Socialist Think Tank Podcasts

We, of course, address the Isreali war on Palestine as well

Paul is back from the World Championships, Cat Cray returns, Kerry hits home and John is in his rightful place as chair.

The team return following the summer break

We discuss Johnson, Freeports and a Royal court case

Disability support, Jamie Driscoll and enquiries into enquiries

We discuss the bleakness of the cost of being alive

We discuss the frightening and ignored situation in Iran, why our education system is insistent on making children cry and the luxury of a cheese sandwich.

The team discuss conferences, Trump and the return of Victorian diseases.

Local Elections, Coronation Protest, Animal Testing

We discuss China, British prisons and Sunak's maths plan

For some reason voter ID is considered to be a more pressing issue for the government, despite miniscule levels of fraud, than tonnes of raw sewage in our waters. Possibly because the gutter is full of political rhetoric from the establishment Parties.

John, Jayne, Kerry and Paul talk about apartheid, capitalism's role in making lives miserable and teachers in the NEU fighting back.

We discuss the implications of the UK budget, the Forde report on the Labour Party's institutional racism being ignored and Putin and Xi.

We discuss the liberals' outrage when it is a tv presenter rather that the government's usual suspects under attack, the inhumane immigration bill and the upcoming budget

We talk to POP about the mission to prevent suicide in the North East

We Talk to Thelma about her time in the Labour Party, through to a new party and what is Socialism to her?

We discuss the latest on the NI protocol, Hancock showing the true face of the tories and Stephen Bear. We may mention Sue Gray and the Labour Party becoming a funny tinge of red.

We discuss the crisis in political leadership

As Gavin Williamson is accused of bullying and Matt Hancock abandons the commons for the Jungle, how are the wrong people constantly put in charge? We also look at the failures in screening for the Police force and wonder why in the world Starmer has opened up a new anti immigrant front on the previously safe space of those who come here to save our lives in the NHS. We also have a look at what might have been for Sedgefield Labour Party.

We talk workers' rights and Starmer's vacuous missions

Harry's son, John, is joined by Jeremy Corbyn to talk about the life of the wonderful Harry.

We discuss the Knowsley Riots, Lee Anderson and UFOs

Imposed Installation of pre payment meters, Shell Obscene profits and Liz Truss on her honesty

On the eve of a huge day of strike action we discuss the NEU action and the right to strike. We also discuss Doncaster care homes and tanks in Ukraine

- Andrew Tate and modern mysogyny. - NHS privatisation on the cards - Levelling southwards (except Richmond)

Topics include • Sunak & Starmer's New Year speeches • Tory anti-strike law • Sexual orientation census results

We discuss the strikes and attempt to balance the appalling narrative in the UK mainstream media, as they go on the attack. We also discuss the compass tactical voting coalition and whether we'd actually be any better off under a Labour Party backed by hedge funds and private interests.

We discuss Labour's plans for reform of the Lords, Elon Musk's reveal of the Hunter Biden files and disestablishment of the Church of England

We discuss how it has become normal for foodbanks and warmbanks to be offered by the political class as solutions rather than fair pay and dignity. We discuss the elitists getting increasingly wealthy at our expense with the Mone PPE scandal as an example. We talk about the UK's confusing stance on China, criticising their authoritarian clampdowns and lockdowns while appearing in many cases to strive to do the same here.

Today we cover the budget, the royal mail strikes and the Awaab Ishak tragedy

We are joined by Patricia Pino and Christian Reilly from the MMT podcast to find out just what MMT is and what the left can learn from understanding economics using this framework.

We discuss the issues in the NHS with pressure on services and the nurse's strike, what is going on at G20 and what we would like to see in the budget.

As Gavin Williamson is accused of bullying and Matt Hancock abandons the commons for the Jungle, how are the wrong people constantly put in charge? We also look at the failures in screening for the Police force and wonder why in the world Starmer has opened up a new anti immigrant front on the previously safe space of those who come here to save our lives in the NHS. We also have a look at what might have been for Sedgefield Labour Party.

National Security risk Braverman is put straight back into office following serious breaches of the ministerial code and immediately removes the mask to reveal her fascist views on refugees. Meanwhile everyone is balloting for strike and Musk takes over twitter.

We discuss the 4 part Al Jazeera documentary "The Labour Files" which depicts a rotten core of a racist political Party and Sunak's coronation by Tory MPs

Truss is gone. How did it happen? What does it mean for us? Will anything change? Will Boris make a comeback? Do looks matter in politics and is Keir Starmer suffering from dark side degradation?

Paul talks about his experiences in the Sedgefield Labour Party selection race, and the team talks Trussonomics and Ukraine.

The Big Story is: How to survive at 40°C Other Stories: RMT announces further rail strike & Mo Farah trafficking survivor

We discuss Johnson's resignation as Party leader, NHS birthday woes and Labour's proposed National Care Service

We discuss the potential for a Scottish Independence Referendum, 50 years of UK Pride and those resignations

We discuss whether the rail strikes have been a success or failure, Roe vs Wade being overturned and the Tory by election defeats

As Johnson sacks his ethics adviser, we ask if there is any point in having his role for a clearly unethical political class.

We discuss Prince Charles' comments, rail strikes and raising the age of smoking to 21

We discuss the latest UK Parliamentary debacle as Tory MPs narrowly vote confidence in their disgraced leader Boris Johnson. We also ask whether policing has become a problem and whether we should extend free school meals.

We talk to Dan Draper about his third in a trilogy of films Manifesto. Following on from The Nature of the Beast and The Big Meeting. Along with Alan Gibbons and Michael Hardy, activists from the film.

We discuss plans for student loans to be denied to anybody who has to re-sit English or Mathematics, the fallout of Partygate and the re-writing of the ministerial code and the human cost of the Uyghur detention camps in China

Is the UK in danger of sleep walking into fascism and what can we do about it?

We discuss the actions needed to be taken now as prices soar and wages stagnate, the abuser working for MI5 and pollution now responsible for one in six deaths worldwide.

An amazing collaboration of groups supporting each other in gaining recognition for women that history has failed to remember

We discuss the crisis in governance in Northern Ireland, the murder of a journalist in the West Bank and the UK government's plans to cut 90,000 jobs.

We talk to Chantelle Lunt about a campaign to take our permission away from policing.