Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal. This week they discuss the continuing fallout of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the risk to those left behind and the rise of the regional arm of Islamic State. Bobby Duffy, director of The Policy Institute at King's College London, joins us to talk about Generations, his new book exploring whether when we’re born determines our attitudes to money, sex,...

Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal. This week they discuss the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the rapid Taliban takeover, the UK government's faltering response and what the future might hold. As James Dyson becomes the latest figure to demand an immediate return to the office, Nicky Hoyland, CEO of tech firm Huler, joins us to explain why remote working has its benefits. Dr Hannah Bradshaw...

Matt Withers and Cash Boyle return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal. This week they discuss the government's decision to let vaccinated holidaymakers to France, Dubai and India avoid quarantine on their return, the news UK musicians will be able to tour visa-free in 19 EU countries and why nobody seems to care about the whiff of Conservatism corruption. Juliet Bernard of UK Hand Knitting joins us to talk about what effect Tom Daley's poolside...

Matt Withers and Cash Boyle return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal. This week they discuss the anger at the BBC not showing Olympic events it's not able to show, Sajid Javid calling on people not to cower from Covid and the latest target of the anti-woke brigade: the RNLI. Professor Michael Parkinson, honorary professor at the University of Liverpool, joins us to talk about UNESCO's decision to strip the city of its World Heritage status and...

Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal. This week they discuss the pingdemic, Covid passports, rising case numbers and what it all means for the weeks and months ahead. There's analysis of Dominic Cumming's latest TV special and the behind-closed-doors start of the Tokyo Olympics. Plus Priti Patel's latest wheeze to treat journalists as spies, and what to do in this awful, awful heat. Music: 8...

Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal. This week they discuss the toxic racism that followed England's Euros final defeat, the government surviving a rebellion to pass cuts to the foreign aid budget and the impending chaos of whether we're expected to wear masks or not next week. James Grimes, founder of anti-gambling harm campaign group The Big Step, joins us to talk about his organisation's...

Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal. This week they discuss Gareth Southgate's Glory Boys' unassailable march to the Euro 2020 title and Boris Johnson's determination to lift all Covid restrictions come what may. Historian Alex von Tunzelmann joins us to talk about her new book about the toppling of statues, Fallen Idols, while artist Ben Turnbull drops by to discuss his retrospective...

Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal. This week they discuss Matt Hancock's resignation and Gareth Southgate's Glory Boys' unassailable march to the Euro 2020 title. Deepa Mistry and Steve Day from campaigners BuildingSafetyCrisis.org join us to discuss the Polluter Pays Bill, a piece of legislation aimed at tackling the cladding crisis. And Cash and Burn turns its attention to the berks who...

Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal. This week they discuss five years since the Brexit vote and Conservative MP Joy Morrissey's call for all homes to display a portrait of the Queen. Comedy writer Sara Gibbs joins us to talk about her new book Drama Queen, about life as an autistic woman, while Matt Hubbard of Lloyds Banking Group sets out the state of the housing market post-pandemic. And we...

Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal.This week they discuss the unsurprising postponement of the end of Covid restrictions, the latest dispatch from the keyboard of Dominic Cummings and GB News' much-vaunted launch falling foul of some Bart Simpson-style pranks.Plus we ask whether Denmark's footballers should have played on after Christian Eriksen's collapse, a Magdalen College mea culpa and some...

Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal.This week they discuss the G7 Summit in Cornwall, the removal of the Queen's portrait from an Oxford college and whether England's footballers are really taking the knee due to a 19-century German philosopher.Plus there's the government's dodgy Covid deals, The Sun's continuing obsession with covering the coronavirus crisis through the prism of pubs and more...

Richard Porritt, Matt Withers and Cash Boyle return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal.This week they discuss the potential postponement of the next stage of lockdown lifting, Brexiteer Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin's calls for more EU migration to staff his pubs and next year's bonus bank holiday.Film critic Michael Joyce joins us to recommend what to see at the cinema this summer before they're all shut down again.Plus talk of turning 30,...

Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal.This week they discuss Dominic Cummings' marathon assault on the government's coronavirus handling and Rob Roberts, the suspended sex pest MP who has dodged a by-election.Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell joins us to talk about the LGBT movement, coping with threats and his new Netflix documentary, Hating Peter Tatchell.And we share more tips for the best...

Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal.This week they discuss the confusion over the government's traffic light system for foreign travel, the surprise return of British Rail and the prospect of a tariff-free trade deal with Australia.Labour MP Jon Cruddas joins us to talk about the future of work, his party's fortunes and his new book The Dignity of Labour.The team share their trips for holidaying...

Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal.This week they discuss the contents of the Queen's Speech, the aftermath of last week's election results and, in Cash and Burn, the EU citizens left in limbo.Chief officer of the Cheshire Association of Local Councils turned viral video sensation and now Brits star Jackie Weaver joins us to talk local democracy, her new podcast and whether she's heading for the...

Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal.This week they discuss Boris Johnson sending patrol vessels to Jersey, Donald Trump's extended Facebook ban and, in Cash and Burn, the reinstatement of the Atlanta police officer who was fired after fatally shooting Rayshard Brooks.Former Labour-turned-Change-UK MP Mike Gapes joins us to talk about the short life and death of the centrist breakaway group, while...

Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal.This week they discuss Boris Johnson's various ongoing controversies, Arlene Foster's defenestration as DUP leader and Northern Ireland's first minister and, in Cash and Burn, the UK government slashing its funding to the UN's global family planning programme.Election agent William Cooper joins us to explain what election agents actually do ahead of next week's...

Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal.This week they discuss the short-lived European Super League, Boris Johnson's textual intercourse with James Dyson and the conviction of Derek Chauvin for the killing of George Floyd.Geri Scott, Westminster correspondent for the Yorkshire Post, joins us to look ahead to next month's English council and mayoral elections, and to say goodbye to the government...

Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal.This week they discuss the death of Prince Philip and the wall-to-wall media coverage, Shirley Williams passing away at 90 and the growing Greensill lobbying scandal.Irish computer scientist Sheree Atcheson joins us to talk about her new book Demanding More: Why Diversity and Inclusion Don't Happen and What You Can Do About It.And we analyse the court battle of...

Matt Withers and Cash Boyle return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal.This week they discuss the vaccine roll-out, public confidence and the reopening of pubs with holidaying host Richard Porritt and Abbie Carter from Norwich's Last Pub Standing.Laura McAllister, professor of public policy at Cardiff University's School of Law and Politics and former Wales football captain, tells us why she's standing for FIFA Council and what to expect from next...

Matt Withers and Cash Boyle return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal.This week they discuss Freedom Monday and its ensuing litterbug frenzy, and look back on Keir Starmer's first year as leader of the Labour Party.Teenage podcasters Charlie Gordon and Jonah Howe join us to tell us how they've managed to coax some of the country's leading historians into appearing on their show, while holidaying host Richard Porritt dials in from a rowing trip to...

Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal.This week they discuss a year of lockdown, Priti Patel's latest asylum wheeze, whether greed is good and, for some reason, The Gap Band's 1979 funk anthem Oops Up Side Your Head.Conservative peer and polling expert Robert Hayward joins us to look ahead to Super Thursday - May's unprecedented day of Scottish, Welsh and local elections right across the...

Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal.This week they discuss the Met's response to the Sarah Everard vigil and how it could have been handled better.Journalist and commentator James Millar joins us to tell us what to look out for in May's Scottish Parliament election and its aftermath, while Robert Wigley, chairman of UK Finance, pops by to explain how young people born in the age of the internet...

Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal.This week they discuss the government's 1% pay rise offer for NHS staff, the explosive Harry and Meghan interview, kids finally getting back to school and, for some reason, the current whereabouts of Dominik Diamond.Richard Hewison, London mayoral candidate for the Rejoin EU Party, joins us to explain why we should return to the bloc while telling us he doesn't...