Labour for a European Future: One Year of Keir
It's been a year since Keir Starmer first took the reigns of the Labour Party. In that year, so much has happened: Covid, multiple waves of internal party strife and ongoing Brexit damage are just a few of the things that will have been occupying the leader's inbox. Meanwhile, Starmer has come under increasing pressure - not just from the left, but from people who may be seen as politically closer to him as well. Critics point to polls that show his and Labour's numbers slipping back, particularly important, they say, given he was elected on a promise to win. What have the defining moments of the leadership been so far? Where's the project going? What did we expect when Starmer won the leadership, and have those expectations been fulfillled? Discussing all this and more are Christabel Cooper, Emma Burnell and Ben Duncan-Duggal, with host Mike Buckley.
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MidAtlantic: Biden approaches his first 100 days and the UK considers Covid passports
Joe Biden entered the White House with an expansive agenda that includes taming the coronavirus, economic recovery, climate policy and reducing the power of tech companies, it’s so far so good, as Biden's approval rating on the economic recovery is at 62% and his overall approval rating is 55%. How much of Bidens approval rating is the fact that he isn’t Trump?
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Drunk Women Solving Crime: Emma Burnell and the Cat Burglar
The Drunk Women are, here again, swigging and solving till there's nothing left to swig or solve... this week they are joined by journalist and writer, Emma Burnell!
Emma stars us off by talking about a crime that has many possible culprits, but is the family dog REALLY in the clear? And what should be done about the neighborhood cat burglar? The gang then gets involved with a crime that is as audacious as they come and then rounds everything off with some much-needed atonement from one lucky listener.
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Zeitgeist Tapes: The Stepford Wives
For international Women's Day, Emma and Steve discuss the feminist classic The Stepford Wives. A chillingly dark comedy horror about what men really want from women.
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Midatlantic: When will the US raise its minimum wage and Rishi Sunak’s second UK budget
Today we are joined by Writer and journo Emma Burnell in London, Actor Terry Molloy in East Anglia and Mic Wright Editor at Conquest of the Useless, the media criticism newsletter in Norwich, businessman Alex Bishop in Hamilton Canada, Clint Loshe ex Capitol Hill staffer in Washington, Eric Marcus of the Making Gay History podcast in New York, pundit Doug Levy San Fransisco and Steve O’Neil the ex deputy head of policy for the Liberal Democrats in London.
In a week that has seen Daft Punk hang up their helmets, we ask why is the minimum wage in the US so low and why didn’t a bill to raise it pass in congress
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Forward March Halted?
This week, Tim Bale is joined by Emma Burnell and Patrick Diamond to discuss Patrick’s new book, 'The British Labour Party in Opposition and Power'.
They discuss some of the so-called myths of the Blair/Brown era and how friction within Downing Street may have undermined the capacity of Labour to renew politically. They also offer their thoughts on what Labour, and Keir Starmer, could learn from their thirteen years in government from 1997-2010.
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Midatlantic: Marjorie Taylor Greene - The GOP flights over its soul and should Labour wave the flag?
In a week that has seen over a million people in the UK receive Covid jabs in two days, we worry about the future of the Republican Party and whether it’s now the party of Qanon.
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Zeitgeist Tapes: The Crime of Monsieur Lange
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This month Emma and Steve look at the 1936 French film The Crime of Monsieur Lange. This morality tale from French auteur Jean Renoir divided us on some of the interpretations of characters. But the film is pacey and enjoyable and ahead of its time in many aspects of sex, gender roles and the evils of capitalists.
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Britain risks becoming a failed state
Today we are joined by Steve O'Neil the ex-deputy head of policy for the Liberal Democrats in London, political pundit Mike Holden in Burnley, writerand journo Emma Burnell in London, Actor Terry Molloy in East Anglia and Mic Wright the Founder and Editor at Conquest of the Useless, the media criticism newsletter in Norwich.
Gordon Brown said The UK at risk of becoming a failed state, with disunion rife, the world shocked at our covid numbers and the PM and his government all at sea, is this fair?
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