Oh God, What Now?

It’s 2024 and Rishi Sunak is up to his old tricks. The panel discusses what lies ahead for the year, plus all you might have missed over the festive period – from Sunak's meeting with Cummings to the pint of wine discourse. And in the extra bit for subscribers, what’s in and what's out for 2024 according to our panel? “I think 2024 could be the year of reclassifying things off of your to do list.” – Zoe Grunewald “Sunak’s big problem is Reform UK.” – Alex Andreou “Why would you trust Dominic Cummings to do anything in secret? – Zoe Grunewald Presented by Group Editor Andrew Harrison with Alex Andreou and Zoe Grunewald. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Alex Rees. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnowWe’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnowPresented by Group Editor Andrew Harrison with Alex Andreou and Zoe Grunewald. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Alex Rees. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What have Donald Trump, Suella Braverman, and 495 voters in Uxbridge and South Ruislip all got in common? That’s right, they’re all terrible. For our last episode of the year, we’ve decided to put together a list of our 12 villains of Christmas. And in the extra bit for subscribers only, it’s the festive season – so what wholesome traditions does the panel have at Christmas?• “Nadine Dorries either genuinely has absolutely zero self-awareness, or she’s taking the piss.” – Alex Andreou• “Boring, quiet, madly right-wing guys like Mike Johnson are actually far more dangerous than someone like Trump.” – Dorian Lynskey• “What the last year has taught me is that I would not trust Elon Musk to fly me to Mars.” – Rachel Cunliffe• “It’s fair to say that Yevgeny Prigozhin was the winner of the F*** Around And Find Out prize this year.” – Matt GreenWe’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnowwww.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnowPresented by Dorian Lynskey with Alex Andreou, Rachel Cunliffe, and Matt Green. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Michelle Mone admits lying to the media about her PPE links – but hey, that ain’t a crime! What will the repercussions be of her belated honesty? Plus, Labour is getting ready for a spring election. Should we be braced for campaigns to start in earnest once the tinsel’s been taken down? And Christmas is a boring time for political geeks. The panel discusses getting through a period of little to no Westminster news. • “People do hate the press, but you only have to take it one step further to see that blaming them is a stupid argument.” – Hannah Fearn • “Social media? Maybe there are more things Sunak wants to ban we don’t know about…” – Ros Taylor We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVOIkIWUDtu7VrVcFs0OI0A www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnowListen to Andrew’s choice of album, Where The Rabbit Sleeps by Sensorama. Presented by Andrew Harrison with Ros Taylor and Hannah Fearn. Producer: Alex Rees. Audio production by: Alex Rees. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ho Ho Ho God, What Now? It’s part two of the OGWN Christmas live show as Dorian, Ros, Alex and special guest James O’Brien return for a half-time freshener at London’s legendary Comedy Store and look to the future. What’s waiting down the line for the next Government (whomever they may be)? Who’s looking like a future Cabinet star and who looks like trouble? Plus questions from our well-refreshed audience. Support us on Patreon to get early access to all our live tickets plus mugs, t-shirts and more. Visit our new affiliate bookshop to buy books by the panel and our pals. You’ll be helping to fund the podcast by earning us a small commission for every sale plus Bookshop.org helps to support independent bookshops too.Written and presented by Dorian Lynskey with Alex Andreou and Ros Taylor. Producers: Chris Jones and Alex Rees (audio). Theme music by Cornershop. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

O come all ye tofu-eating wokerati… It’s part one of the OGWN Christmas live show with Dorian, Ros, Alex and special guest James O’Brien, LBC’s sharp-witted inquisitor-general, gathering before a well-refreshed audience at London’s world-famous Comedy Store. On the agenda: How did Sunak blow it so badly in 2023? We take a world tour of Planet Rishi and all its many troublespots. Part two will be with you tomorrow…  Support us on Patreon to get early access to all our live tickets plus mugs, t-shirts and more. Visit our new affiliate bookshop to buy books by the panel and our pals. You’ll be helping to fund the podcast by earning us a small commission for every sale plus Bookshop.org helps to support independent bookshops too.Written and presented by Dorian Lynskey with Alex Andreou and Ros Taylor. Producers: Chris Jones and Alex Rees (audio). Theme music by Cornershop. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Sunak squirms in the Commons and the COVID Inquiry, we wonder what will sink him first. His defence of Eat Out To Help Out The Virus? Or his own impossible-to-please backbenchers? Plus, how would the Tory Right’s feverish fan-fiction plan for a Boris Johnson-Nigel Farage Dream Ticket play out? • “The last Tory leader who said ‘Unite or die’ was Ian Duncan Smith, two weeks before they ousted him.” – Seth Thévoz• “We’re treating the COVID Inquiry like it’s going to provide catharsis – and that’s not what it’s for.” – Ros Taylor • “Hands up who had ‘Rwanda will be our human rights conscience’ on their bingo card.” – Alex AndreouVisit our new affiliate bookshop to buy books by the panel and our pals. You’ll be helping to fund the podcast by earning us a small commission for every sale plus Bookshop.org helps to support independent bookshops too.Written and presented by Alex Andreou, Ros Taylor and Seth Thévoz. Producers: Chris Jones and Alex Rees (audio). Theme music by Cornershop. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this emergency podcast, the hosts discuss Rishi Sunak's week from hell, Johnson's Covid inquiry performance, and the incompetence of political figures. They question the motivations and self-interests of politicians, analyze the impact of Brexit, and critique the government's handling of the pandemic.

Poor James Cleverley. Can’t a guy just announce his psychotically cruel migration policy without Braverman heckling that it isn’t fashy enough in her resignation* speech? We look at the Tories’ performatively mean new immigration plans and why they’ll never be enough for Beerhall Sue. Plus your questions answered in a But Your Emails Special, why on Earth would Starmer say he admires Thatcher, and Lord Moylan rizzes up Alex.* FACT CHECK: She was sacked.• “These immigration rules are going to make international love something for the well-paid.” – Alex Andreou• “The DUP never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.” – Gavin Eslerhttps://www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnowVisit our new affiliate bookshop to buy books by the panel and our pals. You’ll be helping to fund the podcast by earning us a small commission for every sale plus Bookshop.org helps to support independent bookshops too.Written and presented by Dorian Lynskey with Alex Andreou, Marie le Conte and Gavin Esler. Producers: Chris Jones and Alex Rees (audio). Theme music by Cornershop. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You might have noticed how terrible Rishi Sunak’s government is on basically everything, yet, if you listen to his cabinet you might think it’s all going swimmingly. How do we survive the next few months of a government eating itself alive without losing our sanity? Plus, why does British politics find it so hard to deal with religious issues? That’s Oh God, What Now? with guest Times Radio’s Hugo Rifkind. “It’s like watching a man who’s watching his house falling down, running from small DIY job to DIY job but actually making it all worse.” – Ros Taylor. “I think they think they’re in it to win it, it’s just bonkers, the dogs in the street can see they’re about to lose an election from the centre.” – Hugo Rifkind. “The problems with authority that Sunak has is that he’s literally not meant to be there.” – Hugo Rifkind. We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnowwww.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnowPresented by Group Editor Andrew Harrison with Ros Taylor, Yasmeen Serhan and guest Hugo Rifkind. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Alex Rees. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matt Hancock has been giving evidence to the Covid-19 Inquiry and frankly he’s not done himself any good. Alex Andreou has been locked in to the sessions on Thursday and Friday. He joins Andrew Harrison to unpack what the former Health Secretary said – and just how badly he came across. • “His appearance was always going to be very defensive.” – Alex Andreou• “He was doing the same bullshitting that he was being accused of.” – Alex Andreou• “Someone of his limited ability should never have been in that position.” – Alex AndreouWe’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnowSupport us on Patreon:www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnowPresented by Group Editor Andrew Harrison with Alex Andreou. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Jade Bailey. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices