{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/c94a5041-3d43-419a-9d17-a557fb51e056/1b31f2c5-667f-476a-8df1-a1c5c20b7b0f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"99. Time for a 'Progressive Alliance' against the Tories? - LIVE SHOW","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/611eaaaa06c05e956ff40be3/611eaae47edc3c00150cbc07.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>After the Lib Dems smashed the Tories in Chesham and Amersham, the idea of a \"progressive alliance\" - of anti-Tory parties working together to get the government out - has revived. But are the Lib Dems \"progressive\" - and is this an idea emerging out of desperation because Labour is so weak?</p><p><br></p><p>I'm joined by Labour MSP Paul Sweeney - who is for - and Tribune's David Broder - who is against, plus, the mother of Osime Brown - a 22-year-old autistic man who won his case against deportation to Jamaica, a country he left as a small child - joins us to talk about their horrendous ordeal.</p><p><br></p><p>Help us take on the right-wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84</p>","author_name":"Owen Jones"}