108: Kim Thong Un

Kim Thong Un

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Rob and Tom discuss why Trump seems to have so little power in national policy but a much greater sabre to rattle in foreign affairs.

There were some audio issues with Rob's recording, I've done my best to fix them so the episode was slightly delayed.

Topics

• The Headlines

• Trump's Power at home and abroad

• Would You Rather? Referendums

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• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• New York Post Cover

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

• i News: Muslim Council of Britain’s letter in full calling for inquiry into ‘Islamophobia’ in the Conservative party

• Wikipedia: Jewish Population by Country

• Wikipedia: Islam in the United Kingdom

• Wikipedia: The Culture Series

• Our new URL: parliamentary.observer

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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 via Donald J. Trump on Twitter.

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106: Local Elections for Local People

Local Elections for Local People

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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

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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

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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: Polling station 6 may 2010 by secretlondon123. Used under Creative Commons by SA 2.0.

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