Raving for a Republic

Pod Save the UK

Crooked Media

News Commentary, News, Government, Politics

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Pod Save the UK is on a mission: to free the royals, and the country, from the madness of monarchy. Has King Charles’s coronation sent the UK into a frenzy of royal fervour, a bored stupor or a republican rage? Nish Kumar and Coco Khan work out how to ditch the Windsors and replace them with something better. Professor Amelia Hadfield, head of politics at Surrey University, has spotted some pitfalls for Pod Save the UK’s revolutionaries. Labour MP, Clive Lewis, joins the pod. His opinions on monarchy have got him into trouble with his own party. But who wants to be the killjoys spoiling everyone’s street party? Coco has a plan: rave for the republic.

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0:00.0	And I'm welcome to the very first episode of PodSafe the UK. I'm Nishkumar. And I'm Coco Khan.
0:15.1	And we're talking politics. Finding out what's going on, what's going wrong, and asking
0:19.3	surely Britain can do better than this. What qualifies us, I'm a journalist, he's a comedian,
0:27.8	but like everyone, we've got skin in the game. Yeah, politics is not a spectatorsport, we've got a vote,
0:32.4	we've got free speech, so let's use it. And we have been arguing about politics for many,
0:37.7	many years now, haven't we Nish? Yeah, some would say for too long. So with a variety of special
0:43.6	guests with big brains and big ideas, we're finally getting the chance to step up and try and fix
0:48.4	UK politics. Yeah, so cool, no pressure. Very relaxed.
0:52.7	So, Nish, what does the UK need saving from this week? Well, it needs saving from the £100
1:01.5	million coronation of King Charles III, and it needs saving from politicians spouting racist rhetoric.
1:06.9	Okay, so it being our first episode, introducing ourselves to the people in our transparent
1:12.7	nobleshit way, let's put our cards on the table. All right, done, done. I'll put my cards on
1:21.7	my cards at you, my most aggressive blackjack dealer in Vegas. You first, you're go, I'll put my
1:28.0	cards on the table and say, I think people who know my work are pretty clear in my politics,
1:34.7	but I think possibly it's even more unimaginative than the worst character of me could imagine.
1:40.6	Like, I am 100% labour voter. I don't know that I've ever been fully happy about it, but I am
1:50.0	100% labour voter. I have a spotless track record. I think that what I'm trying to do is set it
1:58.2	in context of what I come from, because people in the press have often written about me,
2:01.5	like, I'm this sort of rabid left wing maniac. You have to understand, my family is from
2:05.0	Kerala in India, which is consistently elected Marxist representation. So in the context of my
2:11.3	family history, I am basically David Cameron. Like, in the context of my family history that
2:17.6	where people have like stood for election as communist MPs, you know, as far as as long as I'm not
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