No Man's Land Podcast

Martin, Steve and Akash catch up on the aftermath of ‘Brexit day’ and how the new government looks from a moderate's perspective. They also look ahead to the budget in March and some of the big decision the Government has on its plate. 

Akash, Martin and Steve pick over the wreckage of the general election results and ask whether a Conservative majority is a disaster for moderate voters, or if there are some upsides of a Boris Johnson government. They also mull over the future for Brexit, the Union, Labour and the Lib Dems. 

Ryan Shorthouse of Bright Blue joins Steve, Akash and Martin to catch up on the election and discuss the state liberal conservatism in the Tory party.

Martin and Steve talk to Ian Mulheirn, Executive Director for Renewing the Centre at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. We discuss what it means to be a centrist? What centrists need to do to return to the fray and how they should approach Brexit at this election?   

Paula Surridge of the University of Bristol joins us to discuss political homelessness,  the liberal-authoritarian divide and more. Our regular, and constitution expert, Akash Paun updates on Boris Johnson's Brexit plan and the Supreme Court ruling. And Martin and Steve catch up on the fallout from conference season. 

Martin, Akash and Steve talk about Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament and the reaction to it. We also discuss the upcoming Spending Review and the end of austerity politics.(We're sorry, we had a few problems with the audio, which will be fixed for next time, turning up the volume helps).