• 708: Have the Tories Lost the Plot, Or Will the Plotters Take Top Spot?
    Apr 13 2024

    Rob and Tom discuss a grab bag of headlines and how the polls are looking for Rishi Sunak…

    TOPICS

    - [0:00] Intro

    - [1:27] Budget 2024

    - [15:32] Lee Anderson & Reform UK

    - [29:56] How is Rishi’s Leadership Faring?

    - [36:22] When is the General Election going to be?

    - [43:50] Poll Update

    - [47:33] Outro

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    SHOWNOTES

    - The Papers

    - Spring Budget

    - Polling Tweet

    - 2024 Local Elections

    - Electoral Calculus

    - Politico Poll of Polls

    - Join us on Discord!

    DISCUSS

    - Reddit

    - Twitter

    - Facebook

    ATTRIBUTION

    - Recording engineer: Ennuicastr

    - Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

    - Main Image: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visit to Horsham by The Conservative Party under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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    49 mins
  • 707: Keir Starmer, What Do You Stand For?
    Feb 26 2024

    Rob and Tom discuss the Popular Conservatives, transphobia at PMQS and what policies Keir Starmer is likely to put forward…

    TOPICS

    - [0:00] Intro

    - [1:07] What is PopCon??

    - [22:44] Does PopCon Matter?

    - [31:21] PMQs

    - [45:49] Keir Starmer, What Do You Stand For?

    - [1:13:17] Quick Polls Update

    - [1:21:30] Outro

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    SHOWNOTES

    - The Papers

    - Liz Truss is offering lessons on how to be popular

    - Labour Party: Missions

    - Electoral Calculus

    - Politico Poll of Polls

    - Join us on Discord!

    DISCUSS

    - Reddit

    - Twitter

    - Facebook

    ATTRIBUTION

    - Recording engineer: Ennuicastr

    - Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

    - Main Image: Keir Starmer, 2020 Labour Party leadership election hustings by Rwendland under CC by SA 4.0

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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • 706: 2024 Predictions
    Feb 1 2024

    Rob and Tom make predictions for 2024…

    TOPICS

    - [0:00] Intro

    - [1:28] General Election Predictions

    - [23:25] Conservative Predictions

    - [34:17] Labour Predictions

    - [55:23] Lib Dem Predictions

    - [58:32] SNP Predictions

    - [1:03:03] US Election Predictions

    - [1:13:16] Outro

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    SHOWNOTES

    - The Papers

    - Our 2023 Predictions

    - Electoral Calculus

    - Politico Poll of Polls

    - Join us on Discord!

    DISCUSS

    - Reddit

    - Twitter

    - Facebook

    ATTRIBUTION

    - Recording engineer: Ennuicastr

    - Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

    - Main Image: 2024

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • 705: 2023, The Year That Was
    Jan 8 2024

    Rob and Tom discuss their 2023 predictions and how accurate they were…

    TOPICS

    - [0:00] Intro

    - [1:09] Tory Predictions 2023

    - [15:29] Labour Predictions 2023

    - [31:17] Lib Dem Predictions 2023

    - [37:00] Brexit Predictions 2023

    - [44:49] USA Predictions 2023

    - [52:05] Outro

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    SHOWNOTES

    - The Papers

    - Our 2023 Predictions

    - Electoral Calculus

    - Politico Poll of Polls

    - Join us on Discord!

    DISCUSS

    - Reddit

    - Twitter

    - Facebook

    ATTRIBUTION

    - Recording engineer: Ennuicastr

    - Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

    - Main Image: 2023

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    53 mins
  • 704: Rwanda Plan Bad
    Dec 19 2023

    Rob and Tom discuss the Rwanda Bill…

    TOPICS

    - [0:00] Intro

    - [1:15] Headlines: Suella Gone, Cameron In

    - [12:28] Main Story: Rwanda

    - [29:12] The Rwanda Bill Vote

    - [39:26] Greek Marbles Interlude

    - [45:19] Labour on Immigration

    - [51:44] Public Feeling on Immigration

    - [1:03:50] Quick Polls Update

    - [1:07:19] Outro

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    SHOWNOTES

    - The Papers

    - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill

    - The New Conservatives

    - The Government has proposed a deal where some people who have entered Britain and applied for asylum will be flown to Rwanda, in Africa, for their asylum applications to be processed. Do you support or oppose this proposal?

    - UK Public Opinion toward Immigration: Overall Attitudes and Level of Concern

    - HBomberGuy on Plagiarism

    - Electoral Calculus

    - Politico Poll of Polls

    - Join us on Discord!

    DISCUSS

    - Reddit

    - Twitter

    - Facebook

    ATTRIBUTION

    - Recording engineer: Ennuicastr

    - Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

    - Main Image: Rwanda Bill

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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • 703: Liberal Destroys Conservative in Debate
    Nov 17 2023

    Rob and Tom discuss by-elections and Suella Braverman…

    TOPICS

    - [0:00] Intro

    - [1:16] Tamworth By-Election

    - [10:40] Mid-Bedfordshire By-Election

    - [28:26] Suella Braverman

    - [44:05] Suella on Protests

    - [51:39] Would She Make A Good Leader?

    - [59:19] The Polls

    - [1:06:55] Outro

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    SHOWNOTES

    - The Papers

    - Tamworth By-Election

    - Mid Bedfordshire By-Election

    - Labour Target Seats

    - Suella4Leader

    - “Who Funds the ERG?”

    - Suella’s Student Politics

    - Spineless Sunak

    - Electoral Calculus

    - Politico Poll of Polls

    - Join us on Discord!

    DISCUSS

    - Reddit

    - Twitter

    - Facebook

    ATTRIBUTION

    - Recording engineer: Ennuicastr

    - Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

    - Main Image: Suella Braverman in the House of Commons

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • 702: Be-Labouring the Point
    Oct 21 2023

    Rob and Tom discuss the Labour Party Conference…

    TOPICS

    - [0:00] Intro

    - [0:39] Labour: What Are They Trying To Achieve?

    - [7:34] Starmer’s Speech Interrupted

    - [16:29] The State of the Country

    - [21:48] Culture Wars

    - [32:11] How Did The Speech Go?

    - [35:39] The Polls

    - [47:58] Outro

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    SHOWNOTES

    - The Papers

    - Rayner pledges 'biggest boost to affordable housing' at conference

    - I Emailed My Doctor 133 Times: The Crisis In the British Healthcare System

    - Electoral Calculus

    - Politico Poll of Polls

    - Join us on Discord!

    DISCUSS

    - Reddit

    - Twitter

    - Facebook

    ATTRIBUTION

    - Recording engineer: Ennuicastr

    - Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

    - Main Image: Keir Starmer Handles a Protestor at the Labour Party Conference

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    51 mins
  • 701: Gotta Fight For Your Right to (Conservative) Parrrrrrty
    Oct 18 2023

    Rob and Tom discuss the Conservative Party Conference…

    TOPICS

    - [0:00] Intro

    - [1:20] Headlines: Gaza

    - [6:44] Main Story: Party Conference Season

    - [11:17] Conservative Party Conference

    - [24:16] Nigel Farage in the Conservative Party?

    - [29:34] Penny Mordaunt in the Wings?

    - [33:54] Sunak’s Speech & HS2

    - [53:51] Outro

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    SHOWNOTES

    - The Papers

    - Five policy ideas being pushed at Conservative Party conference

    - Farage Dancing [NSFL]

    - Electoral Calculus

    - Politico Poll of Polls

    - Join us on Discord!

    DISCUSS

    - Reddit

    - Twitter

    - Facebook

    ATTRIBUTION

    - Recording engineer: Ennuicastr

    - Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

    - Main Image: Penny Mordaunt gives her sppech at the Conservative Party Conference

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    55 mins