The Big Issues

In this part two of three we’re looking at the 1983-1988 era of the thatcher Goverment talking about the 1983 election, miners strike, Westland’s , tax reform, Britain and the EU, Special relationship , 1987 election and NHS reform. This is longer than I thought but there will be an episode on Sunday.

Normal service is back. In the first of this two part episode we are going to talk about the 1979 to 1997 Tory Government how the tories came to power to what extent did the winter of discontent caused it. Did Thatcherism get a mandate in 1979, what did we think of the economic policies the 3 million unemployed the deindustrialising of the economy, North Sea oil and the Falkland’s war. and the cut...

If you are into our normal public policy episodes we apologise cause this isn’t it. In this episode we are talking about the attempted privatisation of the BBC that led to ITV as we now know it being created and how it occurred . It’s an intriguing episode that’s worth a listen and is a quite a contrast from the normal content that we have and will keep doing .

In this episode we are continuing our discussion on the centre left approach to domestic policy continuing from education to the tax reform to the economy to energy if our audio isn’t good apologies but we’re recording it from our phones this week. Otherwise enjoy

In this Two Part Episode Me and James are going to focus on two things the NHS and Education, It was meant to be also talking about energy, tax reform and economic policy but we got to 9pm and James had to go so we got 1 hour and 10 minutes on these two topics. There will be a second Part of this focusing on the other there 13 days from now, as this Sunday we're going to talk about the Iraq Wa...

To Re-Invent Government Me and James this week look at government departments from business trade, work and pensions, department for education , Department for Health and Social care and many more and to look at how to look at how to re-structure the government deopartments  and how to modernise and streamline and yep re-invent government to make it work. On Sunday we will do an episode talki...

In this  Episode me and James are talking about the housing crisis and quick notice. Due to me doing sound checks the audio begins at 1 minute 20 seconds. But as a result the audio is much better than last week on my part. Now we talk about why is there a shortage in housing, why are prices too high, Is housing becoming un affordbale, is it a failure of the market or should we make it freerer...

James is revising for his Mock A-Levels so wish him luck for his mock exams. Now in this episode I decide to basically explain how a $1,850,000,000,000 ($1.85 trillion) stimulus  can rebuild an economy after a recession mixed of welfare programs, infrastucture investment and tax reform.  By the way $500 billion of it is expanding welfare programs (food subsidies, energy price subsidies,...

This Episode we are looking at the history of healthcare reform and the many attempts of Presidents to attempt to modernise and reform healthcare from President Roosevelt, Truman, LBJ, Nixon, Carter, Clinton, Bush and Obama and look and analyse their attempts to modernise healthcare and get to universal healthcare insurance and our solutions Next Sunday we will look at fixing the housing crisis.&n...

In this the FIFTIETH Episode of the Big Issues Podcast, Me and James go through all cabinet minstries and some we created ourselves to say who we would make our chancellor, foreign secretary, housing secretary, international development secretary and so so much more. There is another episode on Wedensday talking about President Biden's State of the Union and then another episode on Sunday 19th Feb...

Why does the UK have low growth rates?. What are the causes of our economic problems, is it the economy, is it our tax code, is it a lack of public investment or  an issue of Skills, is it due to de-industrlisation  we examine the problem and analyse possible solutions to the economy and how to fix the causes of low growth in our nation's economy. 

Now, In this episode we are discussing with the new Congress being sworn in, How do we get Bi Partisanship between Democrats and Republicans on Immigration Reform,. Healthcare Reform, Balancing the Budget,  Reducing Crime, Reforming the process of comfirmation process for Judges and Saving Social Security.  How to get congress legislating what compromises need to be made. All to be discu...

In this Episode, I talk about the history and evolving of the welfare state, why it needs to be reformed. looking at the ideas of President Clinton,John Engler, Tony Blair and David Cameron and analysing their ideas and then suggesting my own ideas to modernise welfare for the future.  Apologising for not doing an episode for a fortnight. But we're going back to our Sunday Recording so there...

In this Episode, We are talking about the NHS, why it had to be created, how to resolve the funding crisis, how do you cut waiting lists and waiting times, hiring more staff and to restrecture the NHS along with the need for more patient choice. We go through the whole four areas funding, medical care, mental health and social care. We look primarily at waiting lists and waiting times and the staf...

Now first things first, I have used my AirPods so my audio if fixed. Now with the examining of the New Deal we look at the ideas of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) The Work Progress Administration (WPA) National Recovery Administration (NRA) and Social Security. We look at the structure, their purpose and what is their legacy. We will do a further episode of the idea of the Modern New Deal....

In this episode we are looking at the idea of economic ideologies of socialism, social democracy, social market, free market capatlism and the monoplies. Just a pre-apology for my mic you can hear me but its not the best quality, James's Mic is very good. Next Friday we will be recording in person so there will not be an issue with my mic fingers crossed. But in this week's episode we are looking...

So, this is a one man band episode, As James is studying for his exams, wish him good luck. In this episode Im talking about the midterms, the results but also what happens next who will be speaker and senate majority leader what are going to be the main legislative priorities and how to restore genuine bi partisanship in the United States?

Now, in this new series of UK History we are going to look at specific political eras since 1945. And we are starting with the 1945-51 Labour Government. Me and James are going to discuss the NHS, Education, Welfare state, Nationlised industries and Wage Controls discuss are they effective and why were they done and could they be implemented in the 2020s. An Interesting Episode and we will have an...

It's an interesting episode, Micheal is back for this and wedensdays episode to co-host with me and James to talk about the midterm elections. We talk about the house and senate and govenorships its more of an outline to prepare for Tuesday's Midterms. And On Wedensday we will be talking about our view on the Midterms can the democrats keep the senate will republicans take the house. What will hap...

So, Since I regularly cite the Simpson Bowles Commission when talking about US Economic Policy me and James are going to explain what it was, what it tried to achieve, Did it focus too much on spending cuts and not enough on tax reform , How did it reform entitlements would it actually reduce the debt, why couldn't they enact into law. Could it be done in the 2020s?

With Rishi Sunak made the tories latest Prime Minster we talk about his rise to power, his time as chancellor and his policies such as furlough and the £20 cut in Universal Credit. But also the crisis he faces as Prime Minister from the economy to the NHS and fixing the cost of living crisis. There will be an episode on Saturday talking about Simpson-Bowles

In this episode we look at the leaderships of Neil Kinnock, John Smith, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Ed mIlliband and Jeremy Corbyn we look at their legacies and their impact of the labour party and their ideas. Discussing the History and the Impact. 

To prelude our UK Prime Ministers Series we are going to do a couple of  episodes on Labour and Tory Leaders since 1945. In this two part episode we will talk about Clement Attlee, Hugh Gaitskell, Harold Wilson, James Callaghan, Micheal Foot. And talk about the key events that dominated their leadership. Now in the next episode we will do Neil Kinnock, John Smith, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Ed...

In our New Series in the Big Issues Podcast we are going to discuss US political Issues. This week It's Entitlement Reform, looking at Medicare, Medicare, SSDI, S-CHIP, Social Security and Welfare Reform. In future episodes we will go further but this week is about reforming and modernising these particular programs to ensure they are there for the next 75 years.

In This Episode we are talking about the autum statement about income tax and how to reform it. to ensure it becomes more competitive and raises more revenues , the reduction of the deficit and the long term reduction of debt., the re-industrialisation, of the country, reforming the NHS and Education along with re-thinking regulations.