In this first episode of 2021, Will is joined by William Kedjanyi, Political Analyst for Star Sports Betting to discuss the Georgia Senate Runoff Elections, how they will impact Joe Biden's Presidency and the role of religion, racism and allegations of insider dealing on the result.  

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In this special extended End of Year Discussion podcast, Will is joined by three great guests to discuss the headline events of politics in 2020. His guests are Lauren Davison, former co host of the Left Whingers Podcast, founder of the Young Fabians Criminal Justice Network and Justice Reform Co Chair of Open Labour; William Kedjanyi, Political Betting Analyst for Star Sports and Torrin Wilkins the Director of the Centre Think Tank. In this second part they discuss the Labour Leadership Election; the EHRC's report into antisemitism in the Labour Party and Labour's response; Keir Starmer's leadership of the Labour Party and potential weaknesses in his leadership; the Lib Dem Leadership Election; the US Presidential Election the Brexit trade talks and what 2021 will hold.  The podcast will return in Jan 2021. 

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In this special extended End of Year Discussion podcast, Will is joined by three great guests to discuss the headline events of politics in 2020. His guests are Lauren Davison, former co host of the Left Whingers Podcast, founder of the Young Fabians Criminal Justice Network and Justice Reform Co Chair of Open Labour; William Kedjanyi, Political Betting Analyst for Star Sports and Torrin Wilkins the Director of the Centre Think Tank. In this first part of the discussion the panel focus on the impact of coronavirus on the UK and the Dominic Cummings Affair. In the second part, out soon, they discuss the Labour Leadership Election, the EHRC's report into antisemitism in the Labour Party and Labour's response, the Lib Dem Leadership Election, the US Presidential Election and what 2021 will hold.  

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In this episode of the podcast Will is joined by Ammaar Ahmed, a Policy Officer and creator of the Twitter account @VoteSwitzerland to discuss Swiss Politics, the structure of the Swiss state, Switzerland's relationship to the EU, why it took so long for women in Switzerland to get the vote and whether Switzerland is open to seeing a populist surge. 

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In this, the 100th episode of the podcast, Will and Conrad discuss what it has been like making the podcast, what has changed since the podcast first started back in 2019, some of their favourite moments making the podcast and what they think will change by the time the podcast reaches 200 episodes.

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In this episode Will speaks to historian, journalist and author of the new book Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976 - 1980, Rick Perlstein. They discuss what prompted Rick to write the book, Ronald Reagan's character and how that helped him get elected, the Conservative movement in the US during this period, whether Senator Kennedy may have been able to beat Reagan if he had won the 1980 Democratic Primary and if some conservatives' prejudice towards trans people can be connected to prejudices towards gay people and black people in the 1960s and 70s. 

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In this episode Will speaks to Joe Shepherd, President of the United Rural Democrats of America about what his group stands for, how they hope to bring rural voters back to the Democratic Party, what the 2020 Presidential Election says about politics in rural America, the policies the Democrats need to advocate for to regain support in rural areas and how the United Rural Democrats hope to influence the Democratic Party. 

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In this episode of the podcast Will speaks to Youtuber Ethan Kelly, creator of Let's Talk Politics about the result of the 2020 US Presidential Election, the accuracy of the polls, the "Shy Trump" voters factor, the upcoming Senate run offs in Georgia and the changing US electoral map and what impact that will have on the 2024 US Election. 

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In this episode of the podcast Will speaks to Sandy Hore-Ruthven, the Green Party's candidate for next year's Bristol Mayoral Election. They discuss the recent US Presidential Election, Sandy's policy agenda, his priorities if elected Mayor, his thoughts on Black Lives Matter in Bristol, what kind of green industries he'd encourage if elected Mayor and the prospects for the Green Party at the 2024 UK General Election. 

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In this episode Will is joined by a returning guest, author Chris Clarke, to chat about his book The Dark Knight and The Puppet Master, recently published by Penguin. They discuss what the three myths - The Dark Knight, The Puppet Master and the Golden Era - Chris focuses on in the book are, how applicable they are to the far left and the far right, why people people believe in them and how best to combat them. 

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