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Oh God, What Now?

The sky isn’t falling… not in the UK, at least

Oh God, What Now?

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Politics, Government, News, Society & Culture

4.62.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Keir Starmer may have been enduring stormy weather since winning power – but is the sky really falling in, as parts of the media think? And why are so many UK commentators and pundits addicted to the idea that we’re living in times of ultimate crisis? Plus, it’s 100 days since Kemi Badenoch took on the Tory leadership. Has she turned the party's fortunes around and made her party a laughing stock no longer? No, no she hasn’t. Why not? And what type of leader has she shown herself to be?  • We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow   Our panel’s Escape Routes: • Hannah’s choice is 4,000 Weeks by Oliver Burkemann. • Rachel chooses Good Material by Dolly Alderton. • Andrew’s choices of We Stand On Guard and Ever Crashing by SRSQ.  • Alison chooses Persuasion by Jane Austen.  www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Andrew Harrison with Hannah Fearn, Rachel Cunliffe and Alison Phillips. Producer: Chris Jones Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Welcome to Well God What Now, the podcast of Coolands, of one of those rage rooms where you get to punch pillows with your favourite politician's faces on them.

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I'm Andrew Harrison. On today's show, the sky is falling. Everything is getting worse all the time. Everybody panic now.

1:07.4

That's the message you get from, the papers, the professional pundits and the political influences.

1:11.7

But while the outside world might seem to be going to hell, Britain's problems are of stagnation and a seized-up system.

1:17.8

So why are certain people so desperate for a period that's hard but manageable to become an existential crisis calling for emergency measures, a panic change of government, and worse?

1:27.4

Where is this disasterism

1:28.9

coming from? And why a certain outlet so keen to tell us that young people think Britain is racist

1:33.6

and would benefit from being a dictatorship? Plus, we get the bunting out to celebrate 100 days

1:39.4

of Gemi Badernock. As the Tory's comative leader takes flack over reforms poll leads and her own reckless approach

1:45.7

to old-fashioned things like facts, we ask if she'll be around to mark 200 days or even 150.

1:51.8

Here to talk about it, we have a crack team of regulars.

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