Chatter

Femi on Brexiteers, Post Policy Politics, and the Toxicity of the Brexit Debate

Femi was our guest on this episode of Chatter. The Law graduate turned Twitter star and Our Future Our Choice campaigner has had more opportunity than most journalists to talk to Brexiteers in parliament, in the media, and on the streets around the country. I was keen to get an insight into his thinking on our currently political situation, how facts have disappeared from political conversation, how detail has been replaced with emotion and feelings, and if there is any way out of our current mess.
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Luke Watson on Brexit Negotiations, Chequers, and Planning for ‘No Deal‘

Luke Watson, a Research Executive at Get Britain Out, was the guest on today’s show. We wanted to discuss the current state of the Brexit negotiations with someone inside the Brexit campaign and Luke certainly gave us an excellent insight. We are aware that sometimes we tend to interview people who have a similar worldview to us without considering talking to those on the other side and it has taken us quite a while to get hold of a true Brexiteer. We may not agree on much but we had a really interesting chat on the potential for a no-deal Brexit, the Chequers plan, and the internal politics of the Tory party at the moment.
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Mat Hope and Chloe Farand on the Climate Denial Lobby and a Hard Brexit

Mat and Chloe Farand from DeSmog Uk were our guests on today’s show. They have been doing some incredible reporting on the links between the US climate denial lobby and the web of pro-Brexit think tanks like the IEA and the Tax Payers Alliance. We had a really interesting chat about the reporting they have been doing, the implications of these think tanks holding influence with the UK government, as well as the political and economic issue of dealing with climate change.
**Resources**
[https://www.desmog.co.uk](http://https://www.desmog.co.uk)
[https://www.desmog.co.uk/2018/08/28/video-exposing-westminster-s-tufton-street-network-pushing-deregulation-and-climate-science-denial](http://https://www.desmog.co.uk/2018/08/28/video-exposing-westminster-s-tufton-street-network-pushing-deregulation-and-climate-science-denial)
[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/08/strong-conservative-case-made-global-warming/](http://https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/08/strong-conservative-case-made-global-warming/)
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Andrew Lewin on Making the Case For Labour to Support a People‘s Vote

Andrew Lewin, the head of Labour Remain, was our guest on today's show. He has been campaigning to ensure that there will be a meaningful debate on the Labour Party Brexit policy at this summer's Labour Party conference. We had a great conversation about the possibility that there could be a 'People's Vote' on the Brexit Deal, whether a majority does or can exist in parliament in support of another referendum, and the current Labour party policy on the issue.
[**PRE ORDER BREXIT:THE ESTABLISHMENT CIVIL WAR HERE**](http://https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1789044901/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1789044901&linkCode=as2&tag=thejist00-21&linkId=713eb889ae4131bec19abcebdee517f6)
**Resources**
[https://twitter.com/Remain_Labour](http://https://twitter.com/Remain_Labour)
[http://www.edf.org.uk/university-of-warwick-working-paper-did-austerity-cause-brexit/](http://http://www.edf.org.uk/university-of-warwick-working-paper-did-austerity-cause-brexit/)
[http://thejist.co.uk/politics/the-brexit-paradox-open-britain-closed-borders/](http://http://thejist.co.uk/politics/the-brexit-paradox-open-britain-closed-borders/)
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Jackson Rawlings on How We Could Reform the UK Political System

Jackson Rawlings, the editor at The Politicalists, was our guest on today's show. Today's chat is a little more abstract than many of the discussions that we have been having of late, we got into a number of different discussions about the current state of British politics, the left-right divide, political polarisation, the alt-right, and how we could improve the British political system as a whole.
[**PRE ORDER BREXIT:THE ESTABLISHMENT CIVIL WAR HERE**](http://https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1789044901/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1789044901&linkCode=as2&tag=thejist00-21&linkId=713eb889ae4131bec19abcebdee517f6)
**Resources**
[https://medium.com/the-politicalists/the-17-cognitive-biases-that-explain-brexit-894ec10e03b8](http://https://medium.com/the-politicalists/the-17-cognitive-biases-that-explain-brexit-894ec10e03b8)
[http://thejist.co.uk/opinion/keep-calm-and-carry-on-the-no-responsibility-trend/](http://http://thejist.co.uk/opinion/keep-calm-and-carry-on-the-no-responsibility-trend/)
[https://medium.com/the-politicalists/if-we-could-start-again-from-scratch-77a098f7e9bf](http://https://medium.com/the-politicalists/if-we-could-start-again-from-scratch-77a098f7e9bf)
[https://medium.com/the-politicalists/the-english-fascists-are-already-here-6ed249f2440f](http://https://medium.com/the-politicalists/the-english-fascists-are-already-here-6ed249f2440f)
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Christine Jardine on Being the Party of Remain and the Future of the Liberal Democrats

Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West, Christine Jardine, was our guest on today's show. We had a fantastic conversation about the current state of the Liberal Democrats, the party's role in the Brexit process in Parliament (including the absence of Vince Cable and Tim Farron from votes on the latest round of amendments proposed by the ERG), and the plans for a new centrist party.
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Barney Scholes on Why Britain Deserves a People‘s Vote on the Brexit Deal

Barney Scholes from the People's Vote campaign was our guest on today's show. Barney is the first of a series of interviews that we conducted in London surrounding Brexit, the People's Vote, and a 'No Deal' scenario. We chatted all about the different justifications and arguments surrounding a vote on the final Brexit deal, as well as post-Brexit disaster planning and the lack of responsibility in politics today.
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Elaine Crory on #WeDeserveBetter and Alliance For Choice

Elaine Crory from Alliance for Choice was our guest on today's show. She was asked by Progressive Politics Northern Ireland to be a speaker at the Belfast 'We Deserve Better' rally, but was asked to pull out amidst controversy surrounding what was described as 'divisive issues'. We wanted to talk to Elaine to get her perspective on exactly what happened, why she felt it happened, and what the future holds for Northern Ireland and devolution.
**Resources**
[http://www.alliance4choice.com/](http://http://www.alliance4choice.com/)
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Máirtín Ó Muilleoir on Why There Is No Government at Stormont and the Evolution of Belfast

Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, former Lord Mayor of Belfast and Sinn Fein MLA, was our guest on the show today. We had a fantastic conversation about the way Belfast has changed during his time in public office, the lenses through which we should view DUP politics, and the progressive alliance for reform in Stormont.
**Resources**
[http://www.sinnfein.ie/mairtin-o-muilleoir](http://http://www.sinnfein.ie/mairtin-o-muilleoir)
[https://twitter.com/newbelfast](http://https://twitter.com/newbelfast)
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Julian Jessop on What We Are Missing in Discussions About a ‘No Deal‘ Brexit

Cheif Economist at the Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA), Julian Jessop, was our guest on today's show. The IEA have been at the centre of controversy over their proposals for a 'no deal' Brexit, where people have accused them of being too positive with their analysis of Britain's prospects if we fail to reach a trade agreement with the EU. We wanted to take some time to have them lay out their reasoning behind their proposals and Jullian provided some really excellent insight into why most of our conversations about a 'no deal' are too simplistic. We were also able to chat briefly about the cash for access allegations being made by Greenpeace and The Guardian.
[**PRE ORDER BREXIT:THE ESTABLISHMENT CIVIL WAR HERE**](http://https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1789044901/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1789044901&linkCode=as2&tag=thejist00-21&linkId=713eb889ae4131bec19abcebdee517f6)
**Resources**
[https://iea.org.uk/publications/lets-get-ready-for-no-deal/](http://https://iea.org.uk/publications/lets-get-ready-for-no-deal/)
[https://iea.org.uk/media/no-deal-with-eu-on-trade-post-brexit-does-not-mean-disaster-for-the-uk/](http://https://iea.org.uk/media/no-deal-with-eu-on-trade-post-brexit-does-not-mean-disaster-for-the-uk/)
[https://iea.org.uk/films/project-fact-assessing-no-deal-brexit-scenarios/](http://https://iea.org.uk/films/project-fact-assessing-no-deal-brexit-scenarios/)
[https://iea.org.uk/media/medical-supplies-wont-dry-up-if-the-government-plans-ahead/](http://https://iea.org.uk/media/medical-supplies-wont-dry-up-if-the-government-plans-ahead/)
[https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/29/rightwing-thinktank-ministerial-access-potential-us-donors-insitute-of-economic-affairs-brexit](http://https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/29/rightwing-thinktank-ministerial-access-potential-us-donors-insitute-of-economic-affairs-brexit)
[https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/30/labour-calls-for-inquiry-into-iea-thinktank-over-cash-for-access-claims](http://https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/30/labour-calls-for-inquiry-into-iea-thinktank-over-cash-for-access-claims)
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