The Progressive Britain Podcast

The Progressive Britain Podcast

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The Progressive Britain Podcast episodes

  • 93. Refugees welcome here – with Lord Alf Dubs and Cllr Stephen Cowan

    Henna and Stefan are joined by Alf and Stephen to discuss campaigning for the rights of refugees and asylum seekers, why we should always be hopeful in our politics, and why we should all move to the People’s Republic of Hammersmith and Fulham.

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    *Safe Passage

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    36 min
  • EXTRA: fire and fury
    Join Henna and Ally as they discuss what Boris' premiership means for Brexit and the country, why progressives should still have hope AND what your choice of ice lolly says about you. 

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    21 min
  • 92. Bridget Phillipson: the fight to stop Brexit

    Henna and Stefan sit down to talk about Gordon Brown's collaboration with HOPE not hate and the IPPR to stop a no deal Brexit from the bottom-up. Then Stefan heads over to Portcullis House to speak to Bridget Phillipson about why she decided to join the fight against Brexit, frustrating stereotypes about 'The North' and how to make the Labour party the best version of itself.

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    40 min
  • EXTRA: #TheNorthIsNext with Stella Creasy

    In this week's extra show, Progress interim director Stephanie Lloyd sits down with Stella Creasy to talk about her fight to extend abortion access to the women of Northern Ireland, going public about her miscarriage and Donald Trump's racist comments about 'The Squad'.

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    *Donate to the Abortion Support Network

    *Support JLM – become an affiliate member

    *Become an LGBT+ Labour solidarity member

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    32 min
  • 91. Champagne superover – with Pearl Sangha
    Henna, Stephanie and Alison are joined by Pearl to talk about the dismantling of the welfare state, Donald Trump and criticising our allies, and what the hell we should do when Boris Johnson becomes prime minister.

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    35 min
  • EXTRA: Dealing in deeds not words

    Wednesday was one of the darkest days in the history of the Labour party. In this week’s review show acting director Stephanie Lloyd and events manager Katie Curtis discuss the Panorama programme on antisemitism in the party. They take an in depth look at the issues that came out of the programme, the party’s response and what needs to happen next; we need to start dealing deeds not words.

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    20 min
  • 90. The price is (hard) right

    A bumper show: in part one Stefan sits down with Alison and Stephanie in Alison's podcast *suite* to talk about the impact of the recent world cup, who's funding the Conservative candidates and what that says about them, Labour's NDA row and the return of Rory Stewart.

    In part two, Henna sits down with Fahmida Rahman from the Resolution Foundation to talk about intergenerational fairness, and where the baby boomers are hiding all the money.

    Extra reading:

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    *Tory leadership donations: who's really backing Boris Johnson

    *Association of Accounting Technicians' take down of Johnson's tax plan

    *Justin Madders on why we need an independent complaints procedure

    *'The generation of poverty': the Resolution Foundation report

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    49 min
  • EXTRA: Kick Out Chris
    Henna and Stefan sit down on a sunny day in Westminster to talk about what happens next to Chris Williamson, the Twitterisation of the Labour party, and which fantasy policies the Tories are debating this week.

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    23 min
  • 89. Allez! Allez! Allez! – with Stephen Doughty MP

    Henna speaks to Ally and Stephanie about their world record breaking trip to France over the weekend, why Ally is combatting hunger with #makingendsmeet, and why we desperately need an independent complaints process. PLUS Stefan speaks to Stephen Doughty MP about (amongst more important things) Cardiff City FC, Europe, and big tech.

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    *EP 54 with the Trussell Trust 

    *Take action on Chris Williamson

    *How to watch the Women's World Cup

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    45 min
  • EXTRA: Future Britain Group with Darren Jones MP

    Stefan Rollnick sits down with Darren Jones MP, convenor of the Future Britain Group, to talk about what it's like to be the first Darren elected to parliament, why the Future Britain Group is important, and what a Green New Deal would actually look like.

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    24 min

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