Kicking the Budget

Oh God, What Now?

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News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.6 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Jeremy Hunt’s budget has arrived. We unpack the good, bad and ugly – and ask: “Are we all going to be much richer now?” Short answer: No. Also, the BBC’s first-ever disinformation and social media correspondent Marianna Spring joins the panel to discuss her new book Among the Trolls: My Journey Through Conspiracyland, how she wards off online hate – and why social media is so rife with conspiracy theorists. Buy Among the Trolls: My Journey Through Conspiracyland 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. • “What this government is doing is really last chance saloon.” – Zoë Grünewald • “They nicked Labour’s non-dom policy, which will cause some headaches later.” – Zoë Grünewald • “I think we should treat social media companies as we do governments… they’re just as powerful.” – Marianna Spring We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Dorian Lynskey, with Jonn Elledge, Zoë Grünewald, and guest Marianna Spring. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Robin Leeburn and Jade Bailey. 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

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0:30.0	Imperial War Museum London's new Blavattnick Art Film and Photography galleries are now open and free to all.
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0:56.0	Plan your visit to Imperial War Museum, I'm Dory and Linsky. On today's show, Jeremy Hunt has delivered what will almost certainly be his final budget.
1:17.0	Is it a vision for the country or just rolling the ground for an election campaign?
1:21.0	Plus, we're joined by the BBC's disinformation and social media expert, Mariana Spring, to talk
1:25.2	about her new book and the proliferation of conspiracy theories.
1:29.3	And in the extra bit for supporters, we'll discuss the mainstream conspiracy theory that obsesses Liz trust and
1:33.7	Donald Trump, the specter of the so-called deep state.
1:37.4	Let's meet the panel.
1:38.4	First up, Zoe Grunovold is a political correspondent for the independent.
1:40.9	Hi Zoe.
1:41.9	Hello. You've just been coming from budget land.
1:44.0	Busy day.
1:46.0	Busy day. You also wrote in the paper that the terror threat in the UK is as high as it's been since 9-11.
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