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Simon Alvey, Will Cooling & Democratic Republic of Luke Middup return to discuss the impending replacement of Sir Keir Starmer with Andy Burnham, the growing problems facing Nigel Farage and the conviction of Jeffrey Donaldson. We then talk the World Cup and make our cultural recommendations. 

Simon Alvey, Will Cooling and Dr Luke Middup return to talk the World Cup. They talk the many issues with the Americans attitude to the tournament and FIFA's handling of the tournament. They then discuss what's ahead for England and Scotland before picking who they think will win or shockingly lose.

Not only do Will Cooling and Dr Luke Middup failure to adequately explain the susicipious absence of Simon Alvey MA (as if a politics podcaster has a girlfriend or active social life) they also fail to talk about their favourite leadership elections or the World Cup. Instead they witter on about what's going on in Wales or Scotland, as if anyone cares about those countries. Thankfully Will li...

Simon Alvey, Will Cooling and Dr Luke Middup return to not talk about Sir Keir Starmer or Peter Mandelson because nothing could be worse. Instead we talk about people we admire as we discuss our love of Charles De Gaulle, George Orwell, Ernie Bevin, Ron D Moore, Jimmy Wales and Satoru Iwata. Yes I've just noticed that they're all men...apologies for that, we will do another episode about...

Simon Alvey and Will Cooling discuss the latest developments in the American-Israeli attack on Iran before getting Simon's thoughts on the Gorton and Denton By-Election and discussing the role of religion in public life, animals on money, and historical figures as place names.

Dr Luke Middup and Will Cooling return to talk the latest resignation of Peter Mandelson, the latest scandal involving the former Duke of York, the latest shock defeat of an unpopular Labour Government by a left-wing rival, and the latest idiotic American-led war in the Middle East. Stranger Things is finished so I guess we're doing noughties nostalgia, now. 

Simon Alvey, Will Cooling and Dr Luke Middup enter 2026 with a round up of the latest craziness from The White House including events in Venezuela, Minneosota and Greenland. They then give their cultural recommendations. 

Simon Alvey and Will Cooling are joined by The Wool Shift Dust's Dr Luke Middup to discuss the year that was 2025. We talk biggest British and Overseas stories of the year plus our recommendations and disappointments of the year.

Simon Alvey, Will Cooling and Dr Luke Middup return to try and make sense of the breaking news about the BBC crisis, with the corporation's Director-General and Head of News quitting due to...erm...saying Donald Trump urged people to storm the Capitol. They then look at the American election results, which were a good day for Democrats but may not as good a one as people. Then they finish by...

Simon Alvey, Will Cooling and Dr Liuke Middup join you from a pit of despair called last Sunday as they consider the potential death of American democracy in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's mourder, and the growing popularity of Nigel Farage in Britain

A youthful Simon Alvey, a middle-aged Will Cooling and an old Dr Luke Middup return to talk all drama of a traumatic week in Labour politics. Yes it's our reshuffle emergency podcast...delayed by two days because Luke wanted to watch the Scotland game. 

Simon Alvey, Will Cooling and Dr Luke Middup return to talk sport! Yes the world of politics is still too depressing to talk about so we discuss the start of the football season, England falling at the final hurdle in the cricket but vaulting over it in the women's football, and esports!

Simon Alvey, Will Cooling and Dr Luke Middup return with a monster podcast as they catch up on the news. They discuss the football, Jeffery Epstein and Donald Trump, the cancellations of the Late Show, the formation of a new political party involving Jeremy Corbyn, and the continued war in the Middle East. 

Dr Luke Middup and Will Cooling return to talk about the problems facing Rachel Reeves and the wider Labour Government. We do this by looking at what we do in her position and how she compares to her predecessors. 

Will Cooling and Dr Luke Middup return in a surprisingly good mood considering much of the episode is given over to war in the middle east & Starmer's planned disability cuts. They also talk the race to be NYC Mayor, England vs India in the cricket, and much more!

Will Cooling & Dr Luke Middup return to discuss Elon Musk and Donald Trump falling out, Labour surprising everyone in Hamilton & what's up with Kemi Badenoch. They also start with some football talk and slip in a mini-review of Clarkson's Farm Season 4

Simon Alvey, Will Cooling and Dr Luke Middup return after two months off from podcasting for a freewheeling discussion even by our standards. We begin with Will and Luke bemoaning the mess that Sir Keir Starmer is making off being Prime Minister before we veer off into talking about the SEVENTIES! Then Simon joins us and we quickly pivot to talking about Canadian and Australian politics. 

Simon Alvey, Will Cooling & Dr Luke Middup return to talk Donald Trump's tariffs! They talk the sheer scale and recklessness of the announcement, the impact on both America and the wider world, and what on earth happens next. 

Simon Alvey, Will Cooling and Dr Luke Middup return to talk about Rachel Reeves's Spring Statement. In particular they discuss in detail the impact of the government's cuts to disability benefits. 

Simon Alvey, Will Cooling, and Dr Luke Middup talk the latest developments in the deepening crisis over the American Government's attitude to Ukraine. 

Simon Alvey is happy because of trains. Will Cooling is happy due to morbid drama full of dull rooms and badly fitted suits. Dr Luke Middup is happy because of football. We are all so happy. No sadness or worry over here. No siree. The Bad Orange Man cannot reach us in our happy place. Maybe if we keep talking about other things he'll go away. 

If a week is a long time in politics then a weekend is a long time in whatever Donald Trump thinks he's doing. Join Simon Alvey, Will Cooling and Dr Luke Middup for a group therapy session about an America that keeps threatening to break bad. Recorded Sunday 2nd February 2025, so a day before Trump backed or a month before he doubled down. Who knows, who cares, its just the global economy he&...

Simon Alvey, Will Cooling, and Dr Luke Middup return to look back at 2024 through the prism of the weekend's biggest news stories including the Labour Government trying to avoid openly arguing with an aggressively racist and conspiratorial Elon Musk, the Tory Party struggling to find a role having lost over two hundred MPs, and whether Labour can improve public services and regain the initiat...

Simon Alvey, Will Cooling and Dr Luke Middup return to talk through the biggest news in global politics including Joe Biden's pardon of his son Hunter, the unusually sleepy Irish elections, the growing crisis in France and the ballad of Louise Haigh's work phone. 

Simon Alvey, Will Cooling and Dr Luke Middup return for the podcast they hoped they'd never have to record; breaking down the re-election of Donald Trump as American President. They took their experiences on the night, thoughts about why it happened, and what comes next.