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PoliticsJOE Podcast

This is PoliticsJOE's podcast - the only explicitly anti-nonce podcast in the UK.Reporting on British politics with a sense of humour, the podcast is a recorded version of the conversations we have after work.So pull up

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  • Labour all but nationalise British Steel, and on the campaign trail with the Greens

    52:21|
    Laura and Seán hold the fort today with a breakdown of the goings on in Parliament over the weekend, where Jonathan Reynolds seized control of British Steel in a bid to save jobs in Scunthorpe.Laura was in Kent with the Green Party on Saturday, and we take a look at what the party need to do to win votes from a Reform-curious electorate.
  • Another round: Yanis Varoufakis on the tariff war

    34:03|
    Economist Yanis Varoufakis joined Oli to analyse Trump's tariff war - and what the fallout could mean for the rest of the world's economy.
  • Report: The end of British steel?

    14:03|
    British Steel has been warning for several days that the raw materials needed to keep its plant's two blast furnaces operational are running out.The Chinese-owned company says the business is no longer sustainable, and are willing to let the factory cease operations - at the cost of 2,700 jobs. Labour have 24 hours to buy in new products and make a bid to nationalise the plant. Will they do it?Journalist and Video Edit: Ava Santina EvansVideographer: Oli Johnson
  • Is Starmer about to destroy British industry?

    28:21|
    Today we've drafted in Laura to get Ava to talk about Scunthorpe since Oli failed to do so on Wednesday.
  • Labour are in deep trouble, and Farage's deepening MAGA link

    45:40|
    Today Oli and Ava sit down and catch up after Ava returned from Scunthorpe where Nigel Farage surprisingly called for the steel industry to be nationalised.We then get into the methods we use to get to work.
  • Trump picks a fight with China, and bankers are panicking

    29:07|
    Today we're reacting to the latest from America, after confusion over whether a 90 day pause on tariffs was coming spurred a quick peak and trough in the stock market. We also break down what the latest push against China means for the future of US hegemony, and the UK's response to the whole disaster.