Today I’m joined by Alice Twaite of the Echo Chamber club in Kent and Amanda Marcotte of Salon in Brooklyn New York. In a week that has seen the Austrian EU Presidency propose a special Brexit Summit in November, we ask just what does the Kavanaugh’s me too movement say about sexual politics and power in America today?

Kavanaugh’s Supreme court confirmation, seemed certain, was cast in doubt after Dr Christine Blasey Ford said in an interview published Sunday by The Washington Post that a drunken Kavanaugh groped her and tried to take off her clothes at a party when they were teenagers. Ford said Kavanaugh put his hand over her mouth when she tried to scream.

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Today we are joined by our friend the writer in Philly Nathaniel Popkin, and by writer and wag Mic Wright in Norwich.

In a week that has seen the release of Bob Woodward's book 'Fear' on the Trump White House, we look at two feuds either side of the Atlantic?

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Today we are joined by the happy curmudgeon that is the New Statesman's Jonn Elledge somewhere in London and by Salon's political editor Amanda Marcotte in Brooklyn, New York.

In a week that has seen Theresa May strike trade deals with Malawi to replace our membership of the EU, we ask was John McCain the saint the press would have us believe?

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Today we are joined by the journalist of a thousand quips Mic Wright in Norwich, England and by that sensible man of the left who likes good wine Doug Levy in San Francisco California.

In a week that has seen Another warning bell for Republicans In the shape of the closeness of the special election in Ohio we ask who will ever drain Washington’s swamp.

Boris Johnson has an appeal to white working class voters, who are traditional Labour voters but who backed Brexit, so his cozying up to right wing populist Steve Bannon makes sense doesn't it?

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Today we are joined by the woman that Time magazine described as "an outspoken voice of The Left Amanda Marcotte in Brooklyn New York and in Burnley sometimes called the renaissance capital of Lancashire with have Donald Trump’s favourite tweeter Mike Holden.

In a week that has seen the 40th birthday of the world's first test tube baby we ask is Donald Trump a double agent?

President Donald Trump said in a tweet on Tuesday that he was "very concerned that Russia will be fighting very hard to have an impact on the upcoming Election."

Instead of benefiting him and the Republicans as Russia did in 2016, Trump claimed with no evidence, that Russia "will be pushing very hard for the Democrats" because, Trump said, "no President has been tougher on Russia than me." Amanda why is that statement utter hogwash?

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Imagine it's 1754. The British had developed thirteen colonies along the eastern seaboard of the American continent. Meanwhile, the French had quietly colonized a strip down the center, with a line of settlements along the Mississippi River.

This threw the American colonies in the middle of a global power struggle between England and France that eventually led to a revolution.

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In a week that has seen a France beat Croatia 4-2 to become champions of the globe, we ask has this World Cup been Putin’s biggest triumph?

There were fears that world cup would be racked by hooliganism and racism, and an instead travellers to Russia in 2018 were confronted by smiles, streets parties and have learnt to not define a people by its politicians. Tim Could this world cup be as effective way of disrupting our perceptions of Russia as the GUR’s campaign to disrupt the 2016 US election?

• 1 Relations with NATO and its member nations
• 2 Tensions in other European countries and relations with the former Soviet bloc
• 4 Relations with Middle Eastern and Syria
• 5 Relations with post-Soviet states
• 5.1Intervention in Ukraine and annexation of Crimea
• 6.1 Georgia and the Caucasus
• 6.2 Moldova
• 6.3 Baltic states and Scandinavia
• 7 Gas pipeline deal with Germany

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Today we are joined by that most gentle of journalists, that sensitive soul in Norwich Mic Wright and we call onto the field of battle our super sub pundit Doug Levy in San Fransisco!

In a week that has seen England lose yet another semi final we ask, why is Donald Trump over here upsetting us all?

Donald Trump has arrived in the UK for a four-day visit which will feature talks with our embattled PM Theresa May, crumpets with the Queen and a giant Trump baby blimp being flown over Westminster. How will we judge if the many protests to mark his visit have had an impact?

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Today we are joined by the journalist of a thousand quips Mic Wright in Norwich and by the woman that Time magazine described as "an outspoken voice of the left Amanda Marcotte in Brooklyn New York

In a week that has seen a California woman threaten to call police on an eight-year-old black girl for selling water we ask is it right to refuse to serve a politician in public?

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