PoliticsJOE Podcast
PoliticsJOE
This is PoliticsJOE's podcast - the only explicitly anti-nonce podcast in the UK.Reporting on British politics with a sense of humour, the podcast is a recorded version of the conversations we have after work.So pull up a stool, pour yourself a cold one, and laugh through the misery alongside us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 23, 2024 • 30min
Rachel Reeves' promises at Labour Conference (feat. Andrew Fisher)
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast.Ava and Laura are joined by the Corbyn-era director of Labour policy, Andrew Fisher, to analyse Rachel Reeves' conference speech.Presenters: Ava Santina and Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Seán HickeySubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 22, 2024 • 21min
Opening night at Labour Conference
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE PodcastAva and Laura are podcasting from Labour Conference.They chat a less than ideal weekend of headlines for Keir Starmer's first day of conference, from controversy over accepting donations to Sue Gray's salary.Presenters: Ava Santina and Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Seán Hickey Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 21, 2024 • 51min
Another round: Adam Friedland on Kamala Harris, Israel and Palestine, and Starmer's Arsenal tickets
This is not The Adam Friedland Show - it's the PoliticsJOE Podcast. But, Ed and Seán are joined by its host for this wide ranging discussion of British and American politics. Expect chat about George Bush, Seinfeld, and whether Alastair Campbell invented Satanism. Presenters: Ed Campbell and Seán HickeyProducer: Ed Campbell and Seán HickeySting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Seán Hickey and Sam SharrocksSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 18, 2024 • 51min
An entirely uncontroversial episode about Brexit, abortion, and Scottish independence
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast.Ed and Ava unite to talk about the tenth anniversary of the Scottish independence referendum, John Major's opinions on that other referendum, and the UK's new abortion law.Presenters: Ava Santina and Ed CampbellProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Seán Hickey and Sam SharrocksSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 16, 2024 • 36min
The Prime Minister's new clothes
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast.Ed returns to join Ava. They chat Keir Starmer's meeting with Italy's Giorgia Meloni to discuss immigration. Then, whether Starmer's wife should be accepting clothing donations, followed by eye-eating bacteria.Presenters: Ava Santina and Ed CampbellProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Seán Hickey and Sam SharrocksSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 14, 2024 • 32min
Another round: Carol Vorderman on the insane weirdness of Tories
We had the pleasure of being joined at JOE Towers by Carol Vorderman for a chat about all things political.Here Carol reacts to some choice moments of the last few years of Conservative rule, pinpointing the downfall of the government, and what Keir Starmer needs to do in power to win back the trust of the British public.Carol Vorderman's Now What? On a Mission To Fix Broken Britain is out now in all good bookshops.Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 12, 2024 • 29min
Is this the end of the NHS as we know it?
Ava attended Starmer's speech this morning in which he announced three fundamental reforms to the NHS.She was joined by Laura in the studio to discuss whether Labour can fix the crisis in healthcare.Presenters: Ava Santina and Laura BeveridgeProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Seán Hickey and Sam SharrocksSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 11, 2024 • 43min
PMQs analysis
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast.PMQs is back and Oli and Ava are here to analyse it - alongside chat about Chaucer and the Unibomber.Presenters: Oli Dugmore and Ava Santina Producer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Seán Hickey and Sam SharrocksSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 9, 2024 • 50min
Cold as Your Nan (Taylor's Version)
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE podcast. Today we're getting into Keir Starmer's decision to strip some pensioners of their winter fuel allowance. Then, we look to the states where Taylor Swift decided to become a Republican.Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 7, 2024 • 37min
Another Round: How Liz Truss ruined the country with Anthony Seldon
Historian and author Sir Anthony Seldon swung by JOE Towers this week to chat to us about his new book, Truss at 10: 49 Days That Changed Britain.During the course of the interview we get into the disaster that was Liz Truss' tenure, the downfall of the Conservative party, and the country that Keir Starmer has inherited.Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
