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Testimony from multiple MPs has exposed how the government blackmail MPs to get their way. Is a light finally being shone on the sinister machinations that take place in Westminster? With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.

A dramatic defection to Labour has Boris Johnson on the ropes. Will Johnson be removed by his own backbenchers? With Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial.

In a last gasp bid to save his career Boris Johnson is planning a cull of top staff, and a flurry of right wing policy announcement. Will the so-called ‘Operation Save Big Dog’ pay dividends? With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.

In the first #ACFM Trip of the year, Nadia Idle, Jeremy Gilbert and Keir Milburn look at the conflicting desires and demands that make up a political movement. Is unity possible? Is coalition desirable? Do we need to agree in order to win? The gang discuss the difference between liberal and radical conceptions of identity […]

What’s worse than partying while people suffer under lockdown rules? For the Tory grassroots, it might well be offending Her Majesty the Queen. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.

Boris Johnson has admitted attending a lockdown party, but won’t stop repeating his ridiculous excuses. Is it now time up for the PM? With Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial.

What can we learn from the women of the Popular Front? Ahead of an #ACFM Trip on Unity and Difference, Nadia Idle talks to actor and activist Norah Lopez Holden about the milicianas who fought in the Spanish Civil War. What brought these women together – and what pushed them apart? Lopez Holden has worked […]

The Telegraph have reported that Jeremy Corbyn is considering launching a new party. Is the story plausible and, if so, would it be a good idea? With Michael Walker and Ash Sarker.

Newly revealed whatsapp messages between Boris Johnson and a party donor raise fresh questions about Tory corruption. Will incessant sleaze scandals bring the PM down? With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.

In debates around the rights of transgender people, a charge often levelled at those fighting for trans inclusion is that their arguments rest on a denial of biological facts. In this episode of Downstream, Michael Walker speaks to biologist Julia Serano about what so-called gender critical thinkers get wrong about sex and gender, and whether […]