602: So Long Liz Truss And Thanks For All The Pork Markets!

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Rob and Tom discuss a very busy week in politics as Liz Truss resigns…

Topics

• [0:00] Intro

• [1:27] Main Story: Liz Truss

• [17:53] Wednesday Evening Chaos

• [25:03] Thursday Morning

• [37:33] So What Happens Next?

• [50:59] The Polls

• [58:53] Outro

• [1:00:13] Ad: Dr Wilko's Campaign For Better Beverages

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Shownotes

• The Papers

• Starmer at PMQs

• Trombone Champ - Liz Truss’ Resignation Speech

• The Truss Theory Tweet

• Tory leadership: Kemi Badenoch backs Rishi Sunak to be the next PM

• Labour Lead 39 Points

• Electoral Calculus

• Politico Poll of Polls

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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: Number of Elizabeth’s Leading the UK

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601: In Liz We Truss?

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Rob and Tom catch up on the Tory leadership race, her majesty and discuss Liz Truss' economic policy…

Topics

• [0:00] Intro

• [0:53] Catch Up: Tory Leadership Contest

• [10:20] Catch Up: Bye Bye Boris

• [14:58] Catch Up: Queen Elizabeth II

• [32:21] Main Story: Truss & Kwarteng

• [1:13:10] Quick Polls Update

• [1:23:04] Outro

• [1:25:30] Ad: Hat Of Many Things

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Shownotes

• The Papers

• Queen Elizabeth II has died

• Robert Peston

• Bank's £65bn move driven by pension fund panic

• IMF openly criticises UK government tax plans

• Electoral Calculus

• Politico Poll of Polls

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Discuss

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• Facebook

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 and Chancellor finalise their growth plan by Number 10 under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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S02: Consensus and Conflict (50 Years of British Politics in 50 Minutes)

Rob and Tom discuss the 50 years of British politics from 1945-1997 in roughly 50 minutes.

Topics

• Post War Government

• Economic Policy

• Foreign Policy

• Boom and Bust

• Thatcher

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Shownotes

• Wikipedia - Winston Churchill

• Wikipedia - NHS

• Wikipedia - Keynesian Economics

• Wikipedia - Suez Crisis

• Made in Dagenham - Always a Problem Waiting in the Wings

• Telegraph - Harold Wilson Night: the PM who lived and died by television

• Billy Elliot - Solidarity

• Wikipedia - Black Monday

• Poll Tax £150 per head

• Spitting Image - Go Now

• Wikipedia - Black Wednesday

• Andrew Marr - History of Modern Britain

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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: Collage of Prime Ministers 1945-1997 by Tom. Source Images:

  • Yalta Conference [Public Domain]

  • Paris, Verhandlungen über NATO-Beitritt by Unknown [CC by SA 3.0]

  • President John F. Kennedy with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan of Great Britain in Bermuda [Public Domain]

  • Alec Douglas-Home by Anefo [CC by SA 3.0]

  • Edward Heath appearing on 'After Dark' by Open Media Ltd. [CC by SA 3.0]

  • Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Prime Minister Harold Wilson [Public Domain]

  • Callaghan Carter 1977 [Public Domain]

  • President Ronald Reagan with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher During a Working Luncheon at Camp David [Public Domain]

  • Major, PM [Public Domain]

  • Tony Blair in St Petersburg by www.kremlin.ru [CC by A 4.0]

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