503: Budget 2021, In Review

Budget 2021, In Review

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Rob and Tom discuss the 2021 Budget as well as fishy goings on and COP26…

Topics

• [0:00] Intro

• [1:07] Headlines: Kicked In The Scallops!

• [7:12] Headlines: COP26 Beginning Of The End For Climate Change

• [14:14] Main Headline: Budget 2021

• [20:36] General State Of The Economy

• [29:21] Universal Credit

• [36:47] Government Spending

• [42:14] Climate

• [49:32] Quick Polls Update

• [55:23] Outro

• [56:27] Ad: Mish Mash Mayhem

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Shownotes

• The Papers

• The Day Today - It’s WAR!

• Talk Radio Insulate Britain Clip

• BBC: Budget Debate

• Budget 2021: Rishi Sunak's claims fact-checked

• UK set for stronger post-Covid recovery, says OECD

• Robert Peston Tweet

• UK can be 'Saudi Arabia of wind power' - PM

• Politico Poll of Polls

• Join us on Discord!

Discuss

• Reddit

• 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: 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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Shownotes

• BBC: Results of the 2019 General Election

• UK Constituency Map

• UK Constituency Cartogram

• 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: Modification of UK House of Commons in 2019 by Karamu-kun 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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Shownotes

• 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?

• 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: The main party manifestos

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