs Conservative Voting Intention

• Join us on Discord!

Discuss

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• 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: Security Strategy by Joyce N. Boghosian (Public Domain).

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208: Brexit is Really Complicated

Rob and Tom discuss the Meaningful Vote mere moments after the result, skipping the headlines this week. Then the conversation circles round to Mr. Speaker and the Government Shutdown.

Topics

• Theresa May’s Meaningful Vote

• Bercow impropriety?

• Trump & Government Shutdown

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Shownotes

• Huffington Post: Brexit Traffic Jam

• Twitter: Summary of PM’s position

• Guardian: Bercow Correct

• Guardian: Bercow Wrong

• Trump Steamed Hams

• Bonus: Rob and his microphone

• Join us on Discord!

• YouTube

Discuss

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• 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).

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S04: 2019 Predictions

Rob and Tom try to predict what the politics of 2019 has in store both in the UK and across the pond.

Topics

• Brexit

• Conservatives

• Labour

• Trump

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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: Brexit Image Britain by TheDigital Artist under CC0 1.0

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207: 100 Days to Brexit

Rob and Tom discuss the fallout from Theresa May pulling the Brexit vote and how they feel the UK parties have fared this year.

Topics

• The Headlines

• Brexit - No Vote, Now What?

• Rob’s Government Report Card 2018

• Quick Polls Update

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• Go Fund Me: We the People Will Fund the Wall

• Twitter: Hank Green on Trump’s Wall

• Tiny Snek Comics: Government Shutdown

• Russian Gatwick Meme

• Gatwick Suspect Joke

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

• 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: Amid Brexit chaos, Britain's political system finally implodes by Tiocfaidh ár lá 1916 under CC-by-ND 2.0

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206: 35 Minutes of Mayhem

Rob and Tom discuss the impending Brexit vote (which has since recording been delayed) and check out the latest polls.

Topics

• The Headlines

• Vote on Theresa May’s Brexit Deal

• Quick Polls Update

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• BBC: George HW Bush funeral: A legacy repackaged for Trump era

• BBC: Theresa May suffers three Brexit defeats in Commons

• [Update] BBC: Theresa May calls off MPs' vote on her Brexit deal

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

• Join us on Discord!

• Bonus: Theresa Powers: Brexit Turn

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: Prime Minister's Questions (Full Chamber) by UK Parliament under CC by A 3.0.

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205: Barrelling Straight Towards Brexit

Rob and Tom discuss Theresa May’s Brexit Deal with the European Union.

N.B: Some recording issues occurred, we’ve done our best to recover as much as possible. Apologies for any glitches in the audio.

Topics

• Theresa May’s Brexit Deal

• Quick Polls Update

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Shownotes

• BBC: Brexit: UK and EU 'agree text' of draft withdrawal agreement

• Brexitcast: Klaxons & Crinkley Bottoms

• Draft Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, as agreed at negotiators' level on 14 November 2018

• Guardian: Can you get May's Brexit deal through parliament?

• Twitter: no general election in 2018

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

• Join us on Discord!

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: Brexit by Tumisu under CC0 1.0

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203: The Second Biggest Political March Ever

Rob and Tom discuss the People’s Vote March and the pros and cons of a second Brexit referendum.

Topics

• The Headlines

• People’s Vote March

• Second Brexit Referendum

• Polls for the Midterm Elections

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• Wayback Machine: BBC News Snapshot at 1301, Snapshot at 2045

• BBC: People's Vote march: Hundreds of thousands attend London protest

• Twitter: Geri Halliwell Joke

• YouTube: Richard Nixon: Address to the Nation - Silent Majority Speech - Nov 3, 1969

• FiveThirtyEight: 2018 House Forecast

• FiveThirtyEight: How unpopular is Donald Trump?

• Join us on Discord!

Discuss

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• 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: PeoplesVoteMarch by Symeon Vlassis under CC BY-SA 2.0.

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202: Salad Cream Means Salad Cream

Rob and Tom discuss the Party Conferences for Labour and the Conservatives and the effects on the polls.

N.B: Due to ongoing internet issues in the 18th Century realm that Rob lives (Rees-Mogg’s constituency) some of the recording had to be swapped out for the backup recording. Apologies for the audio issues this caused.

Topics

• The Headlines

• What is a Party Conference?

• Labour Party Conference

• Lib Dem Consultation

• Mid-Terms and Voting

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• Shropshire Star: Heinz bows to ‘will of the people’ and sticks with Salad Cream

• YouTube: Theresa May - Dancing "Puppet" (Theresa May Dancing On Stage Meme)

• Liberal Democrats: Consultation

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

• Five Thirty Eight: Forecasting the race for the House

• Five Thirty Eight: Forecasting the race for the Senate

• YouTube: How to Vote in Every State

• Join us on Discord!

Discuss

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• 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: Photoshop by Tom.

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201: Crippling Worry About Brexit

Rob and Tom are back to school, back to reality with Season 2 of Unparliamentary Language. We’ve avoided the news for too long over the summer so we are back with our Summer Roundup and the latest headlines.

Topics

• The Headlines

• Summer Round Up

• Listener Question: How would you handle the mess that is Brexit?

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• Metro: For Your Spires Only

• NY Times: The Plot to Subvert an Election

• Instagram: Donald Tusk with Cake

• BBC Reality Check: A plan to unlock the Irish border problem

• BBC: Pound falls after May's Brexit statement

• IHRA: Working Definition of Antisemitism

• BBC: Jeremy Corbyn wreath row explained

• BBC: Labour conference: Deselecting MPs made easier

• FT [Paywall]: Poll shows 86% of Labour members want new Brexit vote

• Jewish Telegraph: The Day Britain Dies…

• BBC: Have voters changed their minds about Brexit?

• BBC: How young and old would vote on Brexit now

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

• Join us on Discord!

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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: PM visit to Brussels by Number 10. Public Domain.

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112: We Will Have Adequate Food

Rob and Tom discuss Vote Leave breaking electoral law. What does that mean for the Brexit result? Will there be a second referendum? Will we have enough food?

Topics

• The Headlines

• Vote Leave and Electoral Law

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• BBC: Vote Leave's targeted Brexit ads released by Facebook

• Material: #143 - Parrot Identification Algorithms

• BBC: Pollwatch: The Chequers Brexit effect

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

• Join us on Discord!

Discuss

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• Facebook

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• Podcast Republic

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: Canned food2 (Port Lockroy, Antarctica) by Serge Ouachée. Used under CC by SA 3.0.

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111: Harry Potter and the Future Relationship Between the United Kingdom and the European Union

Rob and Tom discuss a crazy week in British politics with two cabinet ministers resigning over the Brexit deal white paper.

Topics

• The Headlines

• Boris and David Davis Resignations

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• BBC: Boris Johnson's resignation letter and May's reply in full

• Robin Cook Resignation Speech

• Gov.UK: The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

• Join us on Discord!

Discuss

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• Facebook

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• Podcast Republic

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: Photoshop by Tom. High quality version with text.

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110: BoJo No Show, Brexit So-So

Rob and Tom discuss how bad a Brexit No Deal would be and whether Vince Cable truly wants to emulate James Bond over summer.

Topics

• The Headlines

• Brexit No Deal

• Regular Feature: Parliamentary Holidays

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• Metro Front Page

• Unfinished London: Should Heathrow Expand?

• BBC: Saddleworth Moor fire: Timelapse shows flames spreading

• Wikipedia: Operation Stack

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

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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: London Brexit pro-EU protest March 25 2017 27 by Ilovetheeu used under CC by SA 4.0

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109: Parliamentary Wiff-Waff

Rob and Tom discuss the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill and how a bill goes through parliament (in brief).

Topics

• The Headlines

• European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

• New Regular Feature: Political Deathmatch (the G7)

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Shownotes

• YouTube: How to Make a Hit Football Anthem

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• Daily Express front page

• The Sun front page

• How a bill passes through parliament

• European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

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• Podcast Republic

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: Palace of Westminster by Diliff. Used under CC by SA 2.5 licence.

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107: You Come to Me on the Day of The Royal Wedding?

Rob and Tom discuss what might happen with the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland during Brexit.

Topics

• The Headlines

• Irish Border and Customs Union

• House of Lords Reform

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Shownotes

• Tom's other podcast

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• BBC: East Coast Main Line takeover: Your questions answered

• Guardian: British rail is nationalised all over again – by foreign states

• Things Meghan Markle can't do after she marries Prince Harry

• BBC: Brexit: The government's customs options

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

• House of Lords

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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: 1968 Strabane Northern Ireland, Ulster, border, customs by henrikjon. Used under Creative Commons by SA 2.0.

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102: Beast from the East

Reporting from bunkers to protect them from the cold Rob and Tom discuss the latest political news. 

Topics

• The Headlines

• Corbyn and May's Brexit speeches

• New Regular Feature: Who Said It?

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow's Headlines Today Blog

• John Major's speech

• Monkey Dust: Britain in Snowy Weather

• HoMT: #GE2017

• Corbyn's Brexit Speech

• May's Brexit Speech

• Who Said It?: Corbyn or Trump?

Attribution

• Recording engineer: Craig

• Theme song: Parody of Common People by Pulp, lyrics by our friends, sung by Tom

• Main Image: Brexit talks on the verge of crucial new stage as Theresa May falters by Tiocfaidh ár lá 1916. Used via CC BY-ND 2.0

101: Pyramid of Piffle

Welcome to a new fortnightly politics podcast where Rob and Tom dissect the political news in the UK. We promise not to talk about Brexit...too much.

Topics

• Boris trying to woo Remainers

• Moggmania

• Newspaper Bingo: The Daily Express

Shownotes

• The Bugle Podcast

• Did Boris succeed with his speech? BBC, The Grauniad

• List of Boris' diplomatic gaffes

• Viviane Reding MEP on Brexit

• Moggfather on Redbubble

• Daily Express Front Page 16/2/18

• Ben Goldacre: Bad Science

• Bad Science website

• Retraction of the MMR vaccine paper

Attribution

• Recording engineer: Craig

• Theme song: Parody of Common People by Pulp, lyrics by our friends, sung by Tom