Starmergeddon (from TLDR News)

Starmergeddon (from TLDR News)

Your fortnightly UK politics podcast from TLDR News. Join writers Ben Blissett and Georgina Findlay for a discussion about the Labour government, Keir Starmer’s cabinet, and other underreported stories. Published every other Friday. Pre-order the next edition of Too Long, TLDR’s print magazine, using the code 'TOOPODCAST' for £2 off any order: https://toolong.news/

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September 5, 2025 36 mins

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In a surprise episode of Starmergeddon, Zac is in the host's chair to talk with Ben about the drama surrounding Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner.


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In this week's episode of Starmergeddon, Georgina sits down with Ben to run through the upcoming August budget from the Labour government, and what it might ...

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August 19, 2025 29 mins

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In this week's episode of Starmergeddon, TLDR's UK experts run through the exact reasons as to why Reform UK are being treated like the opposition... and whether or not it's possible for Badenoch to cling onto leadership.


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In a surprise edition of the Starmergeddon, Georgina and Ben are back to talk through drama in UK politics. This week they run through the upcoming Green leadership election, another cabinet review, and the UK's National Youth Strategy.


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August 1, 2025 35 mins

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In this week's episode of Starmergeddon, Ben is back from holiday and back on the sofa to talk through the last two weeks of UK politics; they run through the UK recognising Palestine, the Online Safety Act, and updates to Corbyn's new party.


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In the long awaited return of Starmergeddon, Georgina sits down with Rory to talk through the news surrounding Jeremy Corbyn's new party, and whether the fumbled announcement will impact them going forward.


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In this episode of Starmergeddon, Georgina and Ben sit down to discuss the changes to abortion laws in the UK; Starmer's response to the conflict between Iran and Israel; and the assisted dying bill.


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June 6, 2025 35 mins

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In this episode of Starmergeddon, Georgina is back as host and sits down with Ben to discuss the next four years in UK politics, and whether or not Reform UK will still be on top for the next election.


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In this episode of Starmergeddon, Jack steps in as host to talk through the EU-UK trade deal with our UK expert Ben Blissett. They also dive into Reform UK's polling once again, and how it just keeps getting better for them.


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In this bonus episode of Starmergeddon, Georgina and Ben sit down to run through the results from the local elections, and how good it's actually looking for Reform UK right now.


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In this episode of Starmergeddon, Georgina is back with Birthday Boy Ben Blissett to run through the local elections that will be taking place today.


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April 18, 2025 35 mins

In this episode of Starmergeddon, Rory sits down with Ben to run through what's been going on with British steel at the moment, and how this is a huge win for the Labour government. They also run through what the Lib Dems are up to right now.


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In this episode of Starmergeddon, Ben and Georgina sit down to talk about how Nigel Farage is actually doing right now. Also, they run through Starmer’s reaction to the Netflix series Adolescence.

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March 21, 2025 43 mins

In this episode of Starmergeddon, Georgina & Ben sit down to run through the latest welfare cuts from the UK Government, and wether or not Keir Starmer is actually out-Torying the Tories... also, they run through what the heck Kemi Badenoch has been up to.


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March 7, 2025 41 mins

In this episode of Starmergeddon, Georgina sits down with Ben to discuss the drama surrounding Ukraine in the past week, and Starmer's plan for peace. Also, a very big announcement...


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February 21, 2025 39 mins

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In this week's episode of Starmergeddon, Georgina is back as the host to discuss (with Ben, of course) the House of Lords Reform, and what these reforms actually are.


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We have a new Starmergeddon host again! Jack sits down this week with Ben to talk through Reform UK’s current polling, and how the party may be breaking the two party sy...

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January 24, 2025 32 mins

In this episode of Starmergeddon, Rory takes over as host to talk to Ben about Kemi Badenoch recent speech, and everything wrong with it...


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January 10, 2025 43 mins

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In the grand return of Starmergeddon, newly appointed host Georgina sits down with Ben to talk through the recent Musk influence on UK politics.


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November 7, 2024 35 mins

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In today's episode of Starmergeddon, Ben sits down with Zac and Rory the day after the US Election, to talk through exactly what Trump's win means for the UK...


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