EP.112 | Trump in Town…
22/09/2025
Donald Trump’s state visit, the Labour Party’s deputy leadership contest, a Liberal Democrat conference and the meltdown of ‘Your Party.’
Downtown Den Special | Employment Law Update
11/09/2025
Downtown Boss Frank McKenna, chats with Victoria Brown from oneHR Software and Claire McGuinness from High Performance Consultancy to discuss all the latest in the world of employment law.
EP.109 | Labour’s Summer of Silence
01/09/2025
Why has the government been absent without leave over the summer, leaving the way clear for Nigel Farage to dominate the headlines?
EP.108 | Trump Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Putin
19/08/2025
Donald Trump treated us to the spectacle of the red carpet treatment for Vladimir Putin last week, but how will Zelensky be received by the US President today?
EP.104 | Doctors Dispute Drama
29/07/2025
With Frank still away, Jim, Jo, and Kevin tackle the doctors dispute and Tory leader Kemi Badenoch’s pledge to ban strikes. They’ll also weigh up the likelihood of serious disorder during the hot summer nights around asylum hotels
EP.103 | Water Scandals, Voting Age & Labour Rebels
22/07/2025
With Frank and Jim away, Jo and Kevin take charge of this week’s Downtown Den Politics, unpacking the latest developments from Westminster and beyond.
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP.99 | From NATO to Glasto: Chaos at Home and Abroad
01/07/2025
The NATO summit and Daddy Trump, the fallout from Americas bombing raids in Iran, antisemitism at Glastonbury, and the BBC continuing its love-in with Reform UK.
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP.98 | Keir’s First Year
01/07/2025
Do we have a government that is good at getting things done- but bad at politics?
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP.97 | Can a Certain Manchester Mayor Change Labour’s Narrative?
25/06/2025
The government is launching a ten year industrial strategy this week, will Labour get any credit for its longer term approach to the country’s problems- and might a certain mayor from Manchester be able to help them tell their story more positively?
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.63 | 9th December 2024
09/12/2024
Starmer has reset, Barnier has resigned and Assad has fallen.