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Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 31:22

Today, we look at how the political parties are reacting to this week's local election results.The Health Secretary Wes Streeting spoke to both Laura and Paddy to give the Labour view. Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch, the Lib Dem leader Ed Davey and Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf were all on Laura's Sunday show.We also look at what party staffers are saying behind the scenes and how Zia Yusuf earned the cash that he's funding his party with.You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://discord.gg/m3YPUGv9New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bit.ly/3ENLcS1 Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Paddy O'Connell, Laura Kuenssberg and Henry Zeffman. It was made by Chris Flynn and Josh Jenkins. The technical producer was Ben Andrews. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.

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Episode 2516: Jason Pack on the Trumpian Post-Apocalypse

Keen On Democracy

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 43:15

Americans, it's time to move to Europe! The American geo-strategist Jason Pack anticipated last week's advice from Simon Kuper and moved to London a few years ago during the first Trump Presidency. Pack, the host of the excellent Disorder podcast, confesses to be thrilled to have escaped MAGA America. He describes the esthetics of contemporary Washington DC as "post-apocalyptic" and criticizes what he sees as the Trump administration's hostile atmosphere, ideological purity tests, and institutional destruction. Contrasting this with Europe's ideological fluidity, Pack warns that Trump's isolationist policies are increasing global disorder by fundamentally undermining America's global leadership role with its erstwhile European allies. Five Key Takeaways* Pack left America because he found the "esthetics" of working in policy and media spaces increasingly distasteful, particularly during Trump's first administration.* He argues that European political systems allow for greater ideological fluidity, while American politics demands strict partisan loyalty.* Pack describes Washington DC as "post-apocalyptic" with institutions functioning like zombies - going through motions without accomplishing anything meaningful.* Unlike European populists who want to control institutions, Pack believes Trump's administration aims to destroy government institutions entirely.* Pack warns that America's deteriorating relationships with traditional allies is creating a "rudderless world" with increased global disorder and potential for conflict. Full TranscriptAndrew Keen: Hello, everybody. Over the last few days, we've been focusing on the impressions of America, of Trump's America around the world. We had the Financial Times' controversial columnist, Simon Cooper, on the show, arguing that it's the end of the American dream. He had a piece in the FT this week, arguing that it's time to move to Europe for Americans. Not everyone agrees. We had the London-based FT writer Jemima Kelly on the show recently, also suggesting that she hasn't quite given up on America. She is, of course, a Brit living in the UK and looking at America from London. My guest today, another old friend, is Jason Pack. He is the host of the Excellent Disorder podcast. Jason's been on the shows lots of times before. He's an observer of the world's early 21st century disorder. And he is an American living in London. So I'm thrilled that Jason is back on the show. Jason, did you have a chance to look at Simon Cooper's piece? Is it time for Americans to move to Europe?Jason Pack: You've already moved. Well, he's just popularizing what I've believed for eight or 10 years already. So yeah, I looked at the piece. I really enjoyed your podcast with him. I don't think many Americans will move because most Americans are not particularly global in their outlook. And as disenchanted as they will be, their networks of family and of perspective are in America. Some elites in media and finance will move. But for me, I just found the aesthetics of America becoming distasteful when I worked in D.C. during the first Trump administration. And that's why I pursued a European citizenship.Andrew Keen: Jason, it's interesting that you choose the word aesthetics. Two thoughts on that. Firstly, America has never been distinguished for its aesthetics. People never came to America for aesthetics. It's never been a particularly beautiful country, a very dynamic place, a very powerful place. So why do you choose that word aesthetic?Jason Pack: Because for most upper middle class Americans, life under Trump, particularly if they're white and heterosexual, will not change tremendously. But the aesthetics of working in the policy space or in the media will change. Having to deal with all the BS that we hear when we wake up and turn on the TV in the morning, having to interact with Republican nutcase friends who say, oh, the fat is being trimmed by the doge and don't worry about all those people who've been being laid off. The aesthetics of it are ugly and mean. And I have found among some Republican colleagues and friends of mine that they love the vileness of this dog-eat-dog aesthetic.Andrew Keen: Yeah, it's an interesting way of putting it. And I understand exactly what you're saying. I'm less concerned with the aesthetics as with the reality. And my sense in some ways of what's happening is that the Trump people are obsessed with what you call aesthetics. They want to appear mean. I'm not actually sure that they're quite as mean as they'd like to think they are.Jason Pack: Oh, they're pretty mean. I mean, people are running around the NIH offices, according to colleagues of mine. And if you're out to the bathroom and your card is inserted in your computer, they go in, they steal the data from your computer.Andrew Keen: Actually, I take your point. What I meant more by that is that whereas most traditional authoritarian regimes hide their crimes against migrants. They deny wrongdoing. My sense of the Trump regime, or certainly a lot of the people involved in this Trump administration, is that they actually exaggerate it because it gives them pleasure and it somehow benefits their brand. I'm not convinced that they're quite as bad as they'd like to think.Jason Pack: Oh, I agree with that. They make Schadenfreude a principle. They want to showcase that they enjoy other people's pain. It's a bizarre psychological thing. Trump, for example, wanted to show his virility and his meanness, probably because he's an inner coward and he's not that feral. But we digress in terms of the aesthetics of the individual American wanting to leave. I experienced American government, like the State Department, and then, the bureaucracy of the policy space, say think tanks, or even the government relations trade space, say working for oil companies and government relations, as already authoritarian and ass-kissing in America, and the aesthetics of those industries I have always preferred in Europe, and that's only diverging.Andrew Keen: One of the things that always struck me about Washington, D.C. It was always uncomfortable as an imperial city. It always has been since the end of the Second World War, with America dominating the world as being one of two or perhaps the only super power in the world. But Washington, DC seems to always have been uncomfortable wearing its imperial mantle cloak in comparison, I think, to cities like London or Paris. I wonder whether, I'm not sure how much time you've spent back in America since Trump came back to power. I wonder if in that sense DC is trying to catch up with London and Paris.Jason Pack: I actually was giving a briefing in Congress to staffers of the House Foreign Affairs Committee only three weeks ago, and DC seemed post-apocalyptic to me. Many of my favorite restaurants were closing. There was traffic jams at bizarre hours of the day, which I think this is because the Trump people don't know how public transport works and they just ride their cars everywhere. So, yes, it seemed very bizarre being back. You were trying to gauge the interlocutor you were speaking to, were they merely pretending to be on board with Trump's stuff, but they actually secretly think it's ridiculous, or were they true believers? And you had to assess that before you would make your comments. So there is a slide to a kind of, again, neo-authoritarian aesthetic. In my conference, it became clear that the Republican Congressional staffers thought that it was all junk and that Trump doesn't care about Libya and he doesn't understand these issues. But we needed to make lip service in how we expressed our recommendations. So, fascinatingly, various speakers said, oh, there's a transactional win. There's a way that cheaper oil can be gotten here or we could make this policy recommendation appeal to the transactional impulses of the administration. Even though everyone knew that we were speaking in a Democrat echo-chamber where the only Republicans present were anti-Trump Republicans anyway.Andrew Keen: Describe DC as post-apocalyptic. What exactly then, Jason, is the apocalypse?Jason Pack: I don't think that the Trump people who are running the show understand how government works and whether you're at state or the NIH or USAID, you're kind of under siege and you're just doing what you're supposed to do and going through the motions. I mean, there's so much of like the zombie apocalypse going on. So maybe it's more zombie apocalypse than regular apocalypse, whereby the institutions are pretending to do their work, but they know that it doesn't accomplish anything. And the Trumpian appointees are kind of pretending to kind of cancel people on DAI, but the institutions are still continuing.Andrew Keen: I'm going to vulgarize something you said earlier. You talked about Trump wanting to appear bigger than he actually is. Maybe we might call that small penis syndrome. Is that, and then that's my term, Jason, let's be clear, not yours. Maybe it's fair or not. He probably would deny it, but I don't think he'll come on this show. He's more than welcome. Is that also reflected in the people working for him? Is there a bit of a small penis syndrome going on with a lot of the Trump people? Are they small town boys coming to America, coming to D.C. And in all their raison d'état trying to smash up the world that they always envied?Jason Pack: 100%. If you look at the Tucker Carlson and the Hegset, who went to Princeton in 03, and obviously Tucker Carlsen's WASP elite background is well known, they wanted to make it conventionally and couldn't. Hegson didn't achieve the rank of lieutenant general or colonel or anything in the army. He didn't make it in finance and Vance, obviously had just a minor career in finance, they didn't make the big time except through their hate and resentment of the establishment that succeeded on merit. So, I mean, you could call that small penis syndrome. I think another thing to point out is that many of them have been selected because whether they've been accused of rape or financial crimes or just meanness, they owe the great leader their ability to be in that position. And if he would throw them overboard they're entirely exposed, so that cash patels of the world and the Hexeds of the world serve at the mercy of the great leader, because if they were thrown to the wolves, they could be devoured for their misdeeds. And I think that that makes it a place where it's all about loyalty to the boss. But maybe we could pivot to the initial topic about how I think Europe is a place where you can reinvent yourself as an individual now. Certainly in the political and ideology space, and America really hasn't been for much of my left.Andrew Keen: Yeah, it's interesting. And this is how actually our conversation you're doing. You're a much better podcast host than I am, Jason. You're reminding us of the real conversation rather than getting led down one Trumpian byway or another. I did a show recently on why I still believe in the American dream. And I was interviewed by my friend, David Maschiottra, another old friend of the show. And I suggested I originally came to America to reinvent myself and that's always been the platform with which Europeans have come to America. You're suggesting that perhaps the reverse is true now.Jason Pack: I really enjoyed that episode. I thought you were a great guest and he was a natural host. But I realized how it wasn't speaking to me. Many of my European friends who work in law, finance, tech, startup, you know, they finished their degrees in Italy or in England and they moved to America. And that's where they raised venture capital and they go on the exact success trajectory that you explained and they fetishize, oh my God, when my green card is gonna come through, I'm gonna have this big party. That never resonated with me because America was never a land of opportunity for me. And it hit me in hearing your podcast that that's because what I've aspired to is to work in government slash think tank or to be a professional expert. And if you don't ally yourself with one of the major political movements, you're always branded and you can never move ahead. I'll give a few examples if you're interested in the way that my trying to be in the center has meant that I could never find a place in America.Andrew Keen: Absolutely. So you're suggesting that your quote-unquote American dream could only be realized in Europe.Jason Pack: So I moved to the Middle East to serve my country after 9/11. If Gore had been elected president, I likely would have joined the army or the Marines or something. But Bush was president and I knew I needed to do this on my own. So, you know, I lived in Beirut, then I went to Iraq. Where did you graduate from, Jason? I graduated from Williams in 2002, but I was changing my studies as soon as the 9-11 happened. I stopped my senior thesis in biology and I pivoted to doing the Middle East. I thought the Middle East was going to be the next big thing. But I didn't realize that if you wanted to do it your own way, for example, living in Syria prior to working in government, then you couldn't get those security clearances. But in the UK, that's not really a problem. If you go to Leeds or Oxford and you got sent to study Arabic in Syria, you can work for the UK government, but not in America. If your went and did that your own way, your loyalties would be questioned. You wouldn't get your security clearance. I got an internship to work at the U.S. Embassy in Muscat, where I fell afoul of my supervisors because I was someone who wanted to speak in Arabic with Omanis and, for example, go to hear prayers at the mosque and really be a part of the society. And I was told, don't do that. But aren't we here to understand about Oman? And they're like, no, it's really important to mostly socialize with people at the embassy. But my British colleagues, they were out there in Omani society, and they were, for example, really participating in stuff because the relationship between the Omanis and the Brits and the Americans is a happy one. That's just a small example, but I wanna make the kind of further point, which is that if you wanna get promoted in think tank world in America, it doesn't matter whether it's Cato or Heritage on the right or New America Foundation or Middle East Institute on the left. You have to buy in hook, line, and sinker to the party line of those institutions. And if that party line is DEI, as it was at the Middle East Institute when I was there, and you're a white heterosexual male, you're not going to get promoted. And if, for example, you want to then interact with some Zionist think tank like FDD, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, I was going to a fellowship there for work that I had done about monitoring ISIS in Libya, and they had proposed a funding line for my project, which was just technically reading jihadi Facebook posts and monitoring them. And then they did some more research on me, ironically, after we had already signed the funds. And they said, oh, we're so sorry, we are going to have to pull back on this. We are going have to pay you a kill fee. We are really, really sorry. And I came to understand why that was. And it was because I had advocated that the Iranians should be allowed to get the bomb so that they could have mutually assured destruction theory with Israel.Andrew Keen: Well, Jason, I take your point, but everyone has their own narrative when it comes to why their career didn't did or didn't take off and how they know what that doesn't happen in Europe. I'm just making a contrast. Let me just come back to my argument about America, which is it isn't necessarily as straightforward as perhaps at first it seems. I think one of the reasons why America has always been a great place for reinvention is because of the absence of memory.Jason Pack: No, but what I'm saying is Google will inspire on you, and if you're not within the ideological cadre, you cannot progress at these kind of institutions.Andrew Keen: Okay, I take your point on that, but thinking more broadly, America is a place where you can, I've done so many different things in this country from being a scholar to being an internet entrepreneur to being an expert on technology to being a critic of technology to being against podcasts, to being a podcaster. And you can get away, and I've failed in practically all of them, if not all of them, but the fact is that because people don't have memory, you can keep on doing different things and people won't say, well, how can you get away with this? Last week you were doing X. My sense, and maybe correct me if I'm wrong about London or Europe, is there is much more memory. You can't get away with perpetual reinvention in Europe as you can in the U.S. and maybe that's because of the fact that in your language, living in Europe with its memory and respect for memory is more aesthetically pleasing. So I'm not suggesting this is as simple as it might appear.Jason Pack: I agree with that last point, but I think I'm trying to bring something else out. In spheres like tech or podcasting, there isn't credentialism in America. And therefore, if you're just good at it, you don't need the credentials and you can get going. And you and other Europeans who had great merit, as you do, have benefited from that. And in Europe, you might run up against credentialism, but, oh, but you didn't work at the BBC, so you don't get the job. I'm making a different point about ideological purity within the very specific realms of, say, working for an American presidential candidate or briefing a policymaker or rising up at a think tank. I have briefed labor MPs, Lib Dem MPs and Tory MPs. And they don't ask my politics. I can go in there and get a meeting with Keir Starmer's people on Libya, and they don't care about the fact that I want him to do something slightly different. Criticized him and praised him at different times on my podcast, try having an influence with some Trump people and then say, Oh, well, you know, I really think that I can help you on this Libya policy, but I happened to run a fairly anti-Trump podcast. No, you just can't get the briefing because America is about ideological purity tests and getting your ticket punch in the government and think tank and exporting professions, and therefore it's not some place you can reinvent yourself. If you're clearly an anti-Trump Republican McCainite, you can't all of a sudden become an AOC Democrat for the purpose of one meeting. But in Europe you can, because you can be a Lib Dem like Liz Truss and then be a Tory Prime Minister. And no one cares what my position on these topics are when they ask me to brief Keir Starmer's people and that's something that I find so fantastic about Europe.Andrew Keen: Yeah, it's interesting. I mean, you know this stuff better than I do. But isn't someone like Truss rooted in ideological purity? She was a Lib Dem when she was at Oxford. Yeah, but that was a long time ago. I can reverse that, Jason, and say, well, when Trump was young, he ran around with Bill and Hillary Clinton, he went to their wedding, he funded them. He never was even a Republican until 2014 or 15. So, I mean, he's an example of the very ideological fluidity that you idealize in Europe.Jason Pack: I agree with your point. I think that he's an exception there and he wouldn't have allowed it from his staffers. They now have essentially loyalty tested everything. It's not a place where if you were Democrat with ideas that would benefit the Trumpian establishment, you can be heard. I'll give an example. I like the Abraham Accords and I have a colleague who wants to help extend the Abraham Accords to Pakistan, she can only work with ideologically pure Republicans in the pitching of this idea. She can't work with someone like me because I don't have the ideological purity, even though this is a nonpartisan idea and it should be embraced if you can get the Trumpians to be interested in it. But that's not how America works and it has not been. Reagan, of course, if you said that you like taxes, and I'm someone who likes taxes and I don't believe in the Laffer curve, and neoliberalism is a sham, you couldn't be on that economic team. So there are different ideological tests. Trump was never a politician, so he's not an expert like me in the expert class where we've been litmus tested our whole careers.Andrew Keen: Interesting. Jason, yesterday I was talking to someone who was thinking of hiring me to do a speech in Europe to a business group, and we were discussing the kinds of speeches I could give, and one of the things I suggested was a defense of America, suggesting that we can believe in America and that everyone's wrong. And these people have hired me before. I've often made provocative counterintuitive arguments, there was a little bit of a silence and they said, you can't make that speech in Europe. No one will take it seriously to a business community. What's generally, I mean, you travel a lot, you talk to lots of different people. Have people really given up on the promise of America, particularly within the establishment, the business establishment, the political establishment?Jason Pack: I don't know. I think that many Europeans still think that this is a passing phase. I will comment on the fact that I do not see anti-Americanism in my daily life as a result of Trump, the way that, for example, you do see anti-Semitism as a results of Netanyahu's policy. The individual Jew is tarred by horrible things happening in Gaza, but the individual American is not tarred by the deporting and illegal detentions and sacking of people by Doge because people in Poland or London or even the Middle East understand that you're likely to not be a Trump supporter and they're not targeting you as an individual as a result of that. So I think they believe in the promise of America and they still might like to move to America. But on individual level if you want to be a political animal inside the beast of campaigns, rising up to be a David Axelrod kind of figure. America has been a place of these litmus tests. Whereas in Europe, you know, I feel that there's tremendous fluidity because in Italy they have so and so many political parties and in Germany, what's the distinction between the SPD at one moment in the CDU and the Greens and there's a tradition of coalitions that allows the individual to reinvent himself.Andrew Keen: One of the things that came up with Cooper, and he's certainly no defender of Marine Le Pen or Meloni in Italy, but he suggested that the Trump people are far to the right of Le Pen and Meloni. Would you agree with that?Jason Pack: Because they want to break down institutions, whereas Le Pen and Meloni simply want to conquer the institutions and use them. They're not full-blown, disordering neopopulists, to use the language of my disorder podcast. When Meloni is in power, she loves the Italian state and she wants it to function merely with her ideological slant. Whereas the Trumpians, they have a Bannonite wing, they don't simply wanna have a MAGA agenda, use the U.S. Government. No, they want to break the Department of Agriculture. They want to break the EPA. They simply want to destroy our institutions. And there's no European political party that wants that. Maybe on the fringe like reform, but reform probably doesn't even want that.Andrew Keen: But Jason, we've heard so much about how the Bannonites idealized Orban in Hungary. A lot of people believe that Project 2025 was cooked up in Budapest trying to model America on Orban. Is there any truth to that? I mean, are the Trump people really re-exporting Orbanism back into the United States?Jason Pack: That there is some truth, but it can be overplayed. It can go back further to Berlusconi. It's the idea that a particularly charismatic political leader can come to dominate the media landscape by either having a state media channel in the Berlusconi sense or cowing media coverage to make it more favorable, which is something that Orban has done geniusly, and then doling out contracts and using the state for patronage, say, Orban's father's construction business and all those concrete soccer stadiums. There is an attempt potentially in Trump land to, through an ideological project, cow the media and the checks and balances and have a one-party state with state media. I think it's going to be difficult for them to achieve, but Chuck Carlson and others and Bannon seem to want that.Andrew Keen: You were on Monocle recently talking about the Pope's death. J.D. Vance, of course, is someone who apparently had a last, one of the last conversations with the Pope. Pope wasn't particularly, Pope Francis wasn't particularly keen on him. Bannon and Vance are both outspoken Catholics. What's your take on the sort of this global religious movement on the part of right-wing Catholics, and how does it fit in, not only to the death of Francis, but perhaps the new Pope?Jason Pack: It's a very interesting question. I'm not a right-wing Catholic, so I'm really not in a position to...Andrew Keen: I thought you were Jason, that's why you could always come on the show.Jason Pack: I think that they don't have the theological bona fides to say that what they call Catholicism is Catholicism because obviously Jesus turned the other cheek, you know, and Jesus didn't want to punish his enemies and make poor black or Hispanic women suffer. But there is an interesting thing that has been going on since 1968, which is that there was a backlash against the student protests and free love and the condom and all the social changes that that brought about. And Catholics have been at the forefront, particularly Catholic institutions, in saying this has gone too far and we need to use religion to retake our society. And if we don't, no one will have children and we will lose out and the Muslims and Africans will rule the roost because they're having babies. And that right-wing Catholicism is caught up in the moral panic and culture wars since 1968. What I argued in the monocle interview that you referenced from earlier today is something quite different, which is that the Catholic Church has a unique kind of authority, and that that unique kind of authority can be used to stand up against Trump, Bannon, Orban, and other neopopulists in a way that, say, Mark Carney or Keir Starmer cannot, because if Mark Kearney and Keir Stormer say, you guys are not sufficiently correctly American and you're not following the American laws, blah, blah blah, the kind of Americans who support Trump are not convinced by that because they say, these are just, you know, pinko Brits and Canadians. I don't even care about Mark Kearny, but it's quite different if the next Pontiff is someone who comes not only from the school of Francis, but maybe more so is a great communicator vested in the real doctrines of the church, the Lateran Councils and Vatican too, and can say, actually this given thing that Trump has just said is not in line with the principles of Jesus. It's not inline with what the Vatican has said about, for example, migration or social equity. And I find that that is a unique opportunity because even the right-wing Catholics have to acknowledge the Pope and Christian doctrine and the ability of the Catholic hierarchy to say this is not in line with our teachings. So I think there's a very interesting opportunity right now.Andrew Keen: Perhaps that brings to mind Stalin's supposedly famous remarks to Churchill at Potsdam when they were talking about the Pope. Stalin said to Churchill, the Pope, how many divisions does he have? In other words, it's all about ideology, morality, and ultimately it doesn't really. It's the kind of thing that perhaps if some of the Trump people were as smart as Stalin, they might make the same remark.Jason Pack: That was a physical war, and the Pope didn't have divisions to sway the battles in World War II, but this is an ideological or an influence war. And the Pope, if you've just seen from media coverage over the last week, is someone who has tremendous media influence. And I do think that the new pontiff could, if he wanted to, stand up to the moral underpinnings of Trump and pull even the most right-wing Catholics away from a Trumpian analysis. Religion is supposed to be about, because Jesus didn't say punish your enemies. Don't turn the other cheek and own the libs. Jesus said something quite different than that. And it will be the opportunity of the new Catholic leader to point that out.Andrew Keen: I'm not sure if you've seen the movie Conclave, which was very prescient, made by my dear London friend, or at least produced by Tessa Ross at House Productions. But I wonder in these new conversations whether in the debates about who should the new Pope be, they'll mull over TikTok presence.Jason Pack: I hope they will. And I want to point out something that many people probably are not aware, which is that the College of Cardinals that constitutes the conclave does not have to pick one of their member to be pope. For the last six centuries, they have always chosen one of their own number, but they don't have to. So they could choose someone who has not only an ability to make great TikToks, but someone who can put forth a vision about climate change, about tax equity, for example, maybe about AI and what constitutes humanity from within the Catholic tradition, but reaching new faithful. And I think that they might actually consider we're doing this because in places like Western Europe, attendance is down, but in Eastern Europe and Latin America, it isn't. And in Africa, it's surging. So they may want to reach new millennials in Gen Z with a new message, but one which is rooted in their tradition. And I think that that would be a great counterbalance to what Trump and his ilk have done to how media coverage place things like climate change and migrants these days.Andrew Keen: Speaking of Trump and his ilk, Jason, lots of conversations here about the first cracks in his monolith. Speaking to me from London, I always look at the front page of The Telegraph, a conservative English newspaper. I refuse to give the money, so I never actually read any of the pieces. But I'm always curious as to the traditional conservative media attitude to Trump. What do not so much the Conservative Party, which seems to be in crisis in the UK, but what does Conservative media, Conservative thinkers, what's their take currently on Trump? Are you seeing a crack? Are people seeing this guy's absolutely insane and that the tariff policy is going to make all of us, everybody in the world poorer?Jason Pack: Well, Trump has always been a vote loser in the UK. So that even though Farage brags about his relationship, it isn't something that gets him more votes for reform. And whether it's Sunak or Badnak, and Badnak is the current leader of the Tory party, which is an opposition, she can't so closely associate herself with Trump because he's not popular in even right-wing British circles. However, the Tory media, like the telegraph and the spectator, they love the idea that he's owning the Libs. We talked about Schadenfreude, we talked about attacking the woke. The spectator has taken a very anti-woke turn over the last five to 10 years. And they love the ideal of pointing out the hypocrisies of the left and the effeminacy of it and all of that. And that gets them more clicks. So from a media perspective, there is a way in which the Murdoch media is always going to love the click bait, New York post bait of the Trump presidency. And that applies very much, you know, with the sun and the Daily Mail and the way that they cover media in this country.Andrew Keen: Although I was found in the U.S. That perhaps the newspaper that has been most persistently and usefully critical of Trump is the Wall Street Journal, which is owned by Murdoch.Jason Pack: Yeah, but that's a very highbrow paper, and I think that it's been very critical of the tariff policy and it said a lot of intelligent things about Trump's early missteps. It doesn't reach the same people as the New York Post or the Daily Mail do.Andrew Keen: Finally, Jason, let's go back to Disorder, your excellent podcast. You started it a couple of years ago before this new Trump madness. You were always one of the early people on this global disorder. How much more disordered can the world become? Of course, it could become more disorded in terms of war. In late April 2025, is the world more disordered than it was in April 2024, when Biden was still in power? I mean, we still have these wars in Gaza, in Ukraine, doesn't seem as if that much has changed, or am I wrong?Jason Pack: I take your point, but I'm using disorder in a particularly technical sense in a way by which I mean the inability of major powers to coordinate together for optimal solutions. So in the Biden days of last year, yes, the Ukraine and Gaza wars may be waging, but if Jake Sullivan or Blinken were smarter or more courageous, they could host a summit and work together with their French and British and Argentinian allies. Put forth some solutions. The world is more disordered today because it doesn't have a leader. It doesn't have institutions, the UN or NATO or the G7 where those solutions on things like the Ukraine war attacks could happen. And you may say, but wait, Jason, isn't Trump actually doing more leadership? He's trying to bring the Ukrainians and the Russians to the table. And I would say he isn't. They're not proposing actual solutions. They don't care about solving underlying issues. They're merely trying to get media wins. He wants the Japanese to come to Washington to have the semblance of a new trade deal, not a real trade deal. He's trying to reorder global finance in semblance, not in reality. So the ability to come to actual solutions through real coordinating mechanisms where I compromise with you is much weaker than it was last year. And on the Disorder Podcast, we explore all these domains from tax havens to cryptocurrency to cyber attacks. And I think that listeners of Keen On would really enjoy how we delve into those topics and try to see how they reflect where we're at in the global system.Andrew Keen: Yeah, it's a strongly, I would strongly agree with you. I would encourage all keen on listeners to listen to Disorder and vice versa if this gets onto the Disorder podcast. What about the China issue? How structural is the tariff crisis, if that's the right word, gonna change US relations with China? Is this the new Cold War, Jason?Jason Pack: I'm not an economist, but from what I've been told by the economists I've interviewed on my podcast, it's absolutely completely game changing because whether it's an Apple iPhone or most pieces of manufactured kit that you purchase or inputs into American manufacturing, it's assembled everywhere and the connections between China and America are essential to the global economy. Work and it's not like you can all of a sudden move those supply chains. So this trade war is really a 1930s style beggar thy neighbor approach to things and that led to and deepened the great depression, right? So I am very worried. I had the sense that Trump might back off because he does seem to be very sensitive to the markets. But maybe this is such an ideological project and, you know, Andrew Ross Sorkin on CNBC was just saying, even though he's willing to back off if the T bill rate changes, he thinks that his strategy is working and that he's going to get some deals. And that terrifies me because that's not what's happening. It isn't working. And God forbid that they'll push this to its logical conclusion and cause a new recession or depression.Andrew Keen: I know you've got to run Jason. So final question, let's return to where we began with America and the changing nature of America. Your last episode of Disorder was with Corey Sharpe, who is a very, very good and one of Washington DC's, I think, smartest foreign policy analysts. She asks, what's America without allies? If this continues, what, indeed, I mean, you're happy in London, so I don't sound like you're coming back, whatever. But what will America become if indeed all these traditional allies, the UK, France, Germany, become, if not enemies, certainly just transactional relationships? What becomes of America without allies?Jason Pack: Wow, great question. I'm gonna treat this in two parts, the American cultural component and then the structural geopolitical component. I'm a proud American. Culturally, I work on Sundays. I don't take any holiday. I get angry at contractors who are not direct. I am going to be American my whole life and I want an American style work ethic and I wanna things to function and the customer to always be right. So I didn't move to Europe to get European stuff in that way, and I think America will still be great at new inventions and at hard work and at all of that stuff and will still, the NFL will still be a much better run sports league than European sports leagues. Americans are great at certain things. The problem is what if America's role in the world as having the reserve currency, coordinating the NATO allies. If that's eviscerated, we're just going to be living more and more in the global enduring disorder, as Corey Schacke points out, which is that the Europeans don't know how to lead. They can't step up because they don't have one prima inter Paris. And since the decline of the British Empire, the British haven't learned how, for example, to coordinate the Europeans for the defense of Ukraine or for making new missile technologies or dealing with the defense industry. So we're just dealing with a rudderless world. And that's very worrying because there could be major conflict. And then I just have to hope that a new American administration, it could be a Republican one, but I think it just can't be a Trumpian one, will go back to its old role of leadership. I haven't lost hope in America. I've just lost hope in this current administration.Andrew Keen: Well, I haven't lost hope in Jason Pack. He is an ally of ours at Keen On. He's the host of the Excellent Disorder podcast. Jason, it's always fun to have you on the show. So much to discuss and no doubt there will be much more over the summer, so we'll have you back on in the next month or two. Thank you so much. Keep well. Stay American in London. Thank you again.Jason Pack: It was a great pleasure. Thanks, Andrew. See you then. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

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How To Turn The Red Wall... Turquoise?

How To Win An Election

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 38:44

Nigel Farage is pitching for voters in the North and Midlands, promising to build what he calls a "turquoise wall". Will taking control of British Steel help persuade voters Labour is protecting its former industrial heartlands? Who does Ed Davey have in mind when he appeals to Middle England? And is Reform UK definitely turquoise?Hugo, Sally and Danny are joined by former Lib Dem director of communications Olly Grender.Send questions, comments and voicenotes to howtowin@thetimes.co.uk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey interview

The Stooshie: the politics podcast from DC Thomson

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025 20:51

We speak to Lib Dem leader Ed Davey in Inverness as his party looks to the Highlands ahead of next year's Holyrood election. He discusses the party's hopes of making gains across the region – including in the Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch constituency currently held by Kate Forbes. The Lib Dem leader also talks international affairs including the UK's approach to handling Donald Trump and his party's priorities over the next 12 months. Finally, Ed explains the lasting impact of the late Charles Kennedy, former leader of the party, who was a Highland MP for 30 years.

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EMQs: Is toxic masculinity a government problem?

Political Currency

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 37:18

This week, Ed Balls and George Osborne mull museums and memes via bank holidays and pennies. With listeners telling us their locations of choice, funeral director Ross ranks highly with his admission that Ed and George are sometimes listened to in a hearse on the drive home. The pair consider: what are the merits of regulating the funeral industry?Should our cultural institutions be charging more for access?George calls upon his expertise as Chair of the British Museum to weigh it up. Meanwhile, Ed shares his own research into the economics of a bank holiday… do we really stand to lose billions if the government was to introduce another?Toxic masculinity and online safety are in the spotlight in the wake of Netflix's hit show Adolescence, with research indicating that young people in the UK are particularly worried about these issues. Ed and George look at the role of government in addressing their concerns, before assessing whether the humble penny should remain a staple of British life. And a touch of nostalgia … a listener reminds the economic duo of the ‘Budget Rap Battle', put together by Sky News when the pair were on opposite sides of the dispatch box. Ed expresses scepticism that such memes can make a political difference, although both agree that Nick Clegg's I'm Sorry remix was a damaging – albeit amusing – moment in the Lib Dem leader's career…. Become a member of POLITICAL CURRENCY GOLD

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Trump's tariffs, Welsh Labour rifts, Le Pen and the far right, Welsh Lib Dem conference

Sunday Supplement

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 56:02

Journalist and Trump supporter Steve Merczynski joins us with the American reaction to Trump's tariffs, whilst MediWales' CEO Gwyn Tudor explains how they affect Welsh pharmaceutical exports. Guardian columnist Will Hayward goes through the ins and outs of the relationship between the Welsh Labour government and their UK counterparts. Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Jane Dodds is in the studio after her party's spring conference. Julie Morgan MS and Adam Rees from the Huggard Centre review the papers.

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Tariffs, Tories and the Scottish Lib Dem conference

The Steamie by The Scotsman

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 37:27

Alistair Grant, Alexander Brown, David Bol and Rachel Amery discuss the impact of Donald Trump's tariffs on Scotland. Elsewhere, the team talk about Jamie Greene MSP quitting the Scottish Tory group at Holyrood, and Alistair sits down with Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton ahead of his party's conference in Inverness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 23/03/2025

Coffee House Shots

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 15:00

Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows. Rachel Reeves defends her record as chancellor ahead of the Spring Statement, with pressure mounting over gloomy forecasts. Lib Dem deputy leader Daisy Cooper accuses Labour of losing their moral compass, Darren Jones is told Labour are 'anti-business', and Mel Stride attempts to justify Kemi Badenoch's assertion that the country's net-zero target is 'impossible'.

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Sunday School: Net Zero is Net Gain

Quiet Riot

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 59:06

Alex Andreou and Naomi Smith talk through the week's news, with a focus on the Labour govt's excellent plans for solar, "unpacking the coalition of the willing", and Lib Dem conference. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** ALEX ANDREOU'S PODYSSEY can be found here: APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/alex-andreous-podyssey/id1798575126 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/2x7cD3HjkOyOKTF4YT5Goy?si=e7a86b762431451f AMAZON MUSIC: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/8c996062-ef8d-42e4-9d80-5b407cb6e2e2/alex-andreou's-podyssey OVERCAST: https://overcast.fm/+ABN4Gd7AP9Q POCKET CASTS: https://pca.st/podcast/9e98d690-d812-013d-ea22-0affdfd67dbd YouTube Music: Coming Soon Or you can add it to any app, using the RSS feed: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/podyssey SUBSCRIBE OR FOLLOW NOW! LINKS: Old Lib Dem manifesto, as Naomi mentioned. Our bookshop including many of the books we have featured can be found at uk.bookshop.org/shop/quietriot ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** With Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell – in cahoots with Sandstone Global. Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com. Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Trump and Zelensky have “frank” phone call, Lib Dem leader warns over PIP cuts, Teen sentenced to 49 years over murder plot and Michelle Obama talks up her podcast

The Smart 7

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 7:26

The Smart 7 is an award winning daily podcast, in association with METRO, that gives you everything you need to know in 7 minutes, at 7am, 7 days a week…With over 17 million downloads and consistently charting, including as No. 1 News Podcast on Spotify, we're a trusted source for people every day and we've won Gold at the Signal International Podcast awardsIf you're enjoying it, please follow, share, or even post a review, it all helps... Today's episode includes the following: https://x.com/i/status/1902406458165064187 https://x.com/i/status/1902365633100312593 https://x.com/i/status/1902333403011104780 https://x.com/i/status/1902406116375458216 https://x.com/i/status/1902400197411688703https://x.com/i/status/1902368751917396149 https://x.com/i/status/1902137229377728600https://x.com/i/status/1902389606999335409https://youtu.be/yyBC9njroCU Contact us over @TheSmart7pod or visit www.thesmart7.com or find out more at www.metro.co.uk Voiced by Jamie East, using AI, written by Liam Thompson, researched by Lucie Lewis and produced by Daft Doris. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When politicians fight the law and the law wins

POLITICO's Westminster Insider

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 40:43

As Mike Amesbury bows out of his career as a Labour MP after being caught on tape assaulting a constituent, this week's episode of Westminster Insider goes inside politicians' wrangles with the law. Host Sascha O'Sullivan finds out if winding up in front of a judge can ever be survivable for a politician — high-profile or not. She talks to former Lib Dem advisor Sean Kemp about how the case of Chris Huhne, climate secretary during the coalition years, triggered a by-election which almost threatened the leadership of Nick Clegg. Fergus Mutch, former director of communications to the Scottish National Party, recalls being a witness in the trial of his former boss, Alex Salmond, who was eventually acquitted of charges of sexual assault in 2020. Mutch says the Salmond trial and the internal warfare it triggered did huge amounts of damage to the SNP. And Sascha turns to the sensational hush money trial of Donald Trump in the midst of the 2024 presidential election campaign. She talks to Michael Martins, a former senior advisor to the US embassy in the U.K., and Sarah Elliot, the spokesperson for Republicans overseas about how Trump eventually used the trial to his advantage. Sascha looks at how Marine Le Pen is using a similar playbook to Trump, with a trial against her helping galvanise her support base. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Can Starmer lead the West?

PoliticsHome

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 40:55

As the future of Europe dominates the headlines, Lib Dem defence spokesperson Helen Maguire MP, former Tory ministers James Heappey and Greg Hands, and More in Common's Luke Tryl join host Adam Payne to discuss a seismic week in world affairs as Prime Minister Keir Starmer tries to bring peace to Ukraine. With the tectonic plates of geopolitics shifting day by day, the Labour government faces major questions like how to deal with Donald Trump, and whether a 'coalition of the willing' can really protect a peace deal from Russian aggression.To sign up for our newsletters click herePresented by Adam Payne, produced by Nick Hilton and edited by Ewan Cameron for Podot

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Who is Paul Marshall?

London Review Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 61:17

A decade ago, the hedge fund manager Paul Marshall was known as a Lib Dem donor and founder of the Ark academy chain. Now, as the owner of UnHerd, GB News and, since last September, the Spectator, he's a right-wing media tycoon. Peter Geoghegan joins Thomas Jones to discuss Marshall's transformation. He explains the ‘symbiotic relationship' between Marshall and Michael Gove, their shared connection to evangelical Christianity, and the changing shape of conservative politics in Britain.Find further reading on the episode page: https://lrb.me/marshallpodSponsored links:Use the code ‘LRB' to get £150 off Serious Readers lights here: https://www.seriousreaders.com/lrb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Big Seat Ambitions with Mike Ross

Lib Dem Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 54:05

Season 6 is here!!!!After a hectic few months the Lib Dem Podcast is back with episode 268. John and Hannah are joined by Cllr Mike Ross. Mike is the candidate to be the Lib Dem's first large seat area victory as he fights to win the Hull and East Yorkshire Mayor.How hard is it for Lib Dems to scale up to a seat that contains 6 parliamentary constituencies? Hoe does it feel on the ground? What can every listener can do to help?* since recording Reform have announced their candidate.Keep up to date with the LibDem Podcast on Instagram, Facebook & Twitter - @LibDemPodPlease like & subscribe to the channel on YouTube as well as through your podcast provider so you never miss an episode.If you want to support the show why not join our Patreon exclusive service at: www.patreon.com/libdempodThanks for listeningThe Lib Dem Podcast

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An ninh cho Ukraina : Thủ tướng Anh hy vọng đóng vai trò « cầu nối » giữa Mỹ và châu Âu

TẠP CHÍ TIÊU ĐIỂM

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 15:43

Ngày 16/02/2025, trong bài diễn đàn đăng trên nhật báo Anh The Telegraph, thủ tướng Anh tuyên bố khẳng định chính phủ Anh sẵn sàng « tham gia bảo đảm an ninh cho Ukraina qua việc gởi quân đến nếu cần thiết ». Quan điểm này đã được lãnh đạo chính phủ Anh nhắc lại trong hội nghị không chính thức giữa các lãnh đạo châu Âu diễn ra tại Paris một ngày sau đó khi đưa ra thông điểm rất rõ ràng : Hòa bình bằng sức mạnh. Vì sao Anh Quốc luôn tỏ ra kiên bảo vệ Ukraina ? Luân Đôn tính gì khi khá ủng hộ các lập trường của Paris và không phê phán các đường lối của chính quyền Trump hiện nay ?Mời quý vị theo dõi phần giải thích của thông tín viên Nguyễn Giang tại Luân Đôn.---------- ********* ----------RFI Tiếng Việt : Anh Quốc và Ukraina có quan hệ như thế nào ?TTV Nguyễn Giang : Mối quan hệ giữa Anh và Ukraina đã có từ lâu, nhưng sự kiên quyết của Anh Quốc trong việc hỗ trợ Ukraina trở nên rõ ràng hơn trong bối cảnh gần đây. Vào tháng Giêng năm 2025, thủ tướng Sir Keir Starmer đã ký kết Hiệp ước Đối tác-Đồng minh 100 năm giữa Anh và Ukraina cùng tổng thống Volodymyr Zelensky, thiết lập 9 trụ cột cho quan hệ song phương, bao gồm: Quốc phòng, An ninh, Hàng hải, Kinh tế & Thương mại, Năng lượng & Khí hậu, Tư pháp, Chống lũng đoạn Thông tin, Khoa học & Công nghệ, và Văn hóa-Thể thao.Trước đây, dưới thời thủ tướng Boris Johnson, vào tháng 2/2022, Anh ký với Ba Lan và Ukraina một hiệp ước an ninh ba bên (trilateral security pact), vừa để hỗ trợ hai nước kia chống lại Nga, vừa giúp Anh có một vị trí chiến lược Đông Âu. Hiệp ước này được ký sau khi ba nước Pháp-Đức và Ba Lan ký thỏa thuận có tên là « Tam giác Weimar » nhằm tạo xương sống cho chiến lược chống Nga của ba thành viên đông dân của Nato châu Âu và EU.Nhưng việc ký kết liên minh sâu nặng như thế 100 năm với Ukraina là điều hiếm xảy ra với Anh. Bởi nước này có truyền thống thực dụng là giữ cho lục địa châu Âu không bị một nước nào thống trị, và trên đại dương thì Anh phải thống trị. Ví dụ năm 1806, Anh đã cấm vận (embargo, blockade) vùng biển ra Đại Tây Dương để nước Pháp của Napoleon không thể vươn ra biển. Anh chỉ bỏ bao vây Pháp trên biển vào đúng ngày 11 tháng 4 năm 1814 khi Napoleon thoái vị. Sau khi Đức mạnh lên thì đã có một Liên minh Trái tim (Entente Cordiale) đã được Anh ký với Pháp năm 1904, thời Vua Edward VII. Bởi vậy, có thể nói liên minh 100 năm với Ukraina là rất đặc biệt, cho phép Anh có mặt ở khu vực Đông Âu.Sự ủng hộ cho Ukraina nhận được sự đồng thuận từ cả hai đảng lớn của Anh: Đảng Lao động (đang cầm quyền) và Đảng Bảo thủ (đối lập), cũng như các đảng nhỏ hơn như LibDem và Đảng Xanh. Điều này cho thấy một sự đồng thuận chính trị mạnh mẽ trong việc bảo vệ Ukraina chống lại các mối đe dọa từ Nga. Ngay cả ông Nigel Farage, một nhân vật có tiếng trong phong trào cánh hữu, cũng đã bác bỏ những lời chỉ trích của tổng thống Trump về Tổng thống Zelensky « là nhà độc tài » mới đây.Truyền thông Anh và người dân cũng tích cực hỗ trợ, với khoảng 25.000 người Ukraina được tiếp nhận để tị nạn trong suốt ba năm qua.Luân Đôn đánh giá mối đe dọa từ Nga cho an ninh nước Anh như thế nào ?TTV Nguyễn Giang : Về mặt tâm lý, theo chuyên gia David Landsman, nước Nga vẫn là một quốc gia ít quen thuộc nhưng lại là « kẻ thù quen thuộc » với người Anh (unfamiliar country but a familiar enemy), nhất là sau sự kiện an ninh Nga (GRU) cử người sang gây ra vụ đầu độc tại Salisbury trên đất Anh. Người Anh nhận thấy Nga đã xâm lược Ukraina, và điều này làm sống lại những ký ức về kẻ thù cũ. Cả hai phía trong cuộc tranh luận Brexit đều đồng ý rằng, sau khi ra khỏi EU, Anh cần phải khôi phục vị thế của mình trên trường quốc tế, trong đó việc hỗ trợ Ukraina chống lại Nga được coi là « quyền lực thông qua giá trị đạo đức ».Về phương diện kinh tế, Anh đã giảm sự phụ thuộc vào khí đốt Nga từ tháng 2/2022, điều này đã tạo thuận lợi cho chính trị Anh trong việc phát biểu mạnh mẽ về vấn đề Nga, khác với Đức, nước cho tới gần đây vẫn chịu ảnh hưởng lớn tác động của nguồn năng lượng khí đốt của Nga. Trong các nước châu Âu, Anh là quốc gia có nền kinh tế mở, hướng ra thế giới hơn hẳn các nước ở lục địa, gần Nga, gần biển Baltic và Hắc Hải, nên Anh có thể không bị ràng buộc nhiều bởi các lợi ích cục bộ gắn với Nga.Là đồng minh lâu đời của Mỹ và luôn đi theo chiến lược của Mỹ, nhưng Luân Đôn không những không chỉ trích Washington về việc bỏ rơi Kiev mà còn tuyên bố sẵn sàng gởi quân sang đảm bảo an ninh cho Ukraina. Thủ tướng Anh còn tỏ lập trường ủng hộ quan điểm của Pháp. Thủ tướng Anh trông đợi điều gì tổng thống Trump nhân chuyến thăm Mỹ ? TTV Nguyễn Giang : Cho dù là đồng minh lâu dài của Mỹ, lần này Anh không chỉ trích Mỹ về việc bỏ rơi Kiev mà ngược lại, còn cam kết cử quân sang Ukraina. Thủ tướng Starmer muốn đóng vai trò cầu nối giữa Mỹ và châu Âu. Sự bắt tay giữa Starmer và Macron diễn ra trong bối cảnh mà cả hai bên cần tăng cường quan hệ, nhất là khi vị thế của Macron tại châu Âu đang bị lung lay.Luân Đôn nhận ra rằng không thể "tái xác lập" quan hệ với EU mà thiếu sự ủng hộ từ Paris. Đảng Lao động ở Anh phải tăng cường quan hệ với Pháp để gia tăng sức mạnh đối phó với mối đe dọa từ Nga, khi mà chính quyền Trump có xu hướng thiên về cánh hữu.Chuyến công du Mỹ của thủ tướng Starmer nhằm mục tiêu thuyết phục Tổng thống Trump đảm bảo an ninh cho Ukraina sau chiến tranh. Ông Starmer đã công bố ngân sách quốc phòng mới, dự kiến tăng từ 2.3% lên 2.5% GDP vào năm 2027, với kế hoạch nâng lên 3% GDP đến năm 2030.Bên cạnh đó Anh sẵn sàng đưa quân sang Ukraina để gìn giữ an ninh cho đường phi giới tuyến trong tương lai. Điều này nhằm thể hiện sự cam kết của Anh trong việc cùng đồng minh châu Âu gánh vác trách nhiệm bảo vệ khu vực NATO.Cùng lúc, tân đại sứ Anh tại Mỹ, Peter Mandelson nói hai nước muốn một MEGA – Make Economies Great Again – tức là một hiệp định tự do thương mại lớn, đẩy mậu dịch song phương lên hơn mức hiện nay là gần 300 tỷ bảng/năm. Chưa rõ là trong hai hồ sơ : Quốc Phòng và Kinh Tế - Thương Mại thì ông Trump mặn mà hơn với Anh ở hồ sơ nào.Pháp có thể giúp được gì cho chiến lược của Anh về hồ sơ Ukraina?TTV Nguyễn Giang : Ngay sau khi tổng thống Pháp Emmanuel Macron có cuộc gặp với đồng cấp Mỹ Donald Trump ở Nhà Trắng hôm thứ Hai thì sang ngày thứ Ba, 25/02, ông Macron đã điện đàm với thủ tướng Anh Starmer, hẳn là để trao đổi trước khi ông Starmer tới Mỹ gặp ông Trump thứ Năm 27/02 này. Có lẽ chính giới Anh và Pháp vẫn đang cân nhắc xem họ giúp nhau được gì, để đối phó với Mỹ và để thể hiện uy lực tối đa của hai cường quốc duy nhất trong NATO ở châu Âu đang sở hữu vũ khí nguyên tử, đã cam kết hợp tác về an ninh châu Âu.Ví dụ tổng thống Macron nói Pháp sẵn sàng dùng cái ô nguyên tử bảo vệ cho Đức, và kêu gọi Anh cũng làm như thế. Để đảm bảo hỗ trợ hiệu quả cho Kiev, cả Paris và Luân Đôn đều cần có sự tham gia của Berlin, dưới thời tân thủ tướng của đảng Dân chủ Thiên Chúa giáo (CDU), Friedrich Merz.Ông Merz tuyên bố tân chính phủ Đức có nhiệm vụ làm cho Đức tự chủ hơn so với Mỹ về an ninh và quốc phòng, điều này có thể dẫn đến khả năng hợp tác tốt giữa ba nước lớn nhất châu Âu. Hiển nhiên là nếu ba nước này không hợp tác chặt chẽ, sẽ rất khó khăn để đạt được những nỗ lực hỗ trợ Ukraina một cách hiệu quả.Anh Quốc có thể có vai trò gì trong trường hợp Mỹ rút lui khỏi Ukraina ? Liệu nước Anh có thay thế được Mỹ bảo đảm an ninh cho Ukraina ?TTV Nguyễn Giang : Hiện tại, chính giới Anh chưa có kế hoạch thay thế Mỹ tại Ukraina và vẫn muốn thuyết phục Mỹ ở lại châu Âu. Vai trò của Anh chủ yếu là đánh giá xem một phương án hợp tác cùng Pháp, Đức, và Ba Lan có khả năng đảm bảo an ninh cho Ukraina trong bối cảnh mối đe dọa từ Nga tiếp tục hiện hữu hay là không, và một khi Hoa Kỳ rút hay giảm vai trò tại châu Âu thì họ sẽ phải làm gì. Tuy thế, cũng có ý kiến như của nhà báo Ian Dunt nói trước sau gì thì Anh và châu Âu cũng cần « độc lập khỏi Mỹ » trong vấn đề an ninh, nên đây là cơ hội để London đi theo chiến lược đó.Ngoài đảng Lao động đang cầm quyền thì cả hai đảng đối lập ở Anh (Bảo thủ và Tự do Dân chủ) đều đồng ý về việc tăng chi tiêu quốc phòng « để phòng chống Nga ». Tuy nhiên, có sự lo ngại trước việc cắt giảm viện trợ phát triển toàn cầu của Anh từ 0.5% GDP xuống 0.3% GDP, theo nhà báo Robert Peston. Ông cho rằng điều này có thể làm giảm sức mạnh mềm của Anh, nhất là khi Trung Quốc đang gia tăng ảnh hưởng tại nhiều khu vực, bao gồm cả châu Phi.Mặc dù vậy, một phần dư luận tại Anh có vẻ đồng ý với chính phủ là cần tăng chi tiêu quốc phòng. Trên trang của BBC, một bài viết về việc tăng chi tiêu quốc phòng và giảm viện trợ hải ngoại (Starmer cuts aid to fund increase in defence spending-26/02)#đã thu hút trên 5 ngàn bình luận chỉ sao một ngày. Trong phần bình luận nhiều người đã ủng hộ việc tăng chi tiêu quân sự mà không ngần ngại cắt giảm viện trợ cho các nước khác để « cứu người nghèo và vô gia cư trong nước Anh ».Nhưng thú vị hơn là có một số ý kiến đặc biệt nhấn mạnh rằng những hợp đồng quốc phòng nên được trao cho các công ty vũ khí Anh và châu Âu, mà không giao cho các công ty Mỹ, với lý do các công ty này thường đi kèm với điều kiện khắt khe trong các hợp đồng.Ý kiến cá nhân này còn cho rằng « Hoa Kỳ nay đang ngày một trở nên một quốc gia côn đồ » (British defence firms should be first priority, then European allies' firms second. US defence firms must now be avoided at all costs – the last thing we need is military kit that has both parts/maintenance and usage rules attached to an increasingly rogue state).Tất nhiên, đó chỉ là một ý kiến cá nhân, và theo tôi, đa số người dân Anh vẫn yêu quý nước Mỹ. Thế nhưng giống như đại đa số các tờ báo chính ở đây, người ta thấy những gì ông Trump hơn một tháng qua là rất đáng lo ngại cho tương lai nước Anh vì cấu trúc an ninh 80 năm qua (Anh dựa vào Mỹ) đang tan vỡ.

Daisy Cooper, Liam Halligan, Daniel Kebede & Baroness Kate Fall

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2025 52:55

Ali Miraj sits in and is joined on Cross Question by Lib Dem deputy leader Daisy Cooper, economist and broadcaster Liam Halligan, National Education Union general secretary Daniel Kebede and Conservative peer Baroness Fall.

How to explain, and beat, populism

Never Mind The Bar Charts

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2025 43:13

Peter Kellner join sme to discuss a new report on what is going wrong with our politics, and the solutions. No surprise then that our conversation focused on populism, its causes and how liberals can defeat it. Show notes Disruptive Delivery: Meeting the Unmet Demand in Politics, with polling from Deltapoll. The Challenge of Affluence: Self-Control and Well-Being in the United States and Britain since 1950 by Avner Offer (affiliate link). An example from the 1990s of failing to predict the political future. How incumbent governments did badly in elections in 2024. The three humped graph from the report. Liberal Democrat achievements in government. Lib Dem policymaking on AI. Peter Kellner's polling newsletter. The Week in Polls. Theme tune by Hugo Lee. New to listening to podcasts? Here are some tips on how to listen to podcasts. Check out some of this show's most popular previous episodes. Enjoy the show? Spread the word Share the show's website, www.NeverMindTheBarCharts.com.

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Mark Harper, Sarah Olney, Ella Whelan & Paul Mason

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2025 53:53

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former Conservative Transport Secretary Mark Harper, Lib Dem frontbencher Sarah Olney, Telegraph columnist Ella Whelan & the writer and broadcaster Paul Mason.

Is expanding Heathrow key to solving Britain's economic malaise?

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2025 147:48

Is expanding Heathrow key to solving Britain's economic malaise? And is the only solution to universities' funding crisis a big increase in tuition fees?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former Conservative Transport Secretary Mark Harper, Lib Dem frontbencher Sarah Olney, Telegraph columnist Ella Whelan & the writer and broadcaster Paul Mason.

Ed Davey: No More Mr Nice Guy?

The Red Box Politics Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 34:28

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey has positioned himself as pro-Europe and anti-Trump. Can he appeal to the urban voters that Labour may lose as they pick their fight with the Tories and Reform? Ed Vaizey unpacks the politics of the day with Robin Brant and Alys Denby. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Daniel Kawczynski, Baroness Olly Grender, Sabrina Cohen-Hatton & Andy Silvester

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 55:05

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former Conservative MP Daniel Kawczynski, Lib Dem peer Baroness Grender, firefighter and researcher Sabrina Cohen-Hatton and Times journalist Andy Silvester.

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Should the UK keep out of events in Syria?

Pompey Politics Podcast, Blue and Yellow Till We Die

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 148:41

Should the UK keep out of events in Syria?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are former Conservative MP Daniel Kawczynski, Lib Dem peer Baroness Grender, firefighter and researcher Sabrina Cohen-Hatton and Times journalist Andy Silvester.

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Running a Rainbow Havant

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024 59:41

On this week·s show we invite back Havant Borough Councillors to share the news from their rainbow coalition (Green, Lib Dem & Labour) since they took over running the council in May. We're joined by:- Cllr Philippa Gray, (Lib Dem. Bedhampton) Deputy Leader of Havant Borough Council & Cabinet Lead for Finance Cllr Grainne Rason Bradley, (Green. Emsworth) Cabinet Lead for Environment & Water Quality & Climate Change Champion Cllr Mark Coates (Labour. Hayling East) Chairman of Human Resources Committee Cllr Paul Gray (Lib Dem. Hayling West) Cabinet Lead for Commercial & Chairman of Licensing Committee

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Mark Ferguson, Jim Shannon, Sam Lister & Mark Pack

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 53:55

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Mark Ferguson, DUP MP Jim Shannon, Sam Lister from The Express and Lib Dem president Mark Pack.

Has Biden just given Trump a blank cheque?

Trash Talk... with Count Binface

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 148:34

Has Biden just given Trump a blank cheque?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Mark Ferguson, DUP MP Jim Shannon, Sam Lister from The Express and Lib Dem president Mark Pack.

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Wendy Chamberlain MP

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 35:12

Let it be known - of the 650 MPs in the current UK Parliament, Wendy Chamberlain was the first to say yes to an interview. The Member of Parliament for North East Fife, and Liberal Democrat Chief Whip joined us to discuss the Lib Dem election strategy, Trump, Kemi and of course... croissants. Only 649 MPs left on our list. If you're an MP reading this then get in touch - you know where. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Lisa Smart, David Simmonds, Afua Hagan & Charlotte Pickles

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2024 52:26

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Lib Dem home affairs spokesperson Lisa Smart, Conservative shadow housing minister David Simmonds, broadcaster Afua Hagan & Charlotte Pickles from the REFORM think tank.

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Should farmers get special treatment?

For the Many with Iain Dale & Jacqui Smith

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2024 148:20

Farmers protest in Westminster and 1000 days of war in UkraineJoining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Lib Dem home affairs spokesperson Lisa Smart, Conservative shadow housing minister David Simmonds, broadcaster Afua Hagan & Charlotte Pickles from the REFORM think tank.

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497. Rude Health - with Lynne Featherstone

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 80:17

Iain is joined for this one by the Lib Dem peer Baroness Featherstone for this 'un. They talk about Labour's first hundred days in government, the death of Alex Salmond, Lynne's legacy on equal marriage, the future of the Lib Dems, international investment and more!

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Does Westminster do God?

POLITICO's Westminster Insider

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2024 55:11

Alistair Campbell famously once proclaimed of Tony Blair's government: "we don't do God." Two decades on, this week on Westminster Insider, host Sascha O'Sullivan goes to the politicians' church St Bartholomew the `Great to find out if that's still true. She speaks to some of parliament's most prominent Christians about the influence of religion on politics. Liberal Democrat Tim Farron tells Sascha about stepping step down from the leadership of his party after being confronted with a choice between "being a good leader and a good Christian." Tory MP and evangelical Christian Danny Kruger shares with Sascha how his religion informs his values as a politician and drives the policies he has helped lobby for with Conservative colleagues. Sascha speaks to Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds, nicknamed "the rev" because of his faith, about how his support for gay marriage legislation in 2012, led to him being "condemned by the local priest three Sundays in a row." And how, he says, he feels the need to make the case for Christian politics on the left as a louder religious voice emerges in Conservative politics. POLITICO Playbook reporter Bethany Dawson takes Sascha inside the Alliance for Responsible Citizens conference, where British and American politicians openly called for a return to our "Judeo-Christian foundations." And Bishop Alan Smith of St Albans makes the case for bishops in the House of Lords, while Lib Dem peer Lorely Burt and journalist Tali Fraser argue that Christian traditions still present in parliament can prove alienating for non believers and people of other faiths. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Kiki McDonough, Wendy Chamberlain, Wendy Morton & Danny Shaw

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024 51:24

Iain is joined for Cross Question this evening by jeweller and businesswoman Kiki McDonough, Lib Dem chief whip and MP Wendy Chamberlain, Conservative MP and former chief whip Wendy Morton and home affairs commentator and former Yvette Cooper adviser Danny Shaw.

How the October 7th attacks changed the world - and Robert Jenrick takes your calls

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024 143:56

How the October 7th attacks changed the world - and Robert Jenrick takes your callsIain is joined for Cross Question this evening by jeweller and businesswoman Kiki McDonough, Lib Dem chief whip and MP Wendy Chamberlain, Conservative MP and former chief whip Wendy Morton and home affairs commentator and former Yvette Cooper adviser Danny Shaw.

James Cleverley's rising momentum and Lib Dem Conference Insights

Mid-Atlantic - conversations about US, UK and world politics

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 42:30

In this episode of Mid Atlantic, Roifield Brown dives into the Conservative Party leadership race, breaking down the key moments from their recent conference in Birmingham. Joined by regular contributor Cory Bernard, they explore everything from James Cleverley's rising momentum to Kemi Badenoch's gaffes, Robert Jenrick's Thatcher references, and the broader question of where the party goes from here.But that's not all—we start the show with a voice notes from Steve O'Neil, who attended the Conservative conference and Lib Dem conferences. Steve gives us his take on the optimistic yet mellow mood at the Lib Dem gathering and how they're positioning themselves for the future.Key Highlights:Lib Dem Conference Recap (Steve O'Neil):Optimism about the party's rising profile, thanks to new select committee roles in Defra and Health.Emerging tensions around housing policy and Brexit, with some calling for a more pro-EU stance.The party's identity crisis: will they align with Labour or attack them from the left?Conservative Leadership Race Analysis (Roifield & Cory):James Cleverley's strong performance and his appeal to MPs and the public.Kemi Badenoch's struggle with gaffes and reliance on culture wars rhetoric.Robert Jenrick's "new Conservative" messaging, though lacking concrete substance.The broader question of whether the Conservatives can rebuild from their historic defeat, and the uncertain direction of their economic strategy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Simon Evans - What Next for America?

The Current Thing

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2024 68:47

GB News presenter and one of Britain's greatest comedians Simon Evans returns to talk about: -The latest assassination attempt on Trump -Whether they are really 'eating the dogs', and does it matter? -Huw Edwards avoiding jail -Keir Starmer's clothes scandal -The Lib Dem who got PTSD due to Brexit -The UK's version of Jussie Smollett and loads more! Follow Simon on X: https://twitter.com/TheSimonEvans Go to his website: https://thesimonevans.com Get full episodes with top guests, plus Nick's exclusive solo reaction episodes, all his articles, and of course support the podcast and help us keep doing this work, all for just £5 by going to nickdixon.net Or make a one-off donation here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon Substack: nickdixon.net X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomic YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixon

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17/09/24 Lib Dem party conference; Farmland birds; Peat

Farming Today

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2024 14:05

It's party conference season and Farming Today will be covering the three main conferences. This week, the Liberal Democrats meet in Brighton. Their relative success in the recent General Election has given them a boost, and many of their new constituencies gained this summer are in rural areas. The big question is budget. Before the election the Liberal Democrats promised £1 billion a year more, for the Environmental Land Management Scheme which replaces old EU payments in England. Different changes are being made in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Since the election, it's emerged the Conservative government underspent its DEFRA budget by £358m in the previous parliament. We speak to the environment food and rural affairs spokesperson for the Lib Dems, Tim Farron.All week we're taking stock of birdlife on farms. The RSPB says farmland bird numbers are still declining for some species, and more needs to be done to improve numbers through habitat creation, and changing farming methods. On the Lowther Estate, near Penrith, in Cumbria, recent changes in grazing, tree planting, even the introduction of beavers to help with wetland creation, are already having positive repercussions on both the range and number of birds choosing to nest and breed there.The UK has an estimated three million hectares of peatland, both upland and lowland, but it's believed about 80 percent of that is in poor condition. A new report from the International Union for the Convention of Nature shows progress has been made on restoring UK peatlands over the last thirty years but its Peatland Programme also reports that it's unlikely to meet the target to restore two million hectares by 2040.Presenter = Anna Hill Producer = Rebecca Rooney

How sick note Britain is trashing our economy

The Two-Minute Briefing

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2024 32:33

And Ed Davey attacks the Conservatives in his conference speech, but shouldn't he have really gone after Labour - the party actually in power?4.3 million people could be out of work due to ill health by the end of this Parliament, ushering in an era of “disease and bankruptcy” for Britain, according to a new report from The Institute for Public Policy Research. Camilla and Kamal look at the report's recommendations, including higher taxes on unhealthy foods, and ask if more nanny statism will really drag the country out of a health crisis.And Ed Davey has given his big speech at the Lib Dem conference, and used it largely to take aim at fourteen years of Conservative rule rather than holding Labour's feet to the fire. He has ambitions of being the official Opposition, so why did he focus on the Tories? Camilla senses a left wing stitch-up...Read: ‘Disease and bankruptcy beckon' under Labour as Britain's worklessness crisis deepensMidults Q&A: Do you need advice on a relationship dilemma?We want to hear from you! Email us at TheDailyT@telegraph.co.uk or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastProducer: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanSenior Producer: John CadiganPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Luke GoodsallSocial Media Producer: Niamh WalshEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss StudioHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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'Let's finish the job' - Ed Davey at the Lib Dem conference

Sky News Daily

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2024 23:29

Ed Davey told the Liberal Democrat party conference that he would "cut through the government's doom and gloom" and plans to "vanquish what's left of the Conservative Party". With attention-grabbing stunts, which this week extended to arriving at the conference on a jet ski, and a record-breaking 72 seats in parliament making them the third biggest party, can the Lib Dems keep the momentum going? Niall Paterson sits down on Brighton's pebble beach with our political correspondent Rob Powell, to debrief on the gimmicks, the conference, and Ed Davey's speech. Plus, Niall catches Lib Dem MPs Tim Farron, Layla Moran, and Calum Miller to get their reaction to Davey's speech and their party's ambitions. Producer: Soila Apparicio Editor: Philly Beaumont

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489. Untrue and Unfair - with Gina Miller

For the Many with Iain Dale & Jacqui Smith

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 71:46

Iain is joined for this one by brilliant businesswoman and campaigner Gina Miller. They discuss the PM's wife getting clothes bought for her, Huw Edwards sentenced, what happened to Gina's True and Fair Party, the Lib Dem conference, Starmer mulling an Albania deal for channel migrants and much more too!

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Show 255. Emma Revell

The Political Party

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 54:20

Emma Revell What does a Thatcherite think tank do when the Tories are out of office?Emma Revell from the Centre for Policy Studies briefs us on what's next for one of Britain's most influential organisations. Plus... why being a Lib Dem first is becoming a right of passage...SEE Matt at on tour until March 2025: https://www.mattforde.com/live-shows202431 July - 25 August: Edinburgh, The Pleasance2 October: Norwich Playhouse3 October: Maidenhead, Norden Farm9 October: Middlesbrough, The Crypt10 October: London, Leicester Square Theatre24 October: Hull, Truck Theatre6 November: Exeter, Phoenix8 November: Tunbridge Wells, Trinity Theatre14 November: Basingstoke, The Haymarket15 November: Colchester Arts Centre20 November: York, The Crescent21 November: Chorley, Little Theatre22 November: Salford, The Lowry27 November: Chipping Norton Theatre28 November: Leicester, Y Theatre29 November: Eastleigh, The Berry31 November: Faversham, The Alexander Centre20254 February: Leeds, City Varieties5 February: Sheffield, The Leadmill6 February: Chelmsford Theatre7 February: Bedford, The Quarry Theatre12 February: Bath, Komedia13 February: Southend, Palace Theatre16 February: Cambridge, The Junction20 February: Nottingham, Lakeside Arts23 February: Brighton, Komedoa25 February: Cardiff, Glee Club26 February: Bury St Edmunds, Theatre Royal2 March: Bristol, Tobacco Factory11 March: Aberdeen, Lemon Tree12 March: Glasgow, Glee Club Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Politics Weekly Westminster: Starmer meets Meloni

Politics Weekly

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 23:42

The Guardian's Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey talk about Keir Starmer's trip to Rome to meet Italy's far-right PM, Giorgia Meloni, and discuss migrant boat crossings. Plus, Pippa is in Brighton for the Lib Dem conference. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

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The New European Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 50:38

Today, why the US election is revealing itself to be an unprecedented cocktail of violence and fiction - and what Kamala Harris needs to do to get back in front of the story. Also - why aren't the Lib Dem's more explicit about reversing Brexit and how did Keir Starmer expect the story of Lord Alli's remarkable benevolence to play out, if not terribly. Enjoy!Love this? Then you'll love The New European. Subscribe today: theneweuropean.co.uk/2matts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Trendy: Have we reached peak Lib Dem?

Tortoise News

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2024 31:39

As the Liberal Democrats party conference gets under way, John and Rachel take a look at liberal voting trends. Who are their voters and why do they vote liberal? Hosts: John Curtice and Rachel WolfTo find out more about Tortoise:- Download the Tortoise app - for a listening experience curated by our journalists- Subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and exclusive content- Become a member and get access to all of Tortoise's premium audio offerings and moreIf you want to get in touch with us directly about a story, or tell us more about the stories you want to hear about trendy@tortoisemedia.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Playback: Meet Wes Streeting

The Modern Mann

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 27:28

In the wake of the Brexit referendum in 2017, Wes Streeting had only been an MP for two years... and had won two elections in as many years. In this month's Playback, we take you back to that time - away from the election spin of 2024 - to understand the man most likely to be Britain's new health secretary. Would you be an MP, at a time when public trust in politicians has fallen to the lowest level in living memory? Could you dedicate yourself to your constituents, yet also make time for your family, fighting fires on social media and keeping the media on-side? Wes Streeting, Labour MP for Ilford North since 2015, entered the fray in time to experience the Brexit vote, the murder of his colleague Jo Cox, and the Palace of Westminster coming under terrorist attack. In this candid interview with Olly, he lifts the lid on day-to-day life as a young MP in the House of Commons, from his experiences adapting to the weird traditions of voting and speaking in the House, to the perils of navigating Westminster's gossipy backstairs bars and their modern-day digital equivalents on WhatsApp... Like politics beyond the headlines? Then discover what it's like on the campaign trail, as Olly spends a month with Lib Dem candidate Layla Moran for the 2019 election: https://www.modernmann.co.uk/new/candidate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Leader Profiles: Sir Ed Davey

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2024 25:25

This bonus episode of Newscast is a profile of the leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Ed Davey.Adam and Alex are joined by Dr Tim Leunig, economist and long-time friend of the Lib Dem leader, to chronicle his early life and political career. They look at his family life, what he has achieved in politics, including during his time as a minister, plus the origin of his political stunts. This episode is part of a series where Newscast profiles each of the leaders of major political parties.Rishi Sunak: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0j477c7 Sir Keir Starmer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0j47dw8 John Swinney: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0j4x4rtYou can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhereNewscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Miranda Slade with Gemma Roper. The technical producers were Antonio Fernandes and Michael Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.

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Electioncast: The Lib Dem Manifesto

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2024 31:53

Today, we look at the Liberal Democrat manifesto launch, and the first of a series of BBC leadership interviews - starting with Rishi Sunak. Speaking at a launch in London Lib Dem leader, Ed Davey, called it a “manifesto to save the NHS” and pledged an £8bn package for health and care services in England. Davey also faced questions on the party's stance on Europe. Plus, in the first of a series of interviews with party leaders, Nick Robinson speaks to Rishi Sunak. To discuss it all Adam and Chris are joined by Vicki Young, deputy political editor.You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Elliot Ryder and Sam Mclaren. The technical producer was Hannah Montgomery. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham

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The Luke and Pete Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2024 32:46

This week, Luke and Pete kick starts your Monday with a deep dive into UK politics. Discussing everything from the duality of John Prescott, MP Lee Anderson's recent tirade against, current PM Rishi Sunak's plan to bring back national service and even Lib Dem leader Ed Davey's run in with a paddle board - your new political correspondents cover it all. Following this, Luke also has some choice words about the UK government's young staffers...Elsewhere, Pete reminds us of Ronald Reagan's signature look. Plus, Luke has the perfect solution for a parcel thief - dog sh*t and broken glass, classic!Want to get in touch with the show? Email: hello@lukeandpeteshow.com or you can get in touch on Twitter or Instagram: @lukeandpeteshow. Follow us @thelukeandpeteshow.***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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