111: D’HONDT STOP BELIEVING: Fighting the EU Elections and more with guest Matt Forde

Oh God, What Now?

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Politics, Government, News, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 19 April 2019

⏱️ 73 minutes

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This week MATT FORDE – stand-up, ‘Mock The Week’ regular, creator of touring show ‘Brexit Through The Gift Shop’ and interviewer of political heavyweights on his podcast ‘The Political Party’ – joins us to get psephological for the upcoming EU Parliament elections. Should we embrace or fear a vote that Theresa May definitely doesn’t want? Can Remain parties co-ordinate, which side’s vote is most likely to split… and how does the D’Hondt system work anyway? Plus how can a fatally split Tory party fight EU elections AND a leadership campaign AND negotiate with Brussels AND get Labour onside when they can’t even do one thing at a time let alone four? Alex gets glued to a train by a passing Brexiter and turns up late. Matt’s terrifyingly accurate William Hague and Tony Blair voices. And how would our guest’s beloved Brian Clough have handled Brexit? “This is our chance to do a Ukip.” Presented by Dorian Lynskey with Naomi Smith and Alex Andreou. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Audio production is by Alex Rees. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production. Get every new episode of Remainiacs a whole day early when you back us on the Patreon crowdfunding platform. You’ll also get our monthly Ask Remainiacs special episode plus smart merchandise, an exclusive weekly column by our panel, and discounts on #RemainiacsLive tickets too. #OwnTheRemoan REMAINIACS.com Get your free download of our theme tune ‘Demon Is A Monster’ by Cornershop. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	How can I save on energy bills?
0:01.8	What's the bank holiday weather?
0:03.8	Whatever the question, Google helps people in the UK access reliable news,
0:08.0	so it's easy to find quality journalism.
0:10.6	Learn more at g.co-slaosh-supportingnews-us.
0:23.2	Hello and welcome to the extension rebellion edition of RomaniaX,
0:26.1	hopefully slightly more sedate edition than we've had over the past few weeks.
0:29.5	Brexit will now be delayed until 31st October,
0:32.0	most likely giving you plenty of time to choose an outfit for Halloween
0:34.8	and dress up as your greatest fear.
0:36.8	We're going as sexy article 24 of the World Trade Organization Treaty.
0:41.5	It's sexy enough already.
0:43.3	I'm Dorian Linsky and with me here in the Euro election 2019 newsroom,
0:46.8	it's Naomi Smith who helps to run Best for Britain,
0:48.8	but still here in her personal capacity.
0:50.6	Hi, Naomi.
0:51.3	Hello.
0:52.2	We've had many questions from listeners about the Euro elections,
0:55.0	and we're going to talk about that later.
0:57.2	What do you make of the later state of the Labour Tory negotiations,
1:00.8	which means slightly squeezed out?
1:02.4	It is.
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