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The Age of Trollitics

October 15, 2026 • 69 mins

• This edition recorded before Trump cancelled livestreaming the execution of the Fort Hood killer. Televised executions, machine-gunning illegal migrants in the Channel, renaming technology and water features as a loyalty/sycophancy test… why are the populists’ big ideas so dumb, performatively cruel and only made to wind up the liberals? We ask whether the era of Trolliticians will ever end. Plus: Th...

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From Russia with Leave

October 12, 2026 • 60 mins

Andy Burnham has finally said what we’ve all been thinking: Russia meddled in Brexit. Is this brave honesty – or the first step on the long road back to Brussels? Plus, the Greens are still in turmoil with Zack Polanski’s leadership now in doubt. What does it mean for everyone else on the left? Is a progressive alliance just a pipe dream now? Are the Tories back from the dead – and has anyone checked on Refo...

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BONUS: Is Zack Polanski sunk after Holborn & St Pancras?

October 9, 2026 • 27 mins

Labour wins the Holborn & St Pancras handily – but the Greens had staked a lot on Zack Polanski winning and he failed. Is Polanski’s nightmare week over the Zionism vote a symptom of deeper weaknesses in his leadership? Is far-left entryism destroying the Greens? And why Labour’s victorious candidate Sagal Abdi-Wali symbolises the best of Britain. Steve Richards of Rock & Roll Politics joins Andrew Ha...

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Remainiacs Assemble? – Can Burnham end the Brexit Era?

October 8, 2026 • 59 mins

Has Burnham really broken Britain’s bizarre, self-enforced silence around the disaster that is Brexit? What would a real pro-EU membership stance from Labour mean for British politics? And would killing off Brexit inadvertently give a flagging Farage his mojo back? Plus, in the week that Jeffrey Archer died we discuss why establishment Britain will give a pass to any charlatan, bullshitter and perjurer provided he’s amu...

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Badenoch to the bone – Are the Tories becoming a Kemi cult?

October 5, 2026 • 64 mins

Kemi Badenoch has promised to revitalise the Tory party at the Conservatives' conference – but can she drag it out of the doldrums? Plus, the Green Party conference descended into acrimony after members voted to declare that “Zionism is racism” – can leader Zack Polanski withstand the fallout? And… Andy Burnham faces heavy scrutiny over historic ties to Manchester City’s owners, after the club w...

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Give ’em enough hope – Did Labour turn a corner in Liverpool?

October 1, 2026 • 65 mins

Andy Burnham’s powerful and emotional speech at the Labour Conference left the Party full of righteous energy and its enemies scrabbling for attack lines. Has he succeeded in setting out a new direction for the Government? The OGWN Conference Away Team of Jonn Elledge and Hannah Fearn talk it over with Andrew Harrison and special guest Paul Richards – veteran Labour commentator, candidate and once chair, now treasu...

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“The best political speech of the 21st century”? – Burnham inspires Liverpool – BONUS

September 30, 2026 • 29 mins

BONUS EDITION: Well, we weren’t expecting THAT… Andy Burnham stuns and rouses Labour’s Liverpool conference with a bold, emotionally powerful speech that amounted to the promise of a new era. Will Britain respond to his open-hearted scally dad message of unity? Was there detail among the vibes? Have we just heard the ‘Wonderwall’ of political speeches? James Ball of The New World was there and he...

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Labour in Liverpool – Can Burnham make a second first impression?

September 28, 2026 • 58 mins

Andy Burnham's first Labour conference as PM is underway. So… will he and his government make a good impression on the party and voters? First the PM proposed an NHS-style social care system; a day later his chancellor John Healey promised a Budget that injects hope into Britain’s beleaguered economy. Ros Taylor, Rachel Cunliffe and James Ball discuss everything we know so far and what it all means. • Quest...

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Burnham won’t confront Britain’s Blackshirts. Why?

September 24, 2026 • 61 mins

Actual blackshirts are blockading ports, doxxing lifeboat volunteers and intimidating people across the South Coast, and the most senior political figure to come out against them is… Rishi Sunak? We ask why Andy Burnham won’t make a full-throated condemnation of the new wave of far-right street thugs – and whether his new National Centre for Information Defence will work. Plus: With £72m of donations in...

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Burn in the USA – How did the PM's Trump meet go?

September 23, 2026 • 28 mins

Bonus episode with James Ball and Jacob Jarvis… Andy Burnham finally meets Donald Trump at the UN General Assembly in New York. The pair hit it off, as Trump hails the PM as a “natural businessman” and claims he “gets it”. So what did we learn from the meeting? How long can Burnham keep the good vibes going? And can he avoid both bending the knee and picking a fight with the quick-tempered US presiden...

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Reality bites Burnham — Can the PM stay positive?

September 21, 2026 • 54 mins

Andy Burnham promised politics with a “sense of optimism” – now the PM is warning that “difficult decisions” lie ahead. So can he keep up the smiles as next month’s budget looms and the reality of government sets in? Plus, the Liberal Democrats gather in Brighton where Ed Davey is promising “insurgent liberalism”. What does it mean? And why are some Lib Dems unhappy with their leader?...

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Burnham or Polanski – Who's under more by-election pressure?

September 17, 2026 • 59 mins

It’s the most important by-election ever since the last by-election! The candidates are finalised for the fight for Keir Starmer’s old St. Pancras and Holborn seat. It’s a test for Burnham’s Labour and for Green leader Zack Polanski. Who’s most likely to win? And what would victory and defeat mean for each figurehead? Plus, Mark Carney is having a moment – if Canada can be an “associate mem...

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Donations shock – Can Farage buy power for £72m?

September 14, 2026 • 54 mins

Reform has been bolstered with £72 million from crypto billionaires – is it enough for Nigel Farage to buy his way to power? What will the money be spent on? And what rules could change in the wake of this? Plus, Ed Miliband is reshaping Britain’s foreign policy, what is motivating him and what are his goals? Ros Taylor is joined by Marie Le Conte, Rafael Behr and Seth Thévoz to discuss. Escape Routes • Seth h...

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Jon Ronson in the Manosphere of Madness – Weekend Bonus

September 12, 2026 • 48 mins

Another of our weekend bonus editions… When author Jon Ronson’s son texted him from a supposed party in a medieval castle (?) and said it was getting “very weird”, Jon had no idea that it would open the door into some of the strangest reaches of the manosphere. In the resulting book The Castle, he meets a fantasist who thinks he’s the new Hugh Hefner; a man who cranks out far-right rage videos th...

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The Power of Gov – Is this Burnham's biggest problem?

September 10, 2026 • 57 mins

Andy Burnham wants to change who holds the power in Britain, taking the levers of government out of Whitehall’s hands. Plenty of his predecessors have tried – and failed – to make their vision stick. So, can the PM’s model survive contact with reality? Veteran journalist Phil Tinline joins us to weigh in. Plus: poor old Tommy Robinson is apparently skint, de-banked and has “nothing to hide&rdquo...

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Denial and Error – Are Farage and Reform done for?

September 7, 2026 • 57 mins

Nigel Farage’s family has even urged him to “pack it in” and “walk away” amid recent scandals. Can he and his party survive the latest scrutiny? The beleaguered Reform leader tried to appear unruffled at his party conference after a bombshell Channel 4 documentary raised fresh questions about foreign donations. What will come next? Plus: masked anti-migrant protestors took to the streets of Dover and P...

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“Brexit has left us at Trump’s mercy,” says Sir Vince Cable – Weekend Bonus

September 5, 2026 • 56 mins

Weekend bonus episode… Britain still mired in Brexit, Europe divided, economic stagnation in the West and Donald Trump’s disastrous culture wars and actual wars. Are they all just a blip in human history or does the West’s decline mark the beginning of a new world order? What if that future belongs to rising powers of the East – China and India? That’s the premise of Sir Vince Cable’s new book,...

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Farage and Reform’s donation humiliation – Emergencycast!

September 4, 2026 • 27 mins

Fast reaction with News Statesman’s associate political editor Rachel Cunliffe and Jacob Jarvis. Nigel Farage and Reform are facing another crisis after two – now former – senior officials were filmed in an undercover sting appearing to plot how to circumvent electoral law to bag a £500,000 foreign donation… Reform says it’s all a “hoax”, predictably… Can Reform weather the storm? I...

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How Big Tech is still getting away with it – with kids’ campaigner Baroness Beeban Kidron

September 3, 2026 • 69 mins

Facebook owners Meta hit the headlines with an $18bn settlement in the US over accusations that its products had harmed kids. But was the bill really so onerous, or just the price of keeping Zuckerberg out of the witness box? Special guest Baroness Beeban Kidron OBE – activist, digital rights champion and former film director – talks us through the reality of the fight to protect kids online; whether Britain’s dig...

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Andy’s first day at Big School

September 1, 2026 • 55 mins

Andy Burnham is feeling a sudden wave of the back-to-school blues. Not only did Keir Starmer tactlessly decide to quit Parliament just before his first Commons speech, but a long list of challenges is also piling up in the PM’s in-tray. So, what’s causing Burnham the biggest headaches? Is the Burnham bounce finally over? And what happens next? Plus: Badenoch reshuffles her shadow cabinet, Iceland rejects the EU and Tru...

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Episodes

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BONUS: Is Zack Polanski sunk after Holborn & St Pancras?

Remainiacs Assemble? – Can Burnham end the Brexit Era?

Badenoch to the bone – Are the Tories becoming a Kemi cult?

Give ’em enough hope – Did Labour turn a corner in Liverpool?

“The best political speech of the 21st century”? – Burnham inspires Liverpool – BONUS

Labour in Liverpool – Can Burnham make a second first impression?

Burnham won’t confront Britain’s Blackshirts. Why?

Burn in the USA – How did the PM's Trump meet go?

Reality bites Burnham — Can the PM stay positive?

Burnham or Polanski – Who's under more by-election pressure?

Donations shock – Can Farage buy power for £72m?

Jon Ronson in the Manosphere of Madness – Weekend Bonus

The Power of Gov – Is this Burnham's biggest problem?

Denial and Error – Are Farage and Reform done for?

“Brexit has left us at Trump’s mercy,” says Sir Vince Cable – Weekend Bonus

Farage and Reform’s donation humiliation – Emergencycast!

How Big Tech is still getting away with it – with kids’ campaigner Baroness Beeban Kidron

Andy’s first day at Big School

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