Quiet Riot

This week, Alex Andreou and Naomi Smith are joined by special guests Henry Morris – he of Secret Tory fame and now unleashing a Shakespearean take on the Downing St rabble – and Jim Blagden, Associate Director at More In Common. There's a recap of the General Election so far – just 14 days to go people – and we ask if there's a parallel universe in which Rishi Sunak is leading his party to something other than an abject, miserable meltdown. And we gift you a tantalising taste of Henry's new book, The Tories: A Tragedy. Be amazed at Henry's tribute to Shakespeare, be amused by his acerbic take on the Truss tragedy, and be agog as Alex goes full thesp for a few overwhelming moments. Verily, 'tis a spectacle for the ages that will bring tears to your ears. Plus your favourite features, including The News In Sixty Seconds and the ever-so-slightly-abusive Troll With It. Please subscribe to the podcast, like, review and rate us, and share the love on social media – it makes such a difference. In fact do it now, while you're listening, go on! Ideas, feedback, comments, guest or topic suggestions? Find us on twitter @quietriotpod, email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com, or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com. Thank you friends :-) Quiet Riot is produced by Kenny Campbell, in cahoots with Sandstone Global. CALLS TO ACTION Pre-order Henry's glorious new book here The Le Monde map showing results per commune Window posters, window posters, get yer must-display window posters here: https://www.getvoting.org/window-posters-for-labour-seats/ https://www.getvoting.org/window-posters-for-liberal-democrat-seats/ https://www.getvoting.org/window-posters-for-green-seats/ https://www.getvoting.org/window-posters-for-plaid-cymru-seats/ https://www.getvoting.org/window-posters-for-snp-seats/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Andreou and Naomi Smith bring you another Sunday special, this time with a focus on tactical voting, and a look at tactical tomfoolery too. Best for Britain – that's Naomi's team – has its latest MRP behemoth here: https://www.bestforbritain.org/june_2024_mrp You can also find it on the front of The Sunday Times, because it's quite an eye-opener Subscribe to the podcast, like us, rate us, and share the joyous news on social media. Go on, pretty please. Ideas, feedback, comments, guest or topic suggestions? Find us on twitter @quietriotpod, email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com, or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com. Quiet Riot is produced by Kenny Campbell, in cahoots with Sandstone Global. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Alex Andreou, Naomi Smith and special guest, investigative journalist Peter Geoghegan discuss the Conservative manifesto and why everyone is treating it like a business document, rather than a work of fiction. They also look at the fall-out from Sunak's catastrophic D-Day decision. And in Part II they splash around in the murky waters of Conservative Party funding and its links with think tanks, looking EXCLUSIVELY at Peter Geoghegan's latest investigation. Plus, a SANE round-up of the European Parliament results. Subscribe to the podcast, like, review and rate us, and share the joyous news on social media. It will only take minutes of your time, but can make a huge difference to our fledgling project. Do it now, while you're listening. Ideas, feedback, comments, guest or topic suggestions? Find us on twitter @quietriotpod, email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com, or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com. CALLS TO ACTION Voting tool kit, key dates, links, polling, tactical advice - MRP MEGAPOLL DROPS MONDAY! www.getvoting.org Peter Geoghegan's substack: democracyforsale.substack.com/ Facts. Analysis. Laughs. Action. That's how we roll. Produced by Kenny Campbell, in cahoots with Sandstone Global. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sunak is meant to have "won" the debate on Tuesday. So why has every Tory spokesperson had to spend the last two days defending him? Alex Andreou and Naomi Smith are joined on their new politics podcast by old friend Behind The Lines' Arthur Snell to talk through the debate fallout - and Farage's return. And in Part II we focus on foreign policy. How will Trump's felony conviction affect the US election? We talk EXCLUSIVELY to former UK ambassador to the US, Sir Kim Darroch, whose sacking Trump demanded. Arthur Snell takes us through developments in Ukraine and Gaza. And we ponder why foreign policy - including repairing the Brexit damage has been entirely absent from the campaign. All this and regular features Wokey Dokey, The Week's Politics in 60 Seconds (we fail miserably), and Poll The Other One, in which we dive into three huge MRP polls. Sir Kim Darroch on the Trump guilty verdicts: "I was actually on the M3 driving home when the news came through and I almost drove myself off the road." Subscribe to the podcast, like, review and rate us, and share the joyous news on social media. It will only take minutes of your time, but can make a huge difference to our fledgling project. Do it now, while you're listening. Ideas, feedback, comments, guest or topic suggestions? Find us on twitter @quietriotpod, email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com, or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com. Facts. Analysis. Laughs. Action. That's how we roll. CALLS TO ACTION LINKS Send your question for the BBC debates here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq55qk7k847o Seven-party debate: Friday 7 June Scotland Election 2024 Leaders' Special: Tuesday 11 June Question Time Leaders' Special: Thursday 20 June Wales Leaders' Debate live: Friday 21 June Northern Ireland Leaders' Debate: Thursday 27 June Starmer/Sunak head-to-head: Wednesday 26 June Apply to be part of the Grimsby audience for the Sky News debate here: news.sky.com/story/be-in-the-audience-for-our-general-election-leaders-event-13145102 Arthur's podcast Behind The Lines: shows.acast.com/behind-the-lines-with-arthur-snell Ukraine medical aid: smartmedicalaid.org/ Ukraine Freedom Fund: ukrfreedomfund.org/ World Central Kitchen: donate.wck.org Médecins Sans Frontières: https://msf.org.uk/ Voting tool kit, key dates, links, polling, tactical advice: www.getvoting.org Produced by Kenny Campbell, in cahoots with Sandstone Global. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Andreou and Naomi Smith's on their new politics podcast do a little mop-up session to talk through how the second week of the election campaign has gone, explain the polls, look at the Abbott affair in retrospect and predict what will emerge next week. Produced by Kenny Campbell, in cahoots with Sandstone Global. "We hope to reach a community of listeners who want to take action - that crosses party lines. Because we think the fight that is coming - to push back the hate of populism, to say sharp elbows and stepping on minorities is not the only future - will require bridges to be built, all the way from left to right." Subscribe to the podcast, like us, rate us, and share the joyous news on social media. Ideas, feedback, comments, guest or topic suggestions? Find us on twitter @quietriotpod, email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com, or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com. LINKS Naomi's piece in the Guardian: It matters that the Tories love Nigel Farage again Best for Britain's Scandalous Spending Tracker https://www.bestforbritain.org/scandalous_spending_tracker Politico's EU election poll of polls https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/european-parliament-election/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What a start it has been to the general election campaign! Glorious gaffes and kneejerk policies galore. Alex Andreou and Naomi Smith are joined on their new politics podcast by old friends economist Miatta Fahnbulleh who is standing for Labour in Peckahm and the inimitable Ian Dunt (guess what the rating of this episode is – go on, guess) to pick over the wreckage. And in Part II we talk economic policy. Can a safety-first approach stimulate Britain out of stagnation? Plus, we talk about that Diane Abbott mess. All this and regular features Wokey Dokey, The Week's Politics in 60 Seconds (we ALMOST make it this week), and new You Gotta Troll With It. Subscribe to the podcast, like, review and rate us, and share the joyous news on social media. It will only take minutes of your time, but can make a huge difference to our fledgling project. Do it now, while you're listening. Ideas, feedback, comments, guest or topic suggestions? Find us on twitter @quietriotpod, email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com, or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com. "We hope to reach a community of listeners who want to take action - that crosses party lines. Because we think the fight that is coming - to push back the hate of populism, to say sharp elbows and stepping on minorities is not the only future - will require bridges to be built, all the way from left to right." Facts. Analysis. Laughs. Action. That's how we roll. CALLS TO ACTION LINKS Send your questions to ITV for the Starmer-Sunak debate: eu.castitreach.com/ag/itvelection/debate2024/welcome.html Find out if you can join a union at your work: www.tuc.org.uk/joinunion Find out of your sector is covered by a trade association: www.taforum.org/member-directory/ Voting tool kit, key dates, links, polling, tactical advice: www.getvoting.org Produced by Kenny Campbell, in cahoots with Sandstone Global. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Andreou and Naomi Smith's on their new politics podcast do a little mop-up session to talk through how the first few days of the election campaign have gone for Sunak and his latest proposal to reintroduce compulsory national service. Produced by Kenny Campbell, in cahoots with Sandstone Global. "We hope to reach a community of listeners who want to take action - that crosses party lines. Because we think the fight that is coming - to push back the hate of populism, to say sharp elbows and stepping on minorities is not the only future - will require bridges to be built, all the way from left to right." Subscribe to the podcast, like us, rate us, and share the joyous news on social media. Ideas, feedback, comments, guest or topic suggestions? Find us on twitter @quietriotpod, email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com, or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com. CALLS TO ACTION LINKS Voting tool kit, key dates, links, polling, tactical advice: www.getvoting.org Youth vote registering drive: www.giveanx.org Polling on national service explained in "Yes, Prime Minister": https://youtu.be/ahgjEjJkZks?si=C_bBbN09Gc6RSDw0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sunak's statement, finally calling a general election in the pouring rain, landed (badly) as we recorded our very first episode. Coincidence? Well, yes, obviously. But what an auspicious start for Alex Andreou and Naomi Smith's new politics podcast. Produced by Kenny Campbell, in cahoots with Sandstone Global. Our first guest is the brilliant More In Common's Luke Tryl. "We hope to reach a community of listeners who want to take action - that crosses party lines. Because we think the fight that is coming - to push back the hate of populism, to say sharp elbows and stepping on minorities is not the only future - will require bridges to be built, all the way from left to right." Subscribe to the podcast, like us, rate us, and share the joyous news on social media. Ideas, feedback, comments, guest or topic suggestions? Find us on twitter @quietriotpod, email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com, or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com. CALLS TO ACTION LINKS Voting tool kit, key dates, links, polling, tactical advice: www.getvoting.org Government consultation on Sex, Relationship, & Health Education review: www.gov.uk/government/consultations/review-of-the-rshe-statutory-guidance Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A little bonus from our internal pilot recorded a few weeks ago. One of the regular features you can expect. Subscribe now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Announcing the return of Alex Andreou and Naomi Smith in their new podcast Quiet Riot – for those who like their politics with more passion and less shouting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Andreou and Naomi Smith announce their new politics podcast, Quiet Riot – promising more passion, less shouting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices