The End of the Peers Show

Oh God, What Now?

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🗓️ 9 December 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Keir is striking fear into peers with plans to ditch the Lords – but why not look at electoral reform first? The panel picks apart Labour’s plans for reform. Plus, with major strikes inbound – is this a new winter of discontent? Can the Government succeed in the Grinch narrative, or does that show just how weak our ministers are? “Just as trickle down economics has failed, trickle down democracy has failed.” – Naomi Smith “I think Starmer is going to be quite boxed in by the economic situation. But what he could do that is different is something constitutional on the Lords.” – Ayesha Hazarika “The Tories are a very divided party, that’s why Sunak is having to drop bills or dilute them.” – Naomi Smith “With Gordon Brown it was never going to be pithy, but it’s amazing seeing a politician believe in things.” – Ayesha Hazarika www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Get our new merch here: https://podmarket.co.uk/ Presented by Andrew Harrison with Hannah Fearn, Naomi Smith and Ayesha Hazarika. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Producers: Jet Gerbertson and Alex Rees. Assistant Producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to the Politics VIP Lane that is O God what now, where you'll be getting
0:11.9	special access to exciting opportunities and you definitely won't get a hand on the
0:15.7	shoulder from the House of Lords Commission of Standards years down the line.
0:18.8	I'm Andrew Harrison.
0:20.3	On today's show, Keir Starmer says Labour will abolish the Lords as part of a massive
0:24.4	overhaul of the Constitution, but he's not interested in proportional representation.
0:29.1	How does he want to burn his political capital, reforming one institution that, while not
0:32.8	exactly democratic, does at least hold the government to some sort of account, but not fixing
0:37.6	the part that is really undemocratic?
0:39.6	Plus, it's beginning to feel a lot like someone's ruined Christmas.
0:43.2	The press and the government are eager to blame Meklynch, the RMT, nurses and ambulance
0:46.7	workers for our winter of strikes, do the public agree.
0:49.9	And in the extra bit for Patreon backers, the Oxford word of the year means behaviour
0:55.2	which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, sluvvnly or greedy.
1:00.1	Congratulations to the Conservative Party.
1:02.2	It's actually goblin mode, so stay tuned as we emerge from our caves to terrorise the
1:06.7	Paladins and Barbarians of Westminster politics.
1:09.8	In the meanwhile, let's meet the panel.
1:11.9	First up, it's chief executive of Best for Britain, Naomi Smith, Hi, Naomi.
1:15.5	Hi, Angie.
1:16.5	So there is tragic, tragic news.
1:18.5	Right, Hancock is standing down as an MP.
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