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Episode 18: How much!? from 2020-11-30T19:02:45
Domestic:
- Chancellor Rishi Sunak's spending review
- SNP Conference
International:
- Iranian nuclear scientist assassinated
- Update... Listen
Episode 17: Report, Re-launch, Re-admit from 2020-11-24T18:57:34
Domestic:
- Corbyn re-admitted to Labour but not as a Labour MP
- Boris Johnson tries to relaunch government with green policies and defence spending
- Priti Patel bu... Listen
Episode 16: Cummings and goings from 2020-11-14T19:05:31
Domestic:
- Dominic Cummings resigns
- Labour Party NEC elections
International:
- US Election results
- Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal ... Listen
Episode 15: US Election Special from 2020-10-31T17:51:31
Domestic:
- Labour EHRC report and Corbyn's suspension
International:
- US Election
Episode 14: What did we miss? from 2020-10-21T18:41:58
Domestic:
- Recap of the Conservative Party Conference
- Recap of Unite reducing its funding to the Labour Party and left wing MPs rebelling
- Brexit deal coll... Listen
Episode 13: Can I go to bed now? from 2020-10-01T22:03:30
Domestic:
- Ed Davey's speech at Lib Dem Conference
- Labour closing the poll gap
- EU begins legal action against the UK
International:
Episode 12: New New Labour? from 2020-09-23T18:20:37
Domestic:
- Labour Party conference with speeches from new leader Keir Starmer and Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds
International:
- Death of Ruth Bader Gi... Listen
Episode 11: Guess who's back from 2020-09-15T19:55:47
Domestic:
- Recap on exams fiasco
- Ed Davey's election as Lib-Dem leader
- New bill that breaks international law
- UK Unemployment
Int...
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Episode 10: The struggles of Lebanon from 2020-08-09T18:27:46
Domestic:
- Calls to remove whip of Conservative MP accused of rape
- Jeremy Corbyn accuses Labour officials of sabotaging the 2017 election campaign
Internatio...
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Episode 9: One term blunder? from 2020-07-26T19:54:04
Domestic:
- Impact of the Russia report
- Labour settling with Panorama antisemitism whistle blowers
International:
- Trump's chances of re-electio... Listen
Episode 8: I don't want to Russia them, they've got committee issues from 2020-07-20T19:39:08
Domestic:
- Security Select Committee chaos and the Russia report
- Ending Hong Kong extradition and Uyghur Muslims
International:
- China's global... Listen
Episode 7: Budgets, borders and Burkina Faso from 2020-07-12T18:13:38
Domestic:
- Rishi Sunak's mini budget
- New money for UK borders
- Scrapping the 50% University target
International:
- Violence in Burkin... Listen
Episode 6: A frosty question from 2020-07-05T15:02:24
Domestic:
- The economy
- Brexit talks
International:
- China and Hong Kong
- Ethiopia
Episode 5: To sack or not to sack from 2020-06-28T19:28:40
Domestic:
- Controversy over Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick and Conservative backer Richard Desmond.
- Rebecca Long-Bailey sacked as Shadow Education Secretary.
Episode 4: A political realignment? from 2020-06-22T13:38:09
Domestic:
- Marcus Rashford and the govt u-turn on free school meals
- The end of the Department for International Development
- Report into why Labour lost in 2019 Listen
Episode 3 - Statues and the global economy from 2020-06-15T20:24:19
Episode 3 - This week we focus on the debate surrounding statues and their historical pasts. Should statues with tainted histories be taken down, or remain in their place? Also in this episode, ...
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Episode 2 - Race protests across the world from 2020-06-07T21:33:31
Protests rock the UK, US and many other natioks
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Ep 1 - Pilot from 2020-06-01T08:16:35
Welcome to Politics Mad! Every week we will be bringing you a roundup of non-coronavirus related news from across the UK and the wider world.
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