Rob and Tom are back for a new season because the Boris and Brexit news just won’t stop! This week they dive into proroguing and fears of an upcoming General Election.
TOPICS
- Intro [0:00]
- What is proroguing? [1:44]
- Does Boris want a No Deal Brexit? [7:25]
- Boris' speech and promises [13:53]
- How could this cause a General Election? [19:20]
- Deselection of Tory MPs [25:11]
- What are Boris' options if the bill passes? [28:15]
- Does Labour want a GE? [32:38]
- The Polls and GE predictions [35:25]
- What are the EU thinking? [45:02]
- Outro [47:56]
- Bonus: Listener Jokes [50:09]
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SHOWNOTES
- Parliament: Prorogation
- Twitter: List of Conservative rebels
- Twitter: Phillip Hammond Letter
- Twitter: Hillary Benn letter
- Twitter: Tory MPs to lose whip
- BBC: Laura Kuenssberg: Why is Johnson planning to deselect Tory rebels?
- Twitter: Snap poll shows hung parliament
- YouGov: Voting Intention: Con 33%, Lab 22%, Lib Dem 21%, Brex 12% (28-29 Aug)
- Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention
- Current Polls
- Twitter: Ruth Davidson resignation letter
- Join us on Discord!
DISCUSS
ATTRIBUTION
- Recording engineer: Craig
- Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).
- Main Image: Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs by Chatham House used under CC by 2.0