Joining me in this episode is co- founder and CEO of The 3 million, Nicolas Hatton. The 3 million is the largest campaign organisation for EU citizens in the UK, formed after the 2016 EU referendum to protect the rights of people who have made the UK their home.

We discuss promises made to E.U. citizens during the campaign, what the situation has been like for the past 4 years, what it means to need to apply to live in the country you call home and what comes next for the millions of E.U. citizens who want to continue their lives in the U.K.

Nicolas discusses important issues around the settled status process and the task of making sure people do not "fall through the cracks"; including "Settled" a new organisation dedicated to tackling this problem going forward.

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Chris Wilson: @CWilsonPsych

Nicolas Hatton: @NicolasHatton

https://www.the3million.org.uk/

https://settled.org.uk/en/

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Joining me in this episode is James Clarke, leader of Renew. Renew is a political party formed in the UK in 2017, by a number of then independent candidates who ran in the 2017 general election. Renew UK was founded,  “because a break-up of our two paralysed parties of government can overcome our utterly dysfunctional politics” and was described in 2018 as “a political party trying to reverse Brexit”. 

However, James Clarke says Renew are a platform that can bring a broader range of experience and knowledge into politics and I ask him whether "centrism" is a legitimate political position or a comfortable place on the sidelines for people who don't really need change.

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Chris Wilson: @CWilsonPsych

James S Clarke @JSClarkeRenew

In this episode, we discuss Jacob Rees-Mogg's indignation at UNICEF trying to feed hungry children, the easing of restrictions for Christmas, COVID contract corruption, Schools rolling out lateral flow tests in January, Kent gaining an international reputation as being the "Toilet of England" and where we stand with Brexit. We end with our favourite Christmas movies.

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Chris Wilson: @CWilsonPsych

For more from Phil Moorhouse: A Different Bias | @philmoorhouse76

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Timestamps:

00:53 Details of next week's episodes: Nicolas Hatton of The 3 Million and James S Clarke of Renew

01:41 UNICEF feeding hungry kids. Jacob Rees-Mogg is not happy

13:19 New York Times outline corruption over COVID contracts.

21:35 The government's "canary trap" catches leaker - Ministerial aide sacked.

25:08 COVID restrictions relaxed over Christmas as cases rise. Scientists warn against easing. Ministers tell people to use common-sense - MP attends Christmas Party.

38:06 Schools told they will be administering COVID tests in January.

51:45 Kent "is ground zero for Brexit and reeks of p*ss".

57:07 Brexit negotiations being held up by "fanatics"?

01:00:56 Favourite Christmas movie? Christmas movie  traditions.

In this episode, with the UK on the brink of an "Australia-style" Brexit non-deal, we discuss the week that got us here. We also talk about whether  or not "remainers" are to blame for the current predicament.

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Chris Wilson: @CWilsonPsych

For more from Phil Moorhouse: A Different Bias | @philmoorhouse76

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Timestamps:

00:50 A rundown of this week in Brexit

05:35 The "olive branch" of dropping the internal market bill clauses

10:20 "If the E.U. decides to buy an expensive handbag..."

11:00 The "australia style relationship" is even more misleading than "australia-style deal"

23:40 The interim "no-deal" proposal from the E.U.

32:10 The Northern Ireland Protocol

40:00 Is regulatory alignment a reasonable request?

47:27 Is it "remainers'" fault that Brexit is the way it is?

60:52 Brexit will be bigger in 2021 than 2020

In this episode, we discuss the good news about a COVID vaccine, the claim that Brexit sped-up the approval process, the Conservative rebellion against lockdown tiers, the scrapping of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act, the looming deadline for Brexit talks - and the obsession with fishing over other industry - and the reality of Brexit hits people with holiday homes in the E.U.

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Chris Wilson: @CWilsonPsych

For more from Phil Moorhouse: A Different Bias | @philmoorhouse76

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01:04 Did Brexit help vaccine approval?

21:05 The rebellion over lockdown tiers

29:05 Scrapping of the Fixed-term Parliaments act is a trojan horse?

37:13 Brexit crunch time and Brexit reality hits

In this episode, we discuss the post-lockdown tiers for different regions of the UK, latest spending review, the Priti Patel bullying report, the Goodlaw project's court cases seeking judicial review of COVID procurement contracts and the Brexit test that caused 5-mile tailbacks in Kent.

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Chris Wilson: @CWilsonPsych

For more from Phil Moorhouse: A Different Bias | @philmoorhouse76

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00:45 But she's very hard working

01:02 Post-lockdown tiers

18:28 The spending review

37:34  Priti Patel bullying report

47:14 Goodlaw project brings judicial reviews re: COVID contracts

56:36 Brexit tailbacks, 5 miles long

https://www.theweek.co.uk/63394/foreign-aid-how-and-where-is-britains-budget-spent

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/4/16/18251646/modern-monetary-theory-new-moment-explained

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2020/06/22/book-review-the-deficit-myth-modern-monetary-theory-and-the-birth-of-the-peoples-economy-by-stephanie-kelton/

https://www.salon.com/2018/02/12/thom-hartmann-how-the-gop-used-a-two-santa-clauses-tactic-to-con-america-for-nearly-40-years_partner/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-55016076

https://goodlawproject.org/case/procurement-case/

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/brexit-border-checks-trials-kent-lorry-queues-b79016.html

In this episode, Chris and Phil Moorhouse discuss Dominic Cummings "leaving", the Brexit cliff-edge, Boris Johnson's comments on devolution, the Mails on Sunday's comments about Marcus Rashford and the prospect of a "normal" COVID Christmas.

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00:00 The incredible Cummings leaves Number 10

06:50 The Brexit cliff-edge looms

11:30 Why are we still having the same discussion 4 years later?

18:35 PM describes devolution as "Tony Blair's biggest mistake"

29:00 The Mail on Sunday versus Marcus Rashford: Rich people cannot help poor people

36:40 Should we be trying to have a "normal" Christmas?

46:13 A "flightless" travel company - what will travel look like in the post-COVID future? 

How will the government manage a Biden administration? New groups emerge in the Conservative party. Will Nigel Farage's Trimp-like tactics take off here? How will the university evacuation work?

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Chris Wilson: @CWilsonPsych

For more from Phil Moorhouse: A Different Bias | @philmoorhouse76

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Timestamps:

01:30: Dominic Raab - should all votes be counted?

9:00: Number 10 congratulations to Joe Biden, (not Trump, definitely Biden).

09:50:  Biden reminds the BBC that he's Irish

13:45: Where now for the internal market bill?

18:35: Conservative party factions

22:35: The people's front of Northern Conservatives...

24:15: Farage's Reform UK - voter suppression begins

29:55: Lee Cain goes - Dominic Cummings to "quack off" next?

34:00 The number 10 "brand"

35:50: Cunning plan to "smoke out" the "lockdown leaker"

40:20: The university evacuation plan

49:30: The "shocking" decline in attainment for young children due to lockdown school closure 

56:40: Vaccine good news - a distribution plan?

In this episode, I speak to Green Party councillor Matthew Snedker about the Climate Crisis, Green Energy, how the FPTP system drives extremism in U.K. politics. 

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Chris Wilson: @CWilsonPsych 

Matthew Snedker: @MatthewSnedker 

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Timestamps: 

01:00: What have we gotten wrong when communicating the dangers of climate change? 04:45: Green energy is cheaper than fossil fuels - why haven't policies caught up with this fact? 07:50: Government backtracking on green policies hurts industry in the U.K. 09:30: How does leaving the E.U. affect our ability to adopt cutting-edge green technologies and policies? 12:40: The "First past the post" system drives extremism in U.K. politics 16:45: How does the world need to change post-COVID? 23:00: How can people get involved in community action or local politics?

In this episode I talk to Dr Richard Johnson, lecturer in U.S. history at QMUL and author of "The end of the 2nd reconstruction: Obama, Trump, and the Crisis of Civil Rights".

We discuss the divisions in U.S. politics, the role of courts in U.S. democracy, the electoral college and whether parallels can be drawn between the polarisation that exists in the U.S. and U.K.

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Chris Wilson: @CWilsonPsych

Richard Johnson: @richardmarcj

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Timestamps:

01:30: What does it say about US politics that the election was so close?

02:45: What are the origins of the electoral college? Is it a democratic/fair system?

05:30: How has modern technology negated the need for the electoral college?

09:00: The role of the court in U.S. democracy.

11:05: Will the new supreme court makeup play a role in this election outcome?

14:00: Backsliding of voting rights and democracy in the U.S.

18:50: The racial divide in U.S. politics.

21:35: The education divide in U.S. politics.

23:30: Will the future demographic makeup of the U.S. automatically lead to majority for Democrats?

28:00: Are there any signs of a diverse, progressive popular movement in the U.S.?

31:10: The Urban/Rural divide in U.S. politics.

33:40: Can we draw any parallels between U.S. and U.K. politics?