Oh God, What Now?

Guardian columnist and Left Against Brexit activist ZOE WILLIAMS joins us to talk over the surreal Operation Yellowhammer, Boris Johnson’s Operation I Still Want To Be Prime Minister, why the ERG can’t stop battering the corpse of Chequers… and the Brexit battle on the New Left. What will it take to dispel the Lexit fantasy? And how can Labour supporters shift the party to support a People’s Vote?

“For Labour, the electoral argument against Brexit is dead,” says Zoe. “And if you’re not against a Far Right project like Brexit, then what is the Left for?”

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Was Brexit a sophisticated confidence trick? Scams expert, host of the BBC’s The Real Hustle and TalkRadio presenter ALEXIS CONRAN joins us to talk bait-and-switch, the power of emotional alignment, and whether an ill-informed, manipulable Referendum electorate was the biggest “mark” in modern British political history. And what now? “The worst thing you can do,” he tells us, “is shove it in someone’s face and say, ‘Ha, you fell for it.’ The truth is that anyone can fall for it at the right time.”

PLUS: Parliamentary hostilities resume – hooray! What’s really going on with ex-minister Nick Boles’ compromise plan for a “sensible Brexit”? Ian insults Iceland for literally no defensible reason. We talk to Ayesha Hazarika of the new Women For A People’s Vote campaign (actual studio debate with actual female panelists to follow next week). Ian insults Robert Peston for literally no defensible reason. Why are we planning to fall back on WTO rules when Donald Trump is trying to destroy the WTO? And more. 

AND a special extra guest – human rights lawyer ADAM WAGNER joins us to explain the crowdfunded court case to declare the Referendum YES THE WHOLE REFERENDUM tainted and illegal. Is this the right way to go about averting Brexit?

“Authoritarians hate institutions. They stop you from having a strongman – and that’s why they trash them.”

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Labour’s Deputy Leader in Brussels SEB DANCE MEP joins us in the Remainiacs Bunker to discuss the Government’s ‘technical notices’ and why they may be saving the worst for last… what life in Brussels is like for British MEPs now that we as a country have roundly insulted their colleagues… and why the next Tory Prime Minister could well be someone you’ve never even heard of (they might even be listening to this show).

And Seb talks about the biggest question of all. What will it take to shift the Labour leadership on Brexit? “If Labour has as its ethos the democratisation of the party,” says Seb Dance, “Then it can’t ignore the biggest issue for its membership.” Follow him on Twitter here.

Plus: Can that European Citizens’ Initiative really give us permanent EU citizenship – even if Britain leaves the EU? Why Stalin and Hitler hated Esperanto. The return of #ButYourEmails. And a surprise announcement for our beloved Patreon backers.

“Silly season? We’ve been in the silly season for 24 months…”

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You wait forever for a Conservative Remainer on the show… and then two come along at once. This week SIMON ALLISON of “Torymainer” group Citizens4Britain joins us to discuss the Tory conference gagging Brexit dissenters, how the Party of Business became the Party of F**k Business, why Tories need to Take Back Control of their own party… and where next for a country with a Government that can’t govern.

Plus: What’s behind the hazy notion of Theresa May’s offer of an unconditional Right To Remain for EU citizens, even under No Deal? Who’s pushing it and who’s blocking it? Do Remainers all have to wear SuperDry now that its co-founder is backing the People’s Vote? We brace ourselves for those technical papers. And the long-awaited return of #AskRemainiacs.

“If the Tory Party really has lost touch with the intellectual classes then it’s going to become the Stupid Party of the 1830s forever.”

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This week on the Brexit podcast that DOES answer questions when it brings you a cup of tea… we’ve got Garvan Walshe, former Conservative Party National and International Security Policy Adviser and now columnist at ConservativeHome.com, joining us to explain how it feels to be a Tory Remainer, how electoral arithmetic means we’re in for political paralysis forever, and what future the party has after the dust of Brexit settles in about thirty years’ time.

Plus: Best For Britain’s poll analysis shows a majority of constituencies now favour Remaining. What does that mean for a People’s Vote and for Labour’s endless prevarication on Brexit? And it’s a dream come true for young Ian Dunt as he gets to present his Five Things You Didn’t Know About The WTO. Notebooks out – he’s got argument-enders galore.

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This week: Are Brexit jihadis using the summer break to acclimatise voters to No Deal as if it’s some sort of sensible idea instead of kamikaze economics?

ALSO: Chilli con Carney on the menu as Bank of England boss Mark Carney receives a punishment beating for doing his job. Wild praise for Emily Maitlis and a terrible shoeing for Bernard Jenkin MP. Steve Bannon in a Monopoly top hat and monocle. The Telegraph tells the Tories they’re not right-wing enough. And what Brexit will mean for carers of aged or infirm relatives. Spoiler: it’s women who’ll bear the brunt.

PLUS: we’re delighted to welcome back the much-missed ROS TAYLOR who brings her unique Brexit insights to the show, including how the female Leave vote was partly swayed by… whale meat and bullfighting?

“You’ll be sitting in your own poo, with no sandwiches. That’s Brexit.”

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Special guest STELLA CREASY – Walthamstow MP, out-and-out Remainer and biggest* Wedding Present fan in the Commons – joins us in the week that the Government decided that its own contingency advice for No Deal was too alarming for the simple British public to see.

(* OK, only). 

In a wide-ranging chat with Stella we ask… How can we get Labour to make a stand against Brexit before it’s too late? Now that Vote Leave’s deceitful Facebook ads have been exposed, can Britain regulate its way out of the political nightmare of Dark Ads and social media vitriol? Is there a realistic route to a People’s Vote? And what’s going on with Walthamstow’s favourite son, Brian Harvey of East 17?

PLUS we welcome brand new regular NINA SCHICK – in-demand political journalist, Brexit specialist and German citizen – to the Remainiacs panel with her penetrating perspective from Berlin and beyond. Will Naomi steal the new kid’s dinner money? There’s only one way to find out…

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This week on the podcast that David Campbell Bannerman MEP wants to see prosecuted for “extreme EU loyalty”… Does Britain have what it takes to live on a diet of nettle soup? Will people who never actually experienced WWII ever shut up about the “Blitz Spirit”? And how research shows that Leavers really are more aggressive online.

PLUS our special guest JASON ARTHUR of the youth anti-Brexit campaign FFS (For our Future’s Sake) comes in to explain what’s going on with The Young People, how to get lightly disguised Leaver Jeremy Corbyn to come out against Brexit… and how the Brexit nightmare will shape an entire generation’s political ideals for decades into the future.

“Can you imagine if we’d had wi-fi in the 1940s… and then the Luftwaffe knocked out the wi-fi?” 

HEATWAVE NOTE: We had to record this one with the windows open (it’s health and safety gone mad) so listen closely for passing aeroplanes, beeping taxis and people clattering up and down the stairs. Real radio, real talk.

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As Theresa May cravenly caves to the Brextremists yet again, are we finally trapped on a course for the catastrophic Hard Brexit that everyone fears? Lawyer and commentator DAVID ALLEN GREEN (also known as Jack Of Kent) joins us to explore escape routes from Brexit, the legal landscape around a People’s Vote, and much more.

Plus: Donald Trump’s drive-by shouting. The ghost of David Davis’s reputation. And when “Tommy Robinson” gets out of jail, will Trump money try to create a dangerous British alt.right with him as its figurehead? It’s a grim week and no mistake.

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After our emergency podcast on Monday it’s time for a more considered take on the Government’s disastrous week... and the verdict is still “WHAAAAAT?” Does Theresa May still have a Chequers policy or just a chequered future? After BOREXIT, will Johnson become a backbench thorn in May’s side, emerge as the next Prime Minister or just go back to being Britain’s least lovable music hall turn? Will anyone ever mention David Davis again? All this and more we will examine. 

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