Rachel Reeves’s spring not-a-budget has gone down like a cup of cold sick and many Labour supporters are asking what they’re backing the party for. Is Labour on the verge of losing popular confidence – and could it win it back? Plus, as Trump gets weirder and weirder we look at two movies that explain the trashy allure of American fascism: Paul Verhoeven’s hyperviolent sci-fi satires Robocop and Starship Troopers. Would you like to know more…?

• Listen to The Bunker: Northern uproar – How Canada is standing up to Trump.

• Tickets are on sale now for Matt’s Legitimate Concerns tour.

• Andrew interviews John Higgs, author of Exterminate! Regenerate! – The Story of Doctor Who at the Rock’n’Roll Book Club, Walthamstow on Tue 22 April.

Escape Routes:

• Hannah’s choice Crib Notes on Substack.

• Matt’s choice Paradise on Disney+.

• Raf chooses The Remix with Chris Hawkins.

• Andrew’s choice The Residence on Netflix.

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Written and presented by Andrew Harrison with Rafael Behr, Hannah Fearn and Matt Green. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Theme music by Cornershop. Produced by Chris Jones. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production.

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