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Invasion of the Party Snatchers – Are the Tories taking over Reform?

This edition recorded before Jenrick got sacked from the Conservatives and then joined Reform. Hey, it’s just like 2018… Two-month chancellor and frisky tax guy Nadim Zahawi hops aboard Nigel Farage’s overladen jamwagon. We once wondered if the Conservatives were turning into Ref ...  Show more

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“Reform tell you Utopia is there for the taking… but it’s not.” – Sleaford Mods’ Jason Williamson is our guest

Hands up who’s had enough hot-off-the-headlines politics for 2026 already? No problem! In a change of pace we go politics-adjacent and welcome Jason Williamson – voice of Nottingham’s satirical noise-beat mob orators Sleaford Mods – to talk class politics, the power of a good ran ...  Show more

 . 45min 43sec

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