Socialist Think Tank Podcasts

We talk local elections, Greensill, climate change and elitism. Corruption throughout.

We are joined by Ben Sellers from Socialist Telly's Pint and Politics show as well as Allison Carpenter to discuss all all sorts of topics generated from our our panel and our audience.

In a week where it is alleged that the Prime Minister said "let the bodies pile high in their thousands", we discuss Dominic Cummings spilling on the PM, Johnny Mercer saying almost nobody in government tells the truth, UK pervasive racism and the heart breaking situation in India.

Id Arlene Foster’s overthrow ‘a wake-up call for Britain', Boris Johnson loses his temper at PMQs as inquiry launched into ‘cash for curtains’, 200 groups criticise UK government consultation on refugee policy and Gordon Brown leads calls for $60bn of Covid support for poor countries.

We discuss why Keir Starmer decided to blame a working class woman with an accent for his dismal performance along with the other election results, as always with the viewer as a main contributor.

We discuss the local election fallout, Labour losing Hartlepool and Starmer blaming everyone but himself.  But it is also mental health awareness week so as always, we wont ignore these massive issues.

We discuss the plight of the Palestinians in Gaza, new plans for photo ID which disenfranchises so many, EU citizens being locked up and expelled and the suspension of Howard Beckett

5527 children in Sedgefield alone are trapped in poverty, Education funding in County Durham is levelling down, a Shildon Tory refuses to take up his seat and former MP Phil Wilson says "If it wasn’t for the Labour Party, we’d probably have a Labour Government"

We hear from people who have lived in Palestine, rather than simply those who care. We are joined by Halla Alsafadi, Neder Alhussein, both of whom have personal experience, as well as the founder of Labour Friends of Palestine, Mark McDonald.

We are joined by Maxine Mallon and Abel Harvie-Clark, organisers of the Kill the Bill protest in Newcastle. The bill seeks to give more powers to police to stop protests among other worrying attacks on the public.

We discuss Matt Hancock's position after Cummings' evidence, Belarus, Low quality house building and Tory Islamophobia

We talk social care, Buckingham Palace racism, Napier barracks and the end of Netanyahu.

Paul, Laura and Jayne talk about pay rises for NHS workers, Unite General Secretary election, Jedward, Trade Unionism, Starmer drama (or lack of it, Labour losing their deposit and more.

The government plans to force low paid carers to take the covid vaccination. The MET is "institutionally corrupt". Matt Hancock is "Totally F***ing Hopeless".

Dan Lewis from On the Bywire Joins Paul, Laura and Socialist Think Tank member, Marc Lungley to discuss Hancock's resignation, the People's Assembly and anti vaxer demos in London and Labour's u turn on free social care. We also ask whether Britney Spears is a slave.

For the second year running, the biggest socialist gathering in Europe will not be going ahead. So we will bring you a little of the Miners' Gala feel with messages from trade unionists, brass bands and political speeches! It's not the Gala, but it's the next best thing! Jeremy Corbyn MP, former Labour Leader Heather Wood Alan Mardghum (Durham Miners' Association) Mary Foy MP Dan Draper (Director...

We discuss why poor people are living shorter lives in England, women's safety in wake of a MET Officer killing a young woman after his shift, what Batley and Spen says for the UK Labour Party and whether other countries should boycott the Olympics over human rights in China.

Jayne Strange and Pam Fitzpatrick join Paul and Laura to discuss the UK Labour Party, Labour Womens' Committee, Keir Starmer's latest relaunch and the Health and Care bill that seeks to further privatise the NHS.

Tory council leader denies there is an adult social care crisis. Outrage aimed at No 10 as MPs back £4bn cut to foreign aid budget. Johnson and Patel accused of hypocrisy over racist abuse of England footballers  Summer chaos predicted as 1.6m in England told to isolate in a week. We also talk about the ridiculous self destructive behaviour of the UK Labour Party and the deliberate confusion...

Just how great is the crisis in government; including Dawn Butler, Tory lies & sleaze    Just how great is the crisis in the Labour Party?   Just how great is the Crisis in NHS and the Public Sector?   Just how great is the Climate Crisis; is it just a moon wobble?

The following article was submitted by a woman involved in the super complaint against police officers who have been perpetrators in domestic violence and abuse. This chilling take on what it is like to live it should be a wake up call for those protecting them.

We are joined by Yvette Williams from Justice4Grenfell and Klaudia Fior from Bywire News to talk about the injustices we see all around us, none so stark and disgraceful as the communities who still suffer from the injustice of Grenfell.   We speak about Starmer the Llama Harmer (or is it Alpaca attacker) and his treatment of the national treasure Ken Loach. We talk about the injustice of the...

Kerry Wilkes and Stuart Sutherland join us to talk about the mess and cruelty of Universal Credit and the economic illiteracy of cutting the much needed uplift.

The "dream team" are back after a month. August is usually pretty quiet, so what have we missed? Will Geronimo the Alpaca get a mention in moments of the month? What about Ken Loach or minority report inspired Labour Party discipline? Will we discuss the tragic and terrifying events in Afghanistan? Johnson's potential "bribe" and working with them "if necessary.  Or will you, as usual, surpri...

Jess Barnard joins the team as we discuss the marginalisation of elected young people within the Labour Party and ask, are UK Labour throwing away their best chance of electoral success?