The Downtown Den Politics Podcast

EP.96 | Did Trump Just Start a War with Iran?

Donald Trump decided to bomb Iran. Was the President simply pissed off with his TACO reputation- Trump Always Chickens Out- or has he got a longer term plan for the Middle East- and where does the unilateral action from the States and Israel leave international institutions? Are NATO and the UN now simply moribund, outdated, talking shops?
I’m Frank McKenna and this is the Downtown Den Politics Podcast.
 

EP.95 | Middle East in Crisis

Another very busy week in geopolitics. Israel and Iran are at war. In America, we've seen the shocking assassination of senior politicians.
This week the G7 comes together, where world leaders will attempt to find resolution to some of the events taking place across the globe which seem to have put the whole of the world in crisis.
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EP.94 | Budgeting for Better Days?

Rachel Reeves announced her long awaited Spending Review last Wednesday and we will be reflecting about what that might do in terms of Labour's polling fortunes.
Keir Starmer also announced that there is going to be a national enquiry into grooming gangs but why did he wait so long...
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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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