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Does the quirky British tradition of comedy candidates add to our democracy or detract from it? Is political satire a weapon or a self-soothing mechanism.
Alex and Naomi talk through the week's news, including the Clacton by-election, the report on PIP, the outcomes of the NATO summit - and The Bayeux Tapestry visiting England for the first time in a millennium.
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• LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Get your tickets to our London appearance HERE!
Burnhamism: what is it, what isn't it, and what should or could it be?
Alex, Naomi and Kenny are joined by Labour MP Jeevun Sandher for a closer look at what drives the politics of our PM-in-waiting.
What telltale signs of a developing Burnhamism should we be looking out for in the weeks ahead? Which appointments will be most telling?
All that plus another Grin And Share It to set you up for the weekend with a smile.
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• LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Get your tickets to our London appearance HERE!
The trash needs taking out... Yes, we have to talk Farage and his by-election stunt. But we don't have to pander.
Alex, Naomi and Kenny are joined by Loughborough MP Jeevun Sandher to laugh briefly at Farage and in more depth about what his stunt says about the state of our political system.
And there's a new Old News to luxuriate in too!
Don't forget to tune in to our B-Side episode tomorrow (Friday) when Jeevun and the team will be talking Burnhamism.
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• Learn more about Transparency International here
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Morgan McSweeney gives us a rare glimpse behind the scenes and confirms what we already knew: that Labour was not entirely ready for government.
Alex and Naomi discuss politics in an age that rejects politics.
Also, England is through to the next stage of the World Cup, the pubs will stay open late, so why is everyone miserable?
PLUS - a Bumper special Grin And Share It, with:
• DCMS is *finally* off X - read more here
• Nobel laureate scores a three-pointer - read more here
• Beavers go underground - read more here
• Liverpool's Woolton Picture House - read more here
• Spain takes a stand on Palantir - read more here
• Kate Forbes wishes everyon a HAPPY PRIDE - read more here
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With PM-in-waiting Andy Burnham leaning heavily into devolution, we take a look at what lessons he can learn from the Scottish experience – and what his (still somewhat vague) plans might mean for Scotland too.
Kenny Campbell is joined by someone who knows the Scottish political scene extremely well: Stephen Boyd, director of the progressive think tank IPPR Scotland.
They also catch up with the implications of a manic few weeks for Scottish politics, ranging from the jailing of former SNP big cheese Peter Murrell to those two very different by-election results.
Plus, why growth for growth's sake is a flawed approach to the economy.
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Westminster is neck-deep in handover shenanigans, with team Starmer playing its final games while team Burnham is still, officially, to qualify for the big one.
Naomi and Alex are joined by MP Ellie Chowns, Commons leader of the Green Party, to talk regime change, asylum, defence, and the looming Manchester mayoral battle.
Plus, a blast of our newish feature, God! Less America! ... complete with exclamation marks.
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Coronations bring both brickbats and bouquets, as both King Charles and King Andy have found this week.
Alex and Kenny take a detailed look at what Charles's tax disclosures reveal – and keep hidden.
And there's the latest leadership challenges facing Andy Burnham as his (not quite guaranteed) coronation as Labour leader progresses.
Plus a catch-up with the latest madness of the orange man who would be king, Donald Trump.
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It's been a bit of a scorcher this week (unless you're in Scotland with Kenny) and thus a good time to ask what politics can do about climate change.
Naomi, Kenny and Alex take it one step further and ask whether politics is even capable of dealing with climate change.
It's literally the hottest topic of our times, so why are things in such a pickle?
Plus something a bit lighter from the cupboard where we keep Grin And Share It, Wokey Dokey and our other much-loved features.
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• Grin And Share It – that Income For The Arts scheme joy
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Andy Burnham may well be the PM-in-waiting but he can't do the job by himself. So who should be in his cabinet?
Naomi, Alex and Kenny ponder the question on every political geek's lips, and put some fantasy cabinet suggestions of their own forward too.
And we also survey the wreckage of Nigel Farage's most hilarious media round, ever.
Plus a break from the politics with one of our regular features ... but will it be Wokey Dokey or Grin And Share It? You'll just have to listen in to find out...
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• Build your own fantasy cabinet. More fun than an England-Ghana footie marathon
• The Good Law Project taking on Farage
• Grin And Share It – that Income For The Arts scheme joy
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It's appropriate that Starmer's teary farewell comes amid the tenth-anniversary obituaries for Brexit, as the two are inexorably linked.
Alex and Naomi are joined by broadcaster, author and Quiet Riot favourite James O'Brien to look back at ten years of Brexit, and tease out the links to Starmer's resignation.
And they break out the Quiet Riot crystal ball to consider what the future may look like politically... take notes and then wait a decade or two before judging :-)
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Has anyone seen the confident swagger of Nigel Farage lately? Thought not.
A month of funding controversy, candidate shenanigans and sliding support has culminated in Reform UK being soundly beaten in a by-election that was supposed to be too close to call.
Alex and Kenny look at why Reform is stalling, and the reasons why Farage is right to be feeling a bit 'glass half-empty' right now.
And the wonderful Emma Harrison, CEO of Make Votes Matter, is back (with a bonus appearance from Naomi) for a deep dive into all the different options for electoral reform.
Plus - apropos of nothing - what do you do if you get a job and discover you're just no good at it?
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It's the middle of the night and the Makerfield result has just been declared... what next?
Alex and Kenny prop their eyes open with matchsticks to take stock of a result that has huge implications for this country's political future. Well, probably.
There are by-elections in Scotland too – Aberdeen South, plus the Arbroath and Broughty Ferry seats, are both up for grabs following the election of local SNP MPs Stephen Flynn and Stephen Gethins to Holyrood last month.
All that and it's not even breakfast time yet...
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Having spent their formative years being herded into and around the playpen/minefield/information artery that is social media, Britain's youngsters are about to experience a life outside the social media bubble.
Or are they?
Naomi, Alex and Kenny look in more depth at what's likely to happen to the under-16 social media junkies, as well as what's happened to their counterparts in Oz, which has already been waging war on social media for a few months.
There's also the latest – vaguely positive – news from the Strait of Hormuz and the latest – vaguely positive – news about Britain's economy.
To help them find their way, they are joined by the utterly wonderful Emma Harrison, CEO of the leading campaign for Proportional Representation, Make Votes Matter. But why no PR discussion, you cry? That's coming up in the next few days :-)
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Just how many red cards will Keir Starmer be shown before he actually leaves the pitch?
Naomi and Alex ponder the latest Healey brickbats being hurled Sir Keir's way, and look in more detail at the 'defence v welfare' narrative.
Plus, if you had a trillon bucks like Elon Musk, what would you do with it? Think Brewster's Millions, but with questionable morals.
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• Late night comedy clips on Trump's Big 80 from Desi Lydic on the Daily Show, Late Night with Seth Myers, Jimmy Fallon on the Tonight Show, and Jimmy Kimmel Live
• Here is Arthur Snell's Behind The Lines on the Defence Sec resignation
• And here is Arthur's substack
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EXTRA! EXTRA! INCLUDES EMERGENCY MINI-EPISODE ON HEALEY RESIGNATION.
Trump continues to struggle with Iran despite having 'completely defeated' it, and Putin can't even get petrol to Russian tourists in Crimea.
Alex, Naomi and Kenny are joined by our favourite geopolitics expert Arthur Snell for a deep-dive into the latest alpha male chaos unfolding in these conflicts.
Plus, announcing the arrival of a brand new regular feature, Old News ... because new news is not always new.
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• Here is Arthur's Behind The Lines on the Defence Sec resignation
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• El Niño chaos looms ... from the LA Times almost 30 years ago
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Riots, attacks, police snafus – they can't all be solely the fault of one bit of equalities guidance, can they?
Well, if you've listened to Kemi Badenoch, you might be beginning to wonder.
Her latest foray into the world of identity politics sees her wanting to scrap the Public Sector Equality Duty as the opening move in a mission to 'restore common sense'. Because, apparently the UK is so post-racial- tension it does not need such rules any longer.
And yet, to look at what Claire Hanna MP described as "race-based pogroms" in Belfast this week, would suggest that we are not as evolved as the LoTO suggests quite yet.
Naomi, Alex and Kenny have ... thoughts, shall we say.
Plus, some colourful Wokey Dokey action and bonus legalese which nobody but Alex understands.
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The spotlight is unforgiving, as both would-be MPs and former royals found this week.
Join Naomi and Kenny to pick through the ashes of a somewhat underwhelming BBC Question Time from the Makerfield by-election, where a bunch of candidates with minimal experience performed ... like a bunch of candidates with minimal experience.
Elsewhere, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has stumbled, blinking and bruised, back into the media spotlight thanks to some questionable sweetheart property deals. We look at the latest binfire at the House of Windsor.
And what does 'Uncensored' even mean these days? As Piers Morgan cashes in with a 'fearless' World Cup podcast, should we stop saying 'uncensored' and start saying 'honking like a stuck goose'?
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• That 'Question Time' sketch from Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse. It's timeless...
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Who is Labour for? It is such a fundamental question and one that no one appears to have an answer for.
Naomi and Alex welcome the perfect guest in Christabel Cooper, of ThinkLabour, who has written a report on this very topic.
From the vagueness of Labour's 2024 offering to its conundrum about chasing votes on the right, there is a lot to discuss.
Plus, a Grin And Share It that will hit all the right notes. Hah.
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• Grin And Share It (well, sing and share it)
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The murder of Henry Nowak has raised a great many questions because of the terrible way Henry was treated by police as he lay dying.
Henry's family have responded with remarkable dignity to this dreadful affair but the same cannot be said of elements of the political class.
Naomi Smith and Alex Andreou look more closely at the politics of rage and, in particular, Nigel Farage's call for public 'rage' and his history of (apparently) trying to whip up anger.
They are joined by Christabel Cooper, Director of Research at ThinkLabour and Visiting Fellow at King's College London.
Plus, it's the debut of a brand new feature ... God! Less America! Because the US is such a bizarre place these days, some of the maddest stuff goes unreported. Well, not any more!
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Youth unemployment is at crisis levels, and we're at the stage where Britain spends more to support jobless young people than it does on education.
Naomi and Alex look at the latest NEET figures and Alan Milburn's interim report on youth unemployment, which makes for sobering reading.
Plus, as Britain and Poland ink a defence agreement, is Europe building a 'NATO within NATO' defence against Russian aggression and Trumpian vandalism?
And, because this is a British show, we discuss the weather and how to survive it. Is it summer? It must be summer.
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• Heatwave jokes by Peter Kay, here, and the fabulous Sarah Millican, here
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