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

• Reddit

• 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: 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

• Reddit

• 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).

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