No Holds Barred Pod

EP 53 — FEEL GOOD FRIDAY — The Greens Rocked the Boat ... HARD. We talked Gorton and Denton for the most part on this episode. The aura of positivity that has blossomed from Hannah Spencer's by election win is such a huge shot in the arm for progressive voters of all stripes. We chatted about how Reform and Matt Goodwin were so magnanimous in defeat [not] and the imperious Guz Khan graciously...

EP 52 — I SWEAR — BAFTA Fallout. Farage in the Chagos Islands. Green Party Drug Policy. Social Media Disinformation. Sal talked us through the fury of misunderstanding around the BAFTA incident when John Davidson used an offensive word because of his Tourette’s Syndrome. The BBC made a gigantic cock-up … again. Don chatted about Reform's weird week, with Farage popping up in the Indian Ocean f...

EP 51 — BREAKING NEWS — Reform Scandal. Trump Scandal. Labour Scandal. Jenrick Scandal. There was some live breaking news 'fast happening' as Martin Daubney might say when we recorded. Trump's tariffs were ruled illegal. Allegedly, Matt Goodwin has been a naughty boy. Don chatted us through the new Shadow Chancellor's political financial history — it's not good. Sal gave us details about the Labou...

EP 50 — FAR-RIGHT LIGHT — Crypto in Politics. Farage’s 'Shadow Cabinet'. Kinnock’s Shonky Figures. Rupert Lowe’s Day in the Sun. We hit some extreme tangents in this episode, so a lot of ground was covered. Sal chatted about the meagre uplift in disability benefits. Farage announced a laughable shadow cabinet, and we listed all the far-right parties that are now fighting like rats in a sac...

EP 49 — GOODWIN'S HANDMAID'S TALE — PMQs. Reform Round Up. Matt Goodwin Hates Women. Palestine Action Verdict. Zombie Pam Bondi. PMQs was meh, but Ayoub Khan delivered a fine joke [clip included]. Farage made himself look ridiculous … three times. Don wrote about some gross misogynistic comments from Matt Goodwin. Sal updated us on Palestine Action. Trump rolls back the fight against clima...

EP 48 — MORAL FAILINGS — Sarwar Epic Fail. Filton 24. Starmer Played a Blinder. Nick Candy and Epstein. Hervey Loses the Audience.  Keir Starmer had a very good day, for once. He played the media for prized chumps. Sal chatted about the Filton activists and government overreach into their trials. Don talked us through five of Reform UK’s current donors that appear in the Epstein Files. Lady Victor...

EP 47 — BILLIONAIRE FRUITCAKE — Thiel. Epstein. Musk. Bannon. Farage. Mandelson. A billionaire special this week. Don discussed Peter Thiel’s Antichrist lecture, welcomed in by Reform UK’s James Orr. We talked about Epstein and the latest files drop. Musk may be in some serious hot water — in Spain and France at least. In the UK, not so much. TRIGGER WARNING — We chatted about Epstein and inevitab...

EP 46 — CLACToN vs. The USA. Ho Holds Road Trip to Essex. Trump Finds a New Target.  Sal and Don spent the weekend in Clacton-on-Sea, longer than the town’s MP, we’d argue. It surprised us … in a good way. We also talked about the US and Sal came up with a theory that could rock the political world if true. We ended with some fascinating words from Canada’s Premiere — Mark Carney. CONTAINS SOME ST...

EP 45 — Return of the Matt. Reform Scrapes the Barrel with Goodwin. Farage is Not at Work Shocker. PMQs Snoozefest. This episode is mainly focussed on our weekly Reform roundup. In case you haven’t heard, they have chosen great conspiracy theorists and all round race-baiter, Matt Goodwin to run as MP in the Gorton & Denton by election. Also, Reform are telling tales on naughty Labour for posti...

Trump. Trump. Trumpety. Trump. Still No Epstein Files. Greenland/Iceland. Bored of Peace. In this episode, we talk about … you guessed it, Trump. His deranged behaviour from an invasion of Greenland — or was it Iceland — to the Bored of Peace and the possibility that we will never see the Epstein files, despite it being a constitutional law in the USA. We finish the show with a really strong messa...

SELF PROPELLING KNOBHEAD — Badenoch Bombs at PMQs. Farage is Poorly. Reform Round Up from Davos. This week in Sal’s PMQs roundup, we discovered that Kemi Badenoch just cannot show a united front, and has undone a lot of good will that she built up before Christmas. Richard Holden got put on the naughty step by Lindsay Hoyle. Reform roundup is mainly Farage based this week — he bottled his intervie...

EP 42 — ARMAGeDDON APPROaCHiNG? Trump Steals a Medal. Reform Steal a Loser.   Trump continues his one-man apocalypse. Greenland says no. We chatted about Reform’s latest nonsense Tory defection — Robert Jenrick, and Sal gave her inimitable PMQs roundup. Also — we have a new website. ⁠noholdsbarredpod.com⁠ Join us, won’t you. Links for the show: Our new website is ⁠⁠ here ⁠⁠ . Don's Substack is...

Angry from Tunbridge Wells. Tommy Robinson Comes Out. Reform Laughs. EU Stand Up to Trump. US military calls in Grok. Erm. Everyone failed this week except Sal and Don. We chatted Tommy Robinson ‘accidentally’ sharing his personalised ads with the internet — they were … enlightening. Trump chaos as usual, but there has been pushback from unexpected quarters this week.  Musk has agreed to deploy hi...

EP 40 — Did We Mention They Are All Psychopaths? Trump. Vance. Noem. Leavitt. Unless you have been on a lovely holiday to the far side of Jupiter, you will be aware of the unfolding catastrophe that we once called the United States of America. This week’s episode is almost entirely dedicated to Trump’s burgeoning fascist dictatorship and his piracy and his hijacking of ships and his theft of oil a...

EP 39 — PMQs Unravelled — Farage’s Lies Dissected. This episode is a bit different. We were both outraged to hear that Time Radio had decided to give Nigel Farage a platform to air his ear growing list of grievances — at the very same time as we were paying for him to be in the House of Commons. He decided to head to the Times Radio studios and carp from a studio, so we decided to watch along and...

EP 38 — She's Always Nowhere — Lisa Nandy. Ai Loses the Plot. Flags at Midnight. Is Brexit Over? Welcome back after our little festive break and happy New Year. Sal and Don had a general catch up on the weird news over Xmas and the ongoing flag worship — kudos to Sadiq Khan for winding up the far-right. We also chatted about the horrific turn of events that Grok gave us this week. Maybe Brexit...

EP 37 Pt. 02 — Debunking Disinformation — Reform Round Up & Hunger Strikes Being Underreported Sal took time to research and debunk some far-right disinformation that’s doing the rounds on Telegram. Don remakes Danny Kruger’s Scooby-Doo mask of religion, and Farage has another hissy fit. We also talked about the hunger strikes ongoing and the government’s lack of empathy and refusal to interve...

EP 37 Pt. 01 — Infinite Plankery - PMQs, Doctor’s Strikes [Wes Streeting has a Tantrum] and Trump Goes Bonkers Our episode name is derived from a reference to some Talk TV broadcasters and their current slap fight over social media. This episode is mainly Sal’s last PMQs roundup of the year and some talk about Trump and his ongoing crusade to become the worst man in history. Plus the ongoing debac...

EP 36 Pt. 02 — THANK YOU — to our amazing guests. Farage avoids scrutiny. Sal’s Apology. Homelessness. Toward the end of this week’s episode, we list and thank our inaugural guests in our first season. We have been blessed by the high quality and talent that have visited us this year. Thank you all. Sal made an honest and heartfelt apology after a listener complaint last week. Farage is under inve...

EP 36 Pt. 01 — Gymnastic Pivot & Whiplash. PMQs. Trump Piracy & USA Chaos. Tourism to the US is Over. This episode has the penultimate PMQs of the year where Sal breaks down Badenoch’s 180 pirouettes and Starmer’s whiplash non-answers. We also talked at length about the US and Trump’s piracy and the death of tourism to his country.  Part two is more focused on domestic matters and Farage’s...

EP 35 Pt. 02 — NINE MILLION POUNDS. Reform’s Crypto Sugar daddy. Our Amazing Spotify Wrapped. Don brought us up to date with Reform’s life-changing lottery win from a Thai crypto billionaire. We chatted about political donations in general — they need to be capped. Sal discussed the benefit of Somantics, and we dropped in on Trump’s latest Russia failure.  Our feel good clip at the end is lovely,...

EP 35 Pt. 01 — LISTS. Starmer's Lists. BREXIT is Back, Baby. Reformatives Take Shape. PMQs was back this week, unfortunately, and Starmer made some lists. Brexit is back on the menu across our political restaurants. And the shapeshift from the Conservative party into Reform UK [Reformatives], took another twist this week with the addition of everyone's favourite simian impersonator — Jonat...

Episode Two in our new series of discussion podcasts. We will be inviting more guests on to discuss their fields of expertise and devoting an entire episode to them. Sal & Don continue to pump out their excoriating political episodes — these will run alongside. This episode, we chatted to Will Kerridge. You may well have seen his viral video in which he stood up in Westminster Hall, in front o...

Hurrah, for the Reform Black Shirts! — Green Party Christmas — Budget, Meh — Kemi is Lost  We chatted a lot about the ludicrous decision for Reform to start selling actual Black Shirts, a bit about the budget and Kemi Badenoch's petulant performance. There's a clip from the Green Party's latest, excellent video. Some good and bad from the budget. And we ended with Will Kerridge, single...

The very first episode in our new series of discussion podcasts. We will be inviting more guests on to discuss their fields of expertise and devoting an entire episode to them. Sal & Don continue to pump out their excoriating political episodes — these will run alongside. This week we had the amazing James Koppert , an expert, consultant and lecturer in the field of ADHD. To say this discussio...