Welcome to our first podcast of 2024! We are all back and looking forward to covering the politic world this year. In this episode your hosts Malcolm Clarke, Carl Quilliam and Owain Gardner discuss the passing of the Rwanda Bill, Rishi Sunak's working assumption of a second half of the year General Election, Jeremy Corbyn's new party (maybe) and the upcoming Wellingborough by-election. Please take a moment to subscribe to our Centre Left Politics Podcast and we hope you tune in next week. New podcasts are published at 5.00pm on Fridays (GMT). We are proud to have our podcast hosted on iTunes ..read more

This is a quick (unfortunately echoey message for some reason!) recording from Malcolm just to advise that unfortunately due to Carl being unwell and Owain having campaigning activity ongoing, we have been unable to record a show for the first couple of weeks of 2024. But do not worry! We are still here and plan to restart our weekly shows from next week. Thanks for your patience ..read more

In this episode Carl Quilliam is in the chair and joined by Owain Gardner and Malcolm Clarke. This week we discuss the Second Reading of the Rwanda Bill and analyse if there are troubled times ahead for the tories in regard to this piece of legislation. We then discuss Rishi Sunak at the COVID inquiry and the devolution deal for Northern Ireland. We consider free careers advice for MPs and Scott Benton’s standards report.   Please take a moment to subscribe to our Centre Left Politics Podcast and we hope you tune in next week. New podcasts are published at 5.00pm on Fridays (GMT). We are ..read more

In this episode Malcolm Clarke chairs and is joined by Carl Quilliam (with Owain Gardner absent due to illness, get well soon Owain!) We discuss the chaos of the Tories in regards to the Rwanda Bill and then move on to debate COP28 and how Net Zero is becoming a dividing line issue as we approach the next General Election. We then discuss Boris Johnson's appearance at the COVID inquiry and local government funding. Please take a moment to subscribe to our Centre Left Politics Podcast and we hope you tune in next week. New podcasts are published at 5.00pm on Fridays (GMT). We are proud to have ..read more

This week Carl Quilliam is in the chair and alongside co-hosts Malcolm Clarke and Owain Gardner we mark the passing of Alistair Darling, former Chancellor of the Exchequer and Henry Kissinger, who passed away on the day of recording. We then discuss the COVID inquiry and the recent Keir vs Rishi PMQs battle. We cover COP28 before a light look through the Spectator Political Awards for 2023. Please take a moment to subscribe to our Centre Left Politics Podcast and we hope you tune in next week. New podcasts are published at 5.00pm on Fridays (GMT). We are proud to have our podcast hosted on iT ..read more

This week Malcolm Clarke is in the chair and alongside co-hosts Carl Quilliam and Owain Gardner we fully dissect the Autumn Statement, which takes up most of this week’s episode! We then discuss James Cleverly calling Alex Cunningham (or was it Stockton?) a rude name and finish by chatting about the curious reaction to Keir Starmer confirming his favourite classical music piece was ‘Ode to Joy’. Please take a moment to subscribe to our Centre Left Politics Podcast and we hope you tune in next week. New podcasts are published at 5.00pm on Fridays (GMT). We are proud to have our podcast hosted ..read more

This week Carl Quilliam chairs the meeting and is joined by Malcolm Clarke and Owain Gardner. We discuss the reshuffle in detail, including the appointment of Richard Holden as Minister without Portfolio and Conservative Party Chairman and also the sacking of former Home Secretary Suella Braverman. This discussion takes up most of this weeks show! We then cover Labour’s difficulties following resignations after the SNP motion and we look ahead to the Autumn Statement. Please take a moment to subscribe to our Centre Left Politics Podcast and we hope you tune in next week. New podcasts are publi ..read more

This week Carl Quilliam is back to chair the show with Malcolm Clarke and Owain Gardner. This week we discuss the COVID inquiry appearance by Dominic Cummings and what the inquiry is doing to shed light on the political behind-the-scenes activity that took place during the pandemic. We then discuss the messaging challenges for Labour regarding the Israel/Gaza conflict and then we move on to discuss AI and the recent AI summit at Bletchley Park. We cover Scotland polling, which now puts Labour ahead and then Rachel Reeves and her Wikipedia problems she encountered this week.   Please take ..read more

This weeks hosts are Malcolm Clarke and Owain Gardner, with Carl being unavailable this week. With Parliament prorogued, we explain what that means and we discuss some of the weird procedures of Parliament. We discuss the Labour Party sweeping both by-elections last week and what the means for the future General Election result. We then discuss the Renters (Reform) Bill and the Tories watering down the no fault evictions and the scrapping of the cap on bankers bonuses. We then discuss the General Election, when it will be and what the result might be.   Please take a moment to subscr ..read more

This week Owain is back and Carl chairs. We discuss Labour conference in detail, covering Rachel Reeves’s speech as the potential next Chancellor of the Exchequer and we analyse Keir’s speech and hear how Owain and Carl found the conference. They even ran into each other whilst moving around! We discuss the result of the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election and the defection of an SNP MP to the Conservatives. Please take a moment to subscribe to our Centre Left Politics Podcast and we hope you tune in next week. New podcasts are published at 5.00pm on Fridays (GMT). We are proud to have ou ..read more