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A new podcast in which I look at current news stories and then play the song that I wrote the LAST time something like this happened...
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Send us a text It's not getting any funnier out there is it? Let's recall happier times of Tory politicians going to jail, Libertarians getting called out on their BS and posh yachtsmen getting arrested by the Iranian Navy... Support the show
Send us a text We're stuck in the Festive Taint, so here are a few songs to help you deal with your perineal bewilderment... Support the show
Send us a text It's Chriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiistmaaaaaaaaaaaaaas... 'Tis the season for the middle order collapse. smuggling dead relatives onto planes and forcing yourself to eat small green vegetables for some unknown reason... Support the show
Send us a text Bad times in Hollywood, the vaccine WAS bloody safe, so ner, fractious boxing weigh-ins and aging Royals tilting at windmills... Support the show
Send us a text Awkward Christmas traditions, invasive legislation, our would-be fascist overlords and the importance of giving them the finger... Support the show
Send us a text What the Dickens? Politics for sale (again), ABBA doing Elvis and the return of the biggest tongue on television... Support the show
Send us a text The return of David Cameron, K-Pop robots, Spies, Refugees and a proposed Independent Scotland anthem... Support the show
Send us a text Beatly budget day, the snow is falling, the COVID enquiry points yet more fingers and farewell to a bass legend... Support the show
Send us a text (apologies for lateness...) England v France, England v Australia, Welsh Mammoths and Trump is coming for the Beeb... Support the show
Send us a text Sir Keir damns Lammy with the faintest of praise, the COVID enquiry coughs on and some thoughts on raising revenue... Support the show
Send us a text It's Halloween! And things are kind of freaky! Just like they've always been! Which is kind of the point! WooooooOOOOO! Support the show
Send us a text The return of our least favourite Prime Minister and our most omnipresent ginger megastar, plus: is it finally okay to speak the truth about Brexit? Support the show
Send us a text The return of everyone's favourite flat-packing Vikings, the Germans are coming and the Bard made less Hard... Support the show
Send us a text Flying shoes, vanishing phones, indefatigable spergs and crumbling French governments... Support the show
Send us a text An old acquaintance goes to the Dark Side, Nigel starts believing his own PR, various big shots make a shot at renewed relevance... Support the show
Send us a text Miserable national anthems, The Unquiet Elvis, rank hypocrisy over immigration and JK meets Morrissey underneath the bus (or stairs)... Support the show
Send us a text Back from Oz, the lost art of holding two ideas in your head at the same time, fascists out of their depth and the best sci-fi horror musical you'll never see... Support the show
Send us a text Yet more Tory zombies shuffling over to Reform, remembering the News Of The World (urgh) and general anger and frustration... Support the show
Send us a text Familiar store names, misbehaving in middle age, hiding in your phone and those charming flag painting scamps... Support the show
Send us a text Locals vs Tourists, England vs Scotland, the CIA vs harmless old folkies and The Thin White Duke vs. The End Of The Universe... How's YOUR week been? Support the show
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