This week, Dan and Kasia are getting into a submersible and heading into the dark blue depths, poking around the extremely cursed domain of Britain's unnatural party of government, THE CONSERVATIVE AND UNIONIST PARTY. The Tories. The true Blues. That lot.
Specifically, we're talking Tory merch. Just what the hell is going on in the Tories' online shop, who is all this crap for, and what does it tell us about the British right in 2024? Who are the Tory faithful, and what stories do they want to tell about themselves? Why did any of them 'TRUSS' in Liz? Why does Theresa May get a £32 commemorative toby jug but Harold Macmillan doesn't? Why are so many Conservative leaders depicted by their own side as mournful dogs? Why did we coin the term 'shagorama', and is it too late to take it back?
Elsewhere, we discuss the role of the infamous 'Hang Nelson Mandela' posters in the 1980s, and Dan tells us about the time he went undercover to a young Tory Christmas party in the name of journalism.
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Theme music and production: Mr Beatnick
Artwork: Archie Bashford
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Bulldog Power Energy Drink
*PREVIEW* Summer of strikes / when the lights go out
A Jubilee Catastrophe
*PREVIEW* - The secular church of the NHS
*PREVIEW* - Magna Carta dart board aka Mythic Albion
Gay Flags and Lavender Scares ft. Huw Lemmey
Alien Eggs, UFOs and Conspiracy Theories for the End of History
Canary Wharf, grime and the docks
Manly Gifts for the Man In Your Life
Brand Collabs (Travis Scott x McDonalds x Peppa Pig x Colgate x BAE Systems exclusive)
Abigail’s Aspic Asparagus Steamer (and other 70s dinner parties)
Van Gogh ”Earaser” - ft. Alice Procter
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