The Big Issues

In this episode Me and Scott decided to discuss Australian Politics and we decided to go backwards and discussing the government’s of Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard. We break it down and discus the Kevin 07 campaign, His first year achievements in apologising to the Indigneous communities, ending work-choices, joining the Kyoto Protocol in tackling climate change. Kevin Rudd's superb handling of...

In this pretty long episode. Me and Scott are returning to what this podcast is about, the issues within society. So we're talking in this, though for those who remember mine and James President's episodes, it's similar to that as Me and Scott talk for an hour and 10 a piece with Scott going first with him talking about the need to reform the prisons and the entire justice system and m...

With Joe Biden having now officially dropped out the race, the first incumbent to do so since 1968, with President Johnson. In this Episode, Me and Scott are discussing what happens next with Vice President Harris and with her new fundraising operation and with a new base of support and by a simple question, can she defeat trump and how can she defeat trump and who should be the Vice President and...

With the king's speech having occurred, the first labour kings speech since 2009 as the tories had theirs in 2010. What to make of the deregulation of planning laws , workers rights expansion, defending law and order, GB Energy, ensuring greater security for renters, and having greater fiscal responsibility. Furthermore, with the USA and can President Biden stay on as the democratic nominee an...

In this the 80th Episode, we are talking about the fact the Labour government has arrived for 14 years and Me and Scott are talking about the incoming Labour government in regards to the new cabinet, incoming reforms with tackling climate change, deregulation of planning laws, fixing the crisis in social care and prison reform. And what's going to happen with this reforming Labour government....

In this episode and british election now concluding it's fourth week of the campaign we (and we have a surprise) and it's a discussion about the state of the election with the polls, communication, ideas and history and so on. Scott is back on Wednesday as a permeant co-host and me and James William Francis Roxbrugh doing every Saturday or sunday episode and until the election on 4th July...

In this episode, the first 7 day consecutive episode in a very long time and me and Scott are analysing the state of the election and the current state of the polls and the potential next labour government and what's gonna happen in that regard?. What's the future of the conservative party? and the future of Scottish Politics? and some more and this from now until poling day is going to be...

Now we’re 3 weeks into the general election and the podcast is back now this is going to be an interesting episode as we're not just discussing the Sunak v Starmer battle for No.10 on sky news on Wedensday Evening and the broader elections in discussing policies and this is intriguing as it's a mixture of policy and analysis and gossip. And fingers crossed with my third year of uni over th...

We're back I know I keep saying it that but things are now 100% fixed and we're back up and running. In this episode me and my good friend James Bell are doing an episode talking about the rebuilding of the inner cities to ensure we can ensure law and order have a modern education system, understand how do we ensure a communitarian society and a better NHS. I know I've been dreadful in...

In this episode, back after 8 weeks we are back and we've decided to do a book review as I recently read through Stolen- How to Save the world from financialisation by Grace Blakeley and it's a fascinating book about economics and from Bretton Woods, deregulation of the city of London, the rise in vulture capitalism, the indebtedness of the poor, the failures of Thatcherism and the failure...

So it was a no notes Episode we are back up after further issues but we are back and talking about the economy and how to get it growing again talking about how taxes influence growth how education reform can impact economic growth why we need to harness the power of the tech sector and for ensuring a long term focus on growth not just short term stimuluses of growth. It was an unusually an on mes...

In this episode me and James are going to talk about the historic wins for labour in Tamworth and overturning a 24,000 majority in mid Bedfordshire. And how the Labour Party are on course for a landslide and the Tory party are in deep crisis but what’s next for the future of both parties in their ideological shift and desire to win the next election

In this episode after three weeks of waiting we’re back on anchor as zoom doesn’t work for James and it’s a 90 minute discussion on class sizes, teachers and teaching assistants, exam reform, student welfare, improving standards and ensuring choice. It was done with no notes just using our wits and knowledge to inform you the good listener and it’s a mixture of diversion and intellect enjoy till n...

In this Episode me and James are back and we're talking about how to create full employment, ensure effective welfare, cutting taxation, ensuring better access to healthcare and a green new deal it's an old free style discussion back to an old style of us two having the intellectual back and forth for 75 minutes we are gonna get back to once a week now the summer is over. Enjoy the episode...

In this episode in my one man band episode I'm talking about the 2010 coalition talks examining how post the election over the 5 days the conservative Lib Dem coalition came about and how the logistics and the people and the behind the scenes and the view of the key people it's basically a massive deep dive in the 5 days 6th may - 11th may 2010 and examining the talks and the views and the...

So with the Next Election now on the potential rise with a summer election Me and James after a long three week wait decided to do a deep dive into how a fourth term conservative government collapsed with the ERM, Maastricht, Sleaze and New Labour. The recording begins at 0.56 seconds and we commence its no notes, no script free styling episode so brace yourself. Apologies for the lack of uploads...

In this episode me and James are doing deep dive into supply and demand it is more economics than politics. We explore the reason why prices are going up as high as they are, is this a failure of the free market, is this a failure of the state's regulation, Is this is a failure of oligopolies , are taxes to high and preventing increased spending from the consumer, is there a lack of conception...

In this episode, In this one man band episode I'm talking about the Supreme Court going from the Warren era to the Roberts Era showing how over the last fifty years the court has shifted to the right and has culminated into the ruling this week and how it happened overtime, really enjoyed the recording talking about how the court from liberal cases such as Engel v Vitale / Roe v Wade to conser...

In this episode we are talking about the Watergate scandal and how it happened, the cover up, the investigations, the senate investigation, nixon himself, the cause for impeachment and the attempts and the resignation of Richard Nixon. So how did the now infamous scandal happen and the unravelling of one the most well known scandals in history

This Episode begins at 0.53, James is back and we decide to have a look at how President Obama's biggest achievement the Affordable Care Act was signed and enacted into law how it went from the bi partisan healthcare reform to a party line vote through the house to getting It through the senate to losing Ted Kennedy's seat to then passing It through the house one more time and how the bigg...

So as President Biden and Speaker McCarthy agreed to raise the debt Celing, I In a one man band episode decided to do an episode on the last time this happened with the 2011-13 crisis after the republicans took back the house and how Speaker Bohener tried to do a deal with President Obama on $800 billion of tax revenues for $2 trillion of cuts and how that deal initially undermined by Republicans...

In this Episode I'm doing a one man band episode where Im talking about 1970-79 in UK politics from the Heath years with the trade union reforms ,unemployment going to 1 million, and Britain joining the EEC, Three Day week with the miners strike. The Febuary 1974 election with the minority labour government then the October 1974 Election followed by the Industry Bill, the EEC referendum the Wi...

Yep, you've read it right, before we start this episodes begins at 1 minute 9 seconds, Now in this episode we're doing an episode on Brian Cowen as Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland in 2008 to 2011 his response to the financial crisis and the Demise of Finna Fall It examines the banking crisis, Bertie Ahern winning in 2007 , the 2009-10 Financial Crisis and the economic policies and th...

In this two part series, in part one we’re going to talk about the six years of Harold Wilson winning power in 1964, the national plan , suspending capital punishment, being re-elected in 1966. Devaluing Sterling, the recovering economy, in place of strife, The 1970 Election. On Wedensday we will do part two talking about Heath’s four years Harold Wilson in 1974-76 and then Jim Callaghans time in...

In this the final part of the three part look at the thatcher/Major years me and James talk about the downfall of thatcher the poll tax the ERM, the leadership contest and the major years with the initial recovery leading to the a fourth election win in 1992 and then black Wednesday, VAT on fuel, sleaze, Maastricht treaty and the rise of new labour. We’ll be back on wedensday starting the 1964-79...