Tough-Guy Politics – Will Britain ever be free of it?

Oh God, What Now?

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🗓️ 13 March 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

British voters are overwhelmingly against Trump’s war in Iran but the pundits and politicians of the Tory-Reform universe seem to want more, harder and faster. Why is the British right hooked on tough-guy politics? And will Farage’s fawning over Trump prove to be Reform’s Achilles heel? Plus, first pickings from the Mandelson files, Rachel Cunliffe on why Labour’s justice reforms (and the controversial moves on jury trials) might be one radical reform the Government doesn’t duck… and in the Extra Bit, the Nepo Babies of world politics. ESCAPE ROUTES • Rachel recommends Small Prophets on BBC iPlayer • Jason recommends Daniel Farson’s Guide To Britain Vol.1 on Blu-Ray. • Ros recommends Louis Theroux: Inside The Manosphere on Netflix. • Andrew recommends David Byrne’s Who Is The Sky? tour Help keep independent podcasting alive and kicking by supporting us at www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Andrew Harrison with Rachel Cunliffe, Ros Taylor and Jason Hazeley. Audio Production by Robin Leeburn. 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	My name is Sherlock Holmes.
0:02.0	It's an unusual name.
0:03.0	Introducing Young Sherlock, a new Guy Ritchie series.
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0:09.0	Discover the origins.
0:10.0	It's cleaving. Those days are surely behind me.
0:12.0	Of crime's most iconic mind.
0:14.0	There has been a break-in.
0:17.0	Astoned. You should be a detective.
0:19.0	Starring Hero finds Tiffin, Donald Finn and Colin Firth.
0:22.5	If you start wearing a hat like that, I will no longer be friends with you.
0:25.9	Young Sherlock, new original series. Watch now only on Prime Video.
0:45.4	Hello and welcome back to Oh God What Now, the podcast that was just having a pint with that Chinese trade envoy.
0:55.6	There's absolutely nothing in it. There are a great bunch of lads. I'm Andrew Harrison, and on today's edition, Trump's Iran war is off, then on, then off, then on again. and the British press does not know what to do with itself. So, when in doubt, reach for the Margaret Thatcher in a tank
1:00.5	photo and call Kirstama a weakling conscientious objector. Why is our right wing so hooked on
1:06.2	tough guy politics, which, if polling is correct, flies in the face of what voters actually want.
1:12.6	And Labor's plans to cut the court's backlog by restricting access to jury trials is
1:18.5	proven to be a nightmare for David Lammy, what's really going on and is cutting access to
1:22.2	trial by jury the right thing to do. Plus, in the extra bit for Patreon backers,
1:27.0	Iran has named Moctaba Khomeini, the son of late Ayatollah Ali Khameini, as its next supreme leader, which proves that you've really got to know someone to get anywhere in the world of extreme Islamist jurisprudence. You just can't get your foot in the door unless you've got, you know, somebody to introduce you. We'll be looking at the world of political nepo babies and whether you need to be in a dynasty to have an attitude. Let's meet the panel. Rachel Cunleff interviewed the court's minister, Sarah Sackman, about the justice reforms for the new statesman. I will be getting into that a little bit later. But also, Rachel, you've been pouring through the Mandelson Files, haven't you? I have. So tranche one has landed. Tranche one? Yeah. Okay. You have found some nuggets.
2:04.6	Tell us. So, Rachel, you've been pouring through the Mandelson files, haven't you? I have. So Tranch 1 has landed.
2:02.0	Tranch 1? Okay. You have found some nuggets. Tell us.
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