510: Local Elections Aftermath

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Rob and Tom pick apart the results of the 2022 UK Local Elections and what they mean for the major parties…

Topics

• [0:00] Intro

• [1:02] Headlines: Get A Fine? We Will Resign

• [6:35] Headlines: Tories Porn Shame In The Commons

• [11:58] Headlines: Defiant Truss: "we Will Rip Up Brexit Border Deal!

• [18:08] Main Story: Local Elections: Conservatives

• [28:09] Local Elections: Labour

• [34:31] Local Elections: Lib Dems

• [41:06] Local Elections: The Greens

• [44:09] The Polls

• [49:35] Outro

• [50:53] Ad: Dr Wilko's Campaign For Better Beverages

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• The Papers

• Tory MP’s friend ‘can see’ how he went from tractors to porn site

• England Local Elections 2022

• Prospect of a united Ireland comes into sharp focus

• 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: 2022 United Kingdom local elections by Ralbegen under CC by SA 3.0

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413: Keir Starmer, One Year On

Rob and Tom discuss how the Labour leader has fared in his first year as leader of the opposition…

Topics

• [0:00] Intro

• [0:53] Headlines: Duke Of Edinburgh

• [8:57] Headlines: Keep Calm And Carry On Jabbing

• [14:16] Headlines: Northern Ireland

• [23:03] Main Story: Keir Starmer One Year On

• [38:06] Anti-Semitism In The Labour Party

• [47:46] Keir On Brexit

• [53:04] Labour In The Polls

• [1:03:10] Outro

• [1:04:53] Ad: Dr Wilko's Campaign For Better Beverages

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• BBC: The Papers

• Twitter: BBC News Black Indent

• BBC: Timeline: How Northern Ireland's violence unfolded

• BBC: NI riots: What is behind the violence in Northern Ireland?

• Politico: Poll of Polls UK

• The Polls

• New Statesman: A year into his Labour leadership, how is Keir Starmer performing?

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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: First virtual PMQs and Ministerial statement on Coronavirus 22/04/2020 by UK Parliament under CC BY-NC 2.0

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410: Brexit, One Month On

Rob and Tom discuss the latest headlines and where we are with Brexit now the dust has had some time to settle…

Topics

• [0:00] Intro

• [1:21] Headlines: Trump Acquitted

• [8:43] Headlines: Vaccines

• [12:14] Headlines: Jail Time For Travel Lies

• [14:51] Headlines: Final Lockdown?

• [20:58] Main Story: Brexit, One Month On

  • [25:08] Food

  • [29:18] VAT

  • [34:48] Financial Services

  • [38:21] Northern Ireland

• [46:15] Outro

• [47:37] Ad: Dr Wilko's Campaign For Better Beverages

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• BBC: The Papers

• Second impeachment of Donald Trump

• Brexit: How much disruption has there been so far?

• Fury at Gove as exports to EU slashed by 68% since Brexit

• Amsterdam ousts London as Europe’s top share trading hub

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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: Image by Tumisu from Pixabay

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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

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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

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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: Brexit in Shreds by muffinn under CC by A 2.0

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