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Episode 35: Voters don't care about Keir Starmer's freebies, says rising star Labour MP Jeevun Sandher

Season 1, Ep. 35

Sit back, pour yourself a drink and join GB News' Political Editor Christopher Hope at his regular table in a Westminster pub where he will discuss the latest insider political intrigue and gossip with everyone from popstars to politicians. New episodes released every Friday.

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  • 40. Episode 40: Sir Keir Starmer wants to reverse Brexit 'by stealth' in 2025, Sir Geoffrey Cox

    39:48||Season 1, Ep. 40
    Sir Keir Starmer will next year try to reverse Brexit "stealthily", according to former Conservative Attorney General Sir Geoffrey Cox.Cox told today's Chopper's Political Podcast he had been worried that the Brexit he helped to negotiate when he was in the Conservative government was "under threat".He said: "I've been saying so for a very long time, that the instinct of Keir Starmer will be to reverse Brexit, but it won't be done openly, it'll be done by stealth, it'll be done gradually."Sit back, pour yourself a drink and join GB News' Political Editor Christopher Hope at his regular table in a Westminster pub where he will discuss the latest insider political intrigue and gossip with everyone from popstars to politicians. New episodes released every Friday.
  • 39. Episode 39: Nigel Farage ally drops biggest hint yet of Elon Musk donation to Reform UK

    36:37||Season 1, Ep. 39
    Elon Musk - the world's richest man - will donate some money to Nigel Farage's Reform UK party, one of Farage's key allies has said.There is speculation that Musk could be about to donate after Farage appointed property billionaire Nick Candy as his party's treasurer.Asked if Musk will donate Banks told GB News' Chopper's Political Podcast: "I'm sure he will do but not to the extent of £100 million, I don't think. No."He added: "Dollars, pounds .... there's still a lot of money but I suppose he's got UK companies and that's traditionally it's acceptable to donate through that. Let's see what happens."Sit back, pour yourself a drink and join GB News' Political Editor Christopher Hope at his regular table in a Westminster pub where he will discuss the latest insider political intrigue and gossip with everyone from popstars to politicians. New episodes released every Friday.Sit back, pour yourself a drink and join GB News' Political Editor Christopher Hope at his regular table in a Westminster pub where he will discuss the latest insider political intrigue and gossip with everyone from popstars to politicians. New episodes released every Friday.
  • 38. Episode 38: Starmer dodges immigration question as Farage eyes up PM's job

    59:30||Season 1, Ep. 38
    Christopher Hope hosts a mammoth episode of Chopper's Political Podcast with a lineup including lifelong Tory member turned Reform UK supporter Tim Montgomerie, a broadcast exclusive interview with ex-Labour candidate Kevin Craig, GB News' Camilla Tominey, and four Cabinet Ministers, as he takes the show on the road for the first time since the election.Sit back, pour yourself a drink and join GB News' Political Editor Christopher Hope at his regular table in a Westminster pub where he will discuss the latest insider political intrigue and gossip with everyone from popstars to politicians. New episodes released every Friday.
  • 37. Episode 37: Tim Shipman reveals the one thing Boris Johnson got right

    31:06||Season 1, Ep. 37
    Journalist Tim Shipman joins Christopher Hope to discuss his latest book ‘Out: How Brexit Got Done and the Tories Were Undone’. He reveals the one thing he believes Boris Johnson got right during his premiership as well as retelling the now infamous story of Queen Elizabeth II's blunt assessment of the former Prime Minister.Sit back, pour yourself a drink and join GB News' Political Editor Christopher Hope at his regular table in a Westminster pub where he will discuss the latest insider political intrigue and gossip with everyone from popstars to politicians. New episodes released every Friday.
  • 36. Episode 36: MPs on the fence should ‘vote against’ assisted dying bill urges Tory grandee

    38:33||Season 1, Ep. 36
    A Conservative MP has warned there will be ‘no going back’ if the controversial assisted dying bill passes its second reading in Parliament.Tory grandee Bernard Jenkin went on to tell Christopher Hope that MPs still on the fence should vote against the bill. He said: “I think what I'd be inclined to say, if you're in doubt, then you probably have to vote against. Because once this has been passed, there will be no going back. There's no jurisdiction that's reversed.”Sit back, pour yourself a drink and join GB News' Political Editor Christopher Hope at his regular table in a Westminster pub where he will discuss the latest insider political intrigue and gossip with everyone from popstars to politicians. New episodes released every Friday.
  • 34. Episode 34: Brexit was a great move and Labour should embrace Trump, says top Labour peer

    39:50||Season 1, Ep. 34
    Brexit was a "great move" by the British people and Labour should "embrace" the opportunity of working with President-elect Donald Trump, a senior Labour peer has told GB News.Lord Glasman, who founded the Blue Labour campaign group, also said that the "principle challenge to Labour " at the next general election "is going to come from Reform".Blue Labour's influence on the party is growing in party because Sir Keir Starmer's chief of staff Morgan McSweeney worked closely with the group after the 2010 general election.Sit back, pour yourself a drink and join GB News' Political Editor Christopher Hope at his regular table in a Westminster pub where he will discuss the latest insider political intrigue and gossip with everyone from popstars to politicians. New episodes released every Friday.
  • 33. Episode 33: Tories' £7m-a-day migrant hotel bill is 'absolute disgrace', says Labour MP

    30:26||Season 1, Ep. 33
    Paying out millions of pounds a day to house illegal migrants in hotels is an "absolute disgrace", one of the Labour party's rising star MPs has told GB News.Chris Curtis, elected MP for Milton Keynes North in July's general election, said that he found it "offensive" that public money was being used to keep illegal arrivals in hotels.Earlier this week, it emerged that the Government was continuing to house asylum seekers in hotels despite Labour’s manifesto pledge to end the practice which costs £7million a day.Curtis told Chopper’s political podcast this week regarding the previous administration that there was “a massive black hole that lurks in the economy” and he added that “the most offensive one is hotel bills”.He said: "We're taking hard earned taxpayers money out of their pockets. It's an absolute disgrace. We need to be shutting down those hotel bills. But you can't do that with a ridiculous Rwanda gimmick."Sit back, pour yourself a drink and join GB News' Political Editor Christopher Hope at his regular table in a Westminster pub where he will discuss the latest insider political intrigue and gossip with everyone from popstars to politicians. New episodes released every Friday.
  • 32. Episode 32: Christopher Hope's five key takeaways from Reeves' statement you might have missed

    48:18||Season 1, Ep. 32
    Christopher Hope and Tom Harwood delve into Rachel Reeves' Budget and share their five key takeaways. They are joined by Gerard Lyons and Andrew Gilligan.Sit back, pour yourself a drink and join GB News' Political Editor Christopher Hope at his regular table in a Westminster pub where he will discuss the latest insider political intrigue and gossip with everyone from popstars to politicians. New episodes released every Friday.