No Holds Barred Pod

EP 06 — DISCUSSIONS with India Willoughby — Anything & Everything

No Holds Barred Pod, is Sal Dodgson and Don McGowan. Politics unpacked every week. News, politics and opinion. Serious and hilarious in equal measure.

We're back with a new episode of Discussions with the amazing, India Willoughby. We couldn't be more thrilled to chat to India about all thing trans, politics, football and loads more.

She is a genuinely inspirational woman, and we got into things in depth.

Some tough listening but some legitimate hilarity as well.

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You can find everything you need to know about the pod on our website: noholdsbarredpod.com  

We’re also on Patreon with early episodes, chat with hosts, Sal and Don every week, bonus longer episodes and a growing community chat group. Details on our website or click here.

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Find India on 𝕏 here: https://x.com/IndiaWilloughby

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EP 87 – SOUTH X SOUTH HOW MUCH? — More Mandelson files. Government bans. GB News fanboy.

No Holds Barred Pod is Sal Dodgson and Don McGowan. Politics unpacked every week. News, politics and opinion.

More cancelled travel visas from the government — Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker this time, removed from the insanely expensive SXSW festival and the Oxford Union.

Lots of Labour chat in this episode. Starmer, Mandelson, Blair, McFadden — all made appearances this week.

Michael Grade professed his love for GB NEWS. 🤬

Don't forget Farage's five million pounds.

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You can find everything you need to know about the pod on our website: noholdsbarredpod.com  

We’re also on Patreon with early episodes, chat with hosts, Sal and Don every week, bonus longer episodes and a growing community chat group. Details on our website or click here.

No Holds Barred Links

YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-YouTube 

Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Spotify 

Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Apple 

Don's Substack:https://donmcgowan333.substack.com/ 

Sal's Substack: https://substack.com/@salsnackered? 

Write to your MP: https://www.writetothem.com 

Hasan Piker at the Oxford Union is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=Pf5B7sGNbBjXPSy8&v=jcIa2pE2D10&feature=youtu.be

Thanks, as always, to Zomby Pop on 𝕏 for our theme tune.
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EP 86 – #FARAGERIOTS2 — Farage kicked off more rioting. Mental health awareness.

No Holds Barred Pod is Sal Dodgson and Don McGowan. Politics unpacked every week. News, politics and opinion.

Some of this episode is a tough listen. We covered the rioting in Southampton on Tuesday and Farage's complicity.

Reform Roundup™️ — Kenyon crumbled under no scrutiny whatsoever. Farage lies and lies and lies. Question Time should be a hoot on Thursday.

Don't forget Farage's five million pounds.

SOME STRONG LANGUAGE

You can find everything you need to know about the pod on our website: noholdsbarredpod.com  

We’re also on Patreon with early episodes, chat with hosts, Sal and Don every week, bonus longer episodes and a growing community chat group. Details on our website or click here.

No Holds Barred Links

YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-YouTube 

Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Spotify 

Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Apple 

Don's Substack:https://donmcgowan333.substack.com/ 

Sal's Substack: https://substack.com/@salsnackered? 

Write to your MP: https://www.writetothem.com 

Thanks, as always, to Zomby Pop on 𝕏 for our theme tune.
Contact us here:

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EP 85 – POLITICAL SMÖRGÅSBORD — Farage is cooked. Trump is cooked. Raise the Colours are in BIG trouble.

No Holds Barred Pod, is Sal Dodgson and Don McGowan. Politics unpacked every week. News, politics and opinion. Serious and hilarious in equal measure.

REFORM ROUNDUP™ — Farage is still in hiding and is being investigated on three fronts now, including a potential contempt of court referral.

We chatted about some varied topics this week, including Trump's impending political collapse, Pam Bondi is about to be investigated, and the war rumbles on. Mental health is back in the news again, and more insanity around cutting welfare.

Sal talked us through her recipe for Elderflower cordial — you don't get that on the Rest is Politics!

Don't forget Farage's five million pounds.

SOME STRONG LANGUAGE

You can find everything you need to know about the pod on our website: noholdsbarredpod.com  

We’re also on Patreon with early episodes, chat with hosts, Sal and Don every week, bonus longer episodes and a growing community chat group. Details on our website or click here.

No Holds Barred Links

YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-YouTube 

Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Spotify 

Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Apple 

Don's Substack:https://donmcgowan333.substack.com/ 

Sal's Substack: https://substack.com/@salsnackered? 

Write to your MP: https://www.writetothem.com 

Thanks, as always, to Zomby Pop on 𝕏 for our theme tune.
Contact us here:

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EP 84 – FIVE MILLION WAYS TO HIDE — Where's Farage? Robert Kenyon is rank. More welfare intensity.

No Holds Barred Pod, is Sal Dodgson and Don McGowan. Politics unpacked every week. News, politics and opinion. Serious and hilarious in equal measure.

REFORM ROUNDUP™ — Farage is still in hiding. Kenyon's views on abortion are horrific. Criminal councillors.

Sal discusses a new attack on welfare by the government and the lack of attention on the tax evaders.

Carol Vorderman is under attack, but she's fighting back.

Don't forget Farage's five million pounds.

SOME STRONG LANGUAGE

You can find everything you need to know about the pod on our website: noholdsbarredpod.com  

We’re also on Patreon with early episodes, chat with hosts, Sal and Don every week, bonus longer episodes and a growing community chat group. Details on our website or click here.

No Holds Barred Links

YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-YouTube 

Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Spotify 

Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Apple 

Don's Substack:https://donmcgowan333.substack.com/ 

Sal's Substack: https://substack.com/@salsnackered? 

Write to your MP: https://www.writetothem.com 

Thanks, as always, to Zomby Pop on 𝕏 for our theme tune.
Contact us here:

𝕏 — @NoHoldsPod

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EP 83 – UNINVITED — Trump forgets his own son's name. Sadiq Khan for the win. Cheap opera tickets.

No Holds Barred Pod is Sal Dodgson and Don McGowan. Politics unpacked every week. News, politics and opinion.

We chatted about Labour's cost of living offerings this week, it's safe to say that neither were particularly enamoured. They have been very up and down this week, with some questionable choices to help in the forthcoming oil wars and removing fit notes from GP's remits.

Trump is seriously losing in the ongoing battle for his attachment to reality, and this week appeared to forget his own son's name.

Sadiq Khan took on Palantir.

Don't forget Farage's five million pounds.

SOME STRONG LANGUAGE

You can find everything you need to know about the pod on our website: noholdsbarredpod.com  

We’re also on Patreon with early episodes, chat with hosts, Sal and Don every week, bonus longer episodes and a growing community chat group. Details on our website or click here.

No Holds Barred Links

YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-YouTube 

Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Spotify 

Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Apple 

SAL'S OFFICE SUPPORT FUND IS HERE: https://ko-fi.com/noholdsbarredpod

Don's Substack:https://donmcgowan333.substack.com/ 

Sal's Substack: https://substack.com/@salsnackered? 

Write to your MP: https://www.writetothem.com 

Thanks, as always, to Zomby Pop on 𝕏 for our theme tune.
Contact us here:

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EP 82 – UNVETTED — Reform's plumber problems. Farage in hiding. Local government under the spotlight.

No Holds Barred Pod is Sal Dodgson and Don McGowan. Politics unpacked every week. News, politics and opinion.

REFORM ROUNDUP™ — Reform UK have put up a plumber for the Makerfield by-election, but he has a highly questionable past. Farage is STILL ducking scrutiny over his five million pounds 'bung' from Thailand.

Reform UK councillors are being filmed, failing in their jobs and admitting that they don't have the first idea about government.

Don't forget Farage's five million pounds.

SOME STRONG LANGUAGE

You can find everything you need to know about the pod on our website: noholdsbarredpod.com  

We’re also on Patreon with early episodes, chat with hosts, Sal and Don every week, bonus longer episodes and a growing community chat group. Details on our website or click here.

No Holds Barred Links

YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-YouTube 

Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Spotify 

Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Apple 

Don's Substack:https://donmcgowan333.substack.com/ 

Sal's Substack: https://substack.com/@salsnackered? 

Write to your MP: https://www.writetothem.com 

Thanks, as always, to Zomby Pop on 𝕏 for our theme tune.
Contact us here:

𝕏 — @NoHoldsPod

𝔼 — [email protected]

EP 81 – BAT$H*T AND BROKEN — Farage flounders. HS2 is bat$h*t. Reform vetting disaster. Far-right failures everywhere.

No Holds Barred Pod is Sal Dodgson and Don McGowan. Politics unpacked every week. News, politics and opinion.

We discussed this week's Unite the Kingdom rally — how much of a disaster was it? Ryan Bridge was arrested, Reform's new by election candidate has strong links to the extreme far-right. And Trump is teetering on a knife edge. HS2 is INSANE.

Don't forget Farage's five million pounds, and we apologise in advance for a clip of Rikki Doolan butchering, You'll Never Walk Alone.

SOME STRONG LANGUAGE

You can find everything you need to know about the pod on our website: noholdsbarredpod.com  

We’re also on Patreon with early episodes, chat with hosts, Sal and Don every week, bonus longer episodes and a growing community chat group. Details on our website or click here.

No Holds Barred Links

YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-YouTube 

Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Spotify 

Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Apple 

Don's Substack:https://donmcgowan333.substack.com/ 

Sal's Substack: https://substack.com/@salsnackered? 

Write to your MP: https://www.writetothem.com 

Thanks, as always, to Zomby Pop on 𝕏 for our theme tune.
Contact us here:

𝕏 — @NoHoldsPod

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EP 80 – TOMMY ROBINSON'S FLAG RACE — Five million pound gift. Divide the Kingdom. Starmer vs. Burnham.

We chatted A LOT about Andy Burnham in this episode. It's fair to say that Don and Sal got into it.

STARMER THE DRAMA-LLAMA CALMER just kept on keeping on as though nothing was happening!

Tommy Robinson's Flag Race happens as this goes out on Saturday, Sal will be on the opposing march so we'll have some updates from the scene next week.

And Nigel Farage is in BIG TROUBLE. His gift from Christopher Harborne metamorphosised from gift, to payment for security, into a reward for Brexit. Which is it, Nige? Pick a lane.

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EP 79 — MEDIA MADNESS — Reform Roundup™ — FIVE MILLION POUNDS. Media in meltdown. The war rages on.

The insane coverage of a thing that hasn't yet happened is dominating our air waves and preventing us from knowing any other news. So you would be forgiven for thinking that the war in Iran is over ... it isn't.

Farage's bung dominates the headlines, but there are other failures within the Reform landscape, including twelve local councillors falling by the wayside already.

Oh, and Don had a rant about Paddy McGuinness!

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We have a website. ⁠⁠⁠noholdsbarredpod.com⁠⁠⁠ Join us, won’t you.

We’re on Patreon if you want to hear/see us a day early and chat to us on Teams once a week.

Links for the show:

Our new website is ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Our Patreon is here.

Don's new article is here.

Double Down News piece is here.

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