Back to the 50s — Is Britain stuck in a time warp?

Oh God, What Now?

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🗓️ 22 August 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Living standards are falling to the lowest standards since the 1950s, so why is this government shouting about the so-called success it’s had? Plus, we need to build more homes - pure and simple. But how, and how can it be done? Hannah Fearn has 4 points Labour needs to hit if it gets into government. “This politics of nostalgia pretends that it can fix problems by going back to times before they existed.” – Tom Peck. “We have moved on, we just have a government that’s going nuts because it’s near the end.” – Andrew Harrison. “‘You could leave your door open’, well yeah, because there was nothing to steal!” – Matt Green. “I die whenever I hear politicians talk about housing, because you know nothing’s ever going to happen.” – Tom Peck. We’re on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVOIkIWUDtu7VrVcFs0OI0A Mel’s Chippy fundraiser: https://shorturl.at/bjQZ6 Jonty Bloom’s piece: https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-britain-is-back-in-the-1950s/ www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Group Editor: Andrew Harrison with Hannah Fearn, Tom Peck and Matt Green. Producers: Alex Rees & Chris Jones. Social Media Producer: Jess Harpin. Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Oh God What Now, the politics podcast that looks to prosperous European nations
0:13.0	like Spain and wonders what could have been if not for questionable officiating.
0:17.1	I'm Andrew Harrison, if you're watching the show on YouTube, hello, we've been thrilled
0:20.7	by the reaction to our appearance on video so far and if you're still just listening in
0:24.7	the audio on your Kumis, you can go to youtube.com slash Oh God What Now to find out what
0:30.0	the panel looked like and there's also there's a link in the show notes.
0:33.3	You can find full episodes there and more clips on our own YouTube channel.
0:37.1	On today's show, Crank Up Your Wireless and will be done before the start of the light
0:40.6	program, are we now trapped in 50s Britain?
0:44.3	And if we are, how do we get out of the original austerity decayed?
0:47.7	The right wing national conservators, the 50s are a lost Eden, albeit with Anthony Eden,
0:52.4	who are the British people really up for a life of deference, family, and shutting up
0:56.4	and getting on with this.
0:57.4	Plus, if Labour had a clean slate and a cash to pull it off, how could they solve the endless
1:02.3	housing crisis?
1:04.1	Also the panel will be nominating the heroes and villains of the week.
1:06.6	So let's meet that panel.
1:08.1	Tom Peck is the independence political sketch writer.
1:10.9	He's a happy man at the minute because there's no politics to sketch.
1:13.1	How are you doing, Tom?
1:14.1	I'm doing good.
1:15.1	How are you?
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