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Belfast and the Far-Right – The Bottomless Buffet of Bullshit

What’s more revolting? The racist pogrom against innocent families in Belfast? Or the way the far-right is again using a violent attack to claim that every immigrant – legal or illegal – is a threat to the country? Our panel looks at how indulging the “legitimate concerns” mindse ...  Show more

“Brexit? It wasn’t our job to have a plan” – What the BBC’s jaw-dropping doc reveals

The BBC gets in early with its “ten years since the Brexit Referendum” jamboree with a “star”-studded retro-documentary, Brexit: A Very British Civil War from legendary film-maker Norma Percy. Our panel bravely retraumatise themselves by watching it. What do we learn that’s new? ...  Show more

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