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
In this episode the pod dives into the future of the European project and UK-EU relations in these challenging times.
As we mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day with bunting and street parties, prayers and speeches, grainy footage and crackly sounds from a lifetime ago it’s almost impossible to imagine what it meant then.
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.
Have UK politicians ever been as unpopular? The polls do not make for healthy reading.
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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.
Much for Frank, Jim and Jo to reflect upon in this week’s Downtown and Politics podcast.
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.
NHS reform, welfare reform, MIPIM and Adolescence.
As Frank McKenna struggles with internet issues in the South of France, Jim Hancock and Jo Phillips discuss the last seven days in the world of politics.
Which way will the UK’s political Mark Darcy jump?
