The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP. 32 | 20th May 2024
20/05/2024
Prime ministers pledges, porn stars and polls. Listen to the latest Downtown Den Politics Podcast now!
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP. 31 | 13th May 2024
13/05/2024
A controversial defection from the Tories to Labour, an upturn in the economy, and a new, old leader for the SNP. Plus, could global conflict actually be good news for the Conservatives electoral chances?
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP. 30 | 6th May 2024
07/05/2024
Two sleeps is a long time in politics… What next for Sunak and the Tory Party?
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP. 29 | 29th April 2024
29/04/2024
Voters in England go to the polls to elect more than 2600 councillors and ten metro mayors, in what will be the last set of local elections and mayoral contests before the general election.
The storm before the storm
24/04/2024
Check out Jim’s comprehensive preview of next week’s local elections. While the Conservatives face hundreds of losses, the Gaza crisis poses problems for Labour in Lancashire and Rochdale.
Are Crime Commissioners cutting crime?
18/04/2024
Do Police and Crime Commissioners make any difference? That’s the question Jim poses in this week’s blog ahead of elections for the posts in two weeks time.
Up in Smoke
18/04/2024
Non-smoker Frank McKenna tells us why he is opposed to the government’s plan to ban smoking.
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP. 26 | 8th April 2024
08/04/2024
Kevin Johnson from Urban Comms joins Frank McKenna for the latest podcast, discussing Birmingham, Andy Street, William Wragg and Angela Rayner.
Could the Tories really be wiped out?
04/04/2024
The results of a ‘mega-poll’ were released this week. It diid not make happy reading for the Conservative Party. Could the Tories really be facing wipeout at the next General Election?
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP. 25 | 3rd April 2024
03/04/2024
Could the most successful election winning machine in Western Europe really be heading towards oblivion?
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP. 23 | 25th March 2024
25/03/2024
Labours shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered the Mis Lecture this week. Did she lay out a progressive programme of economic reform, or has her pragmatism taken her to a place where she is simply promising to be Continuity Jeremy Hunt?
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP. 22 | 19th March 2024
20/03/2024
Can Sunak really survive in downing street until the autumn – or is a summer election now inevitable.