309: Big Ben Bongs For Brexit?

Rob and Tom discuss the history of Labour leadership and why the current system is used. Then they try to guess who will be the next Labour leader (and deputy leader).

Topics

• [0:00] Intro

• [1:23] #newyearnewpodcast

• [2:38] Headlines

• [14:49] Main Story: Labour Leadership

• [24:30] Changes Under Corbyn

• [28:52] Deputy Leader?

• [33:19] The Contenders & Predictions

• [45:42] Outro

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Shownotes

• Guardian: Brexit weekly briefing: farce over Big Ben bong a fitting end to the saga

• New Statesman: Who is nominating whom in the 2020 Labour leadership race?

• Wikipedia: 2020 Labour Party leadership election

• 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: Big Ben, London by Pedro Szekely under CC by SA 2.0

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308: 2019 General Election Analysis

Rob and Tom discuss the General Election results, the upsets, and where we are going next in this Election roundup. Tune in for a special of audience questions next week!

Topics

• [0:00] Intro: GE2019 Result

• [7:59] The Results In Depth

• [34:38] Traditional Media

• [38:56] Proportional Representation

• [44:47] Outro

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Shownotes

• BBC: Results of the 2019 General Election

• UK Constituency Map

• UK Constituency Cartogram

• 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: Modification of UK House of Commons in 2019 by Karamu-kun under CC By SA 4.0

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S08: 2019 General Election Predictions

Rob and Tom look at the polls and try to predict the outcome of Thursday’s General Election.

Topics

• [0:00] Intro

• [1:34] Campaigning This Week: Who Won?

• [8:34] General Election Predictions 2019 & Polls

• [20:24] Rob's General Election Result Prediction

• [24:57] Where Does the Country Go From Here?

• [27:35] Outro

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Shownotes

• Hugh Grant vs Boris Johnson

• BBC: General election poll tracker: How do the parties compare?

• Britain Elects (now has mandatory email signup)

• 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: 2017 UK Election Map by RaviC, Brythones & Cryptographic2014 under CC by SA 4.0

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307: Copy Paste 2017; Put Brexit In Bold

Rob and Tom discuss all the pledges, promises and fibs of the major parties’ manifestos for the upcoming General Election before taking a deeper look at how the polls stand.

Topics

• [0:00] Intro

• [2:47] Manifestos For Everyone! ... Brexit

• [14:21] The NHS

• [24:45] Taxation

• [40:14] The Economy Stupid

• [51:09] Climate

• [58:47] How Do The Manifestos Fare?

• [1:04:21] Quick Polls Update

• [1:16:02] Outro

• [1:18:30] Bonus: Stunned Silence

Support

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Shownotes

• BBC: Who should I vote for? General election 2019 policy guide

• Sky: General Election 2019: Compare policies with our interactive manifesto checker

• Wikipedia: List of countries by tax rates

• Twitter: Question Time £80k man

• Guardian: Conservative Logo 2004

• This week’s polls

• Britain Elects (now has mandatory email signup)

• Britain Elects: Would Britain vote for Brexit again?

• Britain Elects: Should Scotland be an independent country?

• 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: The main party manifestos

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306: Dodgy Lib Dem Bar Charts

Rob and Tom discuss the pros and cons of Tactical Voting and how it might affect the result of a General Election. Followed by a quick polls update with a month left before everyone goes to the polls.

Topics

• [0:00] Intro

• [2:41] Main Story: Tactical Voting

• [8:03] The Brexit Effect?

• [23:17] Tactical Voting Websites

• [31:24] Lib Dem Bar Charts

• [40:10] Quick Polls Update

• [53:58] Outro

Support

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Shownotes

• tactical.vote

• tacticalvote.co.uk

• getvoting.org

• How the YouGov model for the 2017 General Election works

• BBC: Filton & Bradley Constituency

• Britain Elects: Westminster 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: Lib Dem Bar Chart photo by Rob

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305: Please Make It Simple For Me Rob

Rob and Tom explain the differences between Boris’ deal and Theresa May’s deal. They then discuss how it fared in parliament and the chances of a General Election before Christmas.

Topics

• [0:00] Intro

• [02:03] Brexit...again: Johnson’s Deal

• [06:21] Backstop means Backstop?

• [16:01] Free Trade Agreements

• [20:45] Customs, customs, customs

• [26:11] Cooperation

• [29:21] What do the public think?

• [34:03] What did the Commons do?

• [46:44] General Election?

• [59:51] Quick Polls Update

• [1:07:17] Outro

• [1:09:15] Bonus: Pizzamas

Support

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Shownotes

• Pizzamas

• Pizzamas Merch

• YouTube: Brexit, Briefly: Revisited

• Parliament: The October 2019 EU UK Withdrawal Agreement

• The Guardian: How is Boris Johnson's Brexit deal different from Theresa May's?

• YouGov: How do the May and Johnson Brexit deals compare among Brits?

• I have a cunning plan – A History of Cunning Plans in Blackadder

• Britain Elects: Westminster 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: Brexit in Shreds by muffinn under CC by A 2.0

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303: Pannick On The Streets of London

Rob and Tom discuss a Conference Season as well as a certain Supreme Court Ruling…

Topics

• [0:00] Intro

• [1:45] Trump Impeachment?

• [12:15] Conference Season

• [13:44] Lib Dem Conference

• [26:12] UKIP Conference?

• [28:28] Labour Conference

• [43:52] Labour's Brexit Stance

• [48:15] Supreme Court Ruling

• [58:34] Unparliamentary Language

• [1:08:05] “Getting Brexit Done”

• [1:14:20] Quick Polls Update

• [1:19:36] Trump Update

• [1:20:24] Outro

• [1:21:51] Bonus: Sultry Wilko

Support

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Shownotes

• YouTube: Liam Neeson: The Musical

• Independent: Six things we learnt from Jo Swinson’s conference speech

• Liberal Democrats: Conference Motions - Autumn 2019

• Liberal Democrats: F17: Stop Brexit

• The Guardian: Ukip leader accused of insulting party over conference no-show

• Politics Home: Here's everything new that Labour announced at 2019 conference

• BBC: Supreme Court: Where does defeat leave Boris Johnson?

• The Times: Lady Hale Verdict

• The Mirror: Labour MP Barry Sheerman fumes Geoffrey Cox is a 'disgrace' and has 'no shame'

• The Guardian: Jo Cox's sister criticises Boris Johnson's Brexit rhetoric

• The Polls

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

• The New York Times: Trump Pressed Australian Leader to Help Barr Investigate Mueller Inquiry’s Origins

• 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: Court 1 by UK Supreme Court

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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

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

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214: The 12th April is the 29th March

Rob and Tom discuss Theresa May reaching across the aisle and how an agreement might be reached. They also take stock of where the Brexit process is now that the 29th March has passed and ponder what the future of Brexit holds.

Topics

• Labour’s Brexit Plan

• Conservative Brexit Plan

• Where are we now?

• Quick Polls Update

Support

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Shownotes

• Labour: Labour’s Plan for Brexit

• Conservatives: Brexit Plan

• BBC: What trade deals has the UK done so far?

• Labour: Six reasons why Theresa May's Brexit deal is bad for Britain

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

• Tom is Running the London Marathon

• 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: Conservative Party Brexit Plan

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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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Discuss

• Join us on Discord!

• Reddit

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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: Brexit Image Britain by TheDigital Artist under CC0 1.0

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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

Support

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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

• 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: 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?

Support

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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!

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

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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

Support

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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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• 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 6 may 2010 by secretlondon123. Used under Creative Commons by SA 2.0.

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105: Immigrants, They Get the Job Done

Rob and Tom discuss the latest political news including the Windrush scandal and the aftermath of the bombing in Syria.

Topics

• The Headlines

• Windrush

• Syria

• The Polls

• Returning Regular Feature: Would You Rather?

Support

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• HMT Empire Windrush

• BBC: Windrush Scandal

• Daily Mail: David Lammy MP Told to 'Go Back Home'

• Independent: Cross-party pressure grows for Amber Rudd to resign over 'appalling mess'

• BBC: Syria chemical 'attack'

• BBC: Syria air strikes

• Britain’s Defiance of the UN: The long history

• Britain Elects - Westminster Voting Intention

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: HMT Empire Windrush by Royal Navy official photographer. Public Domain.

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104: Politics in the Animal Kingdom

Rob and Tom discuss the latest political news including antisemitism in Labour and the ongoing Russian spy poisoning scandal.

Topics

• The Headlines

• Antisemitism in the Labour Party

• Russian Sanctions

• Returning Regular Feature: Would You Rather?

Support

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• Hilarious Trump Headline

• Reality Check: Has London's murder rate overtaken New York's?

• More or Less: Why London’s Murder Rate is Being Compared to New York’s

• Russian spy: Source of nerve agent 'not identified'

• Russian spy: Moscow bid for joint poisoning inquiry fails at OPCW

• UK Jews wary over Labour candidate’s support for Hamas, Hezbollah

• The anti-Semitism controversy roiling the UK Labour party, explained

• Naz Shah: My words were anti-Semitic

• Labour MP: Israelis should face "transportation" out of Middle East

• Christine Shawcroft quits Labour's NEC as Eddie Izzard steps up

• YouGov: May and Corbyn Favourability

• YouGov: Voting Intention (4-5 Apr 2018)

• CGPGrey: The Problems with First Past the Post Voting Explained

• CGPGrey: Politics in the Animal Kingdom: Single Transferable Vote

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: Who left the gate open by Sebastian Ballard. Used via CC BY-SA 2.0

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103: Springtime for Hammond

Rob and Tom discuss the latest political news featuring the Spring Statement, Russian spies and Rex Tillerson.

Topics

• The Headlines

• Spring Statement 2018

• Rex Tillerson firing

• New Regular Feature: Would You Rather?

Support

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• OBR on Spring Statement

• HM Treasury Tweet

• Children's scooters added to inflation basket

• Rex Tillerson on Reddit

• Trump vs Tillerson

• Between Two Ferns: Obama

• New show name: Unparliamentary Language

Attribution

• Recording engineer: Craig

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

• Main Image: Philip Hammond by Raul Mee. Used via CC BY-ND 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?

Support

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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

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