GnT - The Politics Podcast From The Groucho Tendency

Mike and Liam are back in the pub... almost. In this episode of GnT, our dynamic duo look at why the Government is reopening pubs and restaurants, what might be in the Chancellor's economic stimulus package and why Keir Starmer sacked Rebecca Long-Bailey.

In the second GnT virtual politics pub session, Mike Indian is joined by technology researcher Amber Macintyre and former Commons Clerk Eliot Wilson to look at if our political systems need to become more digital. The trio also touch on the recent #BlackLivesMatter protests in the Uk and the US.

Both sides of The Groucho Tendency, Mike Indian and Tim Patmore, come together to discuss how the UK economy might recover from COVID-19. Tim gives his economical analysis, whilst Mike argues that Boris Johnson's government will have to give up key manifesto promises, including the tax lock.

In the latest GnT podcast, Mike Indian chats to former Labour MP and trade expert William Bain about the impact of COVID-19 on global trade, why the UK has no idea what its trade policy should be and if Brexit will be delayed. 

The Prime Minister's most senior adviser has been caught in apparent breach of the lockdown rules but has remained in post. In this GnT podcast, Mike Indian and Liam Kay look at why Dominic Cummings did not resign and what that means for Boris Johnson and his government's lockdown agenda.

We've all been taking part in #ClapforCarers on Thursdays, but are all key workers being appreciated equally? Mike Indian speaks to Julie Earls, Director of Appoint Us Services, a community care company based in Coventry, about the impact on the public and private sides of the social care sector.

Boris Johnson has set out how the UK will begin to exit lockdown, but has he got it wrong? Mike Indian is joined in the virtual pub by former Brexit Party MEP Ben Habib and Labour activist Paul Lynch to discuss whether we are beginning to get the sweet taste of freedom.

The archaic House of Commons has come crashing into the 21st century by embracing technology to allow MPs to hold the Government to account during the pandemic, but what do these changes mean for our democracy? Mike Indian is joined by former Commons Clerk Eliot Wilson to discuss what the new measures are and if there are here to stay.

The UK Government has said there is a "light at the end of the tunnel" for lockdown and the distance to that light will be measured by the R Number? But what is the R Number and why does it matter? Mike Indian and Liam Kay look at the tests that must be met before our lives can begin to get back to normal.

Does the coronavirus pandemic mean the return of big government? Mike Indian is joined by former Conservative adviser and public affairs consultant, Stephen Lynch, to ask if Boris Johnson and the Tories can justify going back to being the party of the small state and lower public spending after the pandemic.