Eighth episode of Revolutionary Despatches with Chris Wright and David Brian.

Recorded 12th July 2018. Released 15th July 2018.

In this episode, we discuss:

  • [00:00:30] Introduction, housekeeping and obligatory football

  • [00:08:10] Donald Trump's visit to the UK

  • [00:21:18] The US Supreme Court vacancy

  • [00:35:09] Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez' surprise win in New York

  • [00:46:17] The fallout from the UK Cabinet's Chequers summit

  • [01:10:06] The new left-wing Mexican president and peace between Ethiopia and Eritrea

Theme music is 'Autoantagonist' by hardcore band Regular Gonzales, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

Shownotes:

FiveThirtyEight on John Roberts, the likely new US swing justice: (https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/john-roberts-has-cast-a-pivotal-liberal-vote-only-5-times/)

FiveThirtyEight on Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh: (https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-brett-kavanaugh-would-change-the-supreme-court/)

The New Statesman's Stephen Bush & Helen Lewis on the Chequers summit fallout [SOFT PAYWALL]: (https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/brexit/2018/07/brexit-0-reality-1)

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