

PoliticsJOE Podcast
PoliticsJOE
This is PoliticsJOE's podcast - the only explicitly anti-nonce podcast in the UK.Reporting on British politics with a sense of humour, the podcast is a recorded version of the conversations we have after work.So pull up a stool, pour yourself a cold one, and laugh through the misery alongside us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 15, 2023 • 3h 37min
100th episode lock in
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast.In this three hour special, Oli, Ava, and Ed answer your questions - featuring copious amounts of alcohol, live fish, and guest appearances from the whole PoliticsJOE team.Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed CampbellProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Shawnee Linstead, Seán Hickey, and Harry AinsworthSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 6, 2023 • 41min
PMQs: Rwanda Plan revival and a Minister for Men
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE podcast.Analysing this week's PMQs, Ed and Ava discuss the James Cleverly's Rwanda scheme revival and Sunak's plan to cut net immigration, before disagreeing over whether there should be a Minister for Men.Presenters: Ava Santina and Ed CampbellProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Shawnee Linstead and Seán HickeySubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 4, 2023 • 59min
Why Keir Starmer's praising Thatcher
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE podcast. Ed takes a break from his XL Bully farm to join Oli and Ava as they reflect on Starmer's praising of Margaret Thatcher this weekend. Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed CampbellProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Shawnee Linstead and Seán HickeySubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 2, 2023 • 51min
Another round: How Britain benefits from slavery today with Clive Lewis MP
Labour MP Clive Lewis speaks to Ava about his friendship with former BBC journalist Laura Trevelyan, whose family owned more than 1,000 slaves in Grenada - including Clive's relatives.Their new podcast Heirs of Enslavement sees Clive and Laura travel to Grenada to explore their families' histories and the campaign for reparative justice.In this conversation, Clive discusses how the Atlantic slave trade led to present-day debt in Caribbean nations, as well as to the wealth of British banks and a certain MP, whose fortune derives from slave plantations.Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 29, 2023 • 49min
PMQs analysis: Starmer spanks Sunak
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE...podcast.Oli, Ava, and Ed reveal why the podcast's intro may be changing. Then, after 25 minutes of pints, chit chat, and good people, they react to this week's PMQs.Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed CampbellProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Shawnee Linstead and Seán HickeySubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 27, 2023 • 1h 3min
Why we should return the Elgin Marbles (to the Ottomans)
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.In the Pubcast this week, Ed subjects Oli and Ava to the age-old Scottish tradition of complaining about the price of things.We also discuss the weekend's protests, and whether the UK should return the Elgin Marbles.Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed CampbellProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Shawnee LinsteadSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 25, 2023 • 33min
Another round: Economist Torsten Bell explains why the Autumn Statement screws you over
On Wednesday this week, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced the biggest tax cuts since 1988.But are we actually going to be better off?Economist Torsten Bell explains why the Government are actually in the business of tax rises - and why, in spite of this, public services probably won't improve. Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 22, 2023 • 58min
Analysing Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement, and PMQs
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.In the Pubcast this week, Oli, Ava, and Ed analyse the Autumn Statement and react to Prime Minister's Questions. Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed Campbell Producer: Laura Beveridge Sting design: Chris White Production: Oli JohnsonSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 20, 2023 • 53min
Nigel Farage in the Jungle
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.After Nigel Farage's debut on I'm a Celebrity: Get Me Out of Here last night, Ed and Ava set out to answer why do politicians go on reality TV? As well as, is Glastonbury really just for the middle-class Range Rover set? And, does the Government even know what's in the Autumn statement?Presenters: Ava Santina, and Ed CampbellProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Seán Hickey and Oli Johnson Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 18, 2023 • 54min
Another round: James O'Brien on the Tories who broke Britain
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. It’s been a turbulent week in British politics. Thankfully, in his new book, James O’Brien provides a genealogy of this chaos. In this conversation, O’Brien tells Oli why “Suella Braverman is like a nasty rash”, why Sunak’s party is “like a drunk in a pub car park”, and why we shouldn’t be fooled into thinking Cameron is a centrist. Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


