The Bylines Network Podcast

Our two stories of the month are election related

First we look at the Tory Leadership Election, which was won by Right Wing Kemi Badenoch. Our hosts look at her record and what it could mean for the next 4 years or even if she will last that long.

But it is the election of the United States of America that draws our attention for most of this episode. Julian and Chris discuss the result, what went wrong and what the next 4 years could mean for both Europe and the American People.

Last year, there was uproar as Bannau Brycheiniog National Park decided to use its Welsh name on all its advertising.

A few weeks ago, one of our hosts noticed similar headlines as there was discussion about whether to change the official name of Wales to Cymru.

So, to counteract those headlines, Chris and Julian invited Gwern Gwynfil of Bylines Cymru to talk about the history of what Tolkien called "the senior language of the men of Britain", the efforts made to save it and why changing its name to Cymru is not that big a deal.

Back from recess, much like our MPs, and we are thankful nothing controverisal that warrented discussion happened since then.

All the major parties have had their conferences and all gave off different vibes as they all look to the future and what the next steps are.

The first bills will be passing through parliment as well, by the reports, the Renter's Bill and Better Bus Bill will be amongst the first.

Here's all our thoughts on all of that and more in this month's episode.

Back to our regularly scheduled episodes now, we take a look at the new King's Speech, the first made by a new party in power since 2010.

In it, 40 bills were announced, 35 new laws and 5 new draft laws, showing Labour's proirities in getting the ball rolling when it comes to the task his party now has.

Julian and Chris go over the highlights of these new laws, what they liked, what they didn't like and what was missing.

Recorded 1 week after the General Election.

The much anticipated General Election came and went with a result that many saw coming.

Now what?

We reunite Ronnie Barbour and Ethan Jones from our previous episodes to discuss the results in England, Scotland, Wales, with a special guest Megan to talk about the results in Northern Ireland.

We talk about results that interested us, what they mean for their respective parties and what the future has in store for the UK.

In our last episode of our miniseries, Election Fever, we look at the bookies' favourites to ask the King's permission to form a Government on 5th July, The Labour Party.

In this episode we voice our frustrations, our hopes, Labour's policies and our feelings on Sir Keir Starmer.

Thank you all so much for giving so much support to our little miniseries, there will be no Big episode this month as our editor is tired but join us again in July for our bukper disscussions about the results.

We're in the Endgame now.

This week, we take a look at the incumbant Party, their chances and their polls numbers and we ask the question if this will all lead to another 5 years of Tory Rule.

No prizes for guessing the answer I'm afriad but we take a look to after the election too, to see if a loss could actually lead to a fight for the heart of British Conversivatism itself.

It's time for the Diva of Props' turn for analysis.

The Liberal Democrats arelooking to regain the number of MPs they won in 2010, if the polls are to be believed, it looks like they're on their way, with some even saying they could become leaders of the opposition!

Can the Lib Dems bank on the Tories 14 years of mis governance? Can they win back voters? Or will previously broken pledges stall them?

At every election, there's always a few parties that seems to reurn the same amount of MPs, Plaid Cymru is one of them.

As Englishmen, our hosts know very little about the Welsh Party so we call upon our friends in Bylines Cymru to tell us about them.

What are their policies? Are they the Welsh version of the SNP? And can they have an impact in this general election? listen to our latest episode to find out.

This week on election Fever, we look at the SNP with the host of our Podcast across the border, Ronnie Barbour.

A few weeks before an election was called, the previous First Minister Humza Yousaf stepped down following an impolsion of the deal made with the Scottish Greens.

Now they have a new leader facing the same problems, will they come back to bite him or will he navigate his way through this election relatively well?