Listen to the full solo episode at patreon.com/reelpolitik
This is something we've never done before - a solo episode. I (Jack) sat down in front of the mic and talked to myself for 40 straight minutes about politics, sort of expanding on our recent episode with Juliet Jacques (RP141) but taking stock of events that have transpired since, in particular Joe Biden's highly successful Super Tuesday across the pond. I talk about the constant back-and-forth since 2015 over whether Corbyn or Sanders is the superior politician, and posit that in a world where everything is stacked against socialist politicians, it's misleading to focus on their individual merits. I compare Biden and Keir Starmer, sleeping their ways to victory, and probably spend the time talking about what a potent and toxic force anti-leftism is.
I had my guitar in my hands just so I felt a bit less awkward sitting there talking to myself, so I ended up bookending this with two new songs; firstly an unfinished track about the bastards who keep winning, Shit Iz Shit, and finally a diatribe against newspaper columnists called Bonfire Pissers. I fully intend to learn the chords to my own song in the future.
