Slow News Day

Last week's midterm elections were an absolute disaster for the Republican Party. The Democrats managed to take control of both chambers of the US Congress: the House representatives and the Senate.Possibly more important though is that the Democrats now control enough state legislatures to possibly change how Americans vote forever.That's right! The Democrats now have the opportunity to effectively rid the United States of the Electoral College, without even needing a constitutional amendment. How? Find out on today's Slow News Day...The Slow NewsroomCreator and Host: Tom NicholasProducer: Jack CarterEditor and Thumbnail: Georgia BurrowsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, the global press has been somewhat obsessed with the midterm elections, which have been happening over in America, including us!But America isn't the only country going to the polls this week. Down in the South Pacific, Aotearoa, or New Zealand, is also turfing out all its politicians and electing new ones in a general election which is currently on a knife edge.In some ways, the issues dominating the race in New Zealand are very similar to those which are dominating politics elsewhere in the world: a cost of living crisis, youth unemployment, an ever more splintered electorate. But there are also plenty of things which also make both New Zealand’s politics generally, and this election specifically unique.The Slow NewsroomCreator and Host: Tom NicholasProducer: Jack CarterEditor and Thumbnail: Georgia BurrowsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Tomorrow, the Americans go to the polls for the Midterms. And you’ve probably heard quite a bit about these elections already, either dripping through our media or via the internet in recent months. Such are the joys of living in the shadow of the global hegemon.We have all, regardless of where we are, spent 2026 watching fuel prices climb up and up because of Trump's war in Iran. We've all had to see Trump's Liberation Day tariffs be rolled out, which had as much of a knock-on impact around the rest of the world for both consumers and producers as they did in America itself.I wanted to take the opportunity of today's Slow News Day to try and do a bit of an explainer of what the American midterm elections actually are and what impact they might have on the US and the rest of the world.The Slow NewsroomCreator and Host: Tom NicholasProducer: Jack CarterEditor: Georgia BurrowsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Yesterday, I went to 11 Downing Street (the office and home of the Chancellor of the Exchequer) to find out the details about John Healey and Andy Burnham's first Budget.Will they end the 40 years of neoliberalism like Burnham promised or do they fall short?Come along with me to find out on Slow News Day!(We also met Larry the Cat!)The Slow NewsroomCreator and Host: Tom NicholasProducer: Jack CarterEditor: Georgia BurrowsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A new conspiracy theory is haunting the online right. They have found, in the clutches of this insidious group, an explanation for everything wrong with the world. This group controls every Labour Prime Minister ever elected, including Andy Burnham, and who knows how many other politicians, thinkers, business leaders, etc.This conspiracy has had an airing on Joe Rogan, as well as basically every other weird right-wing podcast at this point. Also, I ran into a purveyor of this conspiracy theory whilst on the way to interview the Prime Minister at Labour Party conference recently.It all centres on a group known as... The Fabian Society. Dun Dun Duuuun!Is this group really where the true power lies, or is it an absolutely nuts conspiracy theory? Let’s find out.The Slow NewsroomCreator and Host: Tom NicholasProducer: Jack CarterEditor: Georgia BurrowsImages Courtesy of Getty Images and Unsplash.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.