501: Death Knell Of Conservatism

Death Knell of Conservatism

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Rob and Tom discuss the sudden withdrawal from Afghanistan and the hike to National Insurance…

Topics

• [0:00] Intro

• [1:04] Headlines: Afghanistan

• [9:26] Headlines: Big Hearted Britain To Take 20,000 Refugees

• [14:37] Headlines: UK Cabinet Ministers At War In Afghanistan Blame Game

• [19:45] Main Story: National Insurance Increase

• [38:23] Boris' Ratings

• [47:30] Outro

• [48:46] Ad: Dr Wilko's Campaign For Better Beverages

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• The Papers

• Afghanistan: How the Taliban gained ground so quickly

• Afghanistan: How many refugees are there and where will they go?

• Guilty Feminist 268. EMERGENCY EPISODE for the crisis in Afghanistan

• Afghanistan: How many asylum seekers has the UK taken in?

• How the UK’s refugee resettlement scheme compares to other countries after Priti Patel criticism

• Afghanistan: Dominic Raab’s answers to five questions from MPs

• Boris Johnson outlines new 1.25% health and social care tax to pay for reforms

• National Insurance: What’s the new Health and Social Care tax and how will it affect me?

• How the tax system squeezes graduates

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

• YouGov: Westminster Voting Intention

• Politico Poll of Polls

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• Twitter

• 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: National Insurance Card in the Public Domain

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411: Budget 2021

Budget 2021

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Rob and Tom discuss the royal headlines and then dive deep into Rishi Sunak’s latest UK budget…

Topics

• [0:00] Intro

• [0:52] Headlines: Do One's Duty

• [4:08] Headlines: Queen Won't Mention Harry And Meghan

• [11:31] Main Story: Budget

  • [16:06] COVID Expenses

  • [20:43] Taxation

  • [24:37] Relief For The Arts

  • [28:54] Towns Fund

  • [34:06] Public Sector Pay

  • [44:11] Budget, In Summary

• [45:05] Outro

• [46:11] Ad: Mish Mash Mayhem

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• BBC: The Papers

• BBC: Budget 2021: Key points at-a-glance

• BBC: Budget 2021: 10 ways Rishi Sunak's speech affects you

• BBC: Towns Fund: How were the winners chosen?

• BBC: NHS pay rise: How much will staff be paid?

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• Facebook

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• 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: Budget Day by Number 10 under CC by NC ND 2.0

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308: 2019 General Election Analysis

2019 General Election Analysis

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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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• BBC: Results of the 2019 General Election

• UK Constituency Map

• UK Constituency Cartogram

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• Facebook

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• 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

2019 General Election Predictions

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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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• 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!

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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: 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

Copy Paste 2017; Put Brexit in Bold

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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

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• 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?

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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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