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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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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414: Tory Sleaze

Rob and Tom discuss the many scandals of the Conservative Party (having to skip over quite a few) and then analyse the polls ahead of the local, mayoral, Scottish and Welsh elections…

(Tom pronounced Senedd wrong, they know)

Topics

• [0:00] Intro

• [0:35] Headlines: Race To Get Aid To India

• [6:33] Headlines: Own Goal!

• [12:37] Main Story: Tory Sleaze

• [16:42] Scandals We Don't Have Time To Cover

• [20:20] James Dyson Texts

• [24:53] Downing Street Refurbishment

• [35:50] The Pre-election Polls

• [43:51] Outro

• [44:28] Ad: Mish Mash Mayhem

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Shownotes

• BBC: The Papers

• BBC: India coronavirus: New record deaths as virus engulfs India

• List of political scandals in the UK: 2020s

• Guardian: Pressure mounts on Johnson over alleged ‘let the bodies pile high’ remarks

• Furious Boris Johnson insists he paid for flat refurbishment himself

• Politico: Poll of Polls UK

• The Polls

• Welsh Assembly Polling

• Opinion polling for the 2021 German federal election

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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: Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to Downing Street by Number 10 under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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320: Expert Independent Advice

Rob and Tom discuss the Government versus the Civil Service and how Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings are losing high profile civil servants regularly.

Topics

• [0:00] Intro

• [5:37] Boris & Super Saturday

• [13:01] Boris On LBC

• [17:03] Stanley Johnson In Greece

• [19:35] Care Home Crisis

• [22:57] PMQs

• [28:13] Government Vs Civil Service

• [43:31] Ad: Hat Of Many Things

• [44:09] Quick Polls Update: America

• [52:10] Outro

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Shownotes

• YouGov: Will Brits flock back to pubs this weekend?

• BBC: Theresa May criticises PM over choice of Brexit envoy for security role

• Presidential Race Poll

• How unpopular is Donald Trump?

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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: United Kingdom National Security Advisor Mark Sedwill Signs Secretary Pompeo's Guestbook by U.S. Department of State, a US Government Work

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317: Cummings and Goings

Rob and Tom discuss the lockdown breaking government advisor Dominic Cummings, the government response and the effect this has had on Boris’ popularity.

Topics

• [0:00] Intro

• [2:13] Main Story: Dominic Cummings

• [18:50] The First Press Conference

• [27:49] The Second Press Conference

• [39:20] What Has This Cost Boris?

• [41:41] Ad: Hat Of Many Things

• [42:15] Quick Polls Update

• [50:23] Outro

• [51:09] Bonus: Sung Intro Practice

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Shownotes

• ITV: Timeline: How the Dominic Cummings controversy unfolded

• Bishop: ‘Sack Cummings, or the Church of England will no longer work with Government’

• Tomorrow’s Papers Today: Daily Mail Headline

• BBC: Boris Johnson backs key aide Dominic Cummings in lockdown row

• Channel 4 News: Dominic Cummings explains lockdown trip - press conference by PM's senior adviser

• BBC: Dominic Cummings: Minister Douglas Ross quits over senior aide's lockdown actions

• Twitter: Boris Approval

• Savanta: Coronavirus Data Tracker

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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: Dominic Cummings by Trending Topics 2019 used under CC by 2.0

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