
The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP.47 | 26th August 2024
Things can only get worse hardly sounds like a rallying cry for a new government. However, that is the likely message we will hear from the prime minister in a major speech this week.

Things can only get worse hardly sounds like a rallying cry for a new government. However, that is the likely message we will hear from the prime minister in a major speech this week.

Is Labour’s honeymoon period over already?

What should the government do to tackle this wave of extreme right wing inspired disruption?

The end of July used to be known as the silly season in politics, as everyone would head off on their holidays, but unlike Frank McKenna who continues to be away in Greece, Jim Hancock and Jo Phillips have a packed agenda to discuss.

The new Labour government has hit the ground running.

Jim thinks Labour’s hold on power could deepen next time if they can deliver on public services and immigration.

A Labour landslide, a Conservative meltdown, a Liberal Democrat revival.

Celebrate change – beware of Reform.

Jo Phillips explains what we could expect from a new government, but cautions that change won’t happen overnight.

Jim looks back on fifty years reporting on General Election nights for Granada and the BBC.

It’s the final countdown. But have Nigel Farage, Suella Braverman and TV debates been the big losers of the seven week ‘yawn fest’ of a campaign?

Not long left in this General Election campaign and we are beside ourselves with excitement, as change seems inevitable and we prepare to welcome a Labour government. Well, hardly.