Aid Thompsin & Other Disappointments

It's a chaotic news day where Rwanda demand the deal sits within International Law, Robert Jenrick resigns - and Boris Johnson faces the Covid Inquiry. Somehow it all fits into this one episode. Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want episodes 2 days earlier than ev1 else, Discord chat, London meetups, end of show credit, 121-chat with me Write Me A Review <-- on...

Returning favourite John Left of the Countryside is back and this time we're discussing whether David Cameron could become caretaker PM, whether Blair could return as a Foreign Sec for Starmer - and if the Tories might get desperate enough to reverse the polls, to reverse Brexit. Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want episodes 2 days earlier than ev1 else, Discord...

Solo Episode | The media has gone insane over some apparently racist royals. Meanwhile the Tories are taking us back into god-awful "Statues Week" AGAIN. This episode contains precisely zero profanity. Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want episodes 2 days earlier than ev1 else, Discord chat, London meetups, end of show credit, 121-chat with me Write Me A...

Oli Mould is a Professor of Human Geography at Royal Holloway. He uses Tiktok as an outreach tool and speaks eloquently about Politics & Capitalism. Tonight we discussed his background, how he started using Tiktok and whether he - as an academic - has much hope for the future of mankind. Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want episodes 2 days earlier than ev1 el...

Solo Episode | today i'm asking the question: are things really as shit as they are.. here (in UK) or is this just how things are in the wider Western World now? Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want episodes 2 days earlier than ev1 else, Discord chat, London meetups, end of show credit, 121-chat with me Write Me A Review <-- on Apple Podcasts, would be amaaaaa...

Graham Hughes is the forrest gump of politics. He's travelled the world. He won an island on a game show. He started World Scouse Day. He runs Labour Social. Tonight we talked about everything from Labour's comms to Donald Trump to who our first teenage crushes were. Enjoy! Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want episodes 2 days earlier than ev1 else, Discord chat,...

Trump is using Nazi language. He's calling foreigners and dissidents "vermin". Can we at least agree he's basically Hitler now? Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want episodes 2 days earlier than ev1 else, Discord chat, London meetups, end of show credit, 121-chat with me Write Me A Review <-- on Apple Podcasts, would be amaaaaazing Say "Hullo!&qu...

The Rwanda verdict is in. But what does this mean for the Tories? Why dont they want to solve the British productivity problem? AND Dodgy Dave is back! These hospitals aren't going to close themselves! Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want episodes 2 days earlier than ev1 else, Discord chat, London meetups, end of show credit, 121-chat with me Write Me A Review &l...

The BBC have let Carol Vorderman go. Is she the latest talent to walk out the door and become more successful for doing so? ALSO: Leasehold and Freehold. Just how FUCKED is the UK property sector? Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want episodes 2 days earlier than ev1 else, Discord chat, London meetups, end of show credit, 121-chat with me Live Shows <-- live st...

Poppy nonce'ing is BACK! Also: Starmer suffers a front bench resignation. But why does anyone care what the leader of the opposition from a little island like Britain thinks anyway? ALSO: Trump leads Biden in 5 out of 6 battleground states. What does that mean for the future of American democracy? Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want episodes 2 days earlier than...

Sam Adamson is a standup comedian, you can catch him most weeks at We Are Funny Project in Dalston. SAM's INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/spladamson/   SAM's MOVEMBER: https://uk.movember.com/mospace/15030644 Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want episodes 2 days earlier than ev1 else, Discord chat, London meetups, end of show credit, 121-chat with me Live Shows &...

Artificial Intelligence nonces are a thing now. They’re using text-to-image generators to create their pictures. But is that illegal, if the people in it never existed? ALSO: Suella Braverman is mad about flags and wants to chair the COBRA meetings. But should we make her Chair, when she’s performed so abysmally in all other areas of her brief? Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon...

What's up! It's a Tuesday night and we're talking Storm Babet (honestly wtf kind of name is that?), Gaza, Sunak's last minute drive to appease the Rich - and my take-away from the new tell-all Silverchair book. Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want episodes 2 days earlier than ev1 else, Discord chat, London meetups, end of show credit, 121-chat with me Live Shows...

Donald Trump is respecting his gag order as much as you'd expect. And Joe "Weekend At Bernies" Biden is gifted an immediate request for $10bn from Israel. Also: i ask the awkward question... would the world be better/safer/more stable.. if the entire Trump family just died in a road accident? Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want episodes 2 days earlier...

Solo episode | Do i have chronic lyringitis? Or throat cancer? Who knows! Life is a kooky mystery! ALSO: Israel/Gaza has proper kicked off. Rishi's off to Israel, yielding the question: "Y tho?". And is Greg Hands the worst political campaigner of the modern era? Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want episodes 2 days earlier than ev1 else, Discord chat, L...

Alex Kerr is an historian and the host of Political-X on YouTube. Tonight we discussed everything from Trump to HS2 to Aliens to JFK and more.. it was pretty erratic but a lot of fun. Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want episodes 2 days earlier than ev1 else, Discord chat, London meetups, end of show credit, 121-chat with me Live Shows <-- live standup/podcast...

Whoooohoooooo! Suella's a STAR! Everyone thinks Liz Truss is the FUTURE! Penny Mourdant's gone mad and Sunak is a dead man walking. Yep, it's another solo episode and this time i'm looking at the last couple of days of the Conservative Party conference. Which was every bit as insane as you'd expect. Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want episodes 2 days earlier tha...

Solo episode | The Met killed a guy called Chris Kaba. But was it murder? ALSO: are the Tories reverting to type in their final few months in power? Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want episodes 2 days earlier than ev1 else, Discord chat, London meetups, end of show credit, 121-chat with me Live Shows <-- live standup/podcast in Sept and The Riot Society in No...

Cristo Foufas is a (Right-leaning) TV and Radio presenter/journalist. He's appeared on Jeremy Vine, LBC and now Talk TV / Talk Radio. Tonight we covered a lot. Rishi Sunak's watering down of Net Zero, Sadiq Khan's ULEZ, Donald Trump's possible return to the White House and my attempt to drag him Left-ward.. Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want episodes 2 days ear...

Solo episode | 2 cheeks of the same misogynistic arse: Marilyn Manson of rape and sexual assault accusation fame is prosecuted for spitting in a woman's face. Meanwhile Russell Brand who shares much in common with him - is de-monetized by Google. Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want episodes 2 days earlier than ev1 else, Discord chat, London meetups, end of show...

Solo episode | The U.S. continues its slide into "world's worst democracy!" territory - with Impeachment proceedings beginning for Joe Biden, but ALSO a Federal indictment slapped on his son, Hunter. What does this say about the current state of US politics? And will the NRA come to his rescue? Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want episodes 2 days earlie...

Solo episode | Rishi Sunak suddenly cares about foreign states interfering in our democracy. Meanwhile sounds like Joe Biden is on course for Impeachment. Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want episodes 2 days earlier than ev1 else, Discord chat, London meetups, end of show credit, 121-chat with me Live Shows <-- live standup/podcast in Sept and The Riot Society...

LIVE SHOW 28th SEPT! Are you coming? Get tickets here . Solo Episode | Elon Musk admits tacitly helping Putin. Sunak is desperate to move on from Concrete-Gate. And i bump into an old Brexiter friend in London. Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <-- if you want episodes 2 days earlier than ev1 else, Discord chat, London meetups, end of show credit, 121-chat with me Live Shows...

The UK Govt is banning Nitrous Oxide. It will now become a class-C drug with a two year jail term for possession. Meanwhile over in the U.S. => the Supreme Court will shortly decide whether Trump is legally barred from running for President. What does that means for U.S. democracy and political violence? Spoiler: it's awful either way. Drink? Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon...

Rufus Hound is an actor and comedian. Tonight we discussed everything from his background to why he left Celebrity Juice to more political matters like institutional racism and just how f***ed the country and world are going to get in the next decade. Not one for the faint hearted, but one of my personal favourite episodes so far. Enjoy! Here are some links i really hope you click: Patreon <--...