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Oh God, What Now?

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Oh God, What Now?

Podmasters

News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.62.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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• Podmasters is 10 years old! Get an extra 10% off a year’s Patreon support – that’s 20% in total.  Amid the rubble of last week’s elections, Keir Starmer announces he’s suddenly getting real and ready to win back voters. But is it all too little, too late – and after months of drift, will anyone believe him anyway? Plus, were the Reform and Green surges really as unstoppable as an overwrought media want us to believe? Friend of the pod and psephology don Rob Ford of Manchester University joins us to dig deep on the elections… and whether Labour gets what really happened.   NB Andrew apologies for his hoarse voice. He’ll be back to normal next time.  • Questions for But Your Emails? Thoughts? Comments? Email us at ogwn@podmasters.co.uk.  ESCAPE ROUTES • Raf recommends By The Sea,  Abdulzarak Gurnah’s Nobel Prize-winning novel of escape and migration. • Rob Ford recommends The Emperor by Ryszard Kapuczinski, concerning the downfall of Haile Selassie.  • Ros recommends the TV drama Believe Me about John Worboys, streaming on ITV.  • Andrew recommends 30 Rock with Tina Fey, now finally on Netflix.  www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Andrew Harrison with Ros Taylor and Rafael Behr. Audio Production by Robin Leeburn. Art direction: James Parrett. Theme tune by Tom Taylor and Simon Williams. 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

Some follow the noise.

0:03.3

Bloomberg follows the money.

0:05.4

Because behind every headline is a bottom line.

0:09.3

Whether it's the funds-fueling AI or crypto's trillion-dollar swings,

0:13.8

there's a money-side to every story.

0:16.5

And when you see the money-side, you understand what others miss.

0:20.9

Get the money-side of the story., you understand what others miss. Get the money side of the story.

0:22.9

Subscribe now at Bloomberg.com. Hello and welcome to Oh God What Now of the politics podcast that intends to serve out a full term no matter what.

0:56.0

I'm Andrew Harrison, and apologies I'm a little bit hoarse this week. I've been shouting of the football.

1:00.7

On today's show, as Labour sifted through the rubble of the locals and the Scottish and Welsh national elections,

1:06.7

Keir Stama is smashing the reset button yet again, promising bigger, bolder and more urgent moves

1:12.2

to tackle problems, he says, could not have been foreseen in 2024. Will even that be too

1:17.4

little too late? And is the accepted story that reform are on a remorseless rise? The Greens are

1:23.8

returning away at Labour in the cities, and both the Tories and labour are spiralling.

1:28.1

Really what's going on.

1:29.8

Fred of the pod and Manchester University's Mr. Cephology, Rob Ford,

1:33.7

joins us to explain what we should really take away from last week's turmoil.

1:38.2

All that, the latest edition of Our God What Now?

1:44.7

Welcome back to the podcast and apologies in advance for the state of my throat.

1:48.8

Never mind, we're happy to announce that last week's elections were all just a horrible dream.

1:52.9

We're here to discuss Labour's swinging victories and the bright future for Kirstama and social democracy in general with,

1:59.3

Oh God, What Now, Regular, writer for the New World and author of The Future of Trust, Ros Taylor. Hello, Ros. Hello. And Guardian leader, writer, Brighton fan, and the most low-down, dirty blues guitarist on the whole South Coast. It's howling Raphael Bear. Hello, Raf. Hi, Andrew. And our special guest joining us from a cubicle at a conference somewhere, because he's in demand.

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