Oh God, What Now? Podcast
1) Starmer’s China Syndrome – plus Green MP Siân Berry on the new power balance on the Left
After the collapse of the China spying case, do we have to accept that Britain is way past being able to spar with Beijing? Especially when we depend so much on their students? Green MP Siân Berry tal...Show More
2) Card Declined – Inside the Digital I.D. Wars
Labour want to bring in digital I.D. and many people do NOT like it. Are they right? Are they wrong? And what is the “Lethal Trifecta” that makes the plan so risky? Hannah Fearn is very opposed to dig...Show More
3) Is the Conservative Party dying? – Plus: What the Manchester terror attack means
The Tory Party looks fatally damaged. Who hijacked the corpse at their conference in Manchester – Reform or Robert Jenrick? Josh Glancy of The Sunday Times was there and he explains whether there’s an...Show More
4) Who would win a war in Europe?
Nobody wants to imagine a large-scale war in Europe. But after Putin invaded Ukraine and Trump tore up Europe’s security guarantee, it’s horribly plausible. Is Russia as powerful as Putin wants us to ...Show More
5) Starmer vs. Farage – Keir finally picks his enemy
Keir Starmer’s conference speech is getting heaps of praise after he finally went hard against Farage. But has he done enough to show he’s in control, or is the Labour messaging still all over the pla...Show More
6) Build, baby, build – Is Labour losing the Regeneration Game?
Labour has staked its future on building hundreds of thousand of homes and fixing up crumbling communities. But does “regeneration” actually work? Housing expert and author of Big Capital: Who Is Lond...Show More
7) Enoch, Enoch, Who’s There? – Reform’s deranged repatriation plans
The ghost of Enoch Powell punches the air as Farage announces jaw-dropping plans for mass deportations and tearing up Indefinite Leave to Remain, claiming it will save Britain over £230bn (it won’t). ...Show More
8) So wrong, it’s right wing – Could Project 2025 happen in Britain?
Project 2025 gave Trump a roadmap for his authoritarian presidency. As the UK turns to the right, Reform UK is on the rise and fears over a Farage general election victory loom, we ask whether such a ...Show More
9) Inside the new ‘Battle for Britain’
British politics is increasingly divided – but where are voters really going as they shift between parties? And how should Labour recalibrate their tactics? The Economist’s Matthew Holehouse joins us ...Show More
10) Starmer drama – Who's in control of the Labour Party?
Starmer is Prime Minister and leader of the Labour Party – but does he feel totally in charge of things? Plus, the race to be Deputy Leader of the Labour Party is down to the final two. Who’s the most...Show More