Starmer’s dilemma – Electoral reform or Farage in No.10?

Oh God, What Now?

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🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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After decades of waving away electoral reform, Labour and the Tories suddenly have a reason to question First Past The Post – the nightmare prospect of a Reform government. Has proportional representation’s time finally come? How might it happen? And what system would work for Britain? Proud elections wonk David Klemperer of the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Bath joins Rachel Cunliffe and Andrew Harrison for the world’s first Single Transferable Podcast. • Could a MAGA-style movement happen in Britain? Prof Roger Griffin talks it through with Andrew on The Bunker. ESCAPE ROUTES • Rachel recommends K-Pop Demon Hunters on Netflix. • David recommends West End Girl by Lily Allen. • Andrew recommends the 30th anniversary reissue of Different Class by Pulp. www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Andrew Harrison and Rachel Cunliffe. Audio and video production by Chris Jones. Art direction: James Parrett. Theme tune by Cornershop. 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	I'm Alison Phillips.
0:01.3	And I'm John Ellic.
0:02.4	And this edition of Oh God What Now is sponsored by naked wines.
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0:51.8	Simpsons of Servian Rose. Right, here we go. So it's giving vibes of like hanging out in Provence with my family, which is lovely. Which is nice memory to have on a Friday afternoon, and I probably shouldn't be drinking wine at this time. Oh, that's lovely. It gives me sort of vibes of maybe sitting in a park, the sun's shining, which it is today.
1:11.3	I have no idea how to talk about wine, but it's delicious.
1:13.8	You will enjoy it.
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1:16.8	I'm going to have another little glug there.
1:18.0	That is really lovely.
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