Without a care worker in the world – The case for immigration

Oh God, What Now?

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Politics, Government, News, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

After possibly the most aggressive speech on immigration ever made by a British Prime Minister, we attempt the adult conversation on the topic that politicians won’t have. Why can’t Britain accept the benefits of immigration? Who’s going to bail out the care system when it collapses? And what the hell is Labour playing at anyway? Plus: Politicians think artificial intelligence will fix everything. Have they bought the snake oil? And in the Extra Bit for Patreon people, should we fight to save the after-work pint? • Come to Oh God, What Now? Live at 21Soho, London on Weds 11 June. Tickets on sale here. • Listen to the latest edition of Crime Scene – the truth about true crime. ESCAPE ROUTES • Hannah recommends Jamie Oliver on the Louis Theroux podcast. • Jonn recommends This City Is Ours on BBC iPlayer. • Marie recommends The Border: A Journey Around Russia by Erika Fatland. • Dorian recommends This Mortal Coil . • Back us on Patreon for ad-free listening, bonus materials and more. Written and presented by Dorian Lynskey with Marie le Conte, John Elledge and Hannah Fearn. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Theme music by Cornershop. Produced by Chris Jones. 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	Welcome to Oh God What Now, I'm Doreenlinsky.
0:13.4	On today's show, as Starma pulls up the drawbridge, we do what politicians won't and try to put the positive case for immigration.
0:19.4	And the government has made AI a cornerstone of its growth agenda, but artists and peers alike
0:24.1	are pushing back.
0:25.1	We asked chat GPT, have they really thought this through?
0:28.2	And in the extra bit for supporters, new research suggests post-work drinks are falling out of favour.
0:32.8	And that's not just the panellists selling me they have other plans every week.
0:36.4	What's going on?
0:37.8	Let's meet today's authentically human panel.
0:40.0	Hello, columnist and author Marie LeCont.
0:41.8	Hello.
0:42.7	Your beloved countryman, Emilio Macron, gave a marathon interview on French TV on Tuesday night
0:48.1	to defend his record.
0:49.3	Was he persuasive?
0:50.8	Eh!
0:51.3	So I think the format, to be fair, to him was quite interesting.
0:54.6	So I think he sort of meant it as a sort of like Vosal renewal with the French people.
0:58.5	So it's meant to be three hours and he was being interviewed by journalists but also by selection of people.
1:02.9	So there was a mayor, there was a union rep, etc.
1:05.5	And then he does give a good interview.
1:08.2	But I think the problem is, you know, he no longer has a majority,
1:11.9	so he can no longer do the kind of like, slight Napoleon-ish thing of going, and I'll do this,
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