최고 Holds Barred 팟캐스트 (2025)

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EP 37 Pt. 02 — Debunking Disinformation — Reform Round Up & Hunger Strikes Being Underreported 1:13:26

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EP 37 Pt. 02 — Debunking Disinformation — Reform Round Up & Hunger Strikes Being Underreported Sal took time to research and debunk some far-right disinformation that’s doing the rounds on Telegram. Don remakes Danny Kruger’s Scooby-Doo mask of religion, and Farage has another hissy fit. We also talked about the hunger strikes ongoing and the gover…

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EP 37 Pt. 01 — Infinite Plankery - PMQs, Doctor’s Strikes [Wes Streeting has a Tantrum] and Trump Goes Bonkers 50:47

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EP 37 Pt. 01 — Infinite Plankery - PMQs, Doctor’s Strikes [Wes Streeting has a Tantrum] and Trump Goes Bonkers Our episode name is derived from a reference to some Talk TV broadcasters and their current slap fight over social media. This episode is mainly Sal’s last PMQs roundup of the year and some talk about Trump and his ongoing crusade to becom…

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EP 36 Pt. 02 — THANK YOU - to our amazing guests. Farage avoids scrutiny. Sal’s Apology. Homelessness. 54:26

12d ago54:26

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EP 36 Pt. 02 — THANK YOU — to our amazing guests. Farage avoids scrutiny. Sal’s Apology. Homelessness. Toward the end of this week’s episode, we list and thank our inaugural guests in our first season. We have been blessed by the high quality and talent that have visited us this year. Thank you all. Sal made an honest and heartfelt apology after a …

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EP 36 Pt. 01 — Gymnastic Pivot & Whiplash. PMQs. Trump Piracy & USA Chaos. Tourism to the US is Over 55:14

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EP 36 Pt. 01 — Gymnastic Pivot & Whiplash. PMQs. Trump Piracy & USA Chaos. Tourism to the US is Over. This episode has the penultimate PMQs of the year where Sal breaks down Badenoch’s 180 pirouettes and Starmer’s whiplash non-answers. We also talked at length about the US and Trump’s piracy and the death of tourism to his country. Part two is more…

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EP 35 Pt. 02 — NINE MILLION POUNDS. Reform’s Crypto Sugar daddy. Our Amazing Spotify Wrapped. 52:12

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EP 35 Pt. 02 — NINE MILLION POUNDS. Reform’s Crypto Sugar daddy. Our Amazing Spotify Wrapped. Don brought us up to date with Reform’s life-changing lottery win from a Thai crypto billionaire. We chatted about political donations in general — they need to be capped. Sal discussed the benefit of Somantics, and we dropped in on Trump’s latest Russia f…

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EP 35 Pt. 01 — LISTS. Starmer's Lists. BREXIT is Back, Baby. Reformatives Take Shape 53:08

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EP 35 Pt. 01 — LISTS. Starmer's Lists. BREXIT is Back, Baby. Reformatives Take Shape. PMQs was back this week, unfortunately, and Starmer made some lists. Brexit is back on the menu across our political restaurants. And the shapeshift from the Conservative party into Reform UK [Reformatives], took another twist this week with the addition of everyo…

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DISCUSSIONS - Episode 02 - Tice Takedown with Will Kerridge 1:10:19

21d ago1:10:19

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Episode Two in our new series of discussion podcasts. We will be inviting more guests on to discuss their fields of expertise and devoting an entire episode to them. Sal & Don continue to pump out their excoriating political episodes — these will run alongside. This episode, we chatted to Will Kerridge. You may well have seen his viral video in whi…

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Hurrah, for the Reform Black Shirts! — Green Party Christmas — Budget, Meh — Kemi is Lost 59:14

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Hurrah, for the Reform Black Shirts! — Green Party Christmas — Budget, Meh — Kemi is Lost We chatted a lot about the ludicrous decision for Reform to start selling actual Black Shirts, a bit about the budget and Kemi Badenoch's petulant performance. There's a clip from the Green Party's latest, excellent video. Some good and bad from the budget. An…

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DISCUSSIONS - Episode 01 - ADHD with James Koppert 43:26

25d ago43:26

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The very first episode in our new series of discussion podcasts. We will be inviting more guests on to discuss their fields of expertise and devoting an entire episode to them. Sal & Don continue to pump out their excoriating political episodes — these will run alongside. This week we had the amazing James Koppert, an expert, consultant and lecture…

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Who Is Nathan Gill? The man that nobody talks about — & Farage Fails Spectacularly. 1:03:00

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Who Is Nathan Gill? The man that nobody talks about — & Farage Fails Spectacularly. We spoke a lot about Nathan Gill being conspicuously absent from our mainstream media, Farage outing himself as a childhood racist and Reform releasing actual Black Shirts for sale alongside, what looked a great deal like, a WWII Reichsmark. Sal had some good NHS ne…

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Reform's Bad Week — Patriotic Millionaires, Reform Council Meltdowns, Traitors and Trump Loses It 1:14:49

1M ago1:14:49

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Reform's Bad Week — Patriotic Millionaires, Reform Council Meltdowns, Traitors and Trump Loses It A roundup of Sal and Don's visits to the Patriotic Millionaires tour bus and how Don almost got Dale Vince run over! This week we missed PMQs, so we focused, for the most part, on the horrendous week that Reform UK had. From losing their only Welsh pol…

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Episode 31 Pt.2 – BBC Woes, Gender Bias in Mental Health, Trump Loses It & Monster Munch Mayo 51:06

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Episode 31 Pt.2 – BBC Woes, Gender Bias in Mental Health, Trump Loses It & Monster Munch Mayo PART TWO of this week's episode. In Part Two, we covered the ongoing woes of the BBC and why it may not be as it seems. Trump has had a shocker of a week, and Sal talked about the over-prioritisation of mental health treatment to men in the NHS. Links for …

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Episode 31 Pt.1 – PMQs, Reform/Far-right Roundup and Health Chat 50:19

1M ago50:19

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Episode 31 Pt.1 – PMQs, Reform/Far-right Roundup and Health ChatPART ONE of this week's episode.In Part One this week, Sal delivered her inimitable and definitive PMQs analysis. Don brought news of Poppy Insanity and fake academics in the far-right roundup. We also had a long chat about the NHS and our personal health experiences.Links for the show…

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Episode 30 – 90s Nostalgia, Mental Health Chat, Motability & Hate Speech on Social Media 53:36

2M ago53:36

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Episode 30 – 90s Nostalgia, Mental Health Chat, Motability & Hate Speech on Social Media PART TWO of this week's episode. This part we focus on mental health, and the demonisation of Motability plus, some climate change discussion and the National Emergency Briefing (links below). We also discussed the nostalgia of the 90s, when the Union Jack was …

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Turning the Tanker — Sal's PMQs Roundup, Reform's Dubious Donations, Musk & the Far-Right 56:55

2M ago56:55

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Turning the Tanker — Sal's PMQs Roundup, Reform's Dubious Donations, Musk & the Far-Right PART ONE of this week's episode. In part one we discussed David Lammy's surprising performance at PMQs, the ongoing ridicule levied at Reform and Farage, the rise of the far-right and Musk's interference in UK politics. Part Two will be out tomorrow with chat …

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Has the USA Failed — Government Shutdown, Hungry Kids plus Carol Decker and Flying Buses 44:32

2M ago44:32

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Has the USA Failed — Government Shutdown, Hungry Kids plus Carol Decker and Flying Buses. PART TWO of this week's episode. We chatted about the ongoing government shutdown in the US and how, from next week, food stamps will no longer be available. It's disgusting when Trump is boasting about restarting nuclear tests. This episode was a real rollerc…

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Ethical Investigations — Reform Exposed, PMQs, Motability Lies, Lee Anderson Clangers & Victimhood 1:11:23

2M ago1:11:23

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Ethical Investigations — Reform Exposed Again, PMQs, Motability Lies, Lee Anderson Clangers & Victimhood Part One of this week's episode. We were very happy to be joined by X's very own Mr. Ethical this week to talk about his investigations into Nigel Farage and Reform UK. His real name is Nick! This bit also has Sal's PMQ's round up and chat about…

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Trans Pragmatic — Trans Discussion, PMQs, Reform Round Up & China Spying Trial 1:19:20

2M ago1:19:20

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Trans Pragmatic — Trans Discussion, PMQs, Reform Round Up & China Spying Trial Part One of this week's delayed episode. We chatted to our fabulous friend, Chantel, in this part about all things trans and a load of politics as well. This bit also had Sal's PMQ's round up and some more stuff on the China spying case. Don's Reform roundup is also in t…

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Told You So — Katie Lam, No Kings Protests & Mike Graham — A Good News Episode 38:45

2M ago38:45

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Told You So — Katie Lam, No Kings Protests & Mike Graham — A Good News Episode Part Two of this week's delayed episode. Don gave himself a rare attaboy for his prediction about Katie Lam. Sal let loose with a canon of good news — Mike Graham managed to be too racist for the Murdochs, and the #NoKings protests in the US, gives us hop. Links for the …

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Keep It Weird — Portland, PMQs and The Hack. Plus the Far-right Defined 53:00

2M ago53:00

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Keep It Weird — Portland, PMQs and The Hack. Plus the Far-right Defined. Zero tech issues this week, and we came in under an hour. Is this the future of podcasting? Sal rounded up a weird PMQs and chatted about the grim events surrounding the Sumud Flotilla. She also brought some joy with the rise of an animal resistance in Portland. Don talked abo…

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Asylum Affairs with Lou Calvey — Asylum Seekers Deserve Our Attention. And FLAGS Again 1:05:18

2M ago1:05:18

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Asylum Affairs with Lou Calvey — Asylum Seekers Deserve Our Attention. And FLAGS Again.Our guest this week is the incredible, Lou Calvey. Lou appeared in a personal capacity. The level of knowledge and detail Lou brings to our conversation around asylum seekers, is astounding, and we truly thank her for the work she does.As usual, we talked about R…

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Tice's Tantrums® & Farage's Finances — Reform receive Russian money, Tice melts down & BOGOF ban 54:21

3M ago54:21

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Tice's Tantrums® & Farage's Finances — Reform receive Russian money, Tice melts down & BOGOF ban Sal found some headphones and is back with us. We went over a few things this week. Reform had a Russian asset in their ranks, but nobody is talking about it — except us. Tice's Tantrums® — a new feature in our media. Farage forgets where his money is —…

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Get Better Soon Sal — A Minisode Update — Reform are at it again, Hillsborough Law and Science 13:58

3M ago13:58

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Get Better Soon Sal — A Minisode Update — Reform are at it again, Hillsborough Law and Science Sal is recovering from spinal surgery AND has lost her headphones, so this is just a little update on what's coming up, and what to look out for. Tice's Tantrums®. Farage forgets where his money is. Andrew Neil's excoriating interview. Biased polls affect…

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Positive Humanity — Autism in children, Farage punts crypto, Your Party woes & Good news stories 1:40:48

3M ago1:40:48

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Positive Humanity — Autism in children, Farage punts crypto, Your Party woes & Good news stories This week, we welcomed Gary Gilligan as our special guest. Gary is a writer and all round excellent human, but we got him on to discuss autism in children. He is the parent to an autistic son and gave us some valuable insight and points to consider when…

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The Poverty of Shame — Farage Gin, Far-right Psychopathy, Charlie Kirk's Money Woes, Free Speech Meltdown 1:56:48

3M ago1:56:48

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The Poverty of Shame — Farage Gin, Far-right Psychopathy, Charlie Kirk's Money Woes, Free Speech Meltdown This is our longest episode to date, so you may want to break it up into bite sized chunks or, perhaps, you need two hours of Sal and Don chatting you around in a perfect circle of political madness. We covered a lot of ground this week, includ…

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PART 2 — A New Awareness — Akathisia, Mental Health Advocacy & Stochastic Terrorism — Live 50:24

3M ago50:24

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PART 2 — A New Awareness — Akathisia, Mental Health Advocacy & Stochastic Terrorism — Live In part two, Sal educates us about a little known, but very serious condition. We chat a lot about mental health, and a piece of breaking news about Charlie Kirk led in to a debate around stochastic terrorism. Don't forget to check out Part One for PMQs and R…

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PART 1 — Badenoch Brings The Heat — PMQs, Reform Conference Disaster & Farage Didn't Buy a House 54:45

3M ago54:45

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PART 1 — Badenoch Brings The Heat — PMQs, Reform Conference Disaster & Farage Didn't Buy a House This week in Part One, Sal and Don chatted about an unusual turn of events at PMQs — Kemi Badenoch did her actual job as Leader of the Opposition, and pinned Starmer down … hard. Some pressing questions about Mandelson and the ongoing genocide in Gaza. …

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Part Two — Mr. Farage Goes to Washington — That Disastrous Hearing & Badenoch's Lie of the Week 47:17

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Part Two — Mr. Farage Goes to Washington — That Disastrous Hearing & Badenoch's Lie of the Week Don's talks about the UK media's lack of accurate reporting on Nigel Farage's awful appearance in front of the House Judiciary Committee this week. Read his full article linked below. We chatted about Kemi Badenoch and her fantasist, non-existent offer f…

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Liz Webster Brings the Brexit Debate — Brexit, the Far-Right & All Things Farming + Angela Rayner 1:15:02

4M ago1:15:02

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Liz Webster Brings the Brexit Debate — Brexit, the Far-Right & All Things Farming + Angela Rayner This is part one of two episodes this week. We were lucky enough to have the amazing, Liz Webster join us to talk about all things Brexit, Singapore-on-Thames, the failure of the Lib Dems and the challenge of the far-right. Liz is a farmer and advocate…

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Decency Advocate Davey — Reformatives, Societal Collapse & The Carol Hedges Award for Common Decency 1:28:58

4M ago1:28:58

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Decency Advocate Davey — Reformatives, Societal Collapse & The Carol Hedges Award for Common Decency We talked about mental health this week. How tricky it is for young people to work and the ramifications of decades of austerity. Reform's fascist press conference was mentioned … of course. And Sal rounded up the week's news in style. OH! And Ed Da…

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Flags Week — Flags! Flags! Flags! Reform Lose the Plot, GB News Threats, Stamp Duty & Katie Lam 1:18:03

4M ago1:18:03

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Flags Week — Flags! Flags! Flags! Reform Lose the Plot, GB News Threats, Stamp Duty & Katie Lam. You may have noticed in the media that it's Flags Week again — it comes around sooner every year. We have a chat about that and how Farage has used it to cover up a whopping mistake. Sal educates Don on Stamp Duty — the history of, and the current state…

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Murder in MAGA Land — Far-right Fractures in the UK & US, Lawless Britain (?) and Farage Grifting Again & #TeamWater 1:06:42

4M ago1:06:42

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Murder in MAGA Land — Far-right Fractures in the UK & US, Lawless Britain (?) and Farage Grifting Again and #TeamWater Our second episode this week was supposed to be a little shorter but, as usual, we got stuck in to some interesting stuff. Including, but not limited to: The wonders of Zack Polanski. The insanity of MAGA. Farage grifts again. The …

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Off Diary — Tory Irrelevance, Media Crime Reporting Bias, US DOGE Disaster & Labour's Dismal Comms 1:15:02

4M ago1:15:02

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Off Diary — Tory Irrelevance, Media Crime Reporting Bias, US DOGE Disaster & Labour's Dismal Comms This week's [slightly late] episode starts a bit dour, but we finish with some good laughs at the expense of the far-right. Labour's astonishing lack of focus and the Conservative's fading relevance. Look out for a jump scare from Sal. You'll know it …

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Unhinged Politics — Desperate DOGE, Gaza's Future, Farage Fails to Answer & Labour's PR Nightmare 1:12:26

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Unhinged Politics — Desperate DOGE, Gaza's Future, Farage Fails to Answer & Labour's PR Nightmare We're back with a full episode this week. Apologies if you missed us. This week, Sal has done some excellent research into the removal of ACOBA and what it means for grifting MPS after they leave Parliament. Don has another DOGE round up from Lancashir…

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Interim Non Episode Minisode — Labour Scrap ACOBA, the Nelk Boys and Lee Anderson Tries to Land Himself in Hot Water 10:46

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Interim Non Episode Minisode — Labour Scrap ACOBA, the Nelk Boys and Lee Anderson Tries to Land Himself in Hot Water Due to Don being in Portugal and Starlink broadband being terrible, we've had to do a hastily recorded interim minisode so you don't miss us until we're able to put out a full EP on Monday. So, we've put together some bullet points o…

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PMQs Party & Trump - End of Term PMQs, the Defence of Motability and Trump's Crazed Meltdown 1:18:38

5M ago1:18:38

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PMQs Party & Trump — End of Term PMQs, the Defence of Motability and Trump's Crazed Meltdown Sal celebrated the end of PMQs with her own little party this week. Clips will follow, but the video is a must-watch. We chatted about Reform and their continuing lies … again. This week saw an outright attack on the disabled community, but we rallied and p…

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Continuity Calamity — Sickfluencers, Reform Failures and Wins for Labour 1:32:20

5M ago1:32:20

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Continuity Calamity — Sickfluencers, Reform Failures and [some] Wins for Labour This week our guest is Dr Rachel Morris, a wonderful journalist and writer of many amazing things. We spoke to Rachel about politics, Wales and some of her astonishing investigative work. See the links below for her work. Please check them out, you won’t be disappointed…

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Unacceptable Politics — Welfare Bill, Glastonbury Faux-Outrage and Rachel Reeves 1:12:25

6M ago1:12:25

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Unacceptable Politics — Welfare Bill, Glastonbury Faux-Outrage and Rachel Reeves As you may expect, Sal had some excoriating commentary on Labour's catastrof**k — the Welfare Bill, this week. Listen to our analysis of ineptitude. PMQs was interesting this week, sort of. We chat about the insane confected outrage over the more outspoken Glastonbury …

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Political Stupidity - Reform, Labour and Trump - the Trifecta of Ineptitude + the Assisted Dying Bill 1:30:45

6M ago1:30:45

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Another long episode for you this week, but we had a lot to cover. As always, we have Sal's roundup of PMQs. Don did some more data analysis, this time into a Reform Deputy Council leader who is, let's say, a little workshy. We had a little mini interview with the inimitable Carol Hedges about the Assisted Dying Bill. That's toward the end of the e…

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Campaign Chat 1:19:45

6M ago1:19:45

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This week, we talked about, as always, Reform — but this week Don has been busy with Freedom of Information Requests to see if their DOGE claims matched up to reality. Listen to hear the result. We also had the chance to talk to Gary Trowsdale, a charity campaigner and political commentator. The interview went short due to technical issues, but we'…

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Friday Fandango Update - EP 09a 25:57

6M ago25:57

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Unbelievably, we forgot to talk about some stuff yesterday. Mainly, the fact that an elected MP wrote to me on 𝕏 to ask for some advice. So, hey Richard Tice, here it is. https://x.com/donmcgowan/status/1932088499441717578 Thanks as always to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@TheZombyPop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on 𝕏 for our theme tune. If you want to send us anything to read out, or a vid…

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Another Guest of Honour 1:25:33

6M ago1:25:33

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This week, Sal had an extended chat with Dr Jay Watts — a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and activist. They discussed a few things, but, for the most part, about the government's continued push to cut disability and welfare benefits. We talk about this every week, and will continue to do so, but it was incredible to have the input of an expert in…

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Sal is Back - Part Two 43:18

7M ago43:18

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Part two of this week's episode. We decided to re-record the bits that were left out of yesterday's episode and also add a little bit of chat about the Trump/Musk mega cat fight, and to prove that we predicted Reform's demise before anyone else. This is Part Two of EP 08. We also chat a bit about LBC's reliance on certain callers and the Freedom Fl…

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Sal is Back - Part One 1:07:50

7M ago1:07:50

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Sal is back! We've got our usual round up of PMQs, and then an awful lot of chat about Reform. Again. They just keep being stupid, so we have to keep talking about them. DOLGE lol. This is Part One of EP 08 as, for some reason, we lost Sal's audio and video on the record, so we decided to split it in two and follow up with a bonus Part Two, later t…

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The One With Supertanskiii 1:20:27

7M ago1:20:27

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This week, due to the very sad passing of Sal's beloved Henry, we have an extra special guest host alongside Don. The inimitable, Supertanskiii joins us to chat about all things political. As always, we talk about politics and the reach of the far-right, Reform and Farage's latest grift. Don also gets a bit nerdy with some stats about Lucy Connolly…

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Our Very First Special Guest 1:23:38

7M ago1:23:38

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In this episode of No Holds Barred, Sal and Don are joined by a very special guest. Esheru joins us to join in on our weekly ramble through the world of politics. Meandering seamlessly through the oxbow lakes of politics and arriving at the cut-off river of epigenetics. There's chat about Malcolm X, the Tates and social media and, as always, our we…

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CAN you ban porn? 1:32:29

7M ago1:32:29

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Trigger Warning — we deal with some tough subjects in this episode, particularly during our chat about the assisted dying bill. In this episode of No Holds Barred, hosts Sal and Don delve into various political and social issues, including local concerns, critiques of political leaders, and the role of media in shaping narratives. They discuss the …

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Segues All Over the Shop 1:20:48

8M ago1:20:48

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On this week's episode, Sal & Don segue! Chat about the local election results, ineptitude of MPs and local government segues flawlessly into discussions on the new pope and Starmer's problematic trade deals. We've also got some squirrel whispering and the usual dose of banter. Quite the expedition! Only one link this week to the squirrel whisperer…

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The Tangent 1:18:16

8M ago1:18:16

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On this week's episode, Sal & Don, let's say … meander! Conversation moves seamlessly (!) between local elections, back pain, mental health and, for some reason, Darren Grimes again. There's an in depth look at Wes Streeting and the mental health crisis. Quite the adventure. Thanks as always to ⁠@TheZombyPop⁠ on 𝕏 for our theme tune. The article ab…

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The Second 1:11:47

8M ago1:11:47

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This week is quite a diverse offering, with topics ranging from the exceptionally serious manipulation of PIP and benefits by the government, all the way through to Andrea Jenkyns and her Lincolnshire glory hole. Quite a ride! We've got our first Righteous Rant from special guest, Esheru — @esherukweku.bsky.social Thanks as always to @TheZombyPop o…

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