Domestic:
Chancellor Rishi Sunak's spending review
SNP Conference
International:
Iranian nuclear scientist assassinated
Update on Ethiopia
24 Nov 2020
Episode 17: Report, Re-launch, Re-admit
Domestic:
Corbyn re-admitted to Labour but not as a Labour MP
Boris Johnson tries to relaunch government with green policies and defence spending
Priti Patel bullying report
International:
US transition officially begins and Joe Biden announces his new team
Crisis in Ethiopia
14 Nov 2020
Episode 16: Cummings and goings
Domestic:
Dominic Cummings resigns
Labour Party NEC elections
International:
US Election results
Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal
31 Oct 2020
Episode 15: US Election Special
Domestic:
Labour EHRC report and Corbyn's suspension
International:
US Election
21 Oct 2020
Episode 14: What did we miss?
Domestic:
Recap of the Conservative Party Conference
Recap of Unite reducing its funding to the Labour Party and left wing MPs rebelling
Brexit deal collapses then starts again
International:
Recap of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Recap of the US election and elections in Cyprus, Bolivia and New Zealand
Protests in Nigeria and Thailand
1 Oct 2020
Episode 13: Can I go to bed now?
Domestic:
Ed Davey's speech at Lib Dem Conference
Labour closing the poll gap
EU begins legal action against the UK
International:
First US Presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden
Conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan
23 Sept 2020
Episode 12: New New Labour?
Domestic:
Labour Party conference with speeches from new leader Keir Starmer and Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds
International:
Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the fight for the US Supreme Court
UN General Assembly speeches from President Trump and Xi Jinping of China
FinCEN leak reveals trillions in potentially corrupt global transactions
15 Sept 2020
Episode 11: Guess who's back
Domestic:
Recap on exams fiasco
Ed Davey's election as Lib-Dem leader
New bill that breaks international law
UK Unemployment
International:
US election recap
Riots in Belarus
9 Aug 2020
Episode 10: The struggles of Lebanon
Domestic:
Calls to remove whip of Conservative MP accused of rape
Jeremy Corbyn accuses Labour officials of sabotaging the 2017 election campaign
International:
A profile of Lebanon in the aftermath of the explosion in Beirut
26 Jul 2020
Episode 9: One term blunder?
Domestic:
Impact of the Russia report
Labour settling with Panorama antisemitism whistle blowers
International:
Trump's chances of re-election
Portland and federal agents
EU recovery deal agreed
20 Jul 2020
Episode 8: I don't want to Russia them, they've got committee issues
Domestic:
Security Select Committee chaos and the Russia report
Ending Hong Kong extradition and Uyghur Muslims
International:
China's global diplomatic relations
EU bailout deal
12 Jul 2020
Episode 7: Budgets, borders and Burkina Faso
Domestic:
Rishi Sunak's mini budget
New money for UK borders
Scrapping the 50% University target
International:
Violence in Burkina Faso
5 Jul 2020
Episode 6: A frosty question
Domestic:
The economy
Brexit talks
International:
China and Hong Kong
Ethiopia
28 Jun 2020
Episode 5: To sack or not to sack
Domestic:
Controversy over Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick and Conservative backer Richard Desmond.
Rebecca Long-Bailey sacked as Shadow Education Secretary.
International
Israel and the West Bank.
Putin and Russian constitutional changes.
22 Jun 2020
Episode 4: A political realignment?
Domestic:
Marcus Rashford and the govt u-turn on free school meals
The end of the Department for International Development
Report into why Labour lost in 2019
International
Clashes on the India-China border
Trump rally and the policy focus in the 2020 presidential election
15 Jun 2020
Episode 3 - Statues and the global economy
Episode 3 - This week we focus on the debate surrounding statues and their historical pasts. Should statues with tainted histories be taken down, or remain in their place? Also in this episode, we have a roundup of the economic situation at home and across the world and quickly check into Libya for an update on the latest movements in their tragic civil war.
7 Jun 2020
Episode 2 - Race protests across the world
Protests rock the UK, US and many other natioks
1 Jun 2020
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