Fifth episode of Revolutionary Despatches with Chris Wright and David Brian.  

Recorded 21st July 2017. Released 23rd July 2017.  

In this episode, we discuss:

 - [00:01:38] Vince Cable is the new Liberal Democrat leader

 - [00:02:59] Tory MP loses the whip over a racist slur

 - [00:14:21] Theresa May asks the opposition to contribute ideas

 - [00:21:28] Changes to the State Pension age

 - [00:38:41] Is Bernie Sanders the Democratic Party frontrunner?

 - [00:53:24] Is Angela Merkel fit to be the new leader of the West?

 - [01:07:04] The text of the 'Great Repeal Bill' is revealed

 - [01:17:43] Can you Clogg the Mogg? 

Theme music is 'Autoantagonist' by hardcore band Regular Gonzales, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

Shownotes:  

Vince Cable is the new Lib Dem Leader:  www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40662737

Tories lose MP for using racist slur at public event: https://www.theguardian.com/world/201...  

Theresa May & her offer to the opposition to pitch in ideas:  https://www.newstatesman.com/politics...  

State Pension age changes:  www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40658774  

Vox's Matthew Yglesias on why Bernie Sanders is the Democratic frontrunner: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politi...

FiveThirtyEight discusses Bernie's chances: https://tinyurl.com/y6huclpp

Benjamin Studebaker on Angela Merkel: https://tinyurl.com/yxp42tcw

The BBC on the Great Repeal Bill: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39266723

The NS' Stephen Bush on the Great Repeal Bill: https://tinyurl.com/y4tr6ulj

Politics.co.uk on the problems with the Great Repeal Bill: https://tinyurl.com/y59j2odx