Senior Tories like Badenoch and Jenrick are cynically following the lead of far-right wackos like Elon Musk to stoke the grooming gangs story. Are there any red lines left for a desperate Conservative Party that will now say things even Nigel Farage won’t? Former editor of The Mirror Alison Phillips joins the panel to get into it all.  Plus, it’s a But Your Emails special as we answer as many of our Patreon backers’ questions as we can. And in the Extra Bit for subscribers, is January secretly the best month of the year?

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Presented by Dorian Lynskey with Hannah Fearn and Jonn Elledge. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production.

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