Rob and Tom try to predict what the politics of 2019 has in store both in the UK and across the pond.
Brexit
Conservatives
Labour
Trump
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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: Brexit Image Britain by TheDigital Artist under CC0 1.0
Rob and Tom discuss the fallout from Theresa May pulling the Brexit vote and how they feel the UK parties have fared this year.
The Headlines
Brexit - No Vote, Now What?
Rob’s Government Report Card 2018
Quick Polls Update
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Go Fund Me: We the People Will Fund the Wall
Twitter: Hank Green on Trump’s Wall
Tiny Snek Comics: Government Shutdown
Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention
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
Rob and Tom discuss the impending Brexit vote (which has since recording been delayed) and check out the latest polls.
The Headlines
Vote on Theresa May’s Brexit Deal
Quick Polls Update
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BBC: George HW Bush funeral: A legacy repackaged for Trump era
[Update] BBC: Theresa May calls off MPs' vote on her Brexit deal
Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention
Bonus: Theresa Powers: Brexit Turn
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: Prime Minister's Questions (Full Chamber) by UK Parliament under CC by A 3.0.
Rob and Tom discuss Theresa May’s Brexit Deal with the European Union.
N.B: Some recording issues occurred, we’ve done our best to recover as much as possible. Apologies for any glitches in the audio.
Theresa May’s Brexit Deal
Quick Polls Update
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BBC: Brexit: UK and EU 'agree text' of draft withdrawal agreement
Brexitcast: Klaxons & Crinkley Bottoms
Twitter: no general election in 2018
Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention
Rob and Tom discuss the People’s Vote March and the pros and cons of a second Brexit referendum.
The Headlines
People’s Vote March
Second Brexit Referendum
Polls for the Midterm Elections
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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?
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.
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.
The Headlines
What is a Party Conference?
Labour Party Conference
Lib Dem Consultation
Mid-Terms and Voting
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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
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.
Rob and Tom are back to school, back to reality with Season 2 of Unparliamentary Language. We’ve avoided the news for too long over the summer so we are back with our Summer Roundup and the latest headlines.
The Headlines
Summer Round Up
Listener Question: How would you handle the mess that is Brexit?
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Metro: For Your Spires Only
NY Times: The Plot to Subvert an Election
Instagram: Donald Tusk with Cake
BBC Reality Check: A plan to unlock the Irish border problem
FT [Paywall]: Poll shows 86% of Labour members want new Brexit vote
Jewish Telegraph: The Day Britain Dies…
Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention
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: PM visit to Brussels by Number 10. Public Domain.
Rob and Tom discuss the 50 years of British politics from 1945-1997 in roughly 50 minutes.
Post War Government
Economic Policy
Foreign Policy
Boom and Bust
Thatcher
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Wikipedia - Winston Churchill
Wikipedia - NHS
Wikipedia - Keynesian Economics
Wikipedia - Suez Crisis
Made in Dagenham - Always a Problem Waiting in the Wings
Telegraph - Harold Wilson Night: the PM who lived and died by television
Billy Elliot - Solidarity
Wikipedia - Black Monday
Spitting Image - Go Now
Wikipedia - Black Wednesday
Andrew Marr - History of Modern Britain
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: Collage of Prime Ministers 1945-1997 by Tom. Source Images:
Yalta Conference [Public Domain]
Paris, Verhandlungen über NATO-Beitritt by Unknown [CC by SA 3.0]
President John F. Kennedy with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan of Great Britain in Bermuda [Public Domain]
Alec Douglas-Home by Anefo [CC by SA 3.0]
Edward Heath appearing on 'After Dark' by Open Media Ltd. [CC by SA 3.0]
Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Prime Minister Harold Wilson [Public Domain]
Callaghan Carter 1977 [Public Domain]
President Ronald Reagan with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher During a Working Luncheon at Camp David [Public Domain]
Major, PM [Public Domain]
Rob and Tom discuss Vote Leave breaking electoral law. What does that mean for the Brexit result? Will there be a second referendum? Will we have enough food?
The Headlines
Vote Leave and Electoral Law
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Material: #143 - Parrot Identification Algorithms
Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention
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: Canned food2 (Port Lockroy, Antarctica) by Serge Ouachée. Used under CC by SA 3.0.
Rob and Tom discuss a crazy week in British politics with two cabinet ministers resigning over the Brexit deal white paper.
The Headlines
Boris and David Davis Resignations
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BBC: Boris Johnson's resignation letter and May's reply in full
Gov.UK: The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union
Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention
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. High quality version with text.
Rob and Tom discuss how bad a Brexit No Deal would be and whether Vince Cable truly wants to emulate James Bond over summer.
The Headlines
Brexit No Deal
Regular Feature: Parliamentary Holidays
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Unfinished London: Should Heathrow Expand?
BBC: Saddleworth Moor fire: Timelapse shows flames spreading
Wikipedia: Operation Stack
Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention
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: London Brexit pro-EU protest March 25 2017 27 by Ilovetheeu used under CC by SA 4.0
Rob and Tom discuss the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill and how a bill goes through parliament (in brief).
The Headlines
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
New Regular Feature: Political Deathmatch (the G7)
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YouTube: How to Make a Hit Football Anthem
Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention
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: Palace of Westminster by Diliff. Used under CC by SA 2.5 licence.
Rob and Tom discuss what might happen with the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland during Brexit.
The Headlines
Irish Border and Customs Union
House of Lords Reform
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Guardian: British rail is nationalised all over again – by foreign states
Things Meghan Markle can't do after she marries Prince Harry
Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention
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: 1968 Strabane Northern Ireland, Ulster, border, customs by henrikjon. Used under Creative Commons by SA 2.0.
Rob and Tom discuss the most interesting thing in politics...an election! They pore over the latest local election results in the UK.
The Headlines
Local Elections 2018
Voter ID
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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
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.
Rob and Tom discuss the latest political news including the Windrush scandal and the aftermath of the bombing in Syria.
The Headlines
Windrush
Syria
The Polls
Returning Regular Feature: Would You Rather?
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BBC: Windrush Scandal
Daily Mail: David Lammy MP Told to 'Go Back Home'
Independent: Cross-party pressure grows for Amber Rudd to resign over 'appalling mess'
BBC: Syria chemical 'attack'
BBC: Syria air strikes
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: HMT Empire Windrush by Royal Navy official photographer. Public Domain.
Rob and Tom discuss the latest political news including antisemitism in Labour and the ongoing Russian spy poisoning scandal.
The Headlines
Antisemitism in the Labour Party
Russian Sanctions
Returning Regular Feature: Would You Rather?
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Reality Check: Has London's murder rate overtaken New York's?
More or Less: Why London’s Murder Rate is Being Compared to New York’s
Russian spy: Source of nerve agent 'not identified'
Russian spy: Moscow bid for joint poisoning inquiry fails at OPCW
UK Jews wary over Labour candidate’s support for Hamas, Hezbollah
The anti-Semitism controversy roiling the UK Labour party, explained
Naz Shah: My words were anti-Semitic
Labour MP: Israelis should face "transportation" out of Middle East
Christine Shawcroft quits Labour's NEC as Eddie Izzard steps up
YouGov: May and Corbyn Favourability
YouGov: Voting Intention (4-5 Apr 2018)
CGPGrey: The Problems with First Past the Post Voting Explained
CGPGrey: Politics in the Animal Kingdom: Single Transferable Vote
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: Who left the gate open by Sebastian Ballard. Used via CC BY-SA 2.0
Rob and Tom discuss the latest political news featuring the Spring Statement, Russian spies and Rex Tillerson.
The Headlines
Spring Statement 2018
Rex Tillerson firing
New Regular Feature: Would You Rather?
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New show name: Unparliamentary Language
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
Reporting from bunkers to protect them from the cold Rob and Tom discuss the latest political news.
The Headlines
Corbyn and May's Brexit speeches
New Regular Feature: Who Said It?
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Monkey Dust: Britain in Snowy Weather
Who Said It?: Corbyn or Trump?
Recording engineer: Craig
Theme song: Parody of Common People by Pulp, lyrics by our friends, sung by Tom
Main Image: Brexit talks on the verge of crucial new stage as Theresa May falters by Tiocfaidh ár lá 1916. Used via CC BY-ND 2.0
Welcome to a new fortnightly politics podcast where Rob and Tom dissect the political news in the UK. We promise not to talk about Brexit...too much.
Boris trying to woo Remainers
Moggmania
Newspaper Bingo: The Daily Express
Did Boris succeed with his speech? BBC, The Grauniad
Recording engineer: Craig
Theme song: Parody of Common People by Pulp, lyrics by our friends, sung by Tom
