The new podcast from National Rejoin March, hosted by Lisa Burton and Peter Corr! A relaxed and fun chat with the hosts and 2 special guests on each show about various political topics from the UK, the EU and beyond!
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Rachel Ashley's Your Turn Podcast, a friendly and intimate chat with campaigners from the pro EU community.
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Making sense of our political hell every Tuesday and Friday! Oh God, What Now? is the no-bulls**t politics podcast, making the unbearable bearable with top quality guests and analysis, plus poor quality jokes. Regulars include: Dorian Lynskey, author of The Ministry Of Truth: A Biography of Orwell’s 1984 and host of Origin Story • Writer and commentator Ros Taylor • Rachel Cunliffe of the New Statesman • Writer and host of This Is Not A Drill Gavin Esler • Social affairs journalist Hannah Fe ...
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Emergency ElectionsCast – An absolute Mayor for Labour
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35:49We’re on a highway to Helsby… As Reform take Runcorn, rack up council seats and take Staffordshire and Lincolnshire county councils, Rafael Behr joins Andrew Harrison to explain what it all means. Is it really Farage’s night? Who’s more damaged, Badenoch or Starmer? Is this definitive proof that Labour can’t beat the enemy by becoming the enemy? An…
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Hair Cult 100: Trump’s crappy century
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1:04:18The first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second presidential term have been overwhelming. He’s signed a record 142 executive orders and cultivated historic unpopularity. What have we learned so far and CAN IT GET ANY WORSE? Host of the Home Front podcast Reed Galen joins us from across the pond. Plus, the media has spent so much time deliberating young…
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A taster of CRIME SCENE, our new podcast – Episode 1: Guns of London – Are armed gangs out of control?
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12:46Try a bite-sized sample of our brand new podcast Crime Scene. Every week ex-Met Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe and former Mirror editor Alison Phillips lift the lid on how criminal investigations really work. In our debut episode: The horrific shooting of an innocent nine-year-old girl in Dalston in 2024 laid bare bitter rivalries between L…
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The local elections AND the Runcorn and Helsby by-election stampede towards zero hour. Will Labour do as badly, and Reform as well, as predicted? And what will it all mean? Plus, we’re joined by the hosts of our new companion podcast CRIME SCENE. Ex-Met Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe and former editor of the Mirror Alison Phillips tell us h…
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On this episode, Rachel chats intimately with Steve Bray - Mr Stop Brexit himself! From one of the poorest areas in South Wales to his life living around Europe with his forces family to his life as an International star. He tells some unique insights about parliament and our politicians, from a perspective of his knowledge of history through colle…
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Ghost Tories – What if they hadn't screwed it up?
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1:14:47We all know the Conservatives got just about everything they could wrong when they were in government. But can we pinpoint where it all started to go wrong? And has the party learned its lessons? Tim Bale is a professor of politics at Queen Mary University London and his newly updated book: The Conservatives After Brexit: Turmoil and Transformation…
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This thing of Trump’s – Is the president a mob boss?
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1:03:34“Nice liberal democracy you got there, shame if something wuz to happen to it…” Trump behaves like a mob boss, complete with extortion and protection scams against universities, businesses and governments. But is he a real Godfather or just cosplaying as one? John Dickie, Professor of Italian Studies at UCL and expert on the Mafia, joins us to dism…
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On this episode, Rachel chats intimately with Cecilia Jastrzebska, president of Young European Movement and Women's European Movement about what motivates her huge body of work defending women and all that's right since an early age, and who's going to argue with a black belt?! Rachel Ashley's Your Turn Podcast is brought to you by National Rejoin …
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Ooh, you’re hard! – How seriously should we take ‘Hard Labour’?
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1:10:52Crossover edition with hit pod The Two Matts. What the hell is ‘Hard Labour’? Is it Blue Labour in disguise, Old Labour on steroids, or Starmerism’s inevitable final form? The New European’s Matt Kelly and Matt D’Ancona join Zöe Grünewald and Dorian Lynskey to look at Labour’s identity crisis. Plus: Fortress Europe vs Trump 2.0, The Beatles vs Andr…
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Fear Factory – Inside Trump's reign of terror with Molly Jong-Fast
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59:31Trump 2.0 is a different animal compared to his first term. His administration has already made massive cuts to the federal government and conducted a war on woke – all with terrifying ferocity. Is Trump ruling America by fear? Special guest and host of the Fast Politics podcast, Molly Jong-Fast, joins the panel. Plus, is there a future in British …
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On this episode, Rachel chats intimately with Femi Oluwole about how childhood superheroes led him to give up his career in EU law to campaigning for his country to see logic, to this day even through death threats, a lack of funding and more. Rachel Ashley's Your Turn Podcast is brought to you by National Rejoin March, find us online: Website TikT…
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Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has made a name for himself performing crazy stunts to win the hearts of voters. But maybe, just maybe, it’s working? Could the Lib Dems become the second biggest political party in the UK and what kind of people are they attracting to their cause? Enjoy Part Two of this week’s specially-split epic-length edition… W…
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Donald Trump’s tariff masterplan is working! Well that’s just utter bulls**t, isn’t it? Trump’s decision to reverse global tariffs for 90 days caught everyone by surprise, even us! Dorian, Hannah, Matt and Marie recorded the whole pod before the announcement, but don’t fear, Andrew Harrison and The Guardian’s Rafael Behr were on-hand to add some re…
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Donald Trump’s tariffs are tanking stock markets and bankrupting penguins. How is Britain coping with Trump’s assault on free trade… and is there anything we can do to protect ourselves from protectionism? Plus, the most crucial voters are aged between 35 and 59 – and they’re also the most economically worried. Professor Jane Green is the Director …
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On this episode, Rachel chats intimately with Ben Chambers of SMR Rejoin Radio - from the beginings of making music at university to Brexit forcing him to devote much of every week of his life since 2016 to creating the only pro-EU radio show anywhere in the world! SMR REJOIN RADIO - https://linktr.ee/smrrejoinradio Rachel Ashley's Your Turn Podcas…
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Land of the fee, home of the depraved
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1:12:34Trump is upending the world once again. We go on a whistlestop tour of tariffs, woke and the far-right in our latest show. First up, trade policy expert Dmitry Grozoubinski joins Andrew Harrison to explain why chaos is inevitable, following the new tariffs. Then into the main bulk of the episode, dinner time’s over for the tofu-eating wokerati… app…
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Rachel Reeves’s spring not-a-budget has gone down like a cup of cold sick and many Labour supporters are asking what they’re backing the party for. Is Labour on the verge of losing popular confidence – and could it win it back? Plus, as Trump gets weirder and weirder we look at two movies that explain the trashy allure of American fascism: Paul Ver…
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On this episode, Rachel chats intimately with Lisa Burton of Bremain in Spain - from the valleys of South Wales to becoming an immigrant in Spain, going from poverty to business owner and campaigning against Brexit and for Rejoin with National Rejoin March, Bremain in Spain and European Movement. BREMAIN IN SPAIN: https://www.bremaininspain.com REJ…
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Budget: The Grim Rachel – plus Hegseth’s WhiskeyLeaks
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1:02:12Rachel Reeves’ Spring not-a-budget Statement is out and it’s hard to take. What’s in it, what’s not, and are we all going to be rich now (hard no)? Plus, the return of Donald Trump has been hard to ignore – but should we wean ourselves off American politics, in favour of sorting out our own problems closer to home? And in the Extra Bit for Patreon …
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Is time up for Badenoch? – Plus, what Ancient Rome teaches us about Trump
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1:10:42Kemi Badenoch was supposed to reboot and re-energise the Tories. Now she’s tanking in the polls and flailing in the Commons. If she can’t beat Farage, will her leadership make it to the end of the summer? Plus, America’s slide from functioning democracy to autocracy summons up dark memories of when the same thing happened to the Ancient Roman repub…
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On this episode, Rachel chats intimately with Gareth Kearns of SODEM - from being in a band in Wales to protesting outside Parliament week in week out against Brexit / for Rejoin and finding ever more imaginative ways to inform the public on the media that deliberately misinforms! SODEM: https://x.com/sodemaction Gareth Akatre (Kearns): https://www…
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Did Covid change the world more than we realised?
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1:17:10It’s been five years since Boris Johnson announced the UK’s first Covid-19 lockdown. How much did that strange time in our recent history change the world we live in today? What lessons have we learned? And what hasn’t gone back to how it was before Covid-19 took hold of our lives? Christina Pagel is a professor of operational research at Universit…
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Make Tories Sane Again – Can the British Right survive Trump?
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56:41Trump’s election win delighted Farage, the Telegraph, GB News and the Tory Right – but since then the President’s behaviour has horrified British voters. Has the British Right bet on the wrong horse? And will it pay a price for backing a man who seems intent in punishing Europe? Plus, if you like TV but haven’t seen Adolescence yet – do. The harrow…
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With defence spending rising and welfare cuts causing unease, is it finally time for Labour to bite the bullet and raise taxes? Plus, DOGE has been tearing the US government apart at breakneck speed. But are Elon Musk and his band of merry nerds doing it legally and what could the consequences be to everyday Americans? Dr. Casey Burgat, author of W…
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On this episode, Rachel chats intimately with Peter Corr, co-founder of National Rejoin march about how he turned from a little council estate gangster wannabe, into one of the people leading the UK's campaign to Rejoin the European Union, with his time in the Armed Forces and producing music in between. National Rejoin March: https://www.marchforr…
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Has Keir Starmer finally found a crisis he can excel in? Will his supposedly boring manner and measured approach steer Britain and Europe through the Trump-Ukraine horror show? And will he eventually have to stop pretending he’s best friends forever with Trump? Plus, UK universities are going through a bit of a crisis. Are they still the pathway to…
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As Trump freezes aid for Ukraine and Vance appears to call the UK or France a “random country that hasn't fought a war in 30 or 40 years" – have we reached the end of the post-war world? And will the second coming of Trump result in the death of NATO? Peter Apps is the author of Deterring Armageddon: A Biography of NATO and joins the panel. Plus, w…
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Ambush in the White House – What now for Europe?
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1:04:43After the callous and cowardly attack on Zelensky in the White House, will support from European leaders be enough to compensate for Trump’s contempt for Ukraine? And does Starmer have a new job as official Trump Whisperer? Plus, back home, can Labour get the growth it needs without finally delivering for the North? Matt Kelly, editor-in-chief of T…
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On this episode, we introduce you to Katie Serena, up and coming Tik Tok creator who's joining with NRM to create excellent content for us as well as campaign to Rejoin the EU after being too young to vote in 2016. We discuss Brexit, Ukraine, Feminism and much more! Watch Rejoin Rants on our YouTube channel youtube.com/@marchforrejoin, or listen to…
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Keir Starmer’s decision to raise defence spending and cut foreign aid has raised a whole load of questions (but not any asked by Kemi Badenoch because she’s, like, really bad at that). Is cutting aid the right choice? Are we ready for war? And is this the start of Starmer being tougher towards Trump? Plus: is centrism dead? Award-winning pollster a…
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Even though the AFD didn’t win the German election, the far-right party still doubled its vote. Has Germany dodged a bullet? And is America now the enemy of Europe? German politics Professor Rudi Wurzel joins the podcast to get into it all. Plus, How can we deal with a world where politics forces itself into everything? We’re on YouTube!: https://w…
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Trump’s decision to rip up 80 years of transatlantic security co-operation leaves Europe in a panic. What happens when America lines up with a despot like Putin? Can Europe afford to defend itself? Dr Julie Norman of UCL joins us to look at the alarming new security environment. Plus, with Badenoch’s Tories in an apparent doom spiral, we look at wh…
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US Vice President JD Vance proves himself to be as much an arse as his boss with a hateful, trollish performance at the Munich Security Conference. Will his culture war insults and support for the European far-right signal the final end of the Atlanticist dream… and is Ukraine now doomed? Plus, only 40% of 18-27 year olds say they’re proud of Brita…
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Why is Labour trying to copy Reform?
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1:12:02Labour’s ‘crackdown’ on illegal workers was an obvious ploy to tame Reform UK’s growing influence. But will Starmer’s Labour alienate its own supporters just to chase voters who’ll always hate them? Plus, only one in five Brits approve of the government’s handling of crime. Will Labour turn that around with the PM’s experience of the justice system…
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The sky isn’t falling… not in the UK, at least
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1:08:37Keir Starmer may have been enduring stormy weather since winning power – but is the sky really falling in, as parts of the media think? And why are so many UK commentators and pundits addicted to the idea that we’re living in times of ultimate crisis? Plus, it’s 100 days since Kemi Badenoch took on the Tory leadership. Has she turned the party's fo…
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Trump's America – Cloud Coup Coup Land
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1:12:00Donald Trump and his evil nerd henchman Elon Musk continue to “flood the zone” with new harmful executive orders and bullshit headlines. How do we figure out what matters and what doesn’t? Plus, Reform UK has – somehow – topped a poll as the UK’s most popular political party. Should we stop paying so much attention to polls, and letting them set th…
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As Keir Starmer visits Brussels for a meeting with European Union leaders, Trump has the EU in his sights. But Trump says Starmer is “nice”, so will Britain get away unscathed from new tariffs? It’s quite the predicament for the British PM – will he have to choose between one or the other? And what’s with all the DISRUPTION? From electoral politics…
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Happy Birthday, Brexit! – 5th Anniversary Gala Celebration!
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1:07:29It’s five years this week since we left the EU. Isn’t everything going brilliantly? Special guest Anand Menon of UK In A Changing Europe joins us to assess the many, many achievements of Global Britain. Has Brexit changed Britain irrevocably? What destroyed the Tory party: leaving the EU, Liz Truss or Boris Johnson’s own hubris? What’s the real rea…
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Why can’t the BBC handle our chaotic politics? – with special guest Steve Richards
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1:02:38BBC politics coverage is in trouble: browbeaten by the Mail and Telegraph, still reeling from Tory intimidation, and addicted to ever-shorter, cheaper, surface coverage in an age that wants depth and complexity. Special guest Steve Richards of the Rock and Roll Politics podcast, himself an ex-BBC politics correspondent, joins us to work out what’s …
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Rejoin Rants - Ep9 - Maximilien Robespierre and Political X
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1:06:37On today's episode, we talk Trump, Musk, Social Media now, How scary is the future and much more! With YouTube Legends, Maximilien Robespierre and Alex Kerr (Political X). Watch Rejoin Rants on our YouTube channel youtube.com/@marchforrejoin, or listen to it on all your favourite podcast platforms now! For more info, go to marchforrejoin.co.uk/rant…
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Rejoin Rants - Ep8 - Helen Johnston and Andrew Hesselden
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1:02:33On this episode, we talk everything Freedom of Movement since Brexit. With Helen Johnston from Bremain in Spain and Andrew Hesselden from Save Freedom Of Movement, plus we talk about 'Brexit The Elephant' and more! Watch Rejoin Rants on our YouTube channel youtube.com/@marchforrejoin, or listen to it on all your favourite podcast platforms now! For…
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Trump starts as viciously as he means to go on, with a confected state of emergency on immigration, attacks on gay and trans people, withdrawals from the Paris Climate agreement and the World Health Organisation, and pardons for the anti-democracy rioters of Jan 6. Reed Galen, co-founder of the anti-MAGA Republican group The Lincoln Project and hos…
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The Politics of Chaos – How should Britain handle Trump?
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1:07:35And so it begins. The second age of Trump is upon us. Are we all braced? All eyes are on what executive orders he will enact in his first week. So, how do we handle Trump’s politics of chaos? Or will we simply have to grin and bear it? Plus, Labour promised “a new deal for working people” before winning the election. Has it kept its promise with th…
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Has the Right conquered social media – and can the Left win it back?
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1:07:51As Musk and Zuckerberg vie to enshittify Twitter and Facebook, is the Right’s victory over social media final? Is there something intrinsic to social media that drives its users rightwards (and crazy)? Does Zuckerberg believe in anything at all? Expert in digital politics and radicalisation Alan Finlayson joins us to look at the abasement of Big Te…
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Gilty Conscience – Is Rachel Reeves really in trouble?
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1:04:27As Britain’s economic growth slows and gilt returns go up (no, we can’t remember what it means either) the Tory press are eager to construct a narrative of “Labour’s mess”. How real is it – and is Chancellor Rachel Reeves really at risk? Plus: Trump wants to annex Canada, Greenland and possibly your house. Are we back to 19th century foreign policy…
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Senior Tories like Badenoch and Jenrick are cynically following the lead of far-right wackos like Elon Musk to stoke the grooming gangs story. Are there any red lines left for a desperate Conservative Party that will now say things even Nigel Farage won’t? Former editor of The Mirror Alison Phillips joins the panel to get into it all. Plus, it’s a …
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2025: The Four Horsemen of the Apodalypse
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1:12:53We did it, we survived 2024. Now, we face 2025 – a year where the world’s most influential country is headed by a convicted felon. How consequential will Donald Trump and his nerdy henchman, Elon Musk, be? And back home, Labour is taking on its first full year in charge. Keir Starmer has made a lot of promises, can he and his government get any of …
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The Oh God, What Now? Politics Awards 2024
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1:10:32• Last chance to get 20% off a year’s Patreon support for OGWN! Rishi in the rain? Musk ruining everything? Boris Johnson’s stupid book? In the OGWN Political Awards of the Year we choose the defining moments of the year – but also the heroes, villains, and even the reasons to be optimistic for 2025. Dorian Lynskey, Marie le Conte, Ros Taylor and R…
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Rejoining the EU? – On the agenda for 2025?
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58:47As bad Brexit news piles up, a new poll says that even Leave voters would welcome freedom of movement if it meant access to the Single Market. But is the question of Britain rejoining the EU ever going to make it into mainstream politics conversation? We look at the hurdles. Plus, the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has put the Americ…
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Ho Ho Ho God, What Now? Live – Christmas ’24 Special – Part Two: Trump’s MAGA-lomania
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1:11:12• Our Cyber Monday sale is still on. Get 20% off a year’s Patreon support for OGWN. Back from the interval? Got your drinks and crisps? Return to London’s legendary Comedy Store to hear Dorian Lynskey, Marie le Conte, Jonn Elledge and special guest John Crace – parliamentary sketchwriter for The Guardian – delve into the wreckage of the French elec…
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