We Started a Political Party

This week Sam, Graham and special guest Dan sit down to discuss the winners and losers from some of the smaller parties in the UK general election. From men in wooden ties, fedoras, and top hats to the world's most comprehensive HGV policy, we leave no stone unturned in the hottest election debrief in town.

As the UK's political parties battle for the ultimate prize, the keys to No 10, the pod casts its eye back to last month's local elections and dishes out some highly coveted 'We Started a Political Party' awards for some truly unique local candidates

This week the team meet Tony 'I Am The Change' Mallon, leader of one of the UK's newest parties, the Northern Irish People's Party (NIPP).The NIPP are a libertarian, anti-lockdown, cross-community party based in Northern Ireland. Join us as we cross the Irish Sea and learn about the party's policies, including natural medicine, banning white LEDs, turning Stormont into a museum, and faster speed limits.

We're barely over 1/4 of the way through 2024, and already 19 new political parties (and counting) have been registered in the UK since the start of the year.  Join the team as we dive into some of the newest political forces in UK politics, tell you how to set up your own political party, and reveal the significance of the number 42. Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro (03:19) - How to start your own party (12:07) - The new parties of 2024 (15:11) - The Social Justice Party (19:40) - The Sustainability Party (27:11) - The National Distributist Party (32:16) - The Party of Women (37:06) - The Homeland Party (41:58) - The Freedom Alliance (44:52) - Outro

This week the team sit down with Ewan Hoyle, former leader Volt UK. We discuss his new party, how tactical voting could reshape the UK, and his campaign to get David Cameron to reopen the debate on drugs.

With faulty aircraft carriers, too few troops, and not enough tanks, Britain's armed forces are on the brink. This week, the crew puts their heads together to solve Britain's defence deficit and see what solutions the UK's small parties are offering.

This week the team sit down with Damian Boeselager, MEP for Germany and co-founder of Volt Europa, the progressive party calling for EU-wide reform. Join us as we talk about founding Volt, the daily life of an MEP, the rise of populism, and the prospects for the UK rejoining the EU.

This week we take a look at the upcoming Wellingborough by-election and the individuals vying to be 2024's first elected MP. With Reform UK polling strong and set to cause a big stir we chat to some of the candidates from Wellingborough, as well as a broader panel of candidates from Reform, to find out more.

Who are the Monster Raving Loony Party? That's the question we're answering today as we sit down with their leader, the one and only Howling Laud Hope. Join us as we talk cats, beer, rock 'n' roll, and even pitch a few of our own policies for their #manicfesto.

In this episode we don rose-tinted glasses to explore the politics of tradition and heritage across the British Isles, and debate leeks, language, and top hats in parliament.

Welcome to our first ever Christmas special! We've searched from pole to pole and each chosen a special guest to invite to our festive dinner. Join us as we delve into their ideas, debate where they sit on the political spectrum and question just how Christmassy they really are. Featuring crackers, trivia and a fist fight with Santa, tis the season to be podcasty.

In this episode, we examine parties and movements looking to shake up the way we address crime and punishment in the UK. From thought crimes to suspicious bovines, we'll be asking if times up for prisons or revenge is a dish best served in a cell.

We meet the parties on the left and the right taking the fight on climate change to the polls, all while we discover an inconvenient truth…. the UK's 2050 Net-Zero target might be too little too late!

As we break down the policies and candidates of the recent Hamilton and Rutherglen West by-election, we learn that one of our hosts is surprisingly well connected and even has dirt on one of the candidates...

In this episode, we find out if bigger really is better, or whether it's just a question of how you use it. We serve up a sandwich of Communist ideas, calculate how much Libertarianism is too much Libertarianism, and pit the Marxist Leninists (*brackets*) against the new Socialist kids on the block, all while the pesky Lib Dems continue their campaign to waylay the pod...

We take a journey from north to south exploring regional parties on the hunt for power, with some who are willing to take it by any means necessary...

After stealing and repurposing a book idea, our hosts embark on a journey across the mad fringes of British politics in search of ideas so silly they just might work...