PoliticsJOE Podcast

Plaid beat Reform in Caerphilly, Laura spent the morning with Green New Deal Rising, Ireland have elected a socialist president, and Zohran Mamdani is set to win the New York mayoralty next week. All of which is to say, is the Left back? Laura and Seán discuss.Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Zarah Sultana came by to chat to Laura and set out a bold vision for a new radical politics of the left. One that challenges the Labour Party’s shift to the right and offers a genuine voice for Britain’s working class. Sultana explains why Your Party was formed: to rebuild a politics rooted in solidarity, equality, and economic justice, and to stand up to both Labour’s establishment drift and the rise of Reform UK’s divisive populism.Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, Ed and Laura discuss the phenomenon of the performative male, and Ed spends 50 minutes denying he is one.Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After yesterday's antics, Ava, Ed, and Seán are back to discuss transport costs, the AWS outage, and what's wrong with Labour's comms strategy. From Keir Starmer's disposables to their messaging ahead of a precarious Caerphilly by-election in Wales, nothing seems to be landing.Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's Monday. Ava, Ed, and Seán are talking Maccabi Tel Aviv, the Israeli football club set to play Aston Villa on November 6th, and Prince Andrew's relinquishment of his titles ahead of the release of Virginia Giuffre's memoir. Keir Starmer recently criticised West Midlands police for their decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv from watching the game in Birmingham, inciting a discourse frenzy.Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Darren McGarvey discusses his explosive new book Trauma Industrial Complex, a searing examination of class, power, and inequality in modern Britain. Known for his fearless social commentary and sharp political insight, McGarvey pulls no punches as he breaks down the class dynamics that continue to shape every aspect of British life — from politics and the media to education, housing, and mental health.Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Farha Khalidi swung by the JOE studios to unpack online misogyny and how she subverts traditional understandings of how gender dynamics operate online.Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today Ava is joined by Greg Barradale from the Big Issue to talk about Yo-Yo Homes. Following a report in the magazine this week, there was outcry over the apparent moneyspinning involved in buying back right to buy homes that were sold off for a song under Thatcher. Greg gives us the lowdown.Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The great Oobah Butler swung by JOETowers to talk to Ava and Seán about his new Channel4 documentary How I Made a Million in 90 Days, as well as his attempts to swindle Wall Street and create a legal sweatshop in the UK.Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PMQs returns. Comedian Elliot Steel joins Ava and Laura to break it down in real time.Much has been amiss in Westminster of late. In Rachel Reeves’ first interview since seeing a draft of the OBR’s report revealing he size of the fiscal black hole she has to fill, she confirmed she'd be looking at both tax hikes and spending cuts in the Autumn budget. Also, hear Kemi Badenoch grill Starmer on the Chinese spy scandal, a case that the Tories insist Labour dropped to appease Beijing and not discourage their investment.Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.