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Jon Bounds

That Option No Longer Exists

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A long awaited return, as the Labour leadership have now finally said something we can talk about. Although they're very keen we don't talk about that.We do talk about us not being able to talk, and also:Whether Sir Keith's response to the
We rock down to forensic PMQs, where Keir Starmer got a letter from the government the other day, opened it and read it… is he a sucker? Adam thinks Sir Haircut’s playing a long game, can Jon agree constructively where he’s right and challenge
Recorded as part of a mega-session a few days ago, while the Prime Minister's health was still deterioating rather than merely his personality and competence (so we couldn't be as rude about him as he likely deserves), we instead kept on topic
Locked down, no-one can leave. Oh, how we wish that was the membership of the Labour party as the inevitable post-leadership election exodus takes place. Or does it?Jon is placing the leadership election as an event worse than coronavirus, bu
And why, with all the toilet roll panic buying we're glad we had those posters of Sir Keir through the post. Jon and Adam clash, comradely, on the leadership election (again…well, it does go on), and on open selection. We speculate about just
It's a trickly time in the Labour Leadership. It really seems to have the potential to drag on, but all the candidates have been 'personally' texting Adam, even getting their buddies to give him a call.They don't give a flying SMS about Jon t
It's AGM season, and Adam went off to his first branch meeting since re-joining. Did he stay awake, or end up Chair? Do the nominations for leaderhip coming out of the CLPs have anything to say about the likely final result?Is the fake Keir
To be clear, we're not only worried about the Hammers; the real question is can labour ever win back the men (and it is mostly men) from the all-seater terraces?We also don't manage to completely ignore the leadership debate, with Jon having
It's always darkest before the dawn: a statement that is both factually untrue and unrepresentative of a January which seems to be dark inside and outside of the Labour party. Our tellys have gone dark too as there's no point watching. With A
Just how "I told you so" will Adam get, given that he was predicting a Tory majority and blaming Jeremy Corbyn?Just how well did Adam's Renew party do?Adam and Jon are united in defeat. Who or what will they blame? And what now for centre l
*A short story, after the melt Charles Dickens, by Jon. *Thatcher was dead: to begin with. There could be no doubt about that. Johnson had been to the funeral himself, sat near Osborne who was failing to hold back the tears. She was as dea
There's an election going on. Our thoughts on the campaign, the polls, and predictions and some stuff from the behind the curtain as Jon kills himself canvassing and Adam thinks he might go for the Labour leadership.We learn that when you kno
There was not a mass debate, but merely a head to head. We go over the back and forth of the cut and thrust. Crucially no-one laughs at anything, no matter how many jokes we attempt. What's the deal with the Green New DealWhy Boris Johnson
With the election run up now thoroughly underway, Jon and Adam take a look at last week in what passes for politics without a parliament, and look at which MPs we'll never see again.Since everyone is stupid in election season, we've decided t
Like Donkey Kong: the election.Corbyn chose it (kinda) presumably because it was bad politics to lose the vote to Johnson for an election that was gonig to happen anyway. Possible election outcomes in order of Adam's fantasy:Conservative
Will there be an election? When?On Europe (because that's a thing people do still seem to talk about) we discuss the likliehood of the 31st of January extension and how much longer even the Europeans will let this carry on.Jon also tells us
First talk about whatever the heck is going on with Brexit right now. Right here, right now. Who's going to vote for this deal that isn't a deal yet as it hasn't been voted for yet. And…Alastair Campbell has still got it (it being causing tr
This week we hear just how (physically) close Adam has got to Jeremy Corbyn, what he thinks of the architecture in Brussels, and listen to some appalling audio quality.We also find out what Jon gets delivered mid recording session.From the
We all know the Tories don't have conference, they have a rally. You know, like certain well known European leaders of the late 30s. Since it's been dominating the airwaves what did we learn from this year's? Do Tories trust Boris?Naturally w
Neither of us are in Brighton, but that doesn't stop us being alight with conference gossip. We talk about the big heavyweight (or not so, now) battle between John Lansman and Tom Watson, about Tony Blair's toilet habits and about just how wond
What's going on with Labour Students and Labour students?Does the option of boring politics still exist?Clever or Stupid: Jo Swinson and her pro-austerity pronouncements. And here's that photo of Adam at conference in the 2000's pretendin
Just what's going on in court? We guess that all the legal stuff will be ignored until supreme court appeal next week. The Lib Dems & Greens standing down for Rory Stewart et al - this seems mad. Does the option of improving the stock of L
Can we stop the coup - Jon's been organising a demo. It made the telly. "Is the solution to this mess to remove the checks and scrutiny and give more power to the privileged Tory elite?The solution is more scrutiny, more democracy, and few
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; so it’s time that we admitted there are scuffles in the aisle of the broad church. It's fantasy 'save us from the coup' time. "The Queen/Lords/Rory Stewart/John Major/Ken Clarke/The Courts will save
An episode in which WE ARRRSK, why IS Robert PESton's intonation all OVER the place and is he clever or is he stupid. And more on the ongoing shithousery from the Lib Dems on Brexit.Just what is the Lib Dem strategy?What's it meant to be s
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