204: Not Famous Enough For Nate Silver

Not Famous Enough For Nate Silver

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Rob and Tom discuss the midterm elections 2018 and whether there was the “blue wave” everyone was expecting.

Topics

• Wycombe High School Question Time

• The Headlines

• The Midterm Elections

• Polls Update

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• Wycombe High School Question Time Panel

• Reddit: /r/ColorizedHistory

• BBC: US mid-term election results 2018

• Twitter: Nate Silver tweet

• Syracause.com: NY Senate 50th District: Antonacci declares victory; Mannion will wait on absentees

• Twitter: Youth vote tweet

• 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: 115th United States Congress Congressional Districts by U.S. Census Bureau (Public Domain).

• Wycombe High School Question Time Panel courtesy of News Crew, Wycombe High School.

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203: The Second Biggest Political March Ever

The Second Biggest Political March Ever

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Rob and Tom discuss the People’s Vote March and the pros and cons of a second Brexit referendum.

Topics

• The Headlines

• People’s Vote March

• Second Brexit Referendum

• Polls for the Midterm Elections

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• Wayback Machine: BBC News Snapshot at 1301, Snapshot at 2045

• BBC: People's Vote march: Hundreds of thousands attend London protest

• Twitter: Geri Halliwell Joke

• YouTube: Richard Nixon: Address to the Nation - Silent Majority Speech - Nov 3, 1969

• FiveThirtyEight: 2018 House Forecast

• FiveThirtyEight: How unpopular is Donald Trump?

• 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: PeoplesVoteMarch by Symeon Vlassis under CC BY-SA 2.0.

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202: Salad Cream Means Salad Cream

Salad Cream Means Salad Cream

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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

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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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