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Brewdog founder leaves workers with nothing
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- Brewdog founder leaves workers with nothing
- Runtime
- 16:47
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- In a clip from today's podcast, Laura and Seán dig into the fallout after hundreds of BrewDog staff reportedly discovered that they'd lost their jobs on a short Teams call, with little warning and no consultation. With redundancy pay and unpaid wages now expected to be covered by the government’s insolvency scheme, the pair ask a difficult question: how did a company once valued at around £1 billion end up here, and why is the taxpayer footing the bill?
Laura and Seán detail how the brand built a supposedly rebellious, anti-corporate identity while raising money from more than 200,000 small investors through its “Equity Punks” scheme. Many of those early supporters bought into the project, but with the firm reportedly sold for a fraction of its former valuation, those investors will be walking away with nothing. Meanwhile, James Watt himself cashed out tens of millions of pounds in shares.
The pair discuss the collapse of that brands like Brewdog in a...
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- WATCH: MP shares harrowing account of rape in Jury Trial Commons debate
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- 8:07
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Labour's Charlotte Nichols waived her anonymity during Tuesday's debate on cutting the number of jury trials to reduce the courts' backlog.
She shared her first-hand experience of a three year wait for justice to highlight how the justice system is bursting at the seams – but reducing jury trials will not solve the issue.
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- Rachel Reeves issues warning to Brits over Iran energy crisis
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- 23:07
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Rachel Reeves took to the Commons on Monday to outline the economic measures the government have in place to dampen the worst effects of the fallout from Trump's war on Iran.
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- Why Your Party is a failure
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- 1:37
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- Is this the future of politics? Ash Sarkar interview
- Runtime
- 56:43
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- With disillusioned voters moving away from Labour and the Tories towards Reform and the Greens, Ash Sarkar joins Seán to break down the end of the British political establishment.
With millions of voters straying from their political roots and parties straying from their typical bases, new political forces are surging; capitalising on a growing sense that Westminster no longer represents ordinary people.
Ash argues that this shift is about trust, not ideology. Working-class voters feel abandoned by the political mainstream, and when people feel economically insecure or outright ignored, they start looking for alternatives. In that context, the rise of Reform and the Greens reflects something deeper than a typical electoral swing: a revolt against the status quo.
Seán and Ash unpack what’s driving this disillusionment, including Labour’s strategy under Keir Starmer, the collapse of the old two-party duopoly, and the role that economic insecur...
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- Trump and Israel's Iran war may be illegal
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- 1:28
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- The Truth about Trump's war on Iran | David Hearst interview
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- 24:28
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Ava is joined by Editor-in-Chief of Middle East Eye David Hearst to break down the foreign policy nightmare Donald Trump could be facing in his continued war against Iran.
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- Nigel Farage has campaigned for immigration for YEARS.
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- 1:31
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- Should the UK join Trump's war against Iran?
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- 1:12
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- Asking Brits if the UK should join the Iran war
- Runtime
- 8:53
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- As Donald Trump continues to flagrantly disregard international rules and norms, we took to the streets of Manchester to see what the people there made of the UK's involvement in Israel and America's war against Iran.
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- Who is funding the Reform Party? Sam Bright interview
- Runtime
- 43:01
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Sam Bright is an investigative journalist with DeSmog and author. He came by the studio to talk to Ava about Nigel Farage's strategy at the helm of Reform UK, the funders propping up Britain's new right, and how a collapse may be right around the corner.
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- Corbyn hits out at Starmer's response to Iran attacks
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- 0:27
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- Jeremy Corbyn on Iran, student loans, and electing the King
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- 15:50
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- We were joined by Jeremy Corbyn on College Green following Rachel Reeves' Spring Statement to reflect on a chaotic week in global politics, and to unpick Keir Starmer's response to the US and Israel's attacks on Iran.
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- I was cancelled for calling the Green Party middle-class
- Runtime
- 26:18
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Lisa McKenzie is an academic who fell into an online storm when her tweets about Hannah Spencer and class went viral.
Lisa joins Andy in our first episode of Cancelled to share her views from the time, whether they've changed, and the wider class dynamics at play in British politics.
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- Housing lobbyists own the Labour Government | Select Commitee
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- 10:13
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Harry Scoffin has been on a mission for years to help people trapped in unfair leaseholds. Did you know, anyone can buy up your home's freehold and rent the land back to you? Did you know some people are paying £14,000 a year to a total random for this pleasure? It's not fair. So why is Starmer and his Labour government allowing it?
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- MPs fear Starmer is dragging UK into another Iraq
- Runtime
- 8:34
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- MPs on College Green expressed concern over UK involvement in the US-Israel war with Iran.
The UK's RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus was targeted in an drone strike amid heightened tensions between Iran and the US. Initial reports suggested the attack occurred hours after Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that Britain had permitted the US to use British military bases for strikes on Iranian missile sites. However, a Ministry of Defence assessment later clarified that the drone strike happened before Starmer’s announcement.
Starmer has faced criticism from both political opponents and members of his own party. He had previously indicated the UK would not participate in military action against Iran, but later allowed the US access to British bases. Addressing Parliament, he defended the decision, describing Iran’s actions as “outrageous” and stressing that while the UK would continue defensive measures, it was not joining offensive strikes. US President Donal...
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- Are the Tories pushing for Iraq 2.0? | PMQs Analysis
- Runtime
- 38:08
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Andy, Laura, and Seán react to a particularly heated PMQs showdown between Kemi Badenoch and Keir Starmer, as the Tory leader ramps up the rhetoric over Trump’s escalating conflict with Iran.
As Donald Trump pushes forward with military action, Badenoch demands to know why the RAF isn’t striking Iranian missile sites, accusing the Prime Minister of weakness, dithering and putting welfare before defence. But Starmer insists the UK will not join a war without a lawful basis and a viable plan, even while allowing US planes to operate from British bases.
The trio break down whether Badenoch is banging the war drum, and ask whether this reasonable opposition or reckless point-scoring. They dig into what the special relationship looks like in practice, as well as echoes of Harold Wilson's response to Vietnam.
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- HIGHLIGHTS: Keir Starmer grilled by Kemi Badenoch on Iran at PMQs
- Runtime
- 14:41
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Looks like it's war, if the Tories had their way. #pmqs
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- Jeremy Corbyn is not happy with Labour's Spring Statement
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- MPs react to Chancellor's "oblivious" economic statement
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- 8:33
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- MPs react to Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Spring Statement.
Today, Reeves defended her economic strategy, saying it is delivering stability in an increasingly uncertain global environment, despite downgraded short-term growth forecasts.
In her Spring Statement, Reeves confirmed that the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has cut its UK growth forecast for 2026 to 1.1%, down from 1.4% predicted at last year’s Budget. However, growth estimates for 2027 and 2028 were revised up to 1.6%, suggesting a stronger medium-term outlook. GDP per person is now expected to grow by an average of 1.1% annually between 2026 and 2030.
The OBR also forecast that inflation will fall to 2.3% this year, lower than its previous 2.5% estimate, before reaching the Bank of England’s 2% target by the end of 2026. However, these projections were made before escalating conflict in the Middle East pushed up oil and gas prices. The OBR warned that sustained energy price ri...
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- Hillary Clinton storms out of her Epstein testimony #politics
- Runtime
- 0:56
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- Hillary Clinton WALKS OUT of Epstein testimony
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- 27:02
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Former US Secretary of State and Democrat candidate for president Hillary Clinton testified before the Oversight Committee to answer questions about her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
Over the four-hour hearing, Clinton was grilled on possible connections to Peter Mandelson, Prince Andrew, Noam Chomsky, as well as the Clinton Foundation and the Clinton Global Institute.
Questions were raised over donations, her husband Bill Clinton's use of Epstein's private jet, alleged visits to Little St. James, and more.
Clinton, at one point, even walked out of the room when she was made aware that photos of her giving testimony had leaked to the public.
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- Tory absolutely SLATES Rachel Reeves for "weak" Spring Statement
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- 0:52
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- Rachel Reeves in FURIOUS clash with Tory Chancellor who slates "weak" Spring Statement
- Runtime
- 18:28
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- After Rachel Reeves' anticlimactic Spring Statement, Mel Stride took to the floor to hit out at the government for a "weak" statement that failed Brits in its lack of substance.
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- WATCH: Bill Clinton GRILLED in Epstein Files hearing
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- 22:23
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Bill and Hillary Clinton were in front of Oversight Committee in a location away from Washington back in February to answer questions about their relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
Representatives grilled the former president for more than four hours, and dug deep on what he knows about Epstein's connections to the former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, and the current president Donald Trump.
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- Ed Davey destroys Dubai tax exiles🔥
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- 0:30
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- MPs slam tax avoiders who “fled” UK for Dubai
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- 8:06
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Dubai is under attack, and a lot of people who fled the UK want the country's help. Is it right to give money to help new-residents of the UAE in a time of crisis? Or did they make their own bed? MPs have made their thoughts known.
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- What the media aren't telling you about Trump and Iran | Scott Lucas interview
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- 24:05
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- We are once again joined by the great Scott Lucas to make sense of another chaotic weekend in Donald Trump's foreign policy escapades. This time, the President decided to join forces with Benjamin Netanyahu to make a martyr of Ayatollah Khamenei, for which the Iranians have attacked multiple gulf states and Israel.
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- Gorton and Denton: I voted Labour before, I won't do it again
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- 0:51
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- Palantir is taking over Britain. This is how | Martin Wrigley interview
- Runtime
- 26:34
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Laura is joined by Lib Dem MP Martin Wrigley to find out just how deep Palantir's influence stretches in British society, including in the NHS, the MOD, and even the police.
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- Can anyone stop the Green Party's surge? Rachel Millward interview
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- 13:19
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Earlier this week we spoke to Green Party co-deputy leader Rachel Millward about the party's surge in support under Zack Polanski, their prospects as the new party of the left, and the downfall of Labour under Keir Starmer.
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- Asking ex-Labour voters why they're voting Green
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- 10:27
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- We were down in Brighton earlier this week as Zack Polanski and Caroline Lucas set up to speak to hundreds at the Brighton Dome.
We got talking to some of the would-be Green voters in attendance and asked them what appealed to them about the party, and why they left Labour.
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- Labour Minister makes excuses for by-election wipeout
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- 9:07
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander had the honour of heading out to the media studios on Friday morning to pretend the Labour house isn't on fire.
After coming THIRD in the Gorton and Denton by-election, the minister had a lot of explaining to do.
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- Zack Polanski: We need more ordinary people in politics
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- 0:34
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- How the Greens won this Labour safe seat | Gorton and Denton report
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- 15:41
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Gorton and Denton was one of Labour's safest seats in the 2024 general election, but this morning it became a Green constituency.
How did we get here? Laura Beveridge heads up the week before the election, and the night of the count, to make sense of the crumbling of this Labour stronghold.
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- Are Mancs proud to be British?
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- 1:19
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- Asking English people if they're proud to be British
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- 10:18
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- Much is made on both the left and right of politics on pride in place, so we took to the streets of Manchester to find out if they're proud to be British.
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- Fact-checking Keir Starmer's Student Loans claims at PMQs
- Runtime
- 47:26
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Ava, Laura, and Seán sit down after PMQs to make sense of Keir Starmer's claims that the country is on the up and up, even though nobody feels it.
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- HIGHLIGHTS: Keir Starmer HAMMERED by Kemi Badenoch over Student Loans scandal at PMQs
- Runtime
- 12:36
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Keir Starmer came under fire today for the student loan fiasco that doesn't show any sign of letting up anytime soon. #pmqs
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- This is why Keir Starmer is so unpopular
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- 2:13
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- Zack Polanski: Nothing will stop the Green Surge
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- 22:37
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Ava sits down with current Green Party leader Zack Polanski and former Green MP Caroline Lucas ahead of their Bold Politics Live event for a conversation about their current campaign, political attacks, and whether Labour is panicking ahead of the Gorton and Denton by-election.
Polanski believes the Greens are directly threatening Labour’s base, and that the response from Labour, along with Farage's Reform UK, has been to “flood the zone” with noise and character attacks. The Green leader hits back against headlines about his drug harm reduction policy, as well as several bad faith distortions of Green Party positions.
Lucas strongly condemns what she describes as the weaponisation of drug policy, insisting the Green approach is about regulation, public health and harm reduction. Both accuse opponents of deliberately misrepresenting nuanced policy to score cheap political points, warning that it degrades trust in democracy as an institution.
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- Labour MP SLATES Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor 🔥
- Runtime
- 1:48
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- WATCH: MPs move to release Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Files
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- 36:03
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Today Ed Davey presented the Liberal Democrats' Opposition Day motion to call for the release of documents pertaining to the appointment of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor as a UK trade envoy during the Blair years.
Labour's Chris Bryant gave the government position after Ed Davey's powerful intervention, announcing that the government have no objections to releasing the files outlining how and why the former prince got a job for the government.
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- The Truth About Labour Together
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- Just Martin Lewis being a legend
- Runtime
- 9:32
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- After Martin Lewis barged onto the GMB set to lobby Kemi Badenoch over the Conservatives' new plan to tweak the student loan system, we decided to have a look back at the archives of Martin Lewis' best bits.
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- Morgan McSweeney was created by Peter Mandelson
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- 1:35
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- Capitalism is a trap - and you can't get out | Clara Mattei interview
- Runtime
- 35:29
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Ava sits down with economist Clara Mattei to explore a bold and unsettling idea: capitalism isn’t failing - it’s functioning exactly as intended.
Drawing from her book Escape from Capitalism, Mattei dismantles the myth of the free market, explaining how what appears to be freedom and choice is actually a system of control. If everything we need to survive is commodified, we must sell our labour to live. That dependency, she argues, creates a hierarchy where workers produce more value than they receive, and where policy is structured to protect that imbalance.
Mattei speaks strongly on austerity, arguing that it is essential to maintaining capitalist power. By making life more precarious, keeping people indebted, overworked, and insecure, austerity limits our ability to organise and imagine alternatives. Even institutions that claim neutrality, like central banks, play a political role in sustaining this order.
Mattei argues that many so-calle...
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- The Greens would beat Andy Burnham in Gorton and Denton 👀
- Runtime
- 0:46
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- Should student loans be abolished?
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- 1:07
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- Asking Brits if Student Loans are fair
- Runtime
- 8:18
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- 18 year olds in England have for decades had their pocked picked by the government to pay for university, even though their parents, and the government, got it for nothing.
We took to the streets of Manchester to see if the people there thought that student loans are fair, and should be scrapped.
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