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Oh God, What Now?

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News, Politics, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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The arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on Epstein-related allegations of misconduct in public office stuns the world. He has not been charged with any offence – but is the former Prince’s past damaging the Monarchy irreparably? And when will the victims of Epstein and his circle get justice? Plus, as the vindictive Gorton & Denton by-election enters its last few days we talk to Jack Walton of local news site Manchester Mill about the vibe on the ground… and whether it’s worse for Labour if the Greens or Matt Goodwin of Reform win. • Manchester Mill is part of the Mill Media group creating good old-fashioned local journalism for British cities including Liverpool, Sheffield, Glasgow and Bristol. ESCAPE ROUTES • Rachel has been watching the Winter Olympics as a chaser to Heated Rivalry on Sky. • Jack has been reading Laughter in the Dark by Vladimir Nabokov • Andrew recommends escaping modern politics by diving into ’90s politics and C4’s The Tony Blair Story. Keep Oh God, What Now? in fine health by backing us on Patreon. Presented by Andrew Harrison with Rachel Cunliffe. Audio and Video Production by Chris Jones. Art direction: James Parrett. Theme tune by Cornershop. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to Oh God What Now, your inflatable rubber ring and whistle for attracting attention in the stormy waters of politics. I'm Andrew Harrison. We had planned to devote today's
0:22.4	edition solely to the Gorton and Denton by-election in South East Manchester, which takes place this
0:26.8	coming Thursday. It's the first major vote of the year. It's been looking like the first step in a
0:31.6	punishing electoral gauntlet that Kia Stama will run this spring, and it's been fiendishly difficult to predict,
0:38.2	with Reform and the Greens vying for the anti-Labour vote in a split constituency that's
0:43.0	two-thirds green-friendly, with a lot of Muslim voters, and one-third strongly working class,
0:48.5	Red Wall and Reform Curious.
0:50.6	We have a great guest from the area, journalist Jack Walton from the Manchester Mill,
0:54.9	the first in a string of brilliant local news sites from Mill Media that cover Manchester,
0:59.1	Birmingham, London, Sheffield, Liverpool and Glasgow, and we're going to be meeting
1:01.7	him a little bit later in the show.
1:04.1	But then, imagine our stunned surprise when after months of mounting pressure connected to
1:09.1	the Epstein affair, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor was arrested by Thames Valley Police
1:13.9	at his home, Wood Farm, on the Sandringham Estate,
1:16.8	just after 8 o'clock in the morning on Thursday.
1:19.4	The arrest came, as everybody now knows,
1:21.3	on Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's 66th birthday.
1:24.9	And as we record,
1:26.1	police have opened an investigation
1:27.2	into allegations of misconduct
1:28.8	in public office. With us from the regular, oh God, what now team is Rachel Cunliff, Associate
1:35.0	Political Editor in the New Statesman, who has written extensively about the episode on affair.
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