Socialist Think Tank Podcasts

Labour councils house eight times as many asylum seekers as Tory areas, analysis finds. Is Paul Howell right to back HS2 east line? Is the Texas abortion law the beginning of the end for liberal democracy? CCTV in school toilets – what do you think? CONTENT WARNING - In the after show we discuss suicide in the context of supporting mental health.

Ought English people to be ashamed of their country’s history?    Social care backlash grows after MPs vote through tax plan    Zarah Sultana’s emotional speech on Islamophobia and racism    Durham police charge dozens of beggars and rough sleepers.

McCluskey accuses Starmer of reneging on pledge to reinstate Corbyn   How worried do we need to be about the Labour conference?   Aukus pact: UK and US battle to contain international backlash   Taliban takeover of Afghanistan will reshape Middle East, official warns

Peter talks of his Trade Union organising past and how people power will always be more successful than bureaucracy

This week, Cat Cray joins us as a non-Labour member to help us discuss the events of the Labour Party Conference    Other topics include    The energy crisis   Call for ‘new deal’ for England’s children as poll shows mental health concerns   Equalities minister under fire for writing she does not ‘care about colonialism’

Labour Conference: Starmer accuses Tories of being ‘lost in the woods’ as he rejects Corbyn era   Is it time for Labour members to join the Green Party?   Is the answer to crimes against women Philip Allot’s advice that women should get ‘street-wise’?   1 in 20 children infected with Covid – are we simply ignoring a Covid disaster?   “Never mind cancer outcomes” – Johnson chall...

The Big Story is the Tory Conference:  •         Tory conference   •         Carrie Johnson urges Tories to back transgender rights     Other Topics English football will sell itself to anyone’: human rights groups condemn Saudi-Newcastle deal  What should the government be doing about ene...

The Big Story - Tory MP Sir David Amess’s death after being stabbed at constituency surgery.    Other Topics will be:  Covid response ‘one of UK’s worst ever public health failures’  What is the Labour Party doing to Liverpool Labour and should it stop? Should GPs be made to hold face-to-face appointments?

As Gavin Williamson is accused of bullying and Matt Hancock abandons the commons for the Jungle, how are the wrong people constantly put in charge?  We also look at the failures in screening for the Police force and wonder why in the world Starmer has opened up a new anti immigrant front on the previously safe space of those who come here to save our lives in the NHS.  We also have a loo...

We talk workers' rights and Starmer's vacuous missions

Harry's son, John, is joined by Jeremy Corbyn to talk about the life of the wonderful Harry.

We discuss the Knowsley Riots, Lee Anderson and UFOs

Imposed Installation of pre payment meters, Shell Obscene profits and Liz Truss on her honesty

On the eve of a huge day of strike action we discuss the NEU action and the right to strike.  We also discuss Doncaster care homes and tanks in Ukraine

- Andrew Tate and modern mysogyny. - NHS privatisation on the cards - Levelling southwards (except Richmond)

Topics include  • Sunak & Starmer’s New Year speeches  • Tory anti-strike law • Sexual orientation census results

We discuss the strikes and attempt to balance the appalling narrative in the UK mainstream media, as they go on the attack.  We also discuss the compass tactical voting coalition and whether we'd actually be any better off under a Labour Party backed by hedge funds and private interests.

We discuss Labour's plans for reform of the Lords, Elon Musk's reveal of the Hunter Biden files and disestablishment of the Church of England

We discuss how it has become normal for foodbanks and warmbanks to be offered by the political class as solutions rather than fair pay and dignity.  We discuss the elitists getting increasingly wealthy at our expense with the Mone PPE scandal as an example.  We talk about the UK's confusing stance on China, criticising their authoritarian clampdowns and lockdowns while appearing in many...

Today we cover the budget, the royal mail strikes and the Awaab Ishak tragedy

We are joined by Patricia Pino and Christian Reilly from the MMT podcast to find out just what MMT is and what the left can learn from understanding economics using this framework.

We discuss the issues in the NHS with pressure on services and the nurse's strike, what is going on at G20 and what we would like to see in the budget.

As Gavin Williamson is accused of bullying and Matt Hancock abandons the commons for the Jungle, how are the wrong people constantly put in charge?  We also look at the failures in screening for the Police force and wonder why in the world Starmer has opened up a new anti immigrant front on the previously safe space of those who come here to save our lives in the NHS.  We also have a loo...

National Security risk Braverman is put straight back into office following serious breaches of the ministerial code and immediately removes the mask to reveal her fascist views on refugees.  Meanwhile everyone is balloting for strike and Musk takes over twitter.

We discuss the 4 part Al Jazeera documentary "The Labour Files" which depicts a rotten core of a racist political Party and  Sunak's coronation by Tory MPs