Podcasts about brexity

Esther Krakue, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the PM's ‘island of strangers' speech, the ‘very Brexity' books that landed a pensioner in a police cell and why men should not play women's football. Has identity politics peaked? spiked will be joined by the great Andrew Doyle to discuss his new book, The End of Woke, at our next London event. This is exclusively for spiked supporters, members of our online donor community. Get tickets: https://www.spiked-online.com/events/ Losing your hair is a choice. Take back control today with Manual. Fans of spiked can get 50 per cent off their first order here: http://manual.co/SPIKED Take your business to the next level with Shopify. Sign up now and get a £1-per-month trial period: https://shopify.co.uk/spiked 

This week we look at Trumps Tariffs; Immigration in the UK; the new Pope; the old Pope's failure on African Christians; Assisted Suicide in Scotland; 'a bit Brexity' police; Thomas the Tank Engine a sign of Fascism; Country of the week - Pakistan; Genocide in South Africa; Mehreen Farqui and Climate Change reparations to Pakistan; Scottish government mandates indoctrination of children into Climate Doctrine; Cocaine in Newcastle; Gary Lineker and Jewish rats; Columbia Unitsemity; The BBC's Gay Dating Show; Lily Philips on Trigernometry; Irish school girl asks for the Demolition man; SermonAudio censorship; and Psalm 124.  with music from Mary, Mary; Metallica; Pakistani Christian music;  Eric Clapton; The Flying Lizards. 

Stelios, Steven, and Firas discuss Trump's granting refugee status to white South Africans, very Brexity things, and whether Catholicism can save the west.

It's the two hundredth Trawl! Jemma and Marina can hardly believe it and both recommend a couple of vintage eps to celebrate, as does editor Max. Then, it's over to the States to see what health recommendations RFK Jr. is making. Hopefully they'll be less effective than the ones he made in Samoa where there was a huge outbreak of measles and subsequent deaths as a result of his vaccine scaremongering. Then, along with hundreds of tractors, irate farmers and a smattering of Brexity types, to Westminster we go where the farming community have descended to protest against having to pay inheritance again, at a discounted rate. There is some sympathy for some farmers but, as far as Marina and Jemma are concerned, Jeremy Clarkson, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Farage can do one. They all either own acres and acres of tax dodging or caused the farming community endless pain and hassle due to Brexit. The irony is strong. The Trawl ladies are very grateful to Vic Derbyshire for her incredible interview with farm poster boy, Clarkson. It really revealed so much.....none of it flattering. They're also left wondering how excited ex Tory MP, Neil Parish, must be. All those tractors! Fwarrrr. As ever there are under rated tweets and a puddingMarina's vintage Ep choice:Ep 134: Order of the Thistle and Other Mad PlotsJemma's vintage Ep choice:Ep 031: Drinking Hunt's Coffee Beside The Brexit Bonfire of EU LawsMax's vintage Ep choice Ep 104: Pincher pinching, now Peter Bone...Patreonhttps://patreon.com/TheTrawlPodcastYoutubehttps://www.youtube.com/@TheTrawlTwitterhttps://twitter.com/TheTrawlPodcastBlueSkyhttps://bsky.app/profile/thetrawl.bsky.socialCreated and Produced by Jemma Forte & Marina PurkissEdited by Max Carrey

Is there a glimmer of light at the end of the (Channel) tunnel for young Britons wanting to travel more freely in Europe? This week's headlines hinting at a Youth Mobility Scheme suggest there may well be, and polling tells us that even old Brexity types aren't against helping Generation Z win back some of the European travel freedoms that us oldies took for granted before You Know What happened. Naomi Smith reads the runes and finds a policy that could help young people and be broadly popular too – with Europe as well as the UK. And she explains why her team at Best For Britain is backing a reciprocal EU-UK Youth Mobility Scheme, one of 114 recommendations published by the cross-party UK Trade and Business Commission last year. Thanks as ever for listening – find us on Facebook and Twitter as @quietriotpod and on Bluesky. Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com. Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com. Click here for your Quiet Riot Bluesky Starter Pack. Click here for a second Bluesky Starter Pack. Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell, in cahoots with Sandstone Global. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode opens with the heart-warming tale of Carly in Harlow and her allotment, but any warm and fuzzy feelings will be short-lived as Jemma and Marina follow this with a discussion on that Liz Truss speech and some of the best reactions to it. Then it's a quick stop off at the Reform Party Spring rally - because you wouldn't want to stay there any longer - before discussing a Daily Mail article that appeared to imply that women doing well were to blame for the downfall of Tupperware. Then, and how could they not, Jemma and Marina chat through some of the latest glittering Brexit benefits and touch upon a very exciting head-to-head that is coming up next week (get your popcorn ready), before finishing on a Brexity-flavored pudding from The Exploding Heads.  Enjoy! Thank you for sharing and do tweet us @MarinaPurkiss @jemmaforte @TheTrawlPodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The strikes are biting with more workforces walking out across the economy. Will the Government blink? Meanwhile, the worst Brexit goes the louder the Brexit Party AKA Reform UK rattles its cage. Do we need to steel ourselves for another year of Brexity self-sabotage? Plus, the Qatar aftermath, Sunak orders an audit of Britain's support for Ukraine, and a mini-crystal ball look at 2023. Gavin Esler takes Alex Andreou through the week ahead.  “We just don't spend enough on healthcare… You don't see a winter health crisis in Germany.”  “It's just like listening to the old Marxists: ‘If only we tried Brexit properly, it'd all be fine.”  “2022 has been a year of self-harm for Britain.”  Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Alex Andreou. Audio production by Jade Bailey. Assistant producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Producer: Jet Gebertson. Lead producer: Jacob Jarvis. Music: Kenny Dickinson. Group editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Britain really the hopelessly split society that we fear? The good news is that as the Brexit rubble settles, our common ground is growing, and Britain is more up for serious political change than almost any other Western democracy. Tim Dixon, co-founder of pro-consensus pressure group More In Common and former advisor to Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard in Australia, talks to Ros Taylor about the weird online and offline dynamics that over-represent vocal extremes, and why Brexity nationalists agree with progressives more than you think. “We've lived off the capital of past generations in terms of the glue that holds society together. Now we need to reinvest in it.”“People's identities as Remainer or Leaver is still a lot stronger than their identification with a political party.”“We tend to forget that most people don't see the world through a political lens.”“If politics can come back into people's lives, and be useful again, then it can be really transformative.”Presented by Ros Taylor. Produced Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Is Britain as divided over COVID as we were over Brexit? Do people really think that if you lost your job during the pandemic, it's your fault? And if Brexity pundits are so anti-lockdown, why are Leave voters largely in favour of restrictions? Bobby Duffy (Director of the Policy Institute at King's College ) and Paula Surridge (Deputy Director of the UK in a Changing Europe) have researched our changing attitudes with surprising results. They tell Ros Taylor about the deep impulses driving politics – and whether Leave vs Remain identities might finally be breaking down. “Even though we've seen a transfer of wealth from young to old, we just don't see people saying Let's take from the old and give to the young” – Bobby Duffy“Leave/Remain is often seen as a generation gap but it's more to do with education.” – Paula Surridge“There is an opportunity to reimagine our economy… but it won't come easy.” – Bobby Duffy“Real lockdown scepticism is actually a rarity… It doesn't bring people together across the political spectrum, it splits them up” – Bobby DuffyPresented by Ros Taylor. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Not all players convey links - find us on Acast if this text is not clear.Sovereignty - we've heard a lot in the UK about both sovereignty, and "taking back control" - but this taking back of control in the context of leaving the EU has so far barely extended to us as citizens. Why and how is the current UK system so paternalistic? What are the roots of the widespread and long-standing political apathy in the UK? What alternative models can we look to for inspiration?In this episode we examine how the UK's First Past The Post system creates, not least in Boris Johnson, but also Tony Blair and Margaret Thatcher, rulers that are effectively sovereign monarchs, and a citizenry of disempowered subject-consumers. And we explore what it would take for us to assert our sovereignty more effectively.Talking points:The planet is ideally sovereign, but to be practical it's people who are doing the doingWho actually exercises power in the UK?Centralisation leads to bureaucracy leads to powerlessnessThe Welfare System as a case in pointThink Tanks vs. Thinking TanksPeople are perfectly capable, regardless of backgroundSwitzerland's consensual democracy as exemplarFragmentation of the UK as an opportunity for thisHangover of Empire in the current administrationChallenges to active participationLeadership model in AmazonScientific Method, falsification and Karl PopperBonus Links: Sovereignty boffin and Brexit campaigner Claire Fox celebrates the engaging effect that the UK's leaving the EU has had on democratic participation in the UK, and that this is only the beginning - neatly illustrating that for some, Brexit is a gift that keeps on giving, even if for others it is a night - long, dark, damp, and cold - with no promise of morning. Brrr.Pioneering paediatrician and psychotherapist of family systems D.W. Winnicott's 1949 essay exploring the question of maturity in individuals and society, strongly anticipating themes of systems thinking.From the In Our Time History Archive - now pieces of history in themselves:Long history of psychoanalysis and democracy (2002)Thoughts on the Nation State (1999) - prescient and rather Brexity in retrospect. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

He was a vocal supporter of Brexit, but Pub Landlord wants the UK to leave the Solar System by 2030. That's according to the man behind the landlord, Al Murray. Comedian Al Murray joined Dermot and Dave for a chat about spending the most amount of time he's ever spent at home, intimate toys on Zoom calls and doing stand-up virtually. Al will be appearing at Comedy KARLnival Zoom Online with Karl Spain & friends on Friday 5th of February at 8pm. Tickets are available online now. [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2021/02/04123006/AlMurray_0402.mp3"][/audio]

Sixth-formers take the microphone and put their questions to this week’s guests, after Christopher Hope has a go, of course. On this week’s show: Northern Powerhouse Minister, Jake Berry addresses plans to bridge the North-South divide, former Daily Express journalist Patrick O’Flynn reveals what it was like to be an early Brexiteer, former Labour cabinet minister Liz Kendall answers the students’ queries on post-Brexit immigration and Conservative peer Lord Ridley tells our guests why there are many reasons to crack a smile in 2020.Get 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/chopper |Read why Philip Johnston thinks “the system isn’t so broken after all”: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/01/14/harry-meghan-brexit-system-isnt-broken/ |Listen to the Audio Football Club: https://playpodca.st/afc |Email: choppersbrexitpodcast@telegraph.co.ukTwitter: @brexitbroadcast

Richard Porritt and Steve Anglesey return to analyse another week of Brexity electiony news.The pair flick through the manifestos, give their lowdown on the debate and, of course, crown another Brexiteer of the Week. 

For comedian Dom Joly, travel is in the blood. Born in Beirut he had what in his recent book, The Hezbollah Hiking Club, he describes as a curiously paradoxical childhood between a posh Oxford boarding school and a warzone. He dreamt of being a foreign correspondent, for his first travel book investigated ‘dark tourism’ and the world’s most unlikely holiday destinations and travelled the globe in search of mythical monsters such as Bigfoot and the Yeti, notching up almost 100 countries in the process. Not one to do things in any conventional manner, for this episode Lisa gets a tour around Oxford in Dom Joly’s car.   On this episode we cover:   Travelling through Oxford Emulating James Corden Dom not looking like a Goth Being a Goth in a hot country, melting by the beach Wanting to make a documentary about Goths Getting beaten up in Beirut because of wearing make up The Civil War starting in Beirut Being at the same school as Osama Bin Laden Moving to the Dragon School in Oxford Beirut being exciting and amazing and a warzone His new book The Hezbollah Hiking Club being a love-letter to Lebanon Periods where his family had to leave by boat Being bombed at home and having to hide in the garden Being half an hour from the beach and the ski zone Never enjoying living anywhere else more Loving the perceived danger of Lebanon (when he really just had a lovely holiday) No-one writing anything good about Lebanon The vastly different topographic landscape of Lebanon People think Lebanon is desert but a lot looks like Switzerland His family partly coming from Lausanne, Huguenots that ended up in London The family moving to Turkey then Beirut How Dom should do Who Do You Think You Are? Finding a bullet hole ridden bus in the middle of beautiful countryside Lebanon having a litter problem leaving bloody buses around the joint Driving into the heart of Oxford City near the Sheldonian Lisa doing travel news in Oxford The contrast of living in Oxford and then going home to a warzone Being at school with most of the Tory Cabinet, Radiohead and Tim Henman Getting caned for showing off his collection of shrapnel Writing a great ‘what I did in the holidays’ Syria being his favourite country on earth Going to Syria to get away from the war – Damascus and Palmyra (with correct pronunciation) One million Syrian refugees currently in Lebanon Syrian refugee camps now all over Lebanon Travelling to the Jordanian border as an Ambassador for Save the Children Growing up with Palestinian refugee camps around His book The Dark Tourist Netflix stealing his idea of him! Failing his interview for Oxford University SOAS School of African Oriental Studies being great for diplomats and potential spies Finding London wasn’t a university experience Japanese announcements on the train from Bicester Village Is Bicester Village as bad as the Tuol Seng Priosn...? Being obsessed with Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge and other dark tourist destinations Finding Cambodia’s similarities to Lebanon fascinating The whole generation that just disappeared Falling into being a good travel writer by reading The Bridge Stumbling across the war crimes trial Swapping shorts with the trousers of the Cambodian guard Having an incredible Adolf Eichmann moment, his eyes meeting the banality of evil across the room Lisa feeling scared in the Cambodian jungle at Sihanoukville The weird journey of visiting the Killing Fields People who lie on a beach in Cuba and don’t do the culture Dom watching the Kardashians Suicidal pilots flying into mountains Visiting Chernobyl before it was trendy Worrying about nuclear war and acid runs growing up When the Wind Blows, the Snowman and Fungus the Bogeyman Reading so much about Chernobyl that he almost knew his way around How Call of Duty is a great tour guide for a visit to Chernobyl The kid that’s just won a million pounds playing Fornite Driving past a massive mosque in Oxford Hating tour guides His mum saying ‘we’re not tourist, we’re travellers’ Being massively uniformed in his travel books Lisa liking the Lonely Planet Living in Prague in the 90s Instagram and Trip Advisor influencing travel Dom inter-railing after he just left school Scary Monsters and Super Beasts – in homage to David Bowie The ‘amazing’ Coop and Betfreds on the outside of Oxford Reading Arthur C Clarke’s Mysterious World age 8 Being fascinating by stories of Big Foot, the Loch Ness Monster Wanting to go to all the places Tin Tin went to Tin Tin writer, Hergé, never leaving Belgium Tin Tin in the Congo being racist Belgians being ‘cool French” The monster that blocks the rivers in the north of the Congo Colonies being angry they didn’t get Tin Tinned Tin Tin killed 400 animals in that book The Belgians being a repulsively awful colonial power Enid Blyton being a right old racist too Becoming a Monster Hunter Arriving at Vancouver to track down Canada’s Nessie Whether he believes in Big Foot 200 miles of Lost Coast in California The Yeti being the most believable one due to the Sherpas The Hoopa Indians talking about a lost tribe of hairy people Living in a ‘Brexity area’ Lisa writing guide books for Thomas Cook about the Cotswolds Cream teas being a good indicator of being in a Brexit area Going to Raymond Blanc’s first restaurant in Summertown, Oxford Having travelled to 93 countries Wanting to visit Algeria, Libya and Yemen Being more a travel writer and always fascinated by travel writers Wanting to be a foreign correspondent Being a big fan of John Simpson, Robert Fisk, Jim Muir Hostage journalist John McCarthy staying with the family the night before he got kidnapped His family being part of the Levant Trading Company for three generations His family being moved to a crusader castle on the Syrian-Turkish border His great-granddad writing a debriefing note for the authorities His Canadian wife travelling around the world Driving from the Cotswolds to Istanbul and back with his wife and kids The joy and useless skills of memorising capital cities Dom’s experience on The Island with Bear Grylls (off Panama) being the hardest thing he’s ever done Losing almost 3 stone in 14 days Getting eaten alive by sand flies (buried into his leg!) Is Bear Grylls a Ronnie Barker or a Ronnie Corbett What’s real and what’s for TV Bear Grylls getting his kit off and doing ‘the Bear Prayer’ Sarajevo being his top travel recommendation Sarajevo and the (initially) botched assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Going to Vienna to see Franz Ferdinand’s car and the astounding number plate coincidence The story behind the Hezbollah Hiking Club on the Lebanon mountain trail 27 day walking trail from Syria to Israel Returning to Lebanon and facing some demons Growing old disgracefully Walking to his gig at the Cheltenham Literature festival Lisa expecting Dom to be dressed as a squirrel Listeners questions! Whether his Trigger Happy TV big mobile gets him in trouble on trips Loving guns but not going to shoot up a McDonalds Driving through Utah and hitting on a gun range Bourton on the Water being a cxxt magnet (!) as well as the Venice of the Cotswolds People shouting his catchphrases at him in North Korea Cycling into the library in Brighton The big snail sketch in Trigger Happy TV being one of his favourite Nearly getting beaten up by a Nun in a Londis in Notting Hill Lisa and Dom’s coincidental Candid Camera box set Racist hidden camera shows in South Africa Benny Hill having Arabic and French subtitles in Lebanon Music being Dom’s big love John Simpson’s perfect answer to the music questions His first TV travel show (for Sky) Wish You Were Here on an 8 track in the middle of the Syrian desert Driving into caves outside Palmyra, camping under the full moon and the stars            

“And finally monsieur, a wafer-thin Brexity mint…” The “distinguished”* legal expert DAVID ALLEN GREEN joins us to explain the consequences of the Scottish Court of Sessions’ bombshell ruling in a little extra Remainiacs for one week only.* As endorsed by the House of Commons.Audio production by Alex Rees. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As Theresa May's premiership gets very close to the end, we talk about who and what might be coming next. Can her successor re-establish the authority she has lost? Can anyone govern in this parliament or do we need a general election? Is the age of long-serving prime ministers also coming to an end? Plus we discuss what lessons can be drawn from the recent election in Australia: what does it tell us about the politics of climate change? With Helen Thompson and Chris Brooke.Talking Points:Theresa May’s prime ministership is nearing its last week. She has no authority left.Is it about her and her mismanagement, or has something happened to the office?Will her successor have any more luck? (It seems unlikely)It doesn’t seem like there was any realistic scenario in which May could have peeled off significant numbers of Labour MP’s. But the fight over the people’s vote within Labour could have turned out differently. If the leadership had succumbed, Labour MP’s in Leave constituencies might have done something different. October will be a month of high drama: both the Brexit deadline and the party conferences.Also the three options will look more like two: everyone has to take no deal seriously at that point. Could there be a general election in the autumn?If Labour doesn’t want to define itself according to Brexit, is there a plausible case for the Lib Dems to become the opposition?A revival of the Lib Dems hurts the Conservatives much more than Labour. Both main parties have a clear interest in having both Remain and Leave voters in their party. The problem is it means that neither of them can deliver Brexit.The long premierships of Margaret Thatcher, John Major, and Tony Blair are historical exceptions. A lot of what’s going on is the absence of a parliamentary majority: that’s the norm in British politics.But on the Conservative side, it’s also about the particular way they elect a leader. In parliamentary politics there’s a pressure towards a soft Brexit, but the Conservative leadership is in the hands of the members. We don’t know that much about them, but everyone seems to think that the membership is very Brexity. That sets up the instability.There are also substantive issues that have historically driven instability in UK politics: difficult questions about the UK’s relationship with the rest of the world, and difficult questions about the UK as a multi-national state.Did Australia just have a Brexit moment? Or is this something more familiar?There are parallels to the Major/Kinnock election in 1992.But there’s also the risk that the takeaway will be that going big on climate change is not a great strategy.Mentioned in this Episode:Paul Mason in The New StatesmanFurther Learning: The End of the Party?More on Corbyn and Labour’s strategyOn climate change and the Australian electionSocialism in this Country? And as ever, recommended reading curated by our friends at the LRB can be found here:

Beard stroking, Brexity chat. It’s been a long week and we have cake and a glass of wine – perfect conditions for a late night nostalgia-fest! Here’s to the next 100 episodes. This one goes out to all you Brexitcasters (well they all do really, but you know what we mean).

Theresa May has an instruction to renegotiate the backstop instead putting in place "alternative arrangements" . The EU have said no to this. We're having a recap of Brexity events before the next big vote on 13th February. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Deck the halls with polls and politics, it's the Polling Politics Christmas Special! This week, Joe and Marie are joined by Anand Menon from the UK in a Changing Europe institute to look back on a Brexity 2018, and LabourList editor Sienna Rodgers to look ahead to what promises to be an equally tumultuous (and Brexity) 2019. There's also crackers, champagne, an indecent amount of Christmas related polling, and a secret santa gift for the ages. We also check in with our friend Sarbjit Bakhshi from Christmas to look at the highs and lows of political risk in 2018 and the big pressure points for 2019. This podcast is sponsored by Smarkets. Visit [https://smarkets.com/politics](https://smarkets.com/politics) for more. Presented by Joe Twyman and Marie Le Conte. With Anand Menon and Sienna Rodgers. Produced by Nick Hilton. Theme music by Joe Button. This is a Podot podcast. For more details go to podotpods.com and for sales and advertising email nick@podotpods.com

Welcome to the first episode of Making Europe Grants Again, your fortnightly breakdown of all the news from some of the finest minds in comedy. Grant is joined by Katie Anderson, Phil Micallef, Tori Burton, Katarina Kubečkova and David Thompson for a Brexit special where they do a deep dive on all things Brexity.   Get in touch with the show at: makingeuropegrantsagain@gmail.com

As we head into Conservative Party Conference, Theresa May has never looked more alone. We talk to Iain Duncan Smith and James Forsyth about a Prime Minister abandoned (1:25). And while chaos reigns in the Conservative Party, Labour is gearing up, led by a pragmatic but radical Shadow Chancellor. Just who is John McDonnell (18:50)? And last, why is Tesco's new discount retailer so Brexity (38:10)? With Iain Duncan Smith, James Forsyth, Fraser Nelson, Paul Mason, Lewis Goodall, and Olivia Potts. Produced by Cindy Yu and Alastair Thomas.

As we head into Conservative Party Conference, Theresa May has never looked more alone. We talk to Iain Duncan Smith and James Forsyth about a Prime Minister abandoned (1:25). And while chaos reigns in the Conservative Party, Labour is gearing up, led by a pragmatic but radical Shadow Chancellor. Just who is John McDonnell (18:50)? And last, why is Tesco's new discount retailer so Brexity (38:10)? With Iain Duncan Smith, James Forsyth, Fraser Nelson, Paul Mason, Lewis Goodall, and Olivia Potts. Produced by Cindy Yu and Alastair Thomas.

In this week's episode Team Noonan, Dunleavy and Offord are back for the sweatiest of times. Our Mick catches up with the ever wonderful Mairead Enright to find out what’s been going on with abortion legislation in Ireland since the referendum; the team chat to archaeologist Sam Leggett about digging up the past; and Hannah gives you some top tips for TV watching this month. Jen is going ga-ga for Gareth Southgate and Hannah does Disney’s A Bug’s Life. And in the Bush Telegraph, it’s all Trumpy, Brexity, and melty. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Iain and Jacqui look at the pros and cons (only cons in Iain’s case) of the agreement Theresa May struck with her Cabinet at Chequers. Things don’t get much better when they move on to preview Donald Trump’s visit to the UK this week. Jacqui has a particularly bad case of the potty mouths this week do the Smut Quota is disgustingly high. At various points you might want to avert your ears. Meanwhile Iain goes all Eurovisiony and the two of them enjoy some football banter.

Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and Geri Scott are back with another round-up of Brexity shenanigans. In the news the team discuss the looming return to the Commons of the Brexit Bill and whether Theresa May will call another snap election. Geri looks at the rights of Irish citizens post-Brexit and another Brexiteer of the Week is crowned.

It’s REMAINIACS ASSEMBLE as all our regular panelists convene to “celebrate” a whole year in the Brexit time warp. Ian, Ros, Dorian, Naomi and Peter listen back to our very first episode – back when “strong and stable” was still a thing – to ask, what has changed? What did we get right and wrong? Will Britain ever escape from the time loop that is Brexit? Will Britain ever escape from the time loop that is Brexit? And will Britain ever escape from the time loop that is Brexit…?PLUS: Are the Tory Remainers finally about to grow a spine? If Benedict Cumberbatch is going to play Dominic Cummings, who should the BBC cast as Johnson, Fox and lumpen swamp creature Arron Banks? What are the most Brexity and Remainy movies of all time? And stay tuned to the end of the show for *a twist that nobody was expecting… *“Still, with just a few months to go, none of the parties have got their acts together. It’s extraordinary.”This week’s REMAINIACS is presented by Dorian Lynskey with Peter Collins, Naomi Smith, Ros Taylor and Ian Dunt. Audio production: Sophie Black. Producer: Andrew Harrison. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.Help us to #OwnTheRemoan! Back the show in its battle to get some sense back into the Brexit debate and get smart Remainiacs merchandise too, at our Patreon page.REMAINIACS.comTheme music ‘Demon Is A Monster’ used by kind permission of Cornershop. Buy it here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey, Geri Scott and Neil Perry deliver another round up of the week's Brexity madness. This week Neil chats to Richard about the promised Brexit White Paper and Geri ponders how long before the youth vote abandons Corbyn. And, of course, the team crown another Brexiteer of the Week.

Remainiacs welcomes SNP Westminster deputy leader and economics spokesperson KIRSTY BLACKMAN MP for a long-overdue Scottish perspective on Brexit. What does our departure from the EU mean for Scottish independence? Which would she prefer: no Brexit and Scotland stays in the EU, or independence but Scotland outside the EU? Will the SNP leave the “rUK” in the Brexity lurch? Listen in as our cast cite great-aunties from Arbroath in a bid to nail a Scottish passport after we leave the EU.Plus! The national shame of the Windrush scandal, and why Theresa May’s “hostile environment” for immigrants is the poison inside Brexit. Can the House of Lords frustrate Brexit, and if they can, should they? More contents for our Brexit Time Capsule. And a special appearance by long-time listener, first-time caller Nigel Farage…“You can’t appease the ignorant minority of xenophobes in this country. You have to oppose them.”This week’s REMAINIACS is presented by Dorian Lynskey with Naomi Smith and Peter Collins. Audio production: Jack Claramunt. Producer: Andrew Harrison. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.Help us to #OwnTheRemoan! Back our treacherous project and get smart Remainiacs merchandise at our Patreon page.REMAINIACS.comTheme music ‘Demon Is A Monster’ used by kind permission of Cornershop. Buy it here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A chamber piece about history which evokes a combination of Rembrandt and an old photograph. We discuss how Joe Wright might be getting short shrift as a director and the excellence of the performances: Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben Mendelsohn and Lily James are all marvellous. We discuss how the film is not the life of Churchill but a few defining weeks in his life, and how it depicts the political side of the chaos in Nolan’s Dunkirk. Mike highlights how the cemeteries of Belgium and northern France tell a very different story from the official one in relation to Britain’s ‘going it alone’ in the two World Wars, and declares that one scene of clearly fabricated fantasy undermines any notion of historical verisimilitude. We discuss how the film’s emotional manipulations are cheap but how one finds oneself responding to the film’s jingoism. We are in agreement that Nigel Farage wants to be Oldman’s man-of-the-people Churchill – the entire film is rather Brexity. José would really like to see a film that focuses on the relationship between Clemmie and Winston, played of course by Scott Thomas and Oldman, and there’s a wonderful volume of letters full of sketches of kitties and piggies called Speaking For Themselves that he wishes someone would draw on for a film. (He didn’t say that in the podcast but he wants to make it known here.) Recorded on 18th January 2018.

Salty seamen and terrified cabin boys aplenty as we set sail for a pirate-themed 21st voyage aboard the good ship I'll Explain Later. The Fourth Doctor and Romana marvel at the Captain's massive spheres on The Pirate Planet. Plank or catwalk? Tough to tell, as Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith encounters fashion muse Lily Cole in The Curse of the Black Spot. Meanwhile, Hartnell and Co. dodge Brexity brigands in The Smugglers. Along the way, Skipper Jim proves he knows it all, Bosun Matt admires a strong female villain and Powder Monkey John talks wood. Send us a yo ho ho via  Twitter, Facebook or email if you have any comments - and if you like the show, an iTunes review is always most welcome.