Nigel Farage is going to be Prime Minister! Reform are going to eat the Tory Party alive! A plague of bats will devour Kate Middleton! As the locals and Runcorn/Helsby fallout settles we look at Starmer’s panic over Reform, ask whether Badenoch can survive, and stare into the dark heart of Farage Derangement Syndrome. Plus: Was the 2015 General Election – ten years ago this week if you’re planning a party! – the true moment when Britain went inexorably down the pan?

ESCAPE ROUTES

• Seth says rent the VRBO property with Orson Welles’ ashes in the well.

• Hannah recommends Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors and Birding by Rose Ruane

• Zöe recommends Perambulations guides and Stath Lets Flats. 

• Andrew recommends Doctor Who: Lucky Day. 

• Come to The Angry Brigade – Anarchy In N16 at the Hackney History Festival on Sunday 11 May. 

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Written and presented by Andrew Harrison with Hannah Fearn, Zöe Grünewald and Seth Thévoz. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Theme music by Cornershop. Produced by Chris Jones. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production.

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