Getting From Here to There in Iran
03/03/2026
Jim looks at all the possible outcomes of the Iran war, and is not optimistic. He also urges caution about the Green victory in Gorton and Denton.
EP.128 | Global Tensions Ignite the New Year
12/01/2026
Happy belated New Year and welcome back to the Downtown Den Politics Podcast. We barely stepped away and the world went straight back to chaos with international tensions involving Iran Venezuela and Ukraine.
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP.96 | Did Trump Just Start a War with Iran?
25/06/2025
Donald Trump decided to bomb Iran. Was the President simply pissed off with his TACO reputation- Trump Always Chickens Out- or has he got a longer term plan for the Middle East- and where does the unilateral action from the States and Israel leave international institutions? Are NATO and the UN now simply moribund, outdated, talking shops?
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP.95 | Middle East in Crisis
19/06/2025
Another very busy week in geopolitics. Israel and Iran are at war. In America, we’ve seen the shocking assassination of senior politicians.