Liberal Democrats

712: General Election 2024 in Review

Rob and Tom discuss their favourite thing, a General Election! The biggest actual poll there is…

Topics

  • [0:00] Intro

  • [1:39] We Had a General Election

  • [4:08] The Labour Party

  • [18:48] The Conservative Party

  • [31:37] The Liberal Democrats

  • [46:08] Reform

  • [1:01:38] The Greens

  • [1:11:10] The SNP

  • [1:17:34] Wales

  • [1:25:34] Outro

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711: General Election Manifestos 2024

Rob and Tom discuss the 2024 General Election Manifestos for the 3 main parties (Part 2 of 2)…

Topics

  • [0:00] Intro

  • [1:16] Lib Dem Manifesto

  • [18:28] Conservative Manifesto

  • [36:02] Labour Manifesto

  • [54:00] Quick Polls Update

  • [1:00:35] Outro

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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: Keir Starmer at the Labour Manifesto Launch

710: General Election 2024 So Far...

Rob and Tom discuss the run up to the 2024 General Election (Part 1 of 2)…

Topics

  • [0:00] Intro

  • [2:30] General Election Feelings

  • [24:55] Labour’s Campaigning

  • [34:01] Outro

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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: Ed Davey having a whale of a time

709: Local Elections 2024

Rob and Tom discuss a whole load of local elections and what might be in store for the (now announced) General Election…

Topics

  • [0:00] Intro

  • [4:05] By-Elections

  • [10:06] Local Council Elections

  • [27:57] Mayoral Elections

  • [47:12] Police and Crime Commissioners

  • [48:48] Quick Polls Update

  • [56:17] Outro

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706: 2024 Predictions

Rob and Tom make predictions for 2024…

Topics

  • [0:00] Intro

  • [1:28] General Election Predictions

  • [23:25] Conservative Predictions

  • [34:17] Labour Predictions

  • [55:23] Lib Dem Predictions

  • [58:32] SNP Predictions

  • [1:03:03] US Election Predictions

  • [1:13:16] Outro

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703: Liberal Destroys Conservative in Debate

Rob and Tom discuss by-elections and Suella Braverman…

Topics

  • [0:00] Intro

  • [1:16] Tamworth By-Election

  • [10:40] Mid-Bedfordshire By-Election

  • [28:26] Suella Braverman

  • [44:05] Suella on Protests

  • [51:39] Would She Make A Good Leader?

  • [59:19] The Polls

  • [1:06:55] Outro

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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: Suella Braverman in the House of Commons

701: Gotta Fight For Your Right to (Conservative) Parrrrrrty

Rob and Tom discuss the Conservative Party Conference…

Topics

  • [0:00] Intro

  • [1:20] Headlines: Gaza

  • [6:44] Main Story: Party Conference Season

  • [11:17] Conservative Party Conference

  • [24:16] Nigel Farage in the Conservative Party?

  • [29:34] Penny Mordaunt in the Wings?

  • [33:54] Sunak’s Speech & HS2

  • [53:51] Outro

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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: Penny Mordaunt gives her sppech at the Conservative Party Conference

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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604: 2023 Predictions

Rob and Tom discuss their predictions for 2023 and how well they predicted 2022…

Topics

  • [0:00] Intro

  • [0:45] 2022 COVID Predictions: Right or Wrong?

  • [9:10] 2022 Brexit Predictions: Right or Wrong?

  • [15:08] 2023 Brexit Predictions

  • [17:17] 2022 Tory Predictions: Right or Wrong?

  • [24:18] 2023 Tory Predictions

  • [28:10] 2022 Labour Predictions: Right or Wrong?

  • [32:09] 2023 Labour Predictions

  • [34:21] 2022 Lib Dem Predictions: Right or Wrong?

  • [38:39] 2023 Lib Dem Predictions

  • [39:41] 2022 Scotland Predictions: Right or Wrong?

  • [44:44] 2022 US Predictions: Right or Wrong?

  • [49:02] 2023 US Predictions

  • [55:54] Outro

  • [56:51] Ad: Hat Of Many Things

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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: Houses of Parliament by Tom

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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505: Got To Be A Good Boris [2022 Predictions]

Rob and Tom discuss their predictions for 2022 and how well they predicted 2021 as well as a certain naughty Prime Minister in the headlines…

Topics

  • [0:00] Intro

  • [0:42] Headlines: Downing It Street

  • [18:23] Predictions 2022

  • [18:58] Coronavirus: Were We Right?

  • [24:55] Predictions 2022: Coronavirus

  • [28:12] Brexit: Were We Right?

  • [33:32] Predictions 2022: Brexit

  • [38:05] Conservatives: Were We Right?

  • [43:50] Predictions 2022: Conservatives

  • [48:12] Labour: Were We Right?

  • [50:33] Predictions 2022: Labour

  • [55:26] Lib Dems: Were We Right?

  • [58:26] Predictions 2022: Lib Dems

  • [59:53] Scotland: Were We Right?

  • [1:02:44] USA: Were We Right?

  • [1:06:39] Predictions 2022: USA

  • [1:10:46] Outro

  • [1:13:30] Ad: Hat Of Many Things

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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: House of Parliament by Tom

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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  • 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

S11: 2021 Predictions

Rob and Tom layout their predictions for UK, US politics and Coronavirus in the year to come…

Topics

  • [0:00] Intro

  • [0:53] Coronavirus

  • [10:59] Brexit Process

  • [19:49] Conservatives

  • [31:56] Labour

  • [40:09] Lib Dems

  • [46:29] USA

  • [54:08] Outro

  • [55:02] Ad: Hat Of Many Things

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S10: 2020, Year In Review

Rob and Tom review their predictions for UK politics and the US election in the year that was 2020…

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401: Trump vs. Biden

Rob and Tom discuss culture wars, the new Lib Dem leader, Tony Abbott and the strengths and weaknesses of the US presidential candidates in this bumper episode.

Topics

  • [0:00] Headlines: Culture Wars & The Lib Dems

  • [21:38] Headlines: Tony Abbott

  • [26:27] Ad: Dr Wilko's Campaign For Better Beverages

  • [26:51] Main Story: US Election

  • [28:44] Biden's Strengths

  • [40:04] Biden's Weaknesses

  • [55:08] Trump's Strengths

  • [1:09:00] Trump's Weaknesses

  • [1:26:03] Quickest Polls Update

  • [1:27:48] Outro

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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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  • 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

308: 2019 General Election Analysis

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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S08: 2019 General Election Predictions

Rob and Tom look at the polls and try to predict the outcome of Thursday’s General Election.

Topics

  • [0:00] Intro

  • [1:34] Campaigning This Week: Who Won?

  • [8:34] General Election Predictions 2019 & Polls

  • [20:24] Rob's General Election Result Prediction

  • [24:57] Where Does the Country Go From Here?

  • [27:35] Outro

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307: Copy Paste 2017; Put Brexit In Bold

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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  • 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

306: Dodgy Lib Dem Bar Charts

Rob and Tom discuss the pros and cons of Tactical Voting and how it might affect the result of a General Election. Followed by a quick polls update with a month left before everyone goes to the polls.

Topics

  • [0:00] Intro

  • [2:41] Main Story: Tactical Voting

  • [8:03] The Brexit Effect?

  • [23:17] Tactical Voting Websites

  • [31:24] Lib Dem Bar Charts

  • [40:10] Quick Polls Update

  • [53:58] Outro

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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: Lib Dem Bar Chart photo by Rob