Oh God, What Now?

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Who ordered Rish’n’Chips? Jul 10, 2020

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Oh Rishi you’re so fine, you’re so fine you blow our minds… Or will he? Will Sunak’s £10 off Groupon Meal Deal save the British economy? Do the Government’s free-spending interventions amount to the death of Old School Conservatism? Plus we welcome veteran Brexit blogger Chris Grey to look at the Ghosts of Brexit Past and Brexit Yet To Come.

Produced and presented by Andrew Harrison with Naomi Smith and Ben Stewart. Assistant producer: Jacob Archbold. Audio production by Alex Rees. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

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Spiked: Lost in the Moral Maze – plus guest Nick Cohen Jul 03, 2020

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“The matter is closed!” Special guest Nick Cohen of The Observer joins us to look at the fall-out from Cummings taking down the country’s most senior civil servant, the reeking corruption of the Robert Jenrick/Richard Desmond affair, and the Starmer-Long-Bailey face-off. Plus: how on earth did shady contrarian factory Spiked elbow its way into the spotlight of politics, and are they really as influential as TV producers think? And British satellites. Galileo? Galileo. Galileo? Bismillah no, our fake GPS will not go. Also, some squid news from Ros.

“An underestimated thing about Starmer is, he’s seen it all… he’s seen the most savage political war.” – Nick Cohen
“Johnson wants to be thought of as a great Prime Minister by the easiest route possible… because he’s a really, really lazy man.” – Alex Andreou

Presented by Dorian Lynskey with Ros Taylor and Alex Andreou. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producer: Jacob Archbold. Audio production by Alex Rees. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

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My Bojo’s Not Working Jun 26, 2020

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As Boris Johnson continues to fumble everything he touches, are the Tory Right losing patience with their flop-haired figurehead? Gove is preparing a “shock and awe” ad campaign to sell No Deal to voters. How did we get from “sunlit uplands” to deliberately inciting fear among the public? Plus, Britain thinks of itself as a magnet for foreign students. But will COVID and the Corona recession, the toxic legacy of the Hostile Environment and Brexit itself combine to wreck Britain’s university sector? We talk to higher education analyst Martin McQuillian.

“The question is, which generation, which region, which voters will Johnson betray?” – Naomi Smith
“I’m always suspicious when government announces a big number like £1 billion. It reminds me of Dr Evil…” – Martin McQuillian
“I can’t believe they’re cancelling the wives of people who fly racist banners. Where will this cancel culture end?” – Dorian Lynskey
“The UK only has three successful export industries: the Premier League, the arms trade and higher education.” – Martin McQuillian

Presented by Dorian Lynskey with Naomi Smith and Ben Stewart. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producer: Jacob Archbold. Audio production by Alex Rees. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

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Unboxing Churchill Jun 19, 2020

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With the world gripped by the most significant anti-racist demonstrations in half a century, why are we still obsessing over Churchill? Do we overstate the power and significance of ageing Nazis in off-brand polo shirts running around Trafalgar Square? Could Britain actually shrink its police? Plus: so farewell then, DFiD. How the spread of fake data is producing a “Liar’s Dividend”. And why Marcus Rashford can only nutmeg the Government once.

“The goal of far right politics IS violence. So in a sense the conduct of its supporters is beside the point.” – Alex Andreou
“Creating new crimes to support their authority is what autocrats do.” – Ros Taylor

Presented by Dorian Lynskey with Nina Schick, Ros Taylor and Alex Andreou. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producer: Jacob Archbold. Audio production by Alex Rees. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

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“Oven-Ready Deal” Gives Britain Food Poisoning Jun 12, 2020

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This week: Boris Johnson fights to undo the unfair deal imposed on us by treacherous pro-EU operative *checks notes* Boris Johnson. Alex Andreou explains his epic investigation into whether the Government really did follow the science on COVID (spoiler: they didn’t). Who’s batting for chlorinated chicken in our cabinet of all the talentless? And get ready to eat rollmop herrings for Britain.

“I foolishly thought that government would put the right to an education above commercial concerns. I was so wrong.” – Ros Taylor

Presented by Andrew Harrison with Naomi Smith, Ros Taylor and Alex Andreou. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producer: Jacob Archbold. Audio production by Alex Rees. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

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“Is your culture war still working, Mr Cummings?” Jun 05, 2020

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How hard will a No Deal/COVID double whammy hit the British economy? New research from Best For Britain shows it will devastate the places you don’t expect as well as Brexitland. Could Black Lives Matter and America’s revolt against institutional racism cross over to the UK? And special guest Daniel Trilling of The Guardian explains how the new immigration regulations aren’t designed to “take back control” but to rip off workers.

“We’ve proven you can’t bury No Deal under Corona… Some 7 million jobs are doubly impacted by both.” – Naomi Smith
“In typical style, Mogg took an innovation that was working pretty well and decided they’d replace it with something old… just because they could.” – Ian Dunt
“This government tries to sweep away criticism with cheery British optimism and it’s toxic.” – Daniel Trilling
“What is it that Boris Johnson wants? Without Cummings, there’s nothing there.” – Ian Dunt

Presented by Dorian Lynskey with Naomi Smith and Ian Dunt. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producer: Jacob Archbold. Audio production by Alex Rees. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

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Domnishambles May 29, 2020

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Dom’s last stand (again): how did the supergenius who instinctively understands Britain’s heartbeat become the most hated man in the UK? SDLP MP Claire Hanna makes a welcome return to Remainiacs to explain the state of play in Northern Ireland vis-a-vis both COVID-19 and the cliffhanger Brexit trade negotiations. And Tobias Jones calls in from Parma, Italy to tell us how it felt to live through one of Europe’s grimmest COVID experiences.

“Cummings has upset one of the biggest and most dangerous constituencies in Britain: grandparents.” – Helen Lewis
“You can get out of a mess. But it’s hard to get out of being a punchline.” – Ian Dunt
“Lobby journalists quite like the idea that Britain’s being run by some Einstein in a spaghetti hoops t-shirt. But the reality is more boring.” – Helen Lewis

Presented by Dorian Lynskey with Ian Dunt and Helen Lewis. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producer: Jacob Archbold. Audio production by Alex Rees. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

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BUNKER BONUS: Emergency DomCast excerpt May 25, 2020

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As the Government went up in flames over Dominic Cummings’ flagrant breaches of his own lockdown rules, Dorian, Alex, Ros and Andrew got together for an Emergency CummingsCast for The Bunker. For our subscribers who weren’t on social media over the weekend and may have missed it, here’s a teaser. Find the whole show and subscribe to The Bunker here.

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Donkey Business, No Deal Drama May 22, 2020

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This week… Keir Starmer, a man out standing in his field, and why you don’t want to get on the wrong side of Big Donkey. Where do the hands of the EU Negotiations Doomsday Clock stand? How are COVID and the increasingly perilous EU trade negotiations looking from Germany? Rachel Stern from TheLocal.de joins us from Berlin to explain. And your Brexit news round-up, all with Dorian Lynskey, Naomi Smith and Ben Stewart.

“If the furlough scheme ends for ordinary people but not Monaco-based billionaires, that won’t go down too well.” – Ben Stewart
“It remains to be seen what Johnson will give up next. Watch out, fishermen and farmers.” – Naomi Smith
“Generation Rent’s future is being comprehensively screwed by people who then turn around and call them snowflakes.” – Ben Stewart

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Stayin’ Alert, Stayin’ Alert May 15, 2020

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“It’s all right, it’s OK/The press will look the other way/And we will fail to understand/Can’t Britain find a better man?” This week: Boris Johnson’s deceitful advice on unlocking. Why appealing to magical “common sense” is his ultimate get-out clause. And as Spain reopens its own society we talk to Fiona Govan of TheLocal.es about what the crisis has done to Spain’s politics.

“No-one really knows what common sense means. It’s just a dogwhistle.” – Ros Taylor
“The closer you look at these rules, the more they look like they were written by clowns. And then they talk about common sense?” – Ian Dunt
“For Scotland and Wales to effectively say ‘you are not welcome here’… that’s a big thing.” – Ros Taylor
“This isn’t to do with liberals vs authoritarians. It’s about basic ability to deal with complexity.” – Ian Dunt

Presented by Naomi Smith with Ros Taylor and Ian Dunt. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producer: Jacob Archbold. Audio production by Alex Rees. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

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