Politics Podcast by Cranleigh School: Recent Episodes
Cranleigh Politics Department
A podcast written and produced by politics students at Cranleigh School. Insight, discussion and debate about Global and UK political affairs.
Jess, Robin and Mr Leeke join Mr Verdon for "President Biden & The Future" to discuss the aftermath of the US Election and what this means for the USA, the world and democracy in general.
With the 2nd leadership debate on BBC One last night, Mr Verdon, Mr Leeke and 4 students from the Lower 6th gathered to discuss their views, with each contributor tasked with researching one of the remaining 5 candidates: Boris Johnson, Jeremy Hunt, Michael Gove, Sajid Javid and Rory Stewart.
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“Deal or No Deal” – This week on ‘The Other Place’ we are discussing the potential deal options that Britain may be offered by the UK. We look at Norway, Canada, Chequers and No Deal, before determining which is most likely to occur.
Our final podcast focuses directly on the key points from the debate, with the team assessing both speakers to determine who won the day. They are also joined by two special Guests: Mr Adam Rothwell and Mr Tom Leeke, who both offer arguments as to why they will be voting “remain” and “leave” respectively.
The second half to tonight's debate, direct from the Speech Hall at Cranleigh School the #EUdebate chaired by The Rt Hon Anne Milton, Deputy Chief Whip and MP for Guildford.
Direct from the Speech Hall at Cranleigh School the #EUdebate chaired by The Rt Hon Anne Milton, Deputy Chief Whip and MP for Guildford. Hear Paul Lomas and The Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP with their reasons why you should vote with them.
This week, Laura, Cameron, Ali and Dan look at the key occurrences of the week; David Cameron’s comments on war, Michael Gove’s comments on the single market, and look forward onto the opening statements of Chris Grayling and Paul Lomas.
In this weeks podcast, the team look at some of the confusing buzzwords being used in the EU referendum debate and try to make them clear to the average voter. Tune in to hear what is meant by: Sovereignty, ‘ever closer union’ and to find out if Human Rights has anything really to do with the In/Out debate.
Our very first podcast looks at the key power-plays in the last week from George Osborne, Michael Gove, Barack Obama and Boris Johnson.