The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP.92 | Reeves’ Budget Blues
10/06/2025
Rachel Reeves is getting ready to announce her much anticipated spending review- but apparently all is not well with some of her Labour colleagues.
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP.91 | The Ukrainian Conflict Rages On
03/06/2025
Internationally, the Gaza conflict has sunk to new levels of depravity, The Ukraine war rages on, Poland has elected a populist president, Elon Musk has left the White House, Trump’s tariffs are back and King Charles opened the Canadian Parliament. The Downtown Den discusses…
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP.90 | A UK/EU Reset
03/06/2025
In this episode the pod looks at A UK/EU reset, Robert Jenrick becoming a vigilante, and Nigel Farage becoming a socialist!
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP.89 | Should the UK go marching back to the EU?
21/05/2025
In this week’s episode Jim and Jo discuss the UK’ European deal, examine Labour’s backbench discontent, the surprise of a pro-European victory in Romania and Donald Trump’s whistle stop tour of the Middle East.
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP.88 | A good week for the Labour government?
12/05/2025
Trade deals with the United States and India. An interest rate cut. And a major announcement on immigration policy. It’s probably been a good week
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP.87 | The future of the UK-EU relationship
12/05/2025
In this episode the pod dives into the future of the European project and UK-EU relations in these challenging times.
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP.86 | Is the Two-Party system dead?
05/05/2025
Frank, Jim and Jo take a look back at last Thursday’s UK polls, as well as casting their eyes internationally and seeing what’s been happening in Canada, Australia and Romania.
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP.85 | Have British politicians ever been so unpopular?
28/04/2025
Have UK politicians ever been as unpopular? The polls do not make for healthy reading.
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP.84 | Headlines are the Currency
14/04/2025
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The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP.83 | Trumps mean spirited tariffs
07/04/2025
From Canada to the Canary’s, Poland to penguins, the rest of the international community has suffered from a tax hike of eye watering proportions.
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP.82 | Unpicking the Spring Statement
31/03/2025
Much for Frank, Jim and Jo to reflect upon in this week’s Downtown and Politics podcast.
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP.81 | Is the UK infrastructure creaking?
24/03/2025
In today’s podcast, Jim Hancock and Jo Phillips preview Rachel Reeves Spring Statement and look abroad at the troubled scenes in Ukraine, Gaza and now Türkiye.