Britain’s prison and asylum meltdown. Plus - the Renters’ Rights Act w/ Vicky Spratt
It’s been a painful week for the government, with a migrant sex offender accidentally released from prison and a damning report on the spiralling costs of the asylum system. But is a plan to house asy...
30 Okt 202554min
Pod Save the Truth w/ Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales
Enough is enough! Nish stages an intervention with Coco about her troubling relationship with Chat GPT. Or as Coco puts it: her mate “Chatty G”. But Coco’s not the only one embracing generative AI - i...
23 Okt 202556min
Why can’t the UK get over Thatcher? Plus - “Your Party” infighting is Definitely Maybe over…
It’s been an emotional week after the arrival of a Hamas-Israel ceasefire. This is good news - but issues of humanitarian aid, human rights, and accountability are all still up in the air. The struggl...
16 Okt 202550min
Solidarity in the face of hatred: how to unite after the Manchester attack
“Shocking... but not surprising” - the words of Stephen Bush, Associate Editor at the Financial Times and Chair of the Commission on Racial Inclusivity in the Jewish Community for the Board of Deputi...
9 Okt 202545min
Decency or division: Starmer takes aim at Reform
It’s conference season, and at the Labour conference in Liverpool - flagshagging, snake-oil merchants and leadership jockeying - is it Keir Starmer’s final chance for a reset? Nish and Coco are joined...
2 Okt 202551min
Your loss, Zack’s gain? Polanski’s vision for the UK
Oh dear lefties… We just can’t stop tearing each other apart, huh? One short month into the evolution of the new political party experiment undertaken by independent MPs Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corby...
25 Sep 202553min
Anger, Rage and Love - Trump’s visit to the UK and Tommy Robinson’s far right rally
It’s been a hellish week for our Disunited Kingdom. First Tommy Robinson mobilised ten of thousands in his ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march. Before we could recover from that toxic side show, the headline a...
18 Sep 202549min
Liberated from Labour: Zarah Sultana and Bimini Bon-Boulash - Live!
Chaos, what chaos? Rayner's out. The cabinet's reshuffled. The lurch to the right hasn't stopped. But in the words of Homer Simpson, could Keir Starmer's shit show be a "crisitunity" for the left? To ...
9 Sep 202557min
