Mark and Pete

Carl Benjamin is the youtuber Sargon of Akkad and is now a candidate for MEP for UKIP. He says that he is fighting Political Correctness. Will this get him elected or will his 3 year old "Rape Tweet" get him in deep trouble. Or both. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mark-and-pete--1245374/support . Supporters get updates on new projects and hot takes on the late...

Climate change activists, including Labour party councillor in Stroud Skeena Rathor, pictured left, have glued their hands together and locked themselves to the fence outside the home of Britain's opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn on the third day of an environmental protest by the Extinction Rebellion group. Are these people mad or heroes. Mark and Pete have the answers, join the conve...

Brexiteer Nigel Farage argued that he wasn’t willing to give up his hopes of leaving the EU after fighting for it for 25 years. He added that he would be leading his new Brexit party in these elections and MPs and Theresa May would be surprised about the impact they would have in the EU elections. The Brexit delay means the return of Nigel Farage to frontline politics. Mark and Pete analyse the ra...

Divorce is a rampant problem but all is not as it seems. The world’s richest couple revealed the terms of their divorce on Thursday as Jeff and McKenzie Bezos – seen as the “parents” of the global online retail giant and media company Amazon – wrapped up their painful split. MacKenzie, now the ex-wife of Amazon’s founder and chief executive officer Jeff, will give 75% of their stake in the company...

Gender confusion is endmemic and taking over society. It was mothersday recentlyu in the UK, but what is a mother when gender is fluid? Mark and Pete have the answers. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mark-and-pete--1245374/support . Supporters get updates on new projects and hot takes on the latest news plus Mark and Pete Extra  in depth commentary episodes and...

British MPs have voted for a delay in the Brexit process for three months or more, after struggling to agree on what terms the UK should leave the European Union on 29 March. You might think, after months of division, infighting and uncertainty that surely, surely, this means everything will go smoothly from here? Mark and Pete give their predictions. They were right about Trump and the referendum...

A report by the National Audit Office of the UK has said schools face cuts of 8% in real terms by 2019-20. While the government said school funding would be ringfenced, headteachers are facing a mountain of increased cost. What is the answer to this? Let Mark and Pete tell you. For more: petertimothycooper.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mark-and-pete--1245...

Stripped of all the mystery and mystique, the Internet is an electronic delivery mechanism for messages and information. In that sense, it is not fundamentally different from other electronic communications networks such as radio, television ​and telecommunications. These other networks are regulated so should the internet be regulated in a similar fashion? Mar and Pete have the answers. Become a...

Amid rising uncertainty for investors, one thing looks increasingly likely — the UK is heading for a botched Brexit. If Parliament votes down the “withdrawal agreement” next week, as many expect, the political system will go into a tailspin — but what will happen beyond Brexit? Is Liam Fox right ?Businessman Mark and Clergyman Pete have the answers. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www....

Fox News host Pete Hegseth shared some hair raising news on air by claiming he hasn’t washed his hands in 10 years as “germs are not a real thing”. Mr Hegseth made the comments on Fox and Friends on Sunday after his co-hosts berated him for eating day-old pizza that had not been refrigerated. But the Harvard and Princeton graduate responded by claiming the infectious micro-organisms were not real...

Jeff Bezos head of Amazon was embroiled in scandal but took a courageous stand. His investigations into Donald Trump caused the National Enquirer to resort to blackmail. You couldn't make this stuff up. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mark-and-pete--1245374/support . Supporters get updates on new projects and hot takes on the latest news plus Mark and Pete Extr...

Brexit is a dumpster fire of poor strategy and mixed messaging. If only, the Prime Minister Theresa May might say, we could turn back time. Please Cher this episode. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mark-and-pete--1245374/support . Supporters get updates on new projects and hot takes on the latest news plus Mark and Pete Extra  in depth commentary episodes and M...

Donald Trump, Richard Branson et al, successful people are often risk takers? What can we learn from them? Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete Become a supporter of this podcas...

The next few weeks will be crucial if the differences are to be resolved and both the UK and the EU are to fulfil their stated shared aim of an orderly Brexit. But what will really happen? And will Nigel Farage rise like a Phoenix? Or is it all doom and gloom? Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a p...

Rapper BALIVA joins Mark and Pete to show how to write a hit song, and actually do so live. Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Website: markandpete.com Twitter: @markandpete Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www....

Britain is leaving the EU in some fashion when Brexit kicks in in March. What then? What sort of country will Britain become? Is there hope? Mark and Pete have the answers. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mark-and-pete--1245374/support . Supporters get updates on new projects and hot takes on the latest news plus Mark and Pete Extra  in depth commentary episode...

Happy Christmas from Mark and Pete your favourite misanthropic conservative pundits. Throwing cynicism aside Mark and Pete open Christmas cards from some, well, interesting people. Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes. Websit...

Prime Minister May, Chancellor Merkel and President Macron have messed up big time, political woes are the order of the day for these national leaders. Why is this, what has gone so very wrong? Mark and Pete give the answers. Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW...

Is the Paris Accord and other attempts to reduce carbon emissions a way to control the climate and reduce global warming? Or is climate change simply a fact of life? Is it all so much phooey? Mark and Pete give the answers. Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW i...

Overwork and lack of support are driving teachers across England out of the profession much faster than they can be replaced. Why do we take on too much? How can you cope with stress and live a good balanced life? Mark and Pete give the answers. Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor. Listen o...

Theresa May has been accused of betrayal after giving way to Spain’s demands over the future of Gibraltar, a disputed British overseas territory, in the latest concession designed to keep the Brexit deal on track. With the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, threatening to veto May’s deal at Sunday’s leaders’ summit in Brussels, the British government was forced to publicly concede on Saturday...

Brexit supporter Andrew Bridgen said: "This week Theresa May will find that she is drinking in the last chance saloon and the bad news for her is that the bar is already dry." What are we to do about getting a Brexit deal with the EU? Should we have a new leader to take us through the process? Boris Johnson? Jacob Rees Mogg? Tom and Jerry? Mark and Pete give the answers. Opening poem: The Brexit B...

Mass murder is the act of murdering a number of people, typically simultaneously or over a relatively short period of time and in close geographic proximity. Why is acceptable these days? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mark-and-pete--1245374/support . Supporters get updates on new projects and hot takes on the latest news plus Mark and Pete Extra  in depth com...

"After ten years of wrongheaded and brutal spending cuts, Keynes’s warning that bad economics produces political extremism is more important than ever" says the Spectator. But Keynes' theories plunged the UK under Labour governments into a tailspin of recessions. Is it not true that what we need is more Austerity. Chancellor Hammond and Prime Minister May say no, and that the time of austerity is...

Lord Hain used Parliamentary Privilege, also known as free speech, to reveal the name of someone being accused. Was he right to do so? And what of the rather unfortunate business angle? Pete and Mark weigh in on the issues and give the Christian worldview point of view. Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/po...