Tears for Keir – How Starmer ran out of road

The Referendum ten years on – Can we escape the vote that broke Britain?

“We voted Brexit and all we got was this lousy podcast…” Ten years since the vote that sent Britain round the bend, could we finally break out of the trap of 2016? We’re joined by the Obi Wan Kenobi of Brexit bloggers Chris Grey to look into the enormity of Pandora’s Referendum. In a world so violently changed from 2016, is there hope for Britain to get back into the EU? Despite populism, are the stars aligning for the UK and the EU? And should anyone serious about reuniting Britain and the EU be talking about joining, not rejoining? As Raf says: “With a bit of political courage we could be in a very different debate.”  • Want more on Brexit? Hear friend of the pod Anand Menon on The Reality of Rejoin on the latest Bunker – Apple [https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-bunker-news-without-the-nonsense/id1496246490?i=1000773749672] and Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/episode/0XuyXAtjWBBEV39ak2MBhD?si=0e65542e2fe84902]. • Read Chris Grey’s blog Brexit and Brexitism [https://chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/]. • Pre-order Jonn’s new book 31 Inventions That Made Our World [https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13277/9781035432769].  • Questions for But Your Emails? Thoughts? Comments? Email us at ogwn@podmasters.co.uk [ogwn@podmasters.co.uk].  ESCAPE ROUTES • Jonn has been watching the Russell T. Davies drama Tip Toe [https://www.channel4.com/programmes/tip-toe].   • Raf has been reading Fred Vargas’s The Chalk Circle Man [https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13277/9780099488972] (in French, of course).  • Ros has been reading The Charterhouse of Parma [https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13277/9780199555345] by Stendahl and enjoying The Archers podcast [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0jt4npn].  • Chris Grey has been watching vintage spy drama Mr Palfrey of Westminster [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBhWllxOAdhaw0Yt_2_pHUWxO1bVbDbW5] on the Classic British Telly YouTube channel.  When you buy books through our affiliate bookshop you help fund the podcast by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org’s fees help support independent bookshops too. • Special offer! Get 20% off any vehicle history check at carVertical.com/OhGodWhatNow [https://www.carVertical.com/OhGodWhatNow].  www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow [https://www.patreon.com/c/ohgodwhatnow] Presented by Ros Taylor with Jonn Elledge and Rafael Behr. Audio Production by Robin Leeburn. Art direction: James Parrett. Theme tune by Tom Taylor and Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk [https://www.podmasters.co.uk]  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Tears for Keir – How Starmer ran out of road

As we sadly file away that ‘Keep Keir And Carry On’ headline in the bottom drawer… Keir Starmer steps down and our panel look at what the Starmer era really means. Are we now in a world where petty politics will always trump service to country? Why was this decent, vaguely boring man so loathed in the country? Does this public bloodletting help or hinder Labour’s existential battle against Reform? And why can’t Britain hang on to its Prime Ministers? We’re joined by Chris Grey, the don of Brexit bloggers to discuss it all.  This is a special two-part split edition, enabling us to get you the Farewell to Keir Starmer portion of the pod as fast as possible. Be here tomorrow as our panel “celebrate” ten years of the Brexit Referendum that pitched Britain into a psychodrama it still can’t escape.  • Read Chris Grey’s blog Brexit and Brexitism [https://chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/] • Pre-order Jonn’s new book 31 Inventions That Made Our World [https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13277/9781035432769] through our affiliate bookshop and you’ll help fund the podcast by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org [https://uk.bookshop.org]’s fees help support independent bookshops too. • Questions for But Your Emails? Thoughts? Comments? Email us at ogwn@podmasters.co.uk [ogwn@podmasters.co.uk].  • Special offer! Get 20% off any vehicle history check at carVertical.com/OhGodWhatNow [https://www.carVertical.com/OhGodWhatNow].  www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow [https://www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow] Presented by Ros Taylor with Jonn Elledge and Rafael Behr. Audio Production by Robin Leeburn. Art direction: James Parrett. Theme tune by Tom Taylor and Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk [https://www.podmasters.co.uk]  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Makerfield Emergencycast! – The Andy Man Can

Our fast reaction to Burnham’s victory in Makefield with the don of political commentators Steve Richards of Rock & Roll Politics talking to Andrew Harrison… Andy Burnham is heading back to Westminster after his landslide victory and despite dire warnings of a Reform surge, it wasn’t even close. After an early-morning celebratory pint, is he now on a fast track for the keys to No. 10? Should Keir Starmer fight or throw in the towel? Is Burnham’s coronation now inevitable? How big a blow was it all for Farage, Reform and the even-further-right Restore? Above all, what happens next? • Hear Steve on Rock & Roll Politics [https://linktr.ee/rocknrollpolitics].  • Special offer! Get 20% off any vehicle history check at carVertical.com/OhGodWhatNow [https://www.carVertical.com/OhGodWhatNow]. • Questions for But Your Emails? Thoughts? Comments? Email us at ogwn@podmasters.co.uk [ogwn@podmasters.co.uk].  www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow [https://www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow] Presented by Andrew Harrison with Steve Richards. Produced by James Liddell. Audio Production by Tom Taylor. Art direction: James Parrett. Theme tune by Tom Taylor and Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk [http://www.podmasters.co.uk]  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

From Russia with Hate – Putin’s shadow war comes to Starmer’s door

Surprise, surprise! The arson attacks on properties linked to Keir Starmer turn out to have been instigated by a Russian “diplomat” with a background in information warfare. Who’d have thought it? Has Vladimir Putin’s shadow war finally crossed the line? Plus: Wes Streeting wants to scrap the ban on new fossil fuel production. The Greens are looking less green. The Lib Dems appear indifferent. And don’t get us started on Reform’s Richard Tice… So, is Ed Miliband the last true defender of net zero left standing? Special guest Sam Bright of Desmog [https://www.desmog.com/] talks us through the battle over clean energy. And in the Extra Bit, our panellists reveal their moments of meaningless happiness as an antidote to the doom and gloom.  • Special offer! Get 20% off any vehicle history check at carVertical.com/OhGodWhatNow [https://www.carVertical.com/OhGodWhatNow]. • Questions for But Your Emails? Thoughts? Comments? Email us at ogwn@podmasters.co.uk [ogwn@podmasters.co.uk]. • Read Sam’s Substack [https://writesbright.substack.com/] and latest DeSmog articles [https://www.desmog.com/user/sambright/] ESCAPE ROUTES • Rachel has been listening to Steven Mangan and his sister Anita on the BBC’s Siblings Unpicked podcast [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002x486] • James has been playing a remake of the retro video game Final Fantasy VII [https://www.square-enix.com/ffvii/en-us/games/remake/]   • Sam has been dipping into England vs. New Zealand in the second test (between investigations)  • Matt has been binging Shrinking [https://tv.apple.com/gb/show/shrinking/umc.cmc.apzybj6eqf6pzccd97kev7bs?ctx_brand=tvs.sbd.4000], the Apple TV’s hit from the makers of Ted Lasso on Apple TV+.  www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow [http://www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow] Presented by Matt Green with Rachel Cunliffe, James Ball and Sam Bright. Produced by James Liddell. Audio Production by Tom Taylor. Art direction: James Parrett. Theme tune by Tom Taylor and Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk [https://www.podmasters.co.uk] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

TikTok You Don't Stop – Labour vs social media with Bridget Phillipson MP

Labour surprises everyone with a ban on Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X for the under-16. Critics say the “Australia Plus” regime is riddled with contradictions. Will it work, is it fair or is it just Starmer trying to look tough ahead of the Makerfield by-election? Andrew Harrison puts Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson on the spot and then our panel dig into the detail. Plus, the defence row and the resignations of John Healey and ex-Armed Forces Minister Al Carns continue to rock Labour. Could they derail Andy Burnham’s plans to get back into Westminster?  • Questions for But Your Emails? Thoughts? Comments? Email us at ogwn@podmasters.co.uk [ogwn@podmasters.co.uk].  ESCAPE ROUTES • Hannah went to the Inside Aardman: Wallace & Gromit and Friends exhibition at the Young V&A  [https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/inside-aardman-wallace-gromit-and-friends] • Marie just finished Joseph Roth’s classic The Radetzky March [https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13277/9781783788453]  • Jonn has been reading the first in Patt Barker’s acclaimed Regeneration trilogy   [https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13277/9781848424401] • Seth took a pit stop at the iconic Literary and Philosophical Society [https://www.litandphil.org.uk/] during a trip to Newcastle www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow [https://www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow] Presented by Seth Thévoz with Marie le Conte, Hannah Fearn and Jonn Elledge. Produced by James Liddell. Audio Production by Tom Taylor. Art direction: James Parrett. Theme tune by Tom Taylor and Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk [http://www.podmasters.co.uk]  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]