The Centre Left Politics Podcast: Recent Episodes
The Centre Left Politics Podcast
The Centre Left Politics Podcast is a weekly political podcast focused on discussing and commenting on UK politics and current affairs from a shamelessly left of centre Labour Party perspective. The podcast will also feature interviews with special guests.
The CLP podcast is hosted by two political consultants, Carl Quilliam, a former Labour Party Councillor on London Borough Council and Malcolm Clarke, a former MP staffer and Councillor for Durham County Council.
Welcome back to the Inside SW1 Podcast where hosts Carl Quilliam and Malcolm Clarke take you through the political news of the week. This week we discuss the first week for new MPs, whether President Joe Biden should stand aside in the Democratic nominee race due to his recent public performances, full prisons and abuse during the General Election campaign being called out by candidates.
Please take a moment to subscribe to our Inside SW1 Podcast and we hope you tune in next week. New podcasts are published at 5.00 pm on Fridays (GMT). We are proud to have our podcast hosted on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, and TuneIn. You can email us during the week at insidesw1@gmail.com and we are now on X, formerly known as Twitter, @SW1Pod, so please give us a follow! Thanks for listening.
Hosts Carl Quilliam and Malcolm Clarke analyse the General Election results in full. We consider the various subplots including the performance of the Liberal Democrats, Jeremy Corbyn, Reform and the transfer of power.
Please take a moment to subscribe to our Inside SW1 Podcast and we hope you tune in next week. New podcasts are published at 5.00 pm on Fridays (GMT). We are proud to have our podcast hosted on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, and TuneIn. You can email us during the week at insidesw1@gmail.com and we are now on X, formerly known as Twitter, @SW1Pod, so please give us a follow! Thanks for listening.
With one week to go before the General Election, hosts Malcolm Clarke and Carl Quilliam discuss whether the election has gone on for too long and whether this is the weirdest election ever. We cover Angela Rayner's 'Super Mario' video shared by Conservative's X account and their campaigning in general. We also cover Karl Turner's bizarre 'con-dom' exchange with a voter in Hull before discussing the Ed Davey campaigning strategy. We finish off discussing gamblegate, a tory election agent being assaulted on the doorstep, a Labour member being arrested, and the final Keir vs Rishi TV Debate. All in an hour!
Please take a moment to subscribe to our Inside SW1 Podcast and we hope you tune in next week. New podcasts are published at 5.00 pm on Fridays (GMT). We are proud to have our podcast hosted on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, and TuneIn. You can email us during the week at insidesw1@gmail.com and we are now on X, formerly known as Twitter, @SW1Pod, so please give us a follow! Thanks for listening.
This week host Carl Quilliam and co-host Malcolm Clarke discuss the election as it plods into another week. We discuss trust in politics, all things General Election and the betting scandals faced by the Conservatives.
Please take a moment to subscribe to our Inside SW1 Podcast and we hope you tune in next week. New podcasts are published at 5.00 pm on Fridays (GMT). We are proud to have our podcast hosted on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, and TuneIn. You can email us during the week at insidesw1@gmail.com and we are now on X, formerly known as Twitter, @SW1Pod, so please give us a follow! Thanks for listening.
We are back after a short hiatus and welcome back! This week we discuss the TV debate between the wannabe PM's Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer. We also discuss the return of Nigel Farage and party selections.
Please take a moment to subscribe to our Inside SW1 Podcast and we hope you tune in next week. New podcasts are published at 5.00 pm on Fridays (GMT). We are proud to have our podcast hosted on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, and TuneIn. You can email us during the week at insidesw1@gmail.com and we are now on X, formerly known as Twitter, @SW1Pod, so please give us a follow! Thanks for listening.
This week co-hosts Carl Qulliam and Malcolm Clarke discuss the decision of the Bank of England not to increase interest rates, we discuss the West Midlands and London Mayoral results, the appointment of new Scotland First Minister John Swinney MSP and the defections from Conservative to Labour of Dr Dan Poulter and Natalie Elphike MP.
Please take a moment to subscribe to our Inside SW1 Podcast and we hope you tune in next week. New podcasts are published at 5.00pm on Fridays (GMT). We are proud to have our podcast hosted on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts and TuneIn. You can email us during the week at insidesw1@gmail.com and we are now on X, formerly known as Twitter, @SW1Pod, so please give us a follow! Thanks for listening.
In this weeks local election special hosts Malcolm Clarke and Carl Quilliam analyse the local election results and discuss how good or bad it is for Labour and Conservatives. We also discuss the resignation of (former) First Minister Humza Yousef and the immediate political future of the SNP.
Please take a moment to subscribe to our Inside SW1 Podcast and we hope you tune in next week. New podcasts are published at 5.00pm on Fridays (GMT). We are proud to have our podcast hosted on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts and TuneIn. You can email us during the week at insidesw1@gmail.com and we are now on X, formerly known as Twitter, @SW1Pod, so please give us a follow! Thanks for listening.
In this week’s packed show Carl Quilliam chairs a discussion with co-host Malcolm Clarke where we cover a range of topics including the collapse of the SNP coalition with the Scottish Green Party, the Labour pledge to renationalise passenger services, the Lib Dem MP who doesn’t have the Midas touch with her expenses and FOIs that reveal more council workers are on the sick. We finish with a discussion on abuse of councillors.
Please take a moment to subscribe to our Inside SW1 Podcast and we hope you tune in next week. New podcasts are published at 5.00pm on Fridays (GMT). We are proud to have our podcast hosted on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts and TuneIn. You can email us during the week at insidesw1@gmail.com and we are now on X, formerly known as Twitter, @SW1Pod, so please give us a follow! Thanks for listening.
Welcome back to the Inside SW1 Podcast with hosts Malcolm Clarke and Carl Quilliam. This week we discuss the surreal allegations surrounding Flyde MP Mark Menzies, followed by discussion about Liz Truss, the new Generation Smoking Ban and much more.
Please take a moment to subscribe to our Inside SW1 Podcast and we hope you tune in next week. New podcasts are published at 5.00pm on Fridays (GMT). We are proud to have our podcast hosted on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts and TuneIn. You can email us during the week at insidesw1@gmail.com and we are now on X, formerly known as Twitter, @SW1Pod, so please give us a follow! Thanks for listening.
In this week's episode of the Inside SW1 Podcast host Carl Quilliam is joined again by co-host Malcolm Clarke for a discussion covering the newly announced Labour Plan for Power ahead of the local elections followed by is Rishi Sunak on the brink of a leadership challenge?
Please take a moment to subscribe to our Inside SW1Podcast and we hope you tune in next week. New podcasts are published at 5.00pm on Fridays (GMT). We are proud to have our podcast hosted on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts and TuneIn. You can email us during the week at insidesw1@gmail.com and we are now on X, formerly known as Twitter, @SW1Pod, so please give us a follow! Thanks for listening.
In this week's episode of the Inside SW1 Podcast host Malcolm Clarke is joined again by co-host Carl Quilliam for a discussion covering the positive polling results for Reform, Sunak losing votes in the House of Lords in the Rwanda Bill, Women's state pensions following the PHSO consultation response being published this week, interest rates being held at 5.25% and how Lord Cameron could be questionned by MPs.
Please take a moment to subscribe to our Inside SW1Podcast and we hope you tune in next week. New podcasts are published at 5.00pm on Fridays (GMT). We are proud to have our podcast hosted on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts and TuneIn. You can email us during the week at insidesw1@gmail.com and we are now on X, formerly known as Twitter, @SW1Pod, so please give us a follow! Thanks for listening.
In this week's episode of the Inside SW1 Podcast host Carl Quilliam is joined by Malcolm Clarke for a discussion covering the racist comments by a Tory party donor, Labour’s reaction to it and the speaker not calling Diane Abbott, who as you will know was the target of the racist comments. We also discuss the Government’s new definition of racism, an electoral comeback (or is it?) for Boris Johnson and Lee Anderson joining the Reform UK ranks, becoming their first MP.
Please take a moment to subscribe to our Inside SW1Podcast and we hope you tune in next week. New podcasts are published at 5.00pm on Fridays (GMT). We are proud to have our podcast hosted on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts and TuneIn. You can email us during the week at insidesw1@gmail.com and we are now on X, formerly known as Twitter, @SW1Pod, so please give us a follow! Thanks for listening.
In this week's episode of the Inside SW1 Podcast hosts Malcolm Clarke and Carl Quilliam discuss the budget delivered by Jeremy Hunt earlier this week, Michelle Donelan's fine, paid for by the taxpayer and whether we agree with this and the cuts agreed by councillors on Birmingham City Council.
Please take a moment to subscribe to our Inside SW1 Podcast and we hope you tune in next week. New podcasts are published at 5.00pm on Fridays (GMT). We are proud to have our podcast hosted on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts and TuneIn. You can email us during the week at insidesw1@gmail.com and we are now on X, formerly known as Twitter, @SW1Pod, so please give us a follow! Thanks for listening.
Hosts Carl Quilliam and Malcolm Clarke are joined by guest host Liam Carr where we discuss Lee Anderson’s suspension from the Conservative Party, followed by a discussion about MP’s security and how we see MPs safety in the context of a General Election and the inevitable intensity around politics. We give our predictions on the Rochdale by-election and look ahead to the budget and touch upon the future of Lindsey Hoyle as the number of MPs signing an EDM calling for him to resign reaches 92.
Please take a moment to subscribe to our Inside SW1 Podcast and we hope you tune in next week. New podcasts are published at 5.00pm on Fridays (GMT). We are proud to have our podcast hosted on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts and TuneIn. You can email us during the week at insidesw1@gmail.com and we are now on X, formerly known as Twitter, @SW1Pod, so please give us a follow! Thanks for listening.
Welcome to the new look Inside SW1 Podcast where we aim to give you the inside look at politics, attempting to explain the often unexplainable! Carl Quilliam and Malcolm Clarke discuss the Gaza motions this week and ask, is the speaker finished? We also cover topics including the recent byelections and Michael Gove and AirBNB!
Please take a moment to subscribe to our Centre Left Politics Podcast and we hope you tune in next week. New podcasts are published at 5.00pm on Fridays (GMT). We are proud to have our podcast hosted on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts and TuneIn. You can email us during the week at centreleftpod@gmail.com and we are now on X, formerly known as Twitter, @CLPPod, so please give us a follow! Thanks for listening.
This week host Malcolm Clarke is joined by former Labour Party parliamentary candidate Liam Carr where we discuss Labour’s Green Plans, PopCons and abuse faced by MPs.
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We are back after summer recess with plenty to talk about and hosts Carl Quilliam and Malcolm Clarke are joined by historian and Labour Parish councillor Owain Gardner for this weeks show. We cover topics including Labour’s recent reshuffle, before moving on to discuss the RAAC crisis which has led to several school closures. We then discuss the Birmingham City Council section notice and then cover the three upcoming by-elections in Mid-Bedfordshire, Rutherglen and Hamilton West and Tamworth.
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We hope you are enjoying your summer recess. Please note our next podcast will drop on 7th September. In this mid-recess episode of The Centre Left Politics Podcast, hosts Malcolm Clarke and Carl Quillliam cover issues including news that the Labour Party conference is set to be a record breaker, we visit the North East to analyse Jamie Driscoll’s prospects as an independent candidate, Carl takes the opportunity to comment on the ULEZ influenced Uxbridge by-election and the lack of a Conservative Party fightback at present.
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In this week’s CLP Politics Podcast hosts Carl Quilliam and Malcolm Clarke discuss the three by-elections which are happening as we record and we speculate on what the likely results might mean and what happens if there are any surprises. We move on to discuss Labour’s recent announcements and the ongoing interest around Jamie Driscoll resigning from the Labour whip to sit as an Independent Mayor for the North of Tyne Combined Authority whilst raising funds to stand as an Independent candidate at the North East Mayoral Combined Authority elections in May next year. We finish by discussing planning and the London Mayoral Elections.
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In this week’s podcast hosts Malcolm Clarke and Carl Quilliam discuss the 6% public sector pay deal and junior doctors striking, we then discuss Angela Rayner's pledge to clean up politics then speculate on the leaked amendments to Labour's policy document as we move closer to the final manifesto. We then discuss the local government outlook for finances and muse over Nadine Dorries new book and the ongoing saga as she (apparently) moves towards leaving office.
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In this week’s podcast hosts Carl Quilliam and Malcolm Clarke discuss Boris Johnson losing another court case and what this might mean for the Conservatives as they look to make a recovery in the polls. We also discuss a keynote speech from Keir Starmer as Labour seeks to capitalise on their polling and secure the elusive election win, whenever that happens. We discuss the Christopher Pincher suspension and the culture in Westminster, this week called sexist and toxic by more than one MP. We also discuss an SNP getting suspended for a row with the Chief Whip of his party.
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Thanks for tuning in. This week your hosts Malcolm Clarke and Carl Quilliam discuss the reaction from Government following the court ruling which deemed their deportation to Rwanda policy illegal. They plan to appeal. We move on to discuss the fallout from the privaleges committee where seven tories, including three peers which includes a government minister (Zac Goldsmith) singled out for criticism over their undermining of the committee. We speculate on a potential reshuffle for Labour and who we feel the winners and losers would be. We talk about the cost of living amid reports £4.6 billion in savings was withdrawn from banks and cover the serious topic of political vetting in the wake of a Conservative candidate withdrawl following sexual misconduct allegations, which the individual denies.
Please take a moment to subscribe to our Centre Left Politics Podcast and we hope you tune in next week. New podcasts are published at 5.00pm on Fridays (GMT). We are proud to have our podcast hosted on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, TuneIn and Stitcher. You can email us during the week at centreleftpod@gmail.com and we are now on Twitter, @CLPPod, so please give us a follow! Thanks for listening.
This week your hosts Carl Quilliam and Malcolm Clarke discuss the impact of inflation and mortgage rate rises on the electoral prospects of the Conservative Party. Will this be the defining issue that leads to a change of Government? We move on to discuss the dramatic and concerning Wagner advance on Moscow, what this means for Putin and the Russia invasion of Ukraine. Following the Electoral Commission’s publication of voter ID reform impact on the local elections in May we discuss the policy in light of this new information on what the changes meant for the elections. Other issues covered is Nadine Dorries’ missing the deadline for a July by-election, junior doctors strikes and the opposition day debate on sewage.
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This week hosts Malcolm Clarke and Carl Quilliam discuss the drama of the last week which saw the resignation of Boris Johnson, Nigel Adams and, kind of, Nadine Dorries. We try and make sense of a crazy week in Westminster and discuss what this means for the date of the next General Election, the future of Boris Johnson and what this means for politics in general.
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In this weeks Centre Left Politics Podcast hosts Carl Quilliam and Malcolm Clarke discuss the big political news of the week, which includes the return of Labour Party factional wars following the omission of North of Tyne Mayor Jamie Driscoll from the North East Mayoral Combined Authority Labour Party selections. We then discuss Labour being urged by the Fabian Society to undertake a 10-year programme of social care reform. Carl then goes through the Atlantic Declaration. We then discussed the former SNP MP Margaret Ferrier’s 30-day suspension from the House of Commons, which will most likely lead to a by-election in her Rutherglen and Hamilton West seat. We close by chatting about large political donations.
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This week your hosts Malcolm Clarke and Carl Quilliam, Carl slightly worse for wear after a family night out, discuss the political goings on of the week which include the Government's progress, or lack thereof, regarding migration, Suella Braverman being underfire (again) due to the circumstances surrounding her speeding ticket and efforts to minimise the unwanted attention this would bring as she undertood a speed awareness test. We then discuss the latest news regarding a car crashing into the Downing Street gates. Carl gives us the lowdown on Rachel Reeves' 'securanomics' speech in the USA today and we also discuss Dominic Raab announcing he will leave the role of MP at the next General Election and Liam Bryne and his 1000 hours mayoral staffer rap by IPSA.
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In this weeks episode of The Centre Left Politics Podcast, chaired by Carl Quilliam and joined, as ever, by Malcolm Clarke, we discuss the MET Police fallout following the coronation and potential reasons why things developed the way they did in this ongoing story. We then take a moment to discuss Keir Starmer's big speech made at the Chamber of Commerce and interesting comments made in relation to planning and backing development. We give our opinions on the restoration of Parliament and whether we think politicians should decant whilst the work takes place and whether they should ever return at all! We discuss the introduction of The Renters (Reform) Bill to Parliament and what this will mean for the end of no-fault evictions.
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In this weeks episode of The Centre Left Politics Podcast, in a slightly shorter episode due to the few days that have passed since our local government elections special, hosts Malcolm Clarke and Carl Quilliam discuss Government plans to change leaseholder arrangements, with Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Michael Gove, hoping, but so far being unable to deliver, an end to leaseholding. We move on to discuss Boris Johnson using taxpayer money to fund his legal defence of the partygate probe and we also discuss rising interest rates and chat about the ill-tempered exchange between Speaker Lindsay Hoyle and Kemi Badenoch, Secretary of State for Business and Trade.
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In this weeks episode of The Centre Left Politics Podcast, hosts Carl Quilliam and Malcolm Clarke take a deep dive into the local government election results and what they mean for all the main political parties, including looking ahead to the General Election and specific results of interest. We also discuss the coronation of King Charles III, it's historical and social significance.
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This week on the Centre Left Politics Podcasts, hosts Malcolm Clarke and Carl Quilliam discuss Diane Abbott’s suspension from the Labour Party and whether we think there could be a route back for her, before moving on to cover Dominic Raab’s resignation following Adam Tolley KC’s report into bullying allegations, where some claims were upheld. We discuss PMQs, make very detailed predictions on how we see next week’s local elections panning out for the Conservatives and for Labour, before finishing off discussing the Gambling Bill White Paper and Joe Biden announcing he will stand for re-election as US President.
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This week your hosts Carl Quilliam and Malcolm Clarke guide you through an active week in UK politics, covering issues such as the recent protests at the Grand National Race at Aintree, followed by orange powder at the World Snooker Championships. We analyse upcoming amendments to the UK Migration Bill and speculate on the future of Dominic Raab as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak receives the report following allegations of bullying by civil servants. We also discuss SNP finances, Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket launch and recent polling data.
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This week on our podcast, Carl Quilliam and Malcolm Clarke discuss the Labour Party attack ads and debate if they hit the mark, we also discuss the Labour Party announcements in regard to the future of our high street shop units, many of which currently stand empty. We also discuss the stunning Baroness Warsi attack on the Home Secretary, Rishi Sunak’s inheritance tax pledge and we even let you know our selections for the Grand National race.
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This week our hosts Carl Quilliam and Malcolm Clarke discuss the election of Humza Yousaf as the new Leader of the SNP and First Minister of Scotland and we consider the motion proposed by Keir Starmer and passed at a recent NEC meeting to block Jeremy Corbyn from standing as the Labour candidate in Islington North. We move on to discuss Labour's pledge that, should they have been in power, they would have frozen council tax as well as other policy pledges made. We finish off considering MPs caught in the Led By Donkeys sting and we discuss the potential and significance of a by-election in the Scottish seat of Rutherglen and Hamilton West, where Independent (and former SNP) MP, Margaret Ferrier, faces a recall petition with the Standards Committee recommending a 30-day suspension from parliament, triggering the possibility of a recall petition should 10% of her electorate sign it before the deadline. Please also note we will have a week off over Easter and return on Thursday, 13 April.
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This week on the CLP Politics Podcast sees hosts Malcolm Clarke and Carl Quilliam discuss Boris Johnson’s appearance in front of the Privileges Committee as he battles to save his political future, we discuss the pensions protest in France, Rishi and Keir’s tax affairs and the future of the Met Police. We lighten the mood with Ed Miliband’s TikTok video, the resignation honours list of Liz Truss and Nichola Sturgeon’s final FMQ’s and the current state of play in the betting on who will be the next First Minister of Scotland.
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This week the CLP Politics Podcast is delighted to be joined by Bishop Auckland’s Labour Party candidate for the next General Election, Sam Rushworth, who is with hosts Carl Quilliam and Malcolm Clarke for the full hour. He tells us about his background, what drove his interest in Politics and his plans for the Bishop Auckland constituency. Following an interview with Sam we discuss the Spring Budget in detail, Gary Lineker’s dispute with the BBC, Richard Bacon MP facing deselection by his local Conservative association and the breaking news around a potential deal in the NHS pay dispute.
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We recorded the podcast on Wednesday, 8 March this week and our hosts Malcolm Clarke and Carl Quilliam are joined by our special guest for the week, Councillor Fraser Tinsley of Durham County Council. Fraser tweets at @frasertinsley and a big thanks to him for taking part.
In this week’s episode we question Fraser about his background and we discuss the Illegal Migration Bill tabled by Home Secretary Suella Braverman on Tuesday. We then discuss the ongoing row over the Sue Gray appointment as Keir Starmer’s new Chief of Staff, followed by our weekly look at PMQ’s. We finish discussing the future of local government funding.
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This week on The Centre Left Politics Podcast hosts Carl Quilliam and Malcolm Clarke discuss the main political news of the week. We discuss the Northern Ireland Protocol and give our views on the handling of the announcement, Boris Johnson’s intervention and what this means for Rishi. We move onto Matt Hancock and chat about his row with Isabel Oakeshott over WhatsApp message leaks following Isabel’s research into her new book. We then discuss Sue Gray about to become Chief of Staff to Keir Starmer, then we cover the deselection of Stafford’s Conservative MP, Theo Clarke. We end after our weekly trip down PMQs lane.
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This week we were delighted to be joined for the full hour by former North West Durham Member of Parliament Pat Glass. Pat was a former Shadow Minister, holding senior shadow ministerial positions in Transport, Europe and Education. As well as asking Pat such questions as how she felt as she first entered the House of Commons chamber, what advice she would give aspiring candidates who are considering a career as an MP and the best and worst thing about being an MP, Malcolm Clarke, Carl Quilliam and Pat Glass discuss the big news from politics this week.
We discuss Keir Starmer’s major speech where he outlined his 5 Missions for a Better Britain and Labour’s role in the Northern Ireland vote and the very real issues that surround the politics. We give our views on Sadiq Khan’s decision to fund free school meals for primary pupils and, on a lighter note to end proceedings, consider the issues, not least the madness, or Lee Anderson MP stepping into a boxing ring to duke it out with EU campaigner Steve Bray.
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In this week’s episode of The Centre Left Politics Podcast, Carl Quilliam chairs a discussion with co-host Malcolm Clarke about Keir Starmer getting tough with former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, confirming Corbyn will not be permitted to stand as a Labour Party candidate at the next General Election. Corbyn, however, has indicated he will seek the party’s nomination as Islington North candidate, the constituency he current represent as an Independent MP.
We then move on to discuss the dramatic plight of tory-led Thurrock Council, who are being forced to increase their council tax by 9.99%, receive a bailout from government to the tune of £180 million whilst severely cutting many services. Malcolm gives his views on how to make Labour Party selections more transparent and Carl challenges these ideas with some of his own. We finish this week’s edition of the podcast by discussing Nicola Sturgeon’s surprise announcement that she is to stand down as Scotland’s First Minister and SNP Leader, with a new leader to be announced on 27 March, discussing what this means for Scottish Labour and the future of the SNP.
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In this week’s Centre Left Politics Podcast hosts Malcolm Clarke and Carl Quilliam discuss the recent reshuffle and departmental rebrand announced by Rishi Sunak, moving on to discuss Michael Gove having his departmental capital spending limits scrapped. We discuss PMQs, a more sombre affair this week as the session took place shortly before Volodymyr Zelensky’s surprise visit to the UK on a global tour to request military support to defend Ukraine from Russian aggression. We also discuss Conservative MPs who are standing down and the result of the West Lancashire by-election, which saw Labour comfortably win with 62.8% of the vote.
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This week our hosts Carl Quilliam and Malcolm Clarke look at the news from the world of politics, starting with a conversation about the strike action taking place this week. We then discuss two ongoing problems for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, namely the sacking and ongoing future of Nadhim Zahawi and Dominic Raab. We note the apology from Kim Johnson MP who withdrew comments made during PMQs concerning Israel and discuss Michael Gove’s aspiration to ban leaseholds. We give a stern critique of Shell earning £32.2 billion profits amid the energy crisis and we take a light-hearted look at how candidates pitch themselves to local members in an effort to become the Labour candidate, ahead of what they hope is a successful election to Parliament.
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This week, hosts Malcolm Clarke and Carl Quilliam discuss the latest political news, starting first with a recap on the news from last week where New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ahern announced she will stand down.
Returning to the UK, we discuss the politics around Rishi Sunak dealing with the fallout of Nadhim Zahawi’s error strewn tax affairs and analyse the terse exchanges between Sunak and Labour leader Keir Starmer.
We discuss the cabinet away day to Chequers and take a light-hearted look at their electoral chances. We discuss the Convention of the North conference and how Labour Mayors including Andy Burnham and Tracy Brabin used it to call for more powers to be devolved to metro mayors and criticised the Transpennine Express rail service.
Other issues covered in this bumper episode include David Lammy’s keynote foreign affairs speech at Chatham House, further complaints against Dominic Raab and revelations about the scale of Met Police sexual impropriety cases likely to progress in the coming weeks.
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Welcome back to this week’s Centre Left Politics Podcast hosted by Carl Quilliam and Malcolm Clarke. This week we are delighted to be joined by our special guest Chris Worrall, Housing columnist at Left Foot Forward and National Exec Member of Labour Housing Group and former Editor of the Red Brick Blog. During the podcast we go into the politics and detail of Levelling Up, including whether levelling up can deliver new homes, was Keir Starmer right to offer his support to Rishi Sunak to keep housing targets and we take a deep dive into other elements of levelling up including the tightening of ‘use it or lose it’ provisions in planning, street votes, green belt protections, the development of existing brownfield sites and how Labour’s housing plans are shaping up. Chris is a fantastic guest and gives loads of value and expertise for anyone interested in housing issues.
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In this weeks Centre Left Politics podcast hosts Malcolm Clarke and Carl Quilliam discuss a range of topics that includes the North East Devolution Deal, a detailed discussion about how the politics of health is causing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak many headaches. We update listeners on the progress of Labour Party selections and how they impact on internal factional issues. We then move on to a discussion about Andrew Bridgen and the confrontation between Liz Kendall and former Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn, now sitting as an independent MP. We then discuss whether it’s time to ban MPs having second jobs.
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Welcome back to the podcast and a very Happy New Year to all of our listeners! This week Carl is in the chair and compares the polls from this time last year to now and both Carl and Malcolm give predictions for where the polls will be this time next year. We discuss whether Rishi Sunak or Keir Starmer will reshuffle their respective teams this year and take a look ahead to the may local elections and how we see those shaping up. We also look at the news stories from this week which include the key policy speeches made by the leaders on Thursday, the NHS crisis, strike action and current legislation including the Levelling Up Bill and impending anti-strike laws.
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On the Centre Left Politics Podcast this week your hosts Carl Quilliam and Malcolm Clarke discuss Gary Neville’s political comments made on ITV following the World Cup Final and the fallout from that. We analyse Speaker Hoyle’s making public his opposition to House of Lords reform in an interview and whether we feel his comments were made as a politician or as the custodian of the House of Commons. We have a surprisingly in-depth conversation about USA politics and Donald Trump’s latest legal problems and we finish by mentioning the appointment of Rishi Sunak’s new ethics adviser and Carl takes us through 2022, discussing his political highlights from 2022.
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On the Centre Left Politics Podcast this week your hosts Carl Quilliam and Malcolm Clarke are joined by Mike Indian, a former journalist and podcast host from The Groucho Tendency.
We discuss the latest complaints against Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab and whether the ministerial code of conduct has any real teeth. We talk strikes, whether Mick Lynch is winning the argument and take our weekly look at who came out ahead in PMQs. Why is no-one chanting ‘Oh Keir Starmer’ and does it matter? And should MPs have second jobs after it was revealed Boris Johnson has earned over £1 million since leaving Downing Street giving speeches. And if that’s not enough, are politicians diverse enough? And what are the latest polls saying? It’s all in this weeks show.
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In this week’s podcasts, hosts Malcolm Clarke and Carl Quilliam discuss Keir Starmer’s critique of an “indefensible” House of Lords and how we feel the potential abolishment, or reform, will look like if (or when) Labour takes control of the government after the next General Election. We also discuss PMQs and name the various Labour and Tory MPs who have confirmed they will not stand for re-election again.
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In this week’s episode your hosts Carl Quilliam and Malcolm Clarke discuss Matt Hancock’s surprise third place finish in ‘I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here’, as well as the possible return of Labour stalwarts David Miliband, Andy Burnham and Ed Balls.
We also discuss the importance (or not) of the Chester by-election, where Labour are defending a 6,000 majority. As well as the resignation of Ian Blackford as SNP Leader in Westminster, Prime Minister’s Questions and Keir Starmer’s positioning of Labour on key policy areas. We pay our usual visit to the polls, run through the selection of Labour candidates in key target seats and weigh up how the boundary review might affect the next General Election.
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In this first full episode we introduce ourselves and discuss this week’s political landscape, including the World Cup controversy surrounding Joe Lycett, David Beckham, Gary Neville and what Keir Starmer said about it all at PMQs.
We discuss the ongoing selections for Labour candidates for the next General Election and we debate Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak’s speeches to the CBI and Sunak’s early performances at PMQs.
We also introduce our polling segment where we assess where each party stands based on the most recent polls.
And we finish by looking at Tory MPs who are already announcing that they will stand down ahead of the next General Election.
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