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Oh God, What Now?

Jumping on the ban wagon

Oh God, What Now?

Podmasters

Society & Culture, News, Politics

4.62.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Disposable vapes, XL bullies, and nitrous oxide – this government loves banning things. Has that always been the case? Do we secretly love living in a nanny state? And the housing crisis keeps getting worse, will a Labour government be able to fix the problem? We’ve got two of the UK’s leading housing journalists with us, including award-winning journalist and author of Show Me The Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen, Peter Apps.  • “We shouldn’t have a nerd PM, he doesn’t understand the appeal of the fun stuff.” – Marie Le Conte • “I’m not sure banning things always works. I think it can make things more attractive again.” – Hannah Fearn. • “There’s been a failure to imagine a world of flat ownership without leasehold.” – Peter Apps • “I’ve been renting in London since 2009… I’ve got enough stories to finish the podcast.” – Marie Le Conte • “We’re short of everything in housing.” – Hannah Fearn Buy Show Me The Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen through our affiliate bookshop and you’ll help fund Oh God, What Now? by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org’s fees help support independent bookshops too. We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Ros Taylor with Marie Le Conte, Hannah Fearn and guest Peter Apps. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. 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

Hello, it's Andrew Harrison here. This week marks four years since Britain left the EU,

0:05.2

and you don't need a podcast that used to be called Romaniacs to tell you what an absolute

0:09.3

disaster Brexit has been for all of us. We can see the fallout and damage from this disastrous decision every day.

0:16.0

The loss of international influence, the business is snuffed out by import-export barriers,

0:20.0

the 4% hit to GDP, and of course the worst political rancor in generations. Brexit

0:26.5

has been an unmitigated catastrophe.

0:29.3

So what are we going to do about it?

0:30.7

The European movement is the cross-party campaign to rebuild the UK's relationship

0:35.1

with Europe step by step, little by little. They're building a long-term strategic movement

0:40.0

to win back the rights and freedoms we lost because of Brexit, shift public opinion

0:44.6

and lobby political leaders to take bolder action on Europe.

0:47.8

There are grassroots outfit powered by over 20,000 members up and down the country

0:51.6

and they're very much our kind of people.

0:54.0

You can get involved too by joining today.

0:56.7

Visit European Movement.co.uk.

0:59.2

slash join to sign up.

1:00.7

There'll be a new government soon and however they are, they'll need to hear from strong

1:04.5

pro-European voices to get Britain back where it belongs, close to Europe and close to the EU.

1:09.8

We'll do our bit, oh God what now now now do your bit by visiting European

1:13.9

movement dot co-dot UK slash join and signing up

1:17.2

Slack presents hands-free conversations hello car commuter dog walker stroller, stroller, your hands are busy.

1:25.0

It's why we created huddles in slack because sometimes talking is easier than typing.

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