111: Harry Potter and the Future Relationship Between the United Kingdom and the European Union

Rob and Tom discuss a crazy week in British politics with two cabinet ministers resigning over the Brexit deal white paper.

Topics

• The Headlines

• Boris and David Davis Resignations

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• BBC: Boris Johnson's resignation letter and May's reply in full

• Robin Cook Resignation Speech

• Gov.UK: The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

• Join us on Discord!

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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. High quality version with text.

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110: BoJo No Show, Brexit So-So

Rob and Tom discuss how bad a Brexit No Deal would be and whether Vince Cable truly wants to emulate James Bond over summer.

Topics

• The Headlines

• Brexit No Deal

• Regular Feature: Parliamentary Holidays

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• Metro Front Page

• Unfinished London: Should Heathrow Expand?

• BBC: Saddleworth Moor fire: Timelapse shows flames spreading

• Wikipedia: Operation Stack

• 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: London Brexit pro-EU protest March 25 2017 27 by Ilovetheeu used under CC by SA 4.0

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109: Parliamentary Wiff-Waff

Rob and Tom discuss the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill and how a bill goes through parliament (in brief).

Topics

• The Headlines

• European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

• New Regular Feature: Political Deathmatch (the G7)

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Shownotes

• YouTube: How to Make a Hit Football Anthem

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• Daily Express front page

• The Sun front page

• How a bill passes through parliament

• European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

• 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: Palace of Westminster by Diliff. Used under CC by SA 2.5 licence.

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107: You Come to Me on the Day of The Royal Wedding?

Rob and Tom discuss what might happen with the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland during Brexit.

Topics

• The Headlines

• Irish Border and Customs Union

• House of Lords Reform

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Shownotes

• Tom's other podcast

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• BBC: East Coast Main Line takeover: Your questions answered

• Guardian: British rail is nationalised all over again – by foreign states

• Things Meghan Markle can't do after she marries Prince Harry

• BBC: Brexit: The government's customs options

• Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention

• House of Lords

Discuss

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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: 1968 Strabane Northern Ireland, Ulster, border, customs by henrikjon. Used under Creative Commons by SA 2.0.

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106: Local Elections for Local People

Rob and Tom discuss the most interesting thing in politics...an election! They pore over the latest local election results in the UK.

Topics

• The Headlines

• Local Elections 2018

• Voter ID

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• 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

Discuss

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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: Polling station 6 may 2010 by secretlondon123. Used under Creative Commons by SA 2.0.

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105: Immigrants, They Get the Job Done

Rob and Tom discuss the latest political news including the Windrush scandal and the aftermath of the bombing in Syria.

Topics

• The Headlines

• Windrush

• Syria

• The Polls

• Returning Regular Feature: Would You Rather?

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• HMT Empire Windrush

• 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

• Britain’s Defiance of the UN: The long history

• Britain Elects - Westminster Voting Intention

Discuss

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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: HMT Empire Windrush by Royal Navy official photographer. Public Domain.

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104: Politics in the Animal Kingdom

Rob and Tom discuss the latest political news including antisemitism in Labour and the ongoing Russian spy poisoning scandal.

Topics

• The Headlines

• Antisemitism in the Labour Party

• Russian Sanctions

• Returning Regular Feature: Would You Rather?

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow's Papers Today

• Hilarious Trump Headline

• 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

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: Who left the gate open by Sebastian Ballard. Used via CC BY-SA 2.0

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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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102: Beast from the East

Reporting from bunkers to protect them from the cold Rob and Tom discuss the latest political news. 

Topics

• The Headlines

• Corbyn and May's Brexit speeches

• New Regular Feature: Who Said It?

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Shownotes

• Tomorrow's Headlines Today Blog

• John Major's speech

• Monkey Dust: Britain in Snowy Weather

• HoMT: #GE2017

• Corbyn's Brexit Speech

• May's Brexit Speech

• Who Said It?: Corbyn or Trump?

Attribution

• 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

101: Pyramid of Piffle

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.

Topics

• Boris trying to woo Remainers

• Moggmania

• Newspaper Bingo: The Daily Express

Shownotes

• The Bugle Podcast

• Did Boris succeed with his speech? BBC, The Grauniad

• List of Boris' diplomatic gaffes

• Viviane Reding MEP on Brexit

• Moggfather on Redbubble

• Daily Express Front Page 16/2/18

• Ben Goldacre: Bad Science

• Bad Science website

• Retraction of the MMR vaccine paper

Attribution

• Recording engineer: Craig

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