The Downtown Den Politics Podcast

EP.93 | The World's Most Expensive Feud

The most powerful man in the world has fallen out with the richest man in the world- what will be the fall out from the Trump/Musk bust up?
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EP.92 | Reeves' Budget Blues

Rachel Reeves is getting ready to announce her much anticipated spending review- but apparently all is not well with some of her Labour colleagues, with the deputy prime minister, the home secretary and some backbench MPs unhappy at some of the chancellor’s decisions.
And we’ll also be reflecting on an interesting week for Reform.
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EP.91 | The Ukrainian Conflict Rages On

Internationally, the Gaza conflict has sunk to new levels of depravity, The Ukraine war rages on, Poland has elected a populist president, Elon Musk has left the White House, Trump's tariffs are back and King Charles opened the Canadian Parliament.
We also learned what you need to appear on every major BBC current affairs programme … 5 MPs. 
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EP.90 | A UK/EU Reset

If a week is a long time in politics, then two weeks can feel like a life time. Much has happened since we were with you a fortnight ago! A UK/EU reset, Robert Jenrick becoming a vigilante, and Nigel Farage becoming a socialist! And they are just the highlights…
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EP.89 | Should the UK go marching back to the EU?

In this week's episode Jim and Jo discuss the UK' European deal, examine Labour's backbench discontent, the surprise of a pro-European victory in Romania and Donald Trump's whistle stop tour of the Middle East. 
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EP.88 | A good week for the Labour government?

Trade deals with the United States and India. An interest rate cut. And a major announcement on immigration policy.
It's probably been a good week for the Labour government. Certainly better than many they've experienced over the last ten months.
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EP.87 | The future of the UK-EU relationship

In a special Downtown Den politics podcast, Frank and Jim are joined by a select group of DIB members along with Tom Brufatto and James Coldwell from Best for Britain.
In this episode Tom and James dive into the future of the European project and UK-EU relations in these challenging times.
To find out more about Best for Britain visit: www.bestforbritain.org

EP.86 | Is the Two-Party system dead?

A great night for Reform. A good night for the Liberal Democrats and the Greens. A bad night for Labour, a catastrophic evening for the Conservatives.
Frank, Jim and Jo take a look back at last Thursday's UK polls, as well as casting their eyes internationally and seeing what's been happening in Canada, Australia and Romania.
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