Realpolitik Podcast

In this week’s Realpolitik podcast with Gavin and Richard:

• Derek Conway MP will step down after his Lib Dem opponent, Duncan Borrowman, reports him to the police.
• Brown and Cameron clash at PMQs over stop and search powers, as Richard believes the lack of volunteering may be a cause of crime.
• Edwards and Giuliani quit the race for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations.
• No student loan without ID cards and proportional representation rejected on the day Hain quit.
• The EU Reform Treaty gets two silly challenges.

The podcast was recorded on Wednesday 30th January 2008 and if you want to contact us our email address is realpolitikpodcast@gmail.com.

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In this week’s Realpolitik podcast, with Gavin, Richard and Alex Baker:

• Black Monday and Northern Rock’s non-nationalisation, with special guest Vince Cable.
• The EU Constitution Reform Treaty riles a few Lib Dems.
• Jacqui Smith and her Peckham kebab.
• More missing data (especially important for one of us) and ID cards.
• The police are protesting.
• Kids need to cook.
• And finally… the Three Little Pigs cause offence.

The podcast was recorded on Wednesday 23rd January 2008 and if you want to contact us our email address is realpolitikpodcast@gmail.com.

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As the Realpolitik podcast reaches double-digits, Richard and Gavin discuss

1. The potential Northern Rock nationalisation, the first since 1977 - will it be this government’s Black Wednesday?
2. A donations scandal rears its ugly head once again, this time Peter Hain and George Osborne are involved, along with 80 Tory MPs, if Labour are to be believed.
3. Race becomes an issue in the US Democratic primaries, and a general US election update.
4. The £1 billion London Olympic shortfall.
5. Dizzy reveals the new name for Liberal Democrat Youth and Students: Hitler Liberal Youth.
6. As Nick Clegg announces the role he believes the state should play in public services, will David Cameron join the Liberal Democrats?
7. And finally… the Risk Assessment Watchdog.

The show was recorded on Wednesday 16th January 2008 and if you want to contact us our email address is realpolitikpodcast@gmail.com.

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In the first Realpolitik podcast of 2008, with Richard and Gavin:

• The first two US primaries are over. The Guardian gets it right in New Hampshire, and The Independent gets it so wrong.
• Nick Clegg utterly fails to cock up at his first PMQs (or should that be OQs?) as a Times poll puts Cameron still ahead.
• We ask who is the party of the NHS, and Richard has a bright idea for the railways.
• Boris Johnson quashes rumours that his hair causes epilepsy.
• Blasphemy looks set to become legal - thank god.
• Nick Clegg reveals the government lost 37 million pieces of data in 2007.
• The Joseph Rowntree Trust criticises Army recruitment adverts, firing up Lawrence James.
• Cameron’s welfare for benefits programme targets scum.
• And finally… Balls cocks-up.

The show was recorded on Wednesday 9th January 2008 and if you want to contact us our email address is realpolitikpodcast@gmail.com.

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