Rob and Tom are back for a new season because the Boris and Brexit news just won’t stop! This week they dive into proroguing and fears of an upcoming General Election.
Topics
Intro [0:00]
What is proroguing? [1:44]
Does Boris want a No Deal Brexit? [7:25]
Boris' speech and promises [13:53]
How could this cause a General Election? [19:20]
Deselection of Tory MPs [25:11]
What are Boris' options if the bill passes? [28:15]
Does Labour want a GE? [32:38]
The Polls and GE predictions [35:25]
What are the EU thinking? [45:02]
Outro [47:56]
Bonus: Listener Jokes [50:09]
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Shownotes
Parliament: Prorogation
Twitter: List of Conservative rebels
Twitter: Phillip Hammond Letter
Twitter: Hillary Benn letter
Twitter: Tory MPs to lose whip
BBC: Laura Kuenssberg: Why is Johnson planning to deselect Tory rebels?
Twitter: Snap poll shows hung parliament
YouGov: Voting Intention: Con 33%, Lab 22%, Lib Dem 21%, Brex 12% (28-29 Aug)
Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention
Twitter: Ruth Davidson resignation letter
Discuss
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: Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs by Chatham House used under CC by 2.0