PoliticsJOE Podcast

Welcome to the PoliticsJOE podcast. Following the taster in Wednesday's podcast, here's Ed's full conversation with comedians Nish Kumar and Josh Widdicombe about the state of local journalism, the stranglehold of the right-wind press, and Benidorm. Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. PMQs is back. And, luckily for you, so are Ed and Ava to analyse it.They also discuss last night's vote on the smoking ban and the chaos of this year's National Conservatism Conference in Brussels.Presenters: Ed Campbell and Ava SantinaProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Seán Hickey and Shawnee LinsteadSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the PoliticsJOE podcast.In this serving, Ed and Ava discuss David Cameron's response to Iran's attack on Israel, as well as the return of Britain's shortest-serving PM.Then, Ed is joined by comedians Nish Kumar and Josh Widdicombe to assess the state of local journalism, as is documented in their new series Hold the Front Page. Presenters: Ed Campbell and Ava SantinaProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Seán Hickey and Shawnee LinsteadSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Last week, housing Lawyer and author Nick Bano spoke to Ava about his new book Against Landlords: How to Solve the Housing Crisis. In this conversation, he spoke about how Britain's housing system is set up to create winners and losers and how to end the age of the landlord.Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. Ed gives an update on his favourite Westminster story: William Wragg sexting scandal.Then, he's joined by Ava to analyse the NHS commissioned review into the healthcare provided to trans children. Ava also interviews MP Stella Creasy on why she wants to decriminalise abortion. Presenters: Ed Campbell and Ava SantinaProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Seán Hickey and Finley Talbot-JonesSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast.Following Ava's questioning of Lee Anderson this morning over anti-traveller comments, she is joined by The Traveller Movement's Olivia Morrison. Then, Ed gives the latest on the Westminster honeypot nudes scandal.Presenters: Ed Campbell and Ava SantinaProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Seán Hickey and Shawnee LinsteadSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bassem Youssef is known in America as the Egyptian John Stewart. But, he is, perhaps, better known in the UK for his fiery clash with Piers Morgan over Israel's response to the October 7th attacks. In the interview, he chat's to Oli about Israel's ongoing campaign of violence against the Palestinians, the West's complicity in war crimes being perpetrated by the IDF and Benjamin Netanyahu's government, and how the media needs to be more responsible in its coverage of the bombardment of Gaza.Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the PoliticsJOE podcast.Fresh from meeting the Mayor of London, Ava reports back to Ed on the breaking news that Sadiq Khan's calling for the halt of all arms exports to Israel.Then, they discuss the Politico story that revealed multiple MPs had been caught in a nudes phishing scandal, and Ed's latest dispatch to the most miserable place in Britain.Presenters: Ed Campbell and Ava SantinaProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Seán Hickey and Oli JohnsonSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast.Ed, Oli, and Ava are re-united in the ideal podcast form: two boys, one girl.The discuss why DUP MP Jeffrey Donaldson resigned as Party Leader, following police charges; why JK Rowling's begging Police Scotland to arrest her; and why Germany's kit is causing more controversy than England's.Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ed Campbell, and Ava SantinaProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Seán Hickey and Oli Johnson Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pornography. It's said "you know it when you see it".And, today, it's almost impossible for any internet-user to avoid seeing it - whether it's actively sought out or posted by bots on X.But, what impact is the ubiquity of pornography having on us? Does pornography challenge or uphold relations of power? Who benefits and who's harmed by its consumption?In this interview, Oli speaks to sociologist Dr Fiona Vera-Gray to find out.Her book Women on Porn is out now.Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ed Campbell has returned and the Fall of Rome is complete.Ed is joined by Ava to discuss Jonathan Gullis' promotion, why the Tories were forced to delete an attack ad about Sadiq Khan, and why farmers drove their tractors to Westminster.Presenters: Ed Campbell and Ava SantinaProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Seán Hickey and Shawnee LinsteadSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast.While Ed remains in exile in Cornwall, Oli and Ava analyse how Rishi Sunak held up under the scrutiny of the Liaison Committee today. They took him to task on council bankruptcies, the Rwanda plan, and the UK's sale of arms to Israel.Presenters: Oli Dugmore and Ava SantinaProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Seán Hickey and Shawnee LinsteadSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast.Ed's away in questionable circumstances, so Oli and Ava are left alone to chat about the ridiculousness of the England kit reaction.Then, Ava analyses the Chancellor's commitment to the pension triple lock and Oli finds out about the Fall of Rome.Presenters: Oli Dugmore and Ava SantinaProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Seán Hickey and Shawnee LinsteadSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oli interviews feminist icon Judith Butler about British TERFS, her controversial statements on Israel-Palestine, and why Rishi Sunak keeps asking Keir Starmer what a woman is.Their new book Who's Afraid of Gender? is out now.Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. In this bonus episode, especially for all you policy wonks, Oli interviews Common Wealth co-founder Mathew Lawrence about the impact of Labour's U-turn on investing £28 billion in the green economy. And, Oli discusses whether Michael Gove's housing policy could actually increase your chances of homeownership with Centre for Cities' Ant Breach. Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the PoliticsJOE podcast. Another week, another call for a general election for Keir Starmer. And, another analysis of Prime Minister's Questions. Oli and Ava talk Starmer on prisons, Flynn on Thatcher, and Andy Slaughter on Gaza. Presenters: Oli Dugmore and Ava SantinaProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Seán Hickey and Shawnee LinsteadSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast.Ava returns with news from Sadiq Khan's campaign launch for a third term as London Mayor.Then, Oli, Ed, and Ava chat if Penny Mordaunt is the people's princess (or planning to topple Sunak) and whether Jeremy Corbyn will run as an independent at the next election.Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed CampbellProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Seán Hickey, Shawnee Linstead, and Finley Talbot-JonesSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Grace Blakeley is a writer, commentator and economist whose new book Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts and the Death of Freedom is out on the 14th March.She came by JOE Towers to chat to us about neoliberal capitalism, the destruction of working-class power and how our brains have been rewired to accept mediocrity. Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcatst.Despite Oli's determination to do a Dune 2 review, Ed and Ava keep things on track, analysing this week's PMQs and the abhorrent, racist comments made by a Tory Party donor towards Diane Abbott.Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed CampbellProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Seán Hickey and Shawnee LinsteadSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast.Where's Kate Middleton? Not at Reform's press conference this morning.But Ava was, and she reports back to Ed and Oli on Lee Anderson's defection from the Conservatives. Ed also shares what he learned at Landlord Conference last week, as well as sharing his worst interaction with his own landlord. Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed CampbellProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Seán Hickey and Shawnee LinsteadSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this audio-exclusive episode of the PoliticsJOE podcast, Oli interviews Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham. They discuss the North-South divide, the failure of levelling up, and why Keir Starmer's Labour needs to be less London-centric. Andy's book Head North: A rallying cry for a more equal Britain is co-authored by Steve Rotheram and is out now. Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ed’s away terrorising landlords. So, Ava breaks today’s budget up with Oli, analysing how London’s become the WeWork of the UK and just who benefits from today’s announcements. Presenters: Oli Dugmore and Ava SantinaProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Shawnee Linstead and Finley Talbot-JonesSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ed texts Nigel Farage - and he replies.And, Oli, Ava, and Ed chat George Galloway entering the commons, why Jeremy Corbyn has instructed lawyers, and their predictions for Wednesday's budget.Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed CampbellProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Shawnee Linstead, and Finley Talbot-JonesSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Football may be known as the beautiful game, but the nation’s favourite sport has its ugly side.Oli met Rylan at West Ham’s London Stadium to discuss his new documentary with TNT sport, Rylan: Homophobia, Football and Me, out now. Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

George Galloway stormed to victory in the Rochdale by-election with 39% of the vote, with former Labour candidate Azhar Ali coming fourth - behind an independent and the Conservative candidate.Ava Santina breaks down the winners and losers from Rochdale, and what this means for Labour's General Election Prospects.Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the PoliticsJOE podcast. Oli, Ava, and Ed talk this week's Prime Minister's Questions, as well as stramashing with St Anthony. Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed CampbellProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Seán Hickey, Shawnee Linstead, and Finley Talbot-JonesSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast.After Lee Anderson's comments about "Islamists" this weekend, Oli, Ava, and Ed discuss Islamophobia within the Labour Party.Then, why the trio agree with Jacob Rees-Mogg on the citizenship status of Shamima Begum and the latest on the Speaker Lindsey Hoyle 'brouhaha'.And, marking the two-year anniversary of Putin's invasion of Ukraine, Oli interviews journalist Andy Hayward, who spent 2023 reporting from inside Russia.You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rnFtnDa_Oo&t=72sPresenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed CampbellProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Seán Hickey, Shawnee Linstead, and Finley Talbot-JonesSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. Gary Stevenson (or @garyseconomics) was Citibank's most profitable trader in 2011 by betting on an increase in economic inequality. Now, he spends his time exposing the inequality embedded into the global economic system and campaigning against it. He came by JOETowers to discuss his book, The Trading Game: A Confession, the failure of the British state to truly address inequality, and how to avoid the UK becoming a failed state.Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. In this bonus episode, Oli is joined by Laura and Seán to react to the chaos that erupted in the House of Commons last night during the motion for a ceasefire in Gaza. Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Seán Hickey, and Laura BeveridgeProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Seán Hickey and Oli JohnsonSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast.With Ava's return from Rochdale, she reports back to the boys on the upcoming by-elections. Oli, Ava, and Ed discuss the motion for a ceasefire in Gaza, voted on in parliament today, as well as why Kemi Badenoch was the subject of questions not only over the delayed payouts to victims of the Post Office scandal, but also over her approach to trans people. Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed CampbellProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Seán Hickey and Oli JohnsonSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast.In this whopper of an episode, Oli, Ava, and Ed discuss Keir Starmer's call for a ceasefire - but not an immediate one - in Gaza and the bizarre cadre of candidates standing in the Rochdale by-election.Also featured is journalist Ben Zand, who Ed interviewed about his recent investigation into transmaxxing, the latest incel offshoot.Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed CampbellProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Shawnee Linstead and Finley Talbot-JonesSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If elected, Keir Starmer, a man -  I quote - with nothing between his ears, is going to veer towards the ultra-right, betraying the people he claims to represent, says economist Yanis Varoufakis. How can he be so sure? Well, he’s seen it before. In his conversation with Oli, he polemicises Starmer’s Labour, the west’s complicity in genocide in Gaza, and laments how the City of London operates like a mafia, with its capos rewarded by Westminster. You can find out more about In The Eye of the Storm: The Political Odyssey of Yanis Varoufakis at http://www.eyeofthestorm.info/ Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast.After two-short-TV-shows-worth of chat about the Super Bowl, Oli, Ava, and Ed discuss whether 28 A-levels is too many A-levels.They also reveal why Michael Gove is scared to come on the podcast after a WhatsApp from Oli, and why Labour U-turned on a promise to spend £28bn a year on green investment.Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed CampbellProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Shawnee Linstead and Finley Talbot-JonesSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the week that saw Piers Morgan interview the Prime Minister and former Fox News pundit Tucker Carlson interview Vladimir Putin, it seems like there is no better time to ask what makes a good political interviewer and what makes a good political interviewee. Oli sat down with Rob Burley, who worked alongside the likes of Andrew Marr and Emily Maitlis as the BBC’s editor of live political programmes, and today is the author of Why is this Lying Bastard Lying to Me: The Search for Truth on Political TV. Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to another edition of PMQs analysis.Oli is away this week, so Ed and Ava take up the mantle to break down the lows and the very lows of Rishi Sunak's shameless conduct during this week's session.Presenters: Ava Santina and Ed CampbellEdit: Seán HickeySting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Shawnee Linstead and Seán HickeySubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Corruption. It’s something that happens in tin-pot dictatorships. Amongst oligarchs scrambling for power in post-communist states. Not in the democratic mother of all parliaments. Right? But, this week, investigative journalist Peter Geoghegan, revealed that Rishi Sunak’s wife part-owns the IT firm Infosys, which is set to land tens of millions of pounds in government contracts. Oli sat down with Peter to discuss these findings and what they mean for government integrity. Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. Who had the funniest divorce? What's Ed's safe word? What do you buy in Iceland?These are the questions Oli is asking - but the trio are (mainly) reacting to Keir Starmer's questions for the Prime Minister today. Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed CampbellProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Shawnee Linstead and Finley Talbot-JonesSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the PoliticsJOE podcast.Joined by comedian Olga Koch, Ed and Oli disagree over Rishi Sunak's ban on ripping fat (disposable) vapes.They also chat cancel culture and what British Homes for British Workers actually means.Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ed Campbell, and Olga KochProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Shawnee Linstead and Finley Talbot-JonesSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The interview you’re listening to, with Holocaust survivor Uri Winterstein, is published on Holocaust Memorial Day. It marks 78 years since Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated by the Soviets and remembers the millions of people, including 6 million Jews, who were murdered in the Holocaust - and in the genocides that followed. Uri Winterstein shares his testimony in schools and colleges across the UK through the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Outreach Programme, ensuring that everyone everywhere has the opportunity to learn about the Holocaust, and to understand contemporary antisemitism. Find out more about the work of the Trust at www.het.org.ukSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to another episode of the PoliticsJOE podcast.Oli has returned and is joined by capital J journalist Ava Santina to analyse this week's particularly punchy Prime Minister's Questions.Presenters: Oli Dugmore and Ava SantinaProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Shawnee Linstead and Seán HickeySubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oli is away, establishing his trout farm in the USA.So, Ed and Ava are joined by Sean to discuss Ava’s campaign to be London’s Night Tsar, Rishi Sunak’s plan to help first-time buyers, and whether they would pass the British citizenship test. Presenters: Ava Santina, Ed Campbell, and Seán HickeyProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Shawnee Linstead and Fin Talbot-JonesSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Zoe Gardner is a researcher and campaigner and general expert in UK & EU refugees & migration. With this expertise, she has supplied evidence to multiple government bills - including the Nationality and Borders bill. Today, she debunks some of the myths pumped out by the government. Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ed and Oli are away.So Ava helms this week's analysis of Prime Minister's Questions, joined by producer Laura and content editor Sean.Presenters: Ava Santina, Laura Beveridge, andProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Shawnee Linstead and Finley Talbot-JonesSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In what could be the most tangent-full episode yet, Oli, Ed, and Ava discuss the culture wars and David Cameron's performance as foreign secretary. Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed Campbell Producer: Laura Beveridge Sting design: Chris White Production: Shawnee Linstead Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Broadcaster and journalist Jon Ronson came into PoliticsJOE to discuss the culture wars, getting sucked in himself, and why the right are turning away from them. The second series of Jon's podcast Things Fell Apart is available now on BBC Sounds. Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oli, Ava, and Ed discuss PMQs. Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed Campbell Producer: Laura Beveridge Sting design: Chris White Production: Shawnee Linstead Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oli, Ava, and Ed are re-united to discuss ex-footballer Joey Barton's comments on female pundits which dominated timelines this weekend. They also chat Jeremy Corbyn's return to party politics, the Post Office scandal, and ask the perennial question: are 9/11 jokes funny?Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed CampbellProducer: Laura BeveridgeSting design: Chris WhiteProduction: Shawnee LinsteadSubscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris Huhne, the former Lib Dem energy secretary, made headlines when he settled a phone hacking allegation against News UK for a six-figure sum. Huhne alleges that executives at the corporation authorised the hacking of his phone to facilitate Rupert Murdoch's attempted purchase of BSkyB. Ed sat down with Chris to discuss the trial, Rupert Murdoch, and the state of the British media. ** Responding to the statement, a spokesperson for News UK told the Guardian that Chris Huhne had made “serious allegations which are denied”.They said: “Mr Huhne had the right to go to trial but chose to negotiate a financial settlement and to settle his legal action rather than have these allegations tested at trial. It is strongly denied that there was any corporate motive or direction to obtain information unlawfully. Huhne was a senior politician and stories published were legitimate and in the public interest.”A spokesperson for News Group Newspapers (NGN), part of News UK, told the Guardian that it had made an “unreserved apology” to victims of voicemail interception by the News of the World and paid damages to those with “proper claims” since.They said: “As we reach the tail end of litigation, NGN is drawing a line under disputed matters, some of which date back [to] more than 20 years ago. In some cases it has made commercial sense for both parties to come to a settlement agreement before trial to bring a resolution to the matter.”News UK does not accept any liability or make any admissions to claims regarding the Sun for these or any future claims. Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What's Ed been up to? Do Reform UK present a legitimate threat to the Conservative's vote share? Is it fair that the HMRC is coming for the Depop girlies? Oli, Ava, and Ed disagree over the answers to these questions - as well as the French, Saltburn, and Woody Allen. Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed Campbell Producer: Laura Beveridge Sting design: Chris White Production: Shawnee Linstead Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the PoliticsJOE podcast. The gang are reunited for the first time since the 100th episode "incident" to discuss Rishi Sunak's immigration obsession, the XL Bully Ban, and their predictions for 2024. Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed Campbell Producer: Ava Santina Sting design: Chris White Production: Shawnee Linstead Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.