Oh God, What Now?

This week, the last desperate moves before next week’s descent in the Hellmouth of Final Votes. Has Theresa May’s attempts to bribe Labour MPs from Leave constituencies backfired? Just how wobbly is Labour’s “commitment” to a People’s Vote? And who will run candidates in the 2019 European Parliamentary Elections if Brexit is extended and Britain has to participate? 

Plus! While parliament wrestles with procedure, our panelists choose the real elephants in the room that nobody is talking about. Which Leave leaders would we turn and use their powers for good if we could? The loopiness of Ladies for Leave. And how did Bristol’s Massive Attack predict Brexit?  

This week’s REMAINIACS is presented by Naomi Smith with Ingrid Oliver, Ros Taylor and Melissa Chemam. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Audio production is by Alex Rees. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

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Huge thanks to May and Corbyn for laying on some quality material for our extended 100th podcast. Labour finally, finally comes out for a People’s Vote. But what needs to happen first? Can TIG claim credit? And are we in for another grudging 60% campaigning performance from Jeremy?

And Theresa May finally, finally admits she’ll probably have to delay Brexit. But is she just setting a trap for Remainers? We’ve put this one out quickly because hey, you never know what might change. 

Plus we’re joined by not one but TWO special guests. Norwegian trade expert PAAL FRISVOLD explains why Common Market 2.0 – the deal formerly known as "Norway+" – might not be all its cracked up to be. And South Belfast MLA CLAIRE HANNA gives us insights into the border in Ireland that we’re just not getting elsewhere.

This week’s REMAINIACS is presented by Dorian Lynskey with Ingrid Oliver and Ian Dunt. Audio production is by Sophie Black. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

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EMERGENCY RELEASE AS EVENTS GO CRAZY YET AGAIN. The dam finally breaks in the most dramatic week in Brexit since… January? Eight Labour MPs including Luciana Berger and Chuka Umunna quit Labour over anti-semitism and Corbyn’s intransigence over Brexit. Then three Tory women – Heidi Allen, Anna Soubry and Sarah Woollaston – resign from the party they now say is irrevocably dominated by the hard Right and its ERG extremists. What can the Independent Group achieve and what must they do to achieve it?

Plus: Honda, Nissan and industry’s fear of the “B” word. Why you need to be at the Put It To The People March on Saturday 23 March. And what’s driving older people’s resentment of the young? TalkRadio presenter Cristo Foufas joins our regulars to thrash it all out. 

This week’s REMAINIACS is presented by Naomi Smith with Ros Taylor and Ian Dunt. Audio production is by Alex Rees. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

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It’s a special edition of Remainiacs as we welcome our brothers-in-podcasting STEVE BULLOCK AKA @GuitarMoog (left) and CHRIS KENDALL AKA @ottocrat of the brilliant Cakewatch podcast for what the world is already calling the Yalta Conference of Remain.

Embedded in Brussels deep inside the EU policymaking machine, Steve and Chris bring their insider knowledge to the Remainiacs bunker for a fascinating hour of Brexit talk. What do EU decision-makers really think of Britain’s antics? Even if we avert Brexit, how can we make amends with our European “colleagues”? And how is Brexit inadvertently bringing about exactly the same EU solidarity and ever-closer union that the Brexiters pretended was happening back when it wasn’t?

Plus all your favourite news explainers, head-scratchers and face-palmers. We might not get an EU army but we’re well on the way to a Single European Podcast. Salut! 

This week’s REMAINIACS is presented by Dorian Lynskey with Nina Schick. Audio production is by Sophie Black. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

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This is a LOCAL podcast for LOCAL people… We are thrilled to have the great MARK GATISS – writer, star of ‘The League Of Gentlemen‘, 'Sherlock' and 'Doctor Who', and five-star unyielding Remainer – as this week’s special guest on Remainiacs. 

Listen in as Mark explains how the League unwittingly predicted the Brexit mindset, why despite the Nissan news Leave has such a grip on the North-East where he was born, “the weaponisation of nostalgia”… and which residents of Royston Vasey would have voted Remain. 

Plus! Why “alternative arrangements” means yet more blind man’s Brexit. Why Labour really fears the Backstop. More on the shameless liar Daniel Kawcynzski MP. Which Labour MP is a Pound Shop Soprano. And why you should be more relaxed about our supposed EU exit date in March but much more worried about July. 

“This really is the closest we’ve got to a civil war. We already have our Cavaliers and Roundheads. All we need is for Theresa May to go to Nottingham and raise the standard.”

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SPEED RELEASE TO KEEP UP WITH EVENTS: As Parliament delivers “a masterclass in cowardice” on the Withdrawal Bill and the May Government escapes into a world of pure imagination, Ros Taylor, Ian Dunt and new panelist Melissa Chemam convene to sift the wreckage of Amendment Day. If MPs don’t want No Deal, why did they rob themselves of the chance to prevent it? Why is May going to Brussels to ask questions the answers to which she knows are “no”? And what the hell happens next?

Plus we welcome our very first Leaver guest Oliver Norgrove to Remainiacs. How did leaving the EU mutate from a serious intellectual position into a destructive and unforgiving religion? When exactly did this Leave enthusiast lose faith in the cause? And how does someone from the other side of the fence think we can undo the damage done by the past two years? It’s a fascinating conversation.

“There’s going to be ire for the liars.”

This week’s podcast is presented by Ros Taylor with Nina Schick, Melissa Chemam and Ian Dunt. Audio production is by Alex Rees. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

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As Plan A arrives in its moustache and glasses, will May’s second attempt to get a deal through unbalance the Brexit Bus and if so, in which direction? Business intelligence expert and super-tweeter STEVE ANALYST joins us to see where the Undead Deal goes next, and explore the myriad amendments it’ll undergo next week. Who’s made the killer parliamentary move and who is the true Jedi Master of Parliament. Otherwise… roll on Plan C, then?

PLUS When is a compromise not a compromise? The ins and outs of citizens assemblies. Ingrid gets the People’s Vote jitters. Important lessons from the Brexit Underpants gnomes. Who’s been wearing treason’s clothes and copying its haircut? And how are YOU going to vote in the 2019 European Elections? Because you know what, you might have to…

“Whoever finally stops the May Deal will end up owning No Deal by default.”

This week’s podcast is presented by Dorian Lynskey with Ingrid OIiver and Alex Andreou. Audio production is by Alex Rees. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

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RUSH RELEASE FOR RELEVANCE: The day after the May Deal finally fell to a record defeat (with an even worse vote than her projected result if she hadn’t bottled it in December) Ian Dunt, Naomi Smith and Dorian Lynskey convene to ask what the hell is going on and how will it all end.

As the Deal lies in tatters, special guest DAVID ALLEN GREEN – lawyer, writer, commentator and warrior monk of the British constitution – joins us to ask tough questions of the People’s Vote and explain just how far back the Brexiters’ strategic awfulness goes. Hands up, who had “the 1680s” in the sweepstake?

PLUS: Which of our panel would have voted for the May Deal if they were an MP? Will Plan B just be Plan A in a fake moustache and glasses? Will anything ever penetrate Jeremy Corbyn’s Reality Protection Field? And it’s Ian’s sweariest episode yet. We’re sorry. He’s very, very tired. 

“Yesterday felt like being at the execution of Charles I.”

This week’s podcast is presented by Dorian Lynskey with Naomi Smith and Ian Dunt. Audio production is by Sophie Black. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

• Sonic note: Please excuse the weird radiophonic hum that intrudes a couple of times in this episode. We’re not sure where it came from but we thought it more important to get the show out than spend ages trying to remove it. It’s probably just the sound of Leave.EU trying to jam our recording. 

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It’s time-sensitive again so we’re releasing this one, recorded at 2pm on Wednesday, a little early. In our first podcast of 2019 we’re right back into the Brexit war of attrition with the aid of special guest PETER KELLNER, doyen of pollsters, ex-president of YouGov and expert on exactly the sort of constitutional mess we find ourselves in this week.

As luck would have it we recorded at the exact moment the Grieve Amendment – the one that mandates the Government to come up with a Plan B if and when the May Deal is defeated – went to the vote. Listen as the panel try to formulate a coherent response to the result on the fly…

PLUS: Was Channel 4’s ‘Brexit: The Uncivil War’ a worthy chronicle of Leave’s data heist during the Referendum and does Benedict Cumberbatch convince as Dominic ‘Obi-Wan Brexit’ Cummings? Will the Government get away with launching its Pay To Stay “settlement scheme” for UK-resident EU citizens over Christmas, when it thought nobody was watching? And could we run a ferry company or a lorry park better than the Government?

This week’s podcast is produced and presented by Andrew Harrison with Alex Andreou, Ros Taylor and Ian Dunt (who had to rush off before the photo). Audio production is by Alex Rees. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

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As Britain holds its breath for the Year of Decision, the Remainiacs panel convene to look back at the ups and downs of the year that’s just gone – and what we can look forward to for 2019. Gird yourself for the new year as Dorian Lynskey, Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou, Ian Dunt, Ingrid Oliver, Ros Taylor and producer Andrew Harrison look back (and forward) in anger… and each choose a song to energise all Remainers for the Final Battle ahead.

We recorded this show in two special sessions in December and as you’ll hear, events have “evolved” a bit. But hey, that’s podcasting. Listen closely for at least ONE 100% accurate prediction from Andrew… 

You can hear our panelists’ songs in full on Spotify here. (Alex’s exact choice wasn’t available so in the manner of Ocado we have substituted it). Normal podcasts resume next week. Hold tight, people. It’s going to be rough. But we are going to win this. 

Audio production by Sophie Black and the producer is Andrew Harrison. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

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