PoliticsJOE Podcast

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Andy Burnham's Chancellor John Healey gave his first budget, and the first of Andy Burnham's reign as Prime Minister.

Ava and Seán headed into the content dungeon to chew the fat.

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Robin Wigglesworth, Financial Times journalist and author of The Fabulous Debt, joins us to explain how government borrowing works, why rising gilt yields matter, and how Labour's first Budget under Andy Burnham could take Britain out of a doom cycle of reliance on the market.

Robin also explains why government debt isn't necessarily a bad thing, how Britain historically used borrowing to industrialise and build its economy, and why countries such as Canada and Sweden offer lessons in tackling difficult public-finance problems.

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Andy Burnham’s position on Brexit has been murky since the 2016 referendum, and he's recently called for a debate about Britain’s future with the EU. So what exactly is going on?

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Andrew Feinstein is one of the most versatile people in British politics today. Formerly a member of the South African Parliament for Nelson Mandela's ANC, he has gained notoriety in the UK in recent years, most notably for running against Keir Starmer in Holborn and St Pancras in the 2024 General Election.

Today, he sits down with Ava to talk about the recent by-election in the seat, the failure of politicians across the globe to represent the most urgent needs of the people they represent, and the war machine propping up horror across the globe.

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Today Andy Burnham's government decided to approve new gas licences for the Jackdaw field in the North Sea.

Ava and Seán jumped into the studio to chew over the plan.

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In France, protests over education cuts have grown into a movement involving unions, farmers, environmental campaigners and pensioners. Anger over declining public services, stagnant wages, and the cost of living has mobilised people across society. But isn't Britain facing the same issues?

Seán and Ava dive deep on a generation that's grown up entirely under austerity.

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Tariq Ali is one of Britain's foremost figures on the left of politics, and following a busy recess for Andy Burnham, he came in to the studio to react to the Prime Minister's speech to Labour conference, his first few months in charge, and how Britain should position itself in a world in complete flux.

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Helena is a Green Party member and the streamer NoJusticeMTG.

As someone who was in the room during the Green Party's Zionism is Racism motion that passed at their annual conference, she came by the PolJOE dungeon to break down the motion for us, and delve deeper into what it means for Green voters and the wider British left.

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Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor are fighting for the living world. Their new book charts an alliance between Silicon Valley billionaires, Donald Trump, and the far right, who they suggest are working against humanity in the name of profit and power.

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Zack Polanski did not win the Holborn and St Pancras by-election. But is there a world where he could have?

Ava and Seán breakdown the result, what it means for the Greens, and why it went Labour's way.

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