Episodes
In today's episode the whole team of Jack, Zac, Ben & Rory dedicate the entire episode to the world leader leaderboard! We’ll go through the current board, see who is deserving of staying and who needs to get moved up or down, while adding some new faces to the board!
Published 12/05/23
In today's episode Zac, Ben & Rory have a long discussion about this weeks underreported stories, have a detailed chat about what Britains foreign policy will look like with David Cameron and a potential Labour government, plus the world leader leaderboard returns as ever!
Published 11/30/23
In today's episode Jack, Zac & Rory discuss the recent dutch elections and what that might mean for Europe as a whole, and whether Europe is shifting to the right.
Published 11/24/23
In today's episode Jack, Ben & Rory discuss everything going on in UK politics this week: Suella Braverman being sacked; David Cameron returning; the Rwanda plan being shot down by the Supreme Court; and the amendments to the King's Speech.
Published 11/15/23
In today's episode, we dicuss the controversial Suella Braverman article in The Times, and ask whether she's on the cusp of being sacked from the cabinet. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Published 11/10/23
In today's episode, we discuss the different approaches of European countries (and leaders) to the Gaza crisis.
Published 11/03/23
It's officially been 365 days since Rishi Sunak stepped into Number 10 as Prime Minister, but how has he done? Has Sunak exceeded expectations? Or has he not even lived up to them? In a very special TLDR Podcast/Big Rissue mash up, we run through the last year - the good, the bad, and the very bad.
Published 10/26/23
This week, politicians around the world react to the ongoing conflict in Israel-Gaza, but specifically how are the UK reacting? Are different parties united? We sit down to run through the differences in reaction, and why this may be.
Published 10/20/23
This week, the Conservative Party held their annual conference in Manchester. Former Prime Minister Liz Truss made a surprise appearance and was, by all accounts, one of the most popular people there. So, in this episode, we recount what happened at conference and discuss whether we think that HS2 will be scrapped.
Published 10/04/23
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Published 09/22/23
In the tenth episode the TLDR News Podcast, Ben, Jack, Rory & Zac discuss the upcoming Mid-Bedfordshire by-election and Sunak's General Election strategy
Published 08/31/23
In the ninth episode the TLDR News Podcast, Ben, Jack, Rory & Zac discuss the problems facing the UK's university system and Keir Starmer's plan to fix it.
Published 08/24/23
In the eighth episode of the TLDR News Podcast, we discuss whether the Tories will take the UK out of the UNHCR and whether Sunak is too soft on China.
Published 08/12/23
In the seventh episode of the TLDR News Podcast, we discuss migration, the direction of the Tories and how the parties are dealing with net zero committments.
Published 08/04/23
In the sixth episode of the TLDR News Podcast, we discuss the Ultra Low Emmission Zone, the potential for Labour to drop green policies, and the debate about youth in politics.
Published 07/31/23
In the fifth episode of the TLDR News Podcast we discuss the three by-elections and what this shows about Sunak
Published 07/21/23
In the fourth episode of the TLDR News Podcast, we evaluate Rishi Sunak's progress on his five pledges.
Published 07/06/23
In the third episode of the TLDR News podcast Ben & Zac discuss the idea of the independence of the Bank of England and their latest decision on interest rates.
Published 06/23/23
In the second episode of the TLDR News podcast Ben, Zac & Rory discuss the publication of the Privileges Committee report and whether it has truly ended Boris Johnson's career.
Published 06/16/23
In the first episode of the TLDR News podcast Ben, Zac & Rory discuss the fiasco around the Prime Minister's resignation honours that happened over the weekend.
Published 06/13/23
In the final Big Rissue, Jack sits down with Zac, Rory, and Ben to talk through the first 100 days of Rishi Sunak in power; what he did right, what he did wrong, and what's the future for the UK government. Should we expect change, or not?
Published 02/02/23
In today's episode, Zac sits down with Ben and Rory to talk through the current scandal surrounding Nadhim Zahawi, and just how we think Sunak will handle the situation. Also, Boris Johnson has found himself in hot water yet again.
Published 01/25/23
In today's Big Rissue, Jack sits down with Ben and Rory to talk through the disastrous past week for Sunak, which may or may not include a new system of ratings from the team.
Published 01/21/23
In today's episode of The Big Rissue, Ben and Rory (eventually) sit down to talk about updates with the online safety bill, as well as looking at the first PMQs of 2023
Published 01/16/23
In the first Big Rissue of 2023, Ben and Rory discuss Rishi Sunak's speech, his 5-point plan to fix the country, among the other promises the Prime Minister ran through.
Published 01/10/23