The Bylines Network Podcast

There's an election happening in 2024. But who's running? What are their policies? Are they really doing as good or as badly as the media say?

Welcome to our new mini-series, Election fever, wghere our hosts look at each of the main political parties and anaylyse their chances when the British public go to the polls.

First up are Reform UK. Hot off the heels of getting their first MP, Reform UK have been in the media a lot lately, with their leader Richard Tice setting out their plan to "wipe Tories out at polls". But can they really make an impact? Are they really on a huge a rise as the newscasters think?

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Happy 2024 Everybody!

This year, 4 billion people will be voting in either Executive, Legislative and Referendum elections.

These elections will cover 65 countries across all 6 habited continents. While we can't cover all of them, leaving out elections in places like India, North and South Korea, Iran, Indonesia and Taiwan, we chose the 4 that interested us the most.

In our first episode of the year, we will be looking at 4 elections that interest us that we think will determine the, not just the path the country will take, but the path the world will take until the next election cycle.

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It's been 7 years since the landmark referendum that saw the UK, eventually, leave the European Union. And it's still a decision that affects us to this day.In our last episode of 2023, we talk to three university students contributing to North West Bylines, to talk about how Brexit has affected the young and what can be changed and done about it in the future.We hope you find this episode interesting and we hope to see you in 2024.

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Sunak has changed up his cabinet before an anticipated General Election next year.

In this episode, Chris and Julian discuss those leaving, those coming in, the unsurprises and surprises of both.

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Throughout last month, by-elections happened. One in Scotland and two in England.

We bring in Martin Roche of our friends across the border, Bylines Scotland, to discuss the results once again and do they confirm what we suspect might happen in the upcoming 2024 General Election.

We do apologise for the lateness of this episode, we had some behind the scenes technical issues, we plan to keep up our end of month schedule from now on.

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In the past week, the Prime Minister has made some startling u-turns on Net Zero commitments.

The main policy shifts were delaying the ban on the sale of petrol and diesel cars from 2030 to 2035, pushed back the transition away from fossil fuel boilers to the same year, and scrapped energy efficiency targets on homes.

Mr Sunak advertised these changes as “Long-term decisions for a brighter future” but they seem to be anything but. This seems, to Julian and Chris who host this week, like a bad plan to capitalise on supposed success in the recent by-elections, which we've previously covered in an episode.

Listen to us this week as we discuss why this happened, why now and what it could mean for Britain's reputation as a Global Leader on Green Targets.

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In July, three By-Elections took place and all the results were interesting. Each of the major parties won one constituency each.

The big attention was, of course, Uxbridge and South Ruislip, where the Conservatives just managed to hold onto the constituency by a mere 495 votes. Even though the party tried to play this off as a victory, it's very much a hollow one.

The others however were a bit more straight forward. Labour took a seat from the Conservatives in Yorkshire and the Lib Dems did the same in the South West, with Ed Davey and his props making a comeback to celebrate the victory.

What does this all mean for a general election? Join Julian and Chris this week for our political analysis.

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In this month's hour-long episode, we hear from a host of special guests including Carla Denyer, Co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, Wera Hobhouse, Liberal Democrat MP for Bath, Ryan Jude, a Labour Party Councillor for Lancaster Gate, and Leo Murray, Co-founder and Director of Innovation and Engagement at Possible.

At this event, each of the guests discuss what they think should be the priority out of 4 options they all agree should take place in order for the UK to achieve its Green targets and make the country a more eco-friendly place.

The Event was hosted by Louise Houghton, Editor-in-Chief of Yorkshire Bylines and was original broadcast on the 13th June 2023.

If you wish to see a video version of the event, you can find it on the Bylines Network YouTube page. Please subscribe to them, as well as the other publications with a presence there, West England Bylines and Bylines Scotland.

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After a long Hiatus, we're back and once again talking about Politics. Julian and Chris return to discuss key areas of interest to them, Brighton & Hove and the County of Hertfordshire. What were the results in these areas? Do they spell success for the Conservatives? Or, indeed, any of the major parties? And what do these results mean for a future General Election? Listen to our new episode and find out!

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