Political discussion with Chris Floyd and Jim Driscoll.
This series of Boondoggle will be providing commentary on the run-up to the 2024 US and UK elections.
In this first episode, we provide a broad prospectus of how we see the political scene in both countries at the current time.

0.00-3.15 introduction
3.15-6.25 the situation in Gaza
6.25-52.25  the US
52.25-1.17.50 the UK
1.17.50-1.18.05 outro

Chris Floyd has been a journalist and columnist for nearly forty years and has written for the Nation, the Moscow Times, and Il Manifesto (Italy), amongst others. He has a long-running political blog, Empire Burlesque, and writes a regular column for Counterpunch. He is also a musician and song-writer and is the singer for The Holy Fools. His twitter handle is @empireburlesque.
Jim Driscoll is a musician and recovering philosopher, currently working on his third unpublished novel. He plays guitar for The Holy Fools and folk duo The Hex Collective.

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