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What Most People Think with Geoff Norcott

BREAKING NEWS - Starmer Thinks He's Unbroken Britain

What Most People Think with Geoff Norcott

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Comedy, News, News Commentary, Politics

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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In this week's breaking news I'm trying to work out how Keir 'Britain is Broken' Starmer can pivot to an 'everything's fine' narrative.. I also look at the phenomenon of English flags appearing and ask what the progressive can really say in response. Then it's a good old rant about Lewis Goodall's idea that we should have 100% inheritance tax. CATCH ME ON MY TOUR ‘Basic Bloke 2: There’s No Bloke Without Fire’. Book tickets here: https://www.livenation.co.uk/geoff-norcott-tickets-adp1252793Watch my STAND-UP SPECIAL 'Basic Bloke' on ITVX:  https://www.itv.com/watch/geoff-norcott:-basic-bloke/10a6363a0001B/10a6363a0001Order the PAPERBACK EDITION of my book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Bloke-Decoded-Everything-explained/dp/1800961308/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=JOIN the Podcast Patreon and receive each episode early, AD-FREE & with bonus content https://www.patreon.com/geoffnorcott?fan_landing=true Join my MAILING LIST for priority Tour booking & special offers https://signup.ymlp.com/xgyueuwbgmgbWatch my COMEDY SPECIAL on YouTube https://youtu.be/YaxhuZGtDLs  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

what must impulse

0:04.1

hello and welcome at the fringe I'm still at the fringe still in the same I think and I am. Yes, still at the fringe. I'm still at the fringe, still in the same travel lodge

0:22.7

and I think, I just think out of respect,

0:24.9

I've been trying to get something out of travel lodge.

0:26.3

How about you retire this room?

0:28.7

You retire it, you know, like with football

0:30.3

when a certain player retires,

0:32.1

room 2-26 should be the Jeff Norcock

0:34.7

Memorial Suite. I am sort of like,

0:37.0

you know that series of Alan Partridge where they sort of know him by name. Good morning, Mr. Norcock. Morning. Use your seat by the window. Absolutely. Have you got your big plate? Yes, I have. Now, if you are new, because I know there have been some adverts running for this show, this is what most people think. This is a show that tries to come at the big political and topical issues.

0:54.4

You know, listen, I'm coming from a centre of right position, but we have guests on from all across the political spectrum. So if you're one of those people, a genuine liberal that likes to get broad-minded content from both sides, this is a good show for you. But what happens is we do the main show early in the week and then most weeks, at the back end of the week, I do a breaking news show just to sort of mop up

1:12.7

some of the stuff that's occurred in the week and then most weeks at the back end of the week I do a breaking

1:11.0

news show just to sort of mop up some of the stuff that's occurred during the week and this

1:15.3

week Keir Stahmer he went back on the fight so Farage's been doing is Britain is broken

1:20.5

Britain is broken lawless Britain scandal Britain rip off pretty every all the you know almost all of them

1:27.3

are like Channel 5 shows right so he's been doing that all summer. And, you know, there's been quite a lot of success in that messaging getting through. So Stama sort of realised this. And he's gone on the fight back against Farage saying that Britain is broken. The only problem is, well, Kirstarman might have done a bit of that messaging himself

1:45.5

in a not too distant past.

1:47.1

So we'll be talking about that.

1:48.6

And, you know, with record number of asylum applications, crossings up, and the judge

1:54.8

ruling against the hotel being used in Epping, it's a tricky time for the government.

1:59.5

And then in the second half, we're going to

2:01.1

be talking about Lewis Goodall. He of the news agents. You know news agents? I'll listen to it.

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