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Oh God, What Now?

Chalk It Up to Experience

Oh God, What Now?

Podmasters

News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.62.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

There’s no escape for Justice Secretary Alex Chalk as he faces questions over the state of our justice system. Daniel Khalife’s runner from HMP Wandsworth is only a small example of its decaying state. So why does a government with such a hardline stance on crime struggle to fund the justice system? Plus, comedian Matt Green tells us why our plight often makes us want to laugh as he discusses political comedy in bleak times. And hope is on the horizon – literally. The UK’s rejoining the EU’s Horizon project. Could it pave the way for a return to the bloc? Probably not, but what could be next – if anything? “What happens when you don’t fund prisons is you get these terrible conditions, it becomes a safety risk.” – Rachel Cunliffe. “Even on things you’d expect Labour to have softer views on, they’ve been quite hardline.” – Rachel Cunliffe. “I think any word with the ‘re’ prefix is a bit of a problem … we now have a bespoke WORSE deal with Horizon.” – Matt Green We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVOIkIWUDtu7VrVcFs0OI0A  www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Ros Taylor with Rachel Cunliffe and Matt Green. Producer: Chris Jones. Assistant Producer: Adam Wright. Social Media Producer: Jess Harpin. Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Oh God What Now, I'm Rose Taylor.

0:09.7

On today's show we'll be talking about Britain's justice system, it's not just the prisons

0:13.6

that are the problem, no matter how much we've heard about the one's worth breakout.

0:17.8

Plus, the UK is rejoining the horizon program, array, etc.

0:22.3

Is this a sign of bigger things to come?

0:24.8

And what's it like to make political comedy in miserable times?

0:28.7

Let's meet the panel.

0:30.0

Mac Green is a comedian and Twitter sensation, as well as a regular on our sister podcast

0:34.6

Paytaker Cutts.

0:35.6

Hi, Matt.

0:36.6

Hello.

0:37.6

Liz Truss is writing a... oh dear.

0:41.2

Liz Truss is writing a book ten years to save the West.

0:44.3

The publishers Blurp suggests this will be less for memoir, which is probably just as

0:48.7

well, given 40 whatever days it was, and more of a polemic.

0:53.6

What can we expect?

0:55.4

Well, yeah, it's called ten years to save the West, should really be probably more honestly

0:59.5

called ten days in which I broke the economy.

1:01.7

And I just find Liz Truss so extraordinary, she blames all of her problems, she continues

1:06.2

to do this.

1:07.2

She blames all of her problems on the left wing economic establishment, which I just think

1:12.5

is such a bizarre suggestion, as though I don't know, the head of the IMF is walking around

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