Party Games

MPs rule out a no-deal Brexit, and rule out an early election — for now at least. Another brief, emergency podcast, to get you up to speed on Wednesday’s events at Westminster.

Boris Johnson chances his arm, and the Commons takes back control. But the Prime Minister hasn’t given up yet in his hopes of triggering a snap election.

Boris Johnson has been Prime Minister for 43 days. How much longer he remains is anyone’s guess. An extra mini-podcast to get you up to speed on Tuesday’s events, and prepared for an equally chaotic Wednesday. Will MPs succeed in blocking a no-deal Brexit at the end of October? Will Boris Johnson get the General Election he’s clearly desperate for? More through the day at twitter.com/partygamespod and twitter.com/paulosbourne - plus we’re on facebook and instagram - search for partygamespod

After yet another dramatic day, we’re back with an emergency podcast on Boris Johnson’s move to suspend Parliament for the best part of a month. The Prime Minister says it’s all about his domestic agenda, knows we all know he’s lying, and doesn’t care. Will the gamble pay off? Or will his opponents finally get their act together? More at twitter.com/partygamespod and facebook.com/partygamespod

As Boris Johnson heads to Berlin and Paris, he spies a potential breakthrough on the backstop. But has he any prospect of meeting Angela Merkel’s 30-day target to find a workable alternative? Plus the terrifying Yellowhammer worst-case scenario for post-Brexit Britain, and how the government is gaslighting the whole country, insisting any impending chaos is definitely not their fault. More at twitter.com/partygamespod facebook.com/partygamespod or instagram.com/partygamespod

Is Boris Johnson serious about ignoring a no confidence vote, and potentially dragging the UK out of the EU without a deal in the middle of an election campaign? Will we really have to force the Queen to sack him? How did we end up in a constitutional crisis two weeks after he became Prime Minister? And is there any way out? More at twitter.com/partygamespod

Boris Johnson arrives in Downing Street, with a long list of seemingly impossible promises, and a long list of scores to settle. We look at the midsummer massacre of his Cabinet reshuffle, as more than a dozen ministers are either fired or shuffle off to the backbenches. And we wonder if the new Prime Minister will ever get round to setting out an actual Brexit plan. More at twitter.com/partygamespod and twitter.com/paulosbourne

A special podcast looks back at Theresa May’s three, let’s say, difficult years in office. We hear about the key moments that scuppered her Brexit plan, and destroyed her premiership. And we ask if history might, perhaps, be a tiny bit kinder to her. More at twitter.com/partygamespod and twitter.com/paulosbourne

Boris Johnson isn’t even Prime Minister yet, and he’s already effectively forced out the UK’s ambassador in Washington DC. We explain how not even this blunder will derail his route to Number 10. Plus how Labour responded to public criticism of its failure to tackle anti-Semitism by turning on whistleblowers and journalists. More at twitter.com/partygamespod and twitter.com/paulosbourne

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt travel the country, making a series of ridiculous, undeliverable promises on Brexit. But how many of the people deciding the Conservative leadership are actually Conservatives? Are the civil service really plotting against Labour? And does it matter who takes over as Liberal Democrat leader? More at twitter.com/partygamespod and twitter.com/paulosbourne

It’s Boris Johnson v Jeremy Hunt as the Tory leadership contest moves on to phase 2. Now the 150,000 or so party members get to decide who’ll be Prime Minister, and the rest of us get to watch and weep. We look back at the breathless events of the last few days, and forward to the debates to come. Plus the Labour Party’s own internal struggles on Brexit. More at twitter.com/partygamespod and twitter.com/paulosbourne