Episodes

  • 1: London Tories, Bibby Stockholm, Maui, Sheila Hancock on 'Hospitality'

    1: London Tories, Bibby Stockholm, Maui, Sheila Hancock on 'Hospitality'
    Aug 12 2023
    Leonie, Mal and Graham on Eddie Lister's review of the Tories' ways and means in London, what it might signal for Sunak's dog days (Rafael Behr in The Grauniad), Maui, Mal's By-Election Corner and Sheila Hancock on British, er, Hospitality
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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • 2: Parky, David Lammy in Brazil, Trump, By-Elections UK, Geopolitics...

    2: Parky, David Lammy in Brazil, Trump, By-Elections UK, Geopolitics...
    Aug 19 2023
    The UK's illustrious answer to Johnny Carson et al passed away this week , so a tribute- David Lammy on a prequel trade mission to Brasil (and later India), Trump rattling around, By-Election Corner and Geopolitics behind the egregious flames.
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • 3: News Review 26th August-Prighozin, UK Primaries and more

    3: News Review 26th August-Prighozin, UK Primaries and more
    Aug 26 2023
    1 hr and 7 mins
  • 4: 30th September: Braverman, HS2, Cost of Living, By-Election Corner

    4: 30th September: Braverman, HS2, Cost of Living, By-Election Corner
    Sep 30 2023
    We return after a tec hiatus with amongst other things   Bravernan getting team up in NYC, HS2 going nowhere fast and office returners facing the ramp-up of childcare costs and in some cases going nomadic.  Plus Mal's By-Election Corner. 
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • 5: Gaza, Labour Conference

    5: Gaza, Labour Conference
    Oct 14 2023
    The Al Aqsa Flood was a few hours old just as I had posted last weeks' conversation with Graham . We survey what we know about the Gaza War ( there remains imho the possibility that some of the findings have been gruesomely staged ) , and begin with the Labour Conference at which Leonie was a delegate.
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • 6: 21st October- Labour wins, Gaza War continues

    6: 21st October- Labour wins, Gaza War continues
    Oct 21 2023
    Leonie braved a nasty cold,  Mal stayed up most o the night with Psephology, Graham as ever sage on the optics and the legal underpinnings. 
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • 7: Sir Humphrey AD2023, Planners' Zeitgeist, Hamas/Putin, Steve Bell...

    7: Sir Humphrey AD2023, Planners' Zeitgeist, Hamas/Putin, Steve Bell...
    Oct 28 2023
    The Drake report on the churn in the Civil Service First Division under Johnson, who got another international gong this week , leads us to look at their importance and what happens in their absence- 'Yes Minister' is a crucial point of reference. Planning and Building regulations past and future come up a we ponder the pressures upon a potential Starmer administration. A glance at Turkey, and the acking of cartoonist Steve Bell steers us to the Middle East and Ukraine.
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • 8: Saturday 4th November - COVID enquiry , Gaza , By -Elections under the radar, Eric Cantona and Third Acts

    8: Saturday 4th November - COVID enquiry , Gaza , By -Elections under the radar, Eric Cantona and Third Acts
    Nov 4 2023
    The Covid Enquiry reaches Module 5 and the usual suspects (Larry is already on 6 of course) , Gaza continues in (?) intractable tragedy, UK By-Elections yield some surprises under the radar, and Eric Cantona and young Roman Kemp diversify in the public eye as the other young turks become the old guard , where might they go ?
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    1 hr and 10 mins