Trump’s Ballroom Blitz – Reform’s Tragical History Bore

Oh God, What Now?

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🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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• Podmasters is 10 years old! Get an extra 10% off a year’s Patreon support – that’s 20% in total. Another week, another assassination attempt… Will the latest attack on Trump change anything apart from making the crazy people crazier? And will he get his ballroom out of it? Plus, Reform announce plans to make the teaching of history more patriotic. On the curriculum: more Winston Churchill and Battle of Britain, less slave trade, even less Ireland and no Britain being anything other than brilliant. Are you kids ready for the Old Man In A Pub version of Our Island Story? • Questions for But Your Emails? Thoughts? Comments? Email us at ogwn@podmasters.co.uk. ESCAPE ROUTES • Gavin went to see music inspired by the Bridget Riley: Learning To See exhibition at Turner Contemporary… but you’ve missed it. Sorry. • Matt is the latest panelist to recommend medical drama The Pitt on HBO Max. • Raf recommends drum’n’bass artist Nia Archives’ new single Danger • Ros recommends French-language murder mystery Une Unique Lueur by Fred Vargas. Not out in English yet though. www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Ros Taylor with Matt Green, Gavin Esler and Rafael Behr. Audio Production by Tom Taylor and Chris Jones. Art direction: James Parrett. Theme tune by Tom Taylor and Simon Williams. 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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1:15.6	Hello and welcome to Oh God What Now, the politics podcast that can't run a marathon in less than two hours, or three or six.
1:22.9	Anyway, I'm Ross Taylor.
1:26.6	This week, there was a third attempt to assassinate Trump at the weekend,
1:30.8	but King Charles is starting his state visit in yet another effort to rebuild the special relationship.
1:35.9	It didn't help when the US let it be know that they might stop supporting Britain's claim to the Falkland Islands.
1:41.8	Argentina's chainsaw president, Harvey Emile, is delighted.
1:45.9	Plus, Reform UK, marked St George's Day by announcing plans to purge shame from British classrooms.
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