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Politics Mad!Episode 18: How much!?Domestic:
Chancellor Rishi Sunak's spending review
SNP Conference
International:
Iranian nuclear scientist assassinated
Update on Ethiopia
2020-11-3000 minPolitics Mad!Episode 17: Report, Re-launch, Re-admitDomestic:
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
2020-11-2400 minPolitics Mad!Episode 16: Cummings and goingsDomestic:
Dominic Cummings resigns
Labour Party NEC elections
International:
US Election results
Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal
2020-11-1400 minPolitics Mad!Episode 15: US Election SpecialDomestic:
Labour EHRC report and Corbyn's suspension
International:
US Election
2020-10-3100 minPolitics Mad!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
2020-10-2100 minPolitics Mad!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
2020-10-0236 minPolitics Mad!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
2020-09-2338 minPolitics Mad!Episode 11: Guess who's backDomestic:
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
2020-09-1539 minPolitics Mad!Episode 10: The struggles of LebanonDomestic:
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
2020-08-0928 minPolitics Mad!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
2020-07-2633 minPolitics Mad!Episode 8: I don't want to Russia them, they've got committee issuesDomestic:
Security Select Committee chaos and the Russia report
Ending Hong Kong extradition and Uyghur Muslims
International:
China's global diplomatic relations
EU bailout deal
2020-07-2033 minPolitics Mad!Episode 7: Budgets, borders and Burkina FasoDomestic:
Rishi Sunak's mini budget
New money for UK borders
Scrapping the 50% University target
International:
Violence in Burkina Faso
2020-07-1226 minPolitics Mad!Episode 6: A frosty questionDomestic:
The economy
Brexit talks
International:
China and Hong Kong
Ethiopia
2020-07-0524 minPolitics Mad!Episode 5: To sack or not to sackDomestic:
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.
2020-06-2829 minPolitics Mad!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
2020-06-2231 minPolitics Mad!Episode 3 - Statues and the global economyEpisode 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. 2020-06-1531 minPolitics Mad!Episode 2 - Race protests across the worldProtests rock the UK, US and many other natioks2020-06-0734 min
Politics Mad!Ep 1 - PilotWelcome to Politics Mad! Every week we will be bringing you a roundup of non-coronavirus related news from across the UK and the wider world. 2020-06-0130 min