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In this podcast, we consider the possibility of civil unrest in the UK as the consequences of inflation reduce the standard of living for many people. We consider the roles of strikes, mass refusals and information technology in the developing chaos. [Free. 31 minutes.]

This podcast is a ramble/rant in which we relate the current configuration of the UK Labour Party , the necessarily pro-status quo nature of centrism, the Nietzschean concepts of active and reactive will to power, analysis focussing on economic class, all to each other. [Free. 44 minutes.]

This podcast is our original take on the recent film, Don't Look Up.  [Discard the previous version which had the wrong file! Apologies. Free. 38 minutes.]

This podcast offers some more reflections on the recent film Don't Look Up. [Free. 38 minutes.]

This podcast is a stream of consciousness stimulated by the current discomfort of the Tory Party and its leader in the wake of partygate.  [Free. 22 minutes]

In this podcast, we cast an eye back over 2021 and forward onto 2022. In passing, we appraise last year's similar effort at crystal-ball gazing. [Free. 1 hour 15 minutes.]

In this podcast, we discuss the various ramifications of the Tory loss of a 23k majority in a seat they have held since 1832 in yesterday's by-election brought about by the resignation of Owen Patterson. [Patterson's resignation is described and analysed in our podcast Interesting Times 41.] We enjoy a little Schadenfreude  as we proceed. [Free. 30 minutes.]

In this podcast, we reflect on the rebellion of 99 Tory MPs in the Commons against the Government's 'Plan B' measures against the emergence and rapid spread of the omicron variant of the COVID19 virus, the vehement repudiation of the so-called 'vaccine passports' by Tory MP Marcus Fysh in a bizarre interview with the BBC, and the partial and contradictory character of right wing 'libertarianism'.  [Free. 48 minutes.]

In this podcast we consider the infamous party which both happened and didn't happen at the same time at 10 Downing Street on December 18th 2020. If it did happen [even though it didn't], a number of government ministers are ready to reassure the public that no COVID19 lock-down rules were broken with comical results. We examine the context of this spooky event in a cabal of government-right wing press connections, in the leaking of a video of the PM's press spokeswoman rehearsing how she might spin awkward questions about the event,  in Johnson's apology to the Commons, and in the general propaganda system within which our ruling elites operate. We appraise the possibility that this shit storm may have cut through to the public consciousness. [Free. 43 minutes.]

In the light of the MPs second jobs scandal, we ask, 'How much more will the public put up with?' This leads to questions about the nature of ideology, and the contradictory class consciousness of Tories who make light of in-work poverty and the cutting of Universal Credit on the one hand, and then, on the other hand, plead that MPs need second jobs because they can't discharge their familial duty on £82 per annum! We underscore the point that this current scandal isn't anything fundamentally new, but a symptom of the profound and toxic entanglement of corporate and state power in the UK. [Free. 44 minutes.]