315: Very Reliant on the Dover-Calais Crossing

Rob and Tom discuss the ongoing situation touching on Boris’ recovery, missed COBRA meetings and what is happening with Brexit. Followed by a Quick Polls Update on Trump’s approval ratings and what they’ve been watching during the lockdown.

Topics

• [0:00] Intro

• [2:21] Main Story: Coronavirus

• [11:59] Boris Missed COBRA Meetings?

• [25:04] Coronavirus Vs. Brexit

• [31:41] Remote PMQs

• [35:58] Ad: Dr Wilko's Campaign For Better Beverages

• [36:16] Quick Polls Update: Trump Approval

• [47:52] Lockdown Media Suggestions

• [53:52] Outro

• [55:24] Ad: Hat Of Many Things

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Shownotes

• Financial Times: UK coronavirus deaths more than double official figure, according to FT study

• COVID-19 Coronavirus Datapack

• China on the graph

• The Times: Coronavirus: 38 days when Britain sleepwalked into disaster [Paywalled]

• The Guardian: Timeline of UK's coronavirus PPE shortage

• The Guardian: PMQs verdict: a distinct improvement on what came before

• 538: How Popular is Donald Trump?

• BBC: This Country

• Netflix: Inside Bill’s Brain

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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: Dominic Raab MP by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Govt under CC by ND 2.0

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314: He Can Eat A Bacon Sandwich Now, The World Is Saved!

Rob and Tom discuss the results of the Labour Leadership election alongside the headlines. With some breaking news on the air!

Topics

• [0:00] Intro

• [1:39] Headlines: Bojo In Hospital

• [8:59] Headlines: Queen's Speech

• [13:59] Ad: Dr Wilko's Campaign For Better Beverages

• [14:18] Main Story: Labour Leadership Contest

  • [23:40] Deputy Labour Leader

  • [27:51] New Shadow Cabinet

  • [35:22] Where Is Labour Going?

• [46:27] Plug: Ennuicastr

• [48:57] Quick Polls Update

• [53:41] Outro

• [54:58] Ad: Hat Of Many Things

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Shownotes

• BBC: Coronavirus: Boris Johnson admitted to hospital over virus symptoms

• Institute for Government: Acting prime ministers

• Laura Kuenssberg Tweet

• BBC: Coronavirus: Boris Johnson moved to intensive care as symptoms worsen

• BBC: Coronavirus: Queen tells UK 'we will succeed' in fight

• The Guardian: Keir Starmer wins Labour leadership election

• The Guardian view on Keir Starmer: a serious politician

• The Spectator: Full list: Keir Starmer’s new Shadow Cabinet

• The Guardian: Ed Miliband returns to Labour frontbench in Keir Starmer reshuffle

• 538: How Popular is Donald Trump?

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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: Official portrait of Keir Starmer by Chris McAndrew under CC by 3.0

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313: It's Chicken P Buffalo!

Rob and Tom discuss the UK response and COVID-19 lockdown, how Trump is faring against the virus and briefly touch on Brexit and the Labour Leadership Contest. Followed by a fun quiz to break the tension.

Topics

• [0:00] Intro

• [1:13] Lockdown

• [10:31] COVID-19, The UK Response

• [27:38] Trump Vs COVID

• [32:12] Brexit Briefly & Coronavirus Legislation

• [39:05] Labour Leadership Contest

• [43:01] Quick Polls Update

• [48:52] Diseases Quiz

• [53:06] Outro

• [54:57] Advert: Mish Mash Mayhem

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Shownotes

• BBC: A quarter of the world’s population in lockdown

• Metro: Cabinet uses Zoom

• Imperial College: COVID-19: Imperial researchers model likely impact of public health measures

• BBC: UK pubs and restaurants told to shut in virus fight

• BBC: Coronavirus: 'Unprecedented' crowds in Wales despite warnings

• BBC: Wetherspoon boss tells staff to get a job at Tesco

• BBC: Coronavirus: Parliament shuts down for a month

• BBC: Coronavirus: What are the new restrictions and why are they needed?

• BBC: Coronavirus: What's in the emergency legislation?

• REMAIN INDOORS

• 538: National Democratic Polls

• 538: Generic Ballot

• Diseases Quiz

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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: Rob at Dunder Mifflin by Rob

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312: Nobody Is In The Pay Of Big Virus

Rob and Tom discuss latest headlines before focusing on Trump’s response to the novel Coronavirus COVID-19. Followed by a bumper edition of the Quick Polls Update as Biden storms Super Tuesday.

Topics

• [0:00] Intro

• [2:05]The Headlines: Priti Troubling

• [11:18] The Headlines: Stock Market Drop

• [17:06] Trump And The Coronavirus

• [34:38] Trump Vs SCIENCE

• [48:38] Quick Polls Update: Super Tuesday

• [1:03:15] Outro

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Shownotes

• BBC: Home Office: Sir Philip Rutnam's resignation statement in full

• Guardian: UK and US stock markets suffer worst day since 2008 – as it happened

• BBC: Coronavirus: A problem unlike anything else Trump has faced

• Freakonomics: How Much Does the President Really Matter?

• Flatten the Curve gif

• Trump Tweets

• Wikipedia: 2020 South Carolina Democratic primary

• 538: National Democratic Polls

• 538: Generic Ballot

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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: Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 by NIH in the Public Domain

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311: BoJo is the Senate!

Rob and Tom discuss the Cabinet Reshuffles from past and present. Then they focus on the latest reshuffle: what did we expect? what grudges were solved? what were the surprises?

Topics

• [0:00] Intro

• [1:15] Headlines: A Priti Hard Week

• [10:39] Headlines: Priti Untrustworthy?

• [15:58] Black & Blue Passport

• [18:59] EUR vs GBP

• [22:16] Cabinet Reshuffles

• [30:07] BoJo's Reshuffle: Who's Gone?

• [32:30] The Expected Changes

• [40:49] The Grudge

• [46:30] The Surprise Resignation

• [55:34] Has Boris Changed The Norms?

• [59:14] Quick Polls Update USA Edition

• [1:07:37] Outro

• [1:09:10] Bonus: Trump Needs Nomination & Tom Is A God

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Shownotes

• The i: Immigration Backlash Over British Carers

• The Times: Patel ‘livid’ after claim she has lost trust of M15

• Average UK Salary: Teachers, Nurses

• Evening Standard: Blue Passport

• Tom’s Passport

• BBC: Cabinet reshuffle: Who is in Boris Johnson's new cabinet?

• 538: National Democratic Polls

• 538: Generic Ballot

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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: Reagan-Thatcher cabinet talks by White House Photographic Office under Public Domain

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310: America is Big, Really Big

Rob and Tom discuss the fact that Brexit actually happened?, the results of the Iowa Caucus and how to correctly pronounce Buttigieg.

Topics

• [0:00] Intro

• [2:36] Headlines: Brexit Happened?

• [14:19] Iowa Caucus: How Do Primaries Work?

• [21:52] What Type Of Primary Was Iowa?

• [28:02] Iowa Results

• [52:52] Iowa Caucus Delays

• [1:02:22] Quick Polls Update: US Edition

• [1:08:37] Outro

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Shownotes

• Guardian: 'Got Brexit Done': Tory party sells £12 tea towel in celebration

• BBC: Brexit day 50p coin unveiled by Chancellor Sajid Javid

• BBC: Brexit: What will change after Friday, 31 January?

• Wikipedia: Iowa Caucus 2020 Results

• 538: National Democratic Polls

• 538: Generic Ballot

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• 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: Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses election results by county (delegates), 2020 by TheNavigatrr under CC by SA 4.0

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S09: 2020 Predictions

Rob and Tom try to predict what the politics of 2020 has in store both in the UK and across the pond.

Topics

• Brexit

• Conservatives

• Labour

• Lib Dems

• Trump

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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: 2020, Royalty Free by pxfuel

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303: Pannick On The Streets of London

Rob and Tom discuss a Conference Season as well as a certain Supreme Court Ruling…

Topics

• [0:00] Intro

• [1:45] Trump Impeachment?

• [12:15] Conference Season

• [13:44] Lib Dem Conference

• [26:12] UKIP Conference?

• [28:28] Labour Conference

• [43:52] Labour's Brexit Stance

• [48:15] Supreme Court Ruling

• [58:34] Unparliamentary Language

• [1:08:05] “Getting Brexit Done”

• [1:14:20] Quick Polls Update

• [1:19:36] Trump Update

• [1:20:24] Outro

• [1:21:51] Bonus: Sultry Wilko

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Shownotes

• YouTube: Liam Neeson: The Musical

• Independent: Six things we learnt from Jo Swinson’s conference speech

• Liberal Democrats: Conference Motions - Autumn 2019

• Liberal Democrats: F17: Stop Brexit

• The Guardian: Ukip leader accused of insulting party over conference no-show

• Politics Home: Here's everything new that Labour announced at 2019 conference

• BBC: Supreme Court: Where does defeat leave Boris Johnson?

• The Times: Lady Hale Verdict

• The Mirror: Labour MP Barry Sheerman fumes Geoffrey Cox is a 'disgrace' and has 'no shame'

• The Guardian: Jo Cox's sister criticises Boris Johnson's Brexit rhetoric

• The Polls

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

• The New York Times: Trump Pressed Australian Leader to Help Barr Investigate Mueller Inquiry’s Origins

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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: Court 1 by UK Supreme Court

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219: Alastair Campbell Soup

Rob and Tom take a slow look at the Headlines in lieu of a larger story this week as we enjoy a bit of political calm.

Topics

• Lib Dems Top the Polls

• Trump Visit

• Tory Leadership Contest

• Peterborough By Election

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Shownotes

• Sky News: Lib Dems would win general election if it was held tomorrow - poll

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

• The ‘Lib Dem Bar Chart’

• Average polls

• BBC: May officially steps down as Tory leader

• BBC: In pictures: Trump's state visit to the UK

• Trump on the toilet seat by listener Thomas Askew

• TIME: Trump Calls London's Mayor a 'Stone Cold Loser' Before Landing in U.K.

• Subway antibiotics in chicken

• Twitter: “I took drugs” confessions

• Twitter: Tory Leadership 10

• The Bugle 4110: Democramnesia

• BBC: Labour sees off Brexit Party in by-election

• Twitter: Owen Jones on Labour Party Rules

• indy100: Journalist Rafael Behr sums up the Brexit in less than 2 minutes

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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: An Audience with Alastair Campbell by University of Salford Press Office under CC by SA 2.0

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209: He Wanted A Wall, Now He Wants Quite A Big Fence

Rob and Tom discuss the end of the government shutdown and how Trump has fared so far.

Topics

• Headlines

• Brexit Amendments

• Trump & Government Shutdown

• Trump’s Achievements

• Quick Polls Update

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow’s Newspapers Today

• Positive News

• The Queen and Government

• BBC: Brady Amendment

• Twitter: Plan B Cartoon

• Planet Money: The First Shutdown

• 538: Trump Approval Ratings

• Wikipedia: Federal Judges Appointed by Trump

• New York Times: The Myth of the Criminal Immigrant

• Wikipedia: Rhyme as Reason Effect

• Facebook: Amy Patrick on the Wall

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

• Labour vs Conservative 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: Security Strategy by Joyce N. Boghosian (Public Domain).

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208: Brexit is Really Complicated

Rob and Tom discuss the Meaningful Vote mere moments after the result, skipping the headlines this week. Then the conversation circles round to Mr. Speaker and the Government Shutdown.

Topics

• Theresa May’s Meaningful Vote

• Bercow impropriety?

• Trump & Government Shutdown

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Shownotes

• Huffington Post: Brexit Traffic Jam

• Twitter: Summary of PM’s position

• Guardian: Bercow Correct

• Guardian: Bercow Wrong

• Trump Steamed Hams

• Bonus: Rob and his microphone

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• YouTube

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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).

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S04: 2019 Predictions

Rob and Tom try to predict what the politics of 2019 has in store both in the UK and across the pond.

Topics

• Brexit

• Conservatives

• Labour

• Trump

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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 Image Britain by TheDigital Artist under CC0 1.0

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207: 100 Days to Brexit

Rob and Tom discuss the fallout from Theresa May pulling the Brexit vote and how they feel the UK parties have fared this year.

Topics

• The Headlines

• Brexit - No Vote, Now What?

• Rob’s Government Report Card 2018

• Quick Polls Update

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• Go Fund Me: We the People Will Fund the Wall

• Twitter: Hank Green on Trump’s Wall

• Tiny Snek Comics: Government Shutdown

• Russian Gatwick Meme

• Gatwick Suspect Joke

• 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: Amid Brexit chaos, Britain's political system finally implodes by Tiocfaidh ár lá 1916 under CC-by-ND 2.0

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204: Not Famous Enough For Nate Silver

Rob and Tom discuss the midterm elections 2018 and whether there was the “blue wave” everyone was expecting.

Topics

• Wycombe High School Question Time

• The Headlines

• The Midterm Elections

• Polls Update

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• Wycombe High School Question Time Panel

• Reddit: /r/ColorizedHistory

• BBC: US mid-term election results 2018

• Twitter: Nate Silver tweet

• Syracause.com: NY Senate 50th District: Antonacci declares victory; Mannion will wait on absentees

• Twitter: Youth vote tweet

• 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: 115th United States Congress Congressional Districts by U.S. Census Bureau (Public Domain).

• Wycombe High School Question Time Panel courtesy of News Crew, Wycombe High School.

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203: The Second Biggest Political March Ever

Rob and Tom discuss the People’s Vote March and the pros and cons of a second Brexit referendum.

Topics

• The Headlines

• People’s Vote March

• Second Brexit Referendum

• Polls for the Midterm Elections

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• Wayback Machine: BBC News Snapshot at 1301, Snapshot at 2045

• BBC: People's Vote march: Hundreds of thousands attend London protest

• Twitter: Geri Halliwell Joke

• YouTube: Richard Nixon: Address to the Nation - Silent Majority Speech - Nov 3, 1969

• FiveThirtyEight: 2018 House Forecast

• FiveThirtyEight: How unpopular is Donald Trump?

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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: PeoplesVoteMarch by Symeon Vlassis under CC BY-SA 2.0.

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202: Salad Cream Means Salad Cream

Rob and Tom discuss the Party Conferences for Labour and the Conservatives and the effects on the polls.

N.B: Due to ongoing internet issues in the 18th Century realm that Rob lives (Rees-Mogg’s constituency) some of the recording had to be swapped out for the backup recording. Apologies for the audio issues this caused.

Topics

• The Headlines

• What is a Party Conference?

• Labour Party Conference

• Lib Dem Consultation

• Mid-Terms and Voting

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• Shropshire Star: Heinz bows to ‘will of the people’ and sticks with Salad Cream

• YouTube: Theresa May - Dancing "Puppet" (Theresa May Dancing On Stage Meme)

• Liberal Democrats: Consultation

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

• Five Thirty Eight: Forecasting the race for the House

• Five Thirty Eight: Forecasting the race for the Senate

• YouTube: How to Vote in Every State

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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: Photoshop by Tom.

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S01: UK vs US Politics, A Field Guide

Rob and Tom discuss the differences and similarities between the UK and US political systems for the benefit of listeners on both sides of the pond. 

Topics

• Constitutions

• Parliament vs Congress

• Presidential vs Prime Ministerial Power

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Shownotes

• Wikipedia: US Constitution

• Wikipeida: UK Constitution

• British Library: Magna Carta

• Oyez: Obergefell v. Hodges

• Wikipedia: House of Commons

• Wikipedia: House of Lords

• Wikipedia: Earl Grey

• Wikipedia: House of Representatives

• Wikipedia: The Senate

• FiveThirtyEight: The 5 Big Takeaways From Our House Forecast

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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: House of Commons Chamber 1 by UK Parliament under CC by Attribution 3.0 Unported and Obama Health Care Speech to Joint Session of Congress by Lawrence Jackson which is Public Domain

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108: Kim Thong Un

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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Shownotes

• 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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• Podcast Republic

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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103: Springtime for Hammond

Rob and Tom discuss the latest political news featuring the Spring Statement, Russian spies and Rex Tillerson.

Topics

• The Headlines

• Spring Statement 2018

• Rex Tillerson firing

• New Regular Feature: Would You Rather?

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• OBR on Spring Statement

• HM Treasury Tweet

• Children's scooters added to inflation basket

• Rex Tillerson on Reddit

• Trump vs Tillerson

• Between Two Ferns: Obama

• New show name: Unparliamentary Language

Attribution

• Recording engineer: Craig

• Theme song: Parody of Common People by Pulp, lyrics by our friends, sung by Tom

• Main Image: Philip Hammond by Raul Mee. Used via CC BY-ND 2.0

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