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Oh God, What Now?

Extreme Makeover: Golden Wallpaper Edition

Oh God, What Now?

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Politics, Government, News, Society & Culture

4.62.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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As Johnson’s odious comments about “bodies piling up” collide with Carrie Antoinette’s golden wallpaper splurge and the Vengeance of the Cummings, has this barrage of sleaze finally putting the PM on the ropes? Tech expert Alexi Mostrous of Tortoise joins us to explore what Big Tech and Bigger Data have in store for our democracies. Brexit eats another of its children in the shape of Arlene Foster. And what will our film critics make of Matt Hancock’s blockbuster COVID: The Movie? “This is like me going shoplifting, then dropping a tenner in the till a year later and saying it’s OK, I paid for it.” – Alex Andreou “Never mind Chatty Rat, there are clearly multiple rats who don’t want Johnson around any more. Gove and Vine are like Pinky and the Brain.” – Minnie Rahman “Maybe mistresses and illegitimate children cost a lot of money. Who knew?” – Alex Andreou “So Chris Whitty is waving a terrifying graph at Johnson while Carrie Symonds is showing him a Farrow & Ball chart?” – Dorian Lynskey “It’s quite a revelation that in the DUP universe, Arlene Foster is the reasonable one.” – Alex Andreou Presented by Dorian Lynskey with Minnie Rahman and Alex Andreou. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers: Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic. Audio production by Alex Rees. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I love, like enjoying a latte on the bus with some music or on a walk with a friend. My

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Hello, welcome to O'Guard what now. I'm Dorian Litzky recording live from a spacious

1:09.9

skip in hybrid. Let's meet the panel. First up is political commentator Alex Andreye,

1:15.4

Hi Alex. Hello. It's bad news for leading Arlene Foster impersonator Naomi Smith. Foster

1:24.5

has resigned as leader of the DUP and First Minister of Northern Ireland after DUP Assembly

1:29.9

members called for a leadership contest. For four-hours resignation, the hardline is

1:34.4

we're probably angry about her alleged weakness over Northern Ireland protocol and her

1:38.1

abstention on a bill to ban gay conversion therapy. They're all in favor of gay conversion

1:42.8

therapy. Does this suggest that her replacement is going to come from the headbanger wing of

1:47.3

unionism? Isn't it quite something to come to the realization that in that universe

1:55.3

Ireland Foster is the moderate one? She's the one. Look, I mean, there had been several

2:05.0

strikes against Foster in particular the Ashford cash public inquiry into some bungled green

2:11.6

energy scheme which was scathing in its review of the administration and led basically

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