608: Bye Elections

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Rob and Tom discuss the triptych of by-elections…

Topics

• [0:00] Intro

• [0:54] Headlines: The Trump Conspiracy

• [5:25] Headlines: Banks Told To Respect Free Speech

• [9:44] Headlines: BBC Crisis Over Top Star in Sex Photos Probe

• [17:20] Main Story: By Elections

• [18:31] Selby and Ainsty

• [24:12] Somerton and Frome

• [32:51] Uxbridge and South Ruislip

• [45:00] Nadine Dorries

• [50:35] The Polls

• [58:14] Outro

• [1:00:03] Ad: Dr Wilko’s Campaign For Better Beverages

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Shownotes

• The Papers

• Selby and Ainsty By-Election

• Somerton and Frome By-Election

• Uxbridge and South Ruislip By-Election

• 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: Count Binface at the Uxbridge By-Election from countbinface.com

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501: Death Knell Of Conservatism

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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Discuss

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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: National Insurance Card in the Public Domain

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417: Batley & Spen

Rob and Tom discuss the 2021 by-election in Batley & Spen as well as the impending removal of COVID restrictions and England’s Euro 2020 performance…

Topics

• [0:00] Intro

• [1:01] Headlines: Freedom Is In Your Hands Now

• [13:59] Headlines: Football Is Not Coming Home

• [27:05] Main Story: Batley & Spen

• [33:52] The Results

• [41:38] Has The Electorate Shifted?

• [51:53] Outro

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• The Papers

• PM statement at coronavirus press conference: 5 July 2021

• PM statement at coronavirus press conference: 12 July 2021

• Tyrone Mings’ Tweet

• Foreign aid: Theresa May spearheads Conservative rebellion against Boris Johnson's overseas aid cuts

• 2021 Batley and Spen By-Election

• Batley and Spen: Is politics starting to return to normal?

• AstraCast Special

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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: Tracy Brabin's office, Hill Top, Gomersal by habiloid used under CC by SA 2.0

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416: Liberal Democrats Winning Here

Rob and Tom discuss the fallout of the 2021 Chesham and Amersham by-election, what it means for the Liberal Democrats, the Conservatives and Labour’s chances in Batley and Spen…

Topics

• [0:00] Intro

• [0:36] Headlines: When Will We Be Free?

• [7:04] Headlines: Hopeless Bloke...

• [10:11] Headlines: Oh Baby What A Love In

• [13:51] Main Story: Liberal Democrats Winning Here

• [18:04] What Were The Local Issues?

• [23:20] Was There Tactical Voting?

• [27:09] The Lib Dem Picture Nationally

• [31:56] A Weakness For The Conservatives?

• [39:02] Batley & Spen By-Election

• [45:00] Quick Polls Update: Deutschland Edition

• [51:15] Outro

• [52:34] Bonus: HS2

• [53:48] Ad: Dr Wilko's Campaign For Better Beverages

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• 2021 Chesham and Amersham by-election

• High Speed 2

• Are the Conservatives about to suffer defeat in the “Blue Wall”?

• Lib Dems’ byelection victory suggests trouble for Tories in ‘blue wall’

• The Batley and Spen byelection will reveal the depth of Labour’s predicament

• Opinion polling for the 2021 German federal election

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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: Ed Davey triumphant against the blue wall

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