Imagine waiting 73 years to become King and then you get dog-end policies from the bottom of a dying government’s drawer for your first speech to Parliament. We look at what’s in Rishi’s Big Plans – cigs! pedicabs! – and what’s conspicuous by its absence. Plus, does it matter whether Starmer is “statesmanlike” on Gaza or not? And Dorian sets up the Institution for Neutral Thinking.
Dr Robert Saunders AKA @redhistorian, author of Yes to Europe! The 1975 Referendum and Seventies Britain, is this week’s special guest.
Listen to our brand new science podcast WHY? – taking you on adventures to the edge of knowledge – at whypodcast.co.uk
• “This government giving you its longterm plans is like a mayfly telling you its plans for next week.” – Matt Green
• “What the COVID inquiry has shown is that Sunak absolutely wasn’t led by the science. He was led by the economics.” – Hannah Fearn
• “A lot of Trump quotes from the trial make a lot more sense if you imagine they’re coming from a five year-old.” – Matt Green
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Written and presented by Dorian Lynskey with Matt Green and Hannah Fearn. Audio producer: Alex Rees. Theme music by Cornershop. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production.
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Cleaning up the Commons, driving out the loons
“Vote for me or it’s World War 3”
Starmer vs. The Green Machine
The Wrath of Khan
Extra: A taster of American Friction
Emergency Localcast – How bad was it for Sunak?
Scorn in the USA – The Biden-Trump countdown begins
Who’ll stop the Rayner?
Rwanda endgame, Local Elections: The Tory collapse is here
Sunak Pulls a Sickie
Liz Truss: Tip of the Iceberg
Iran/Israel – What can Britain do?
Reform UK – Inside the fear factory
Sunak: The Errors Tour
A Federation of Ungovernable Cults
Turn That Crown Upside Down
Taster: Best of Paper Cuts!
They're mad as hell and we don't want to take it anymore
Here comes The Sun, Little Starmer
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