Has any party got a policy to stop the boats?

Not Another One

Richards Green Montgomerie Martin

Politics, News, Political, Political Commentary, Prime Minister, General Election, Number 10, Not Another One, Rishi Sunak

4.7 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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An intense political battle is being fought over August, normally quiet in Westminster. It centres on the small boats and wider migration issues. But amidst the conflicting claims and policy ideas the boats keep on coming. The movement of people is a global crisis at least as challenging as the crash of 2008. Are leaders in Britain and elsewhere even close to meeting it?

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to not another one, the podcast with me, Steve Richards, Tim Montgomery, Miranda Green and Ian Martin.
0:18.4	Thank you very much for joining us here in the, I was going to say the depths of August, the heights of August, because there's a lot going on as we're going to be reflecting in a short while. But first of all, there's a lot going on for all of us. I mean, I'm heading off for Edinburgh for the Edinburgh Festival to do my one-man show, rock and roll politics, 14, 14 shows.
0:39.3	14? And is it one a day?
0:40.6	One a day, starting next, this coming Sunday, and a different show every day. So some people
0:47.9	come more than once. Some people come several times. And they are the ones who emerge
0:52.0	cleansed and healthy at the end of it.
0:55.4	So what's the best way for people to buy tickets for this?
0:58.6	Oh, thank you.
1:00.0	That's the whole purpose of today's podcast.
1:02.5	That was like Terry Wogan stuff.
1:05.0	Yeah.
1:06.0	I love it.
1:06.7	Tickets are available on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe website.
1:11.4	Steve Richards presents rock and roll politics.
1:13.7	I'm told they're going fast.
1:15.7	So what we should have done is like if you quote not another one,
1:18.9	you should get like a lot of free lollipot with your ticket or something.
1:22.6	Yeah, yeah.
1:23.4	Not a discount.
1:24.4	A bag of nuts.
1:27.3	Well, I have to say, I can hardly, heightily, ah, ha, ha, ha. not a discount. A bag of nuts.
1:33.3	Well, I have to say, I can hardly, heightily, heartily, thank you very much.
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