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Oh God, What Now?

The Great British Brakes Off

Oh God, What Now?

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Society & Culture, News, Politics

4.62.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

King Prince Charles makes his first speech of Labour era, announcing a raft of legislation that will “take the brakes off Britain”. What was in it, what wasn’t and what does it all say about how Starmer will govern? Plus, with election candidates under increasing threat of abuse and harassment, what can be done to make the job safer? And in the Extra Bit for subscribers, if you absolutely HAD to save the Tories from extinction, how would you do it? • Get exclusive NordVPN deal here – https://nordvpn.com/ohgodwhatnow. It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee. • The Pension Confident Podcast from PensionBee aims to improve listeners’ understanding of personal finance – whether that’s helping you to navigate the cost of living crisis, exploring the impact of your relationship status on your finances or discussing how to teach kids about money. Listen to the latest episode here https://link.chtbl.com/FSF2Yu6y  We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Dorian Lynskey with Hannah Fearn and Rachel Cunliffe. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. 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

Welcome to God What Now, I'm Dorian Linsky. On today's show, Starmas Labour has unveiled its first program for government in the King's speech.

0:15.6

What policies are in it? What's missing? And what does it tell us about Labour's ambitions?

0:20.0

Plus, why are so many election candidates facing intimidation and abuse,

0:24.4

and what could be done to make the job safer?

0:26.8

And in the extra bit for supporters,

0:28.8

if you really absolutely gun to the head had to,

0:32.0

how would you save the Conservative Party after its worst ever defeat?

0:36.0

We'll offer some helpful suggestions.

0:38.0

Let's meet today's panel. First journalist Hannah Fern, hi Hannah.

0:41.0

Hi Hannah.

0:42.0

Hello. So Tuesday was a day for resigning.

0:45.0

Gareth Southgate quit as England manager after losing the title of Centrist dad-in-chief to Kiestama.

0:50.0

France's Prime Minister Gabriel Atal resigned along with his entire government

0:53.5

because of that whole mess and Vaughan Gething is getting a new job.

0:57.3

Europe's first black national leader stepped down as first minister of Wales

1:01.4

after four scandal-pl plagued months in the role.

1:04.2

Hannah, why did he have to go? Was he the author of his own misfortune? Is there any other

1:10.2

way this could have worked out? Yes he was so he lost a vote of no

1:14.2

confidence in his leadership about a month ago which was over two things his

1:18.1

handling of Sakian minister and also more importantly a bigger row over some

1:22.3

donations he'd had to his leadership

1:24.3

campaign which obviously wasn't that long ago it was only four months ago.

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