Politics Mad!: Recent Episodes
Rhal Ssan & Ollie Smith
Domestic:
- Chancellor Rishi Sunak's spending review
- SNP Conference
International:
- Iranian nuclear scientist assassinated
- Update on Ethiopia
Domestic:
- 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
Domestic:
- Dominic Cummings resigns
- Labour Party NEC elections
International:
- US Election results
- Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal
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
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
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
Domestic:
- 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
Domestic:
- 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
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
Domestic:
- Security Select Committee chaos and the Russia report
- Ending Hong Kong extradition and Uyghur Muslims
International:
- China's global diplomatic relations
- EU bailout deal
Domestic:
- Rishi Sunak's mini budget
- New money for UK borders
- Scrapping the 50% University target
International:
- Violence in Burkina Faso
Domestic:
- 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.
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
Episode 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.
Welcome 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.