Episode 265

A huge week in British and world events. The 1st Labour budget in nearly 15 years, a new Tory leader and Trumps wins in America.

John Potter is joined by Jake Austin, John Bridges and Ed Stephenson to discuss these huge developments and what consequences they will have on all of us.

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On Thursday last week Labour completed an unwelcome full slate. They have now lost council by-elections to every major party and the Greens.

In fact they've lost a greater share of the vote than any governing party at this point since 1992.

Hannah, John and Tom Morrison MP round up the conference season, discuss how Labour got into this mess and what the atmosphere is like in Parliament and on the streets.

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Do you believe Britain should have more directly elected officials? Have Police and Crime Commissioners been a failure or is there a middle ground that can be reached?

In this episode David and John are joined by Els Otterman an elected water board representative from Water Natuurlijk in The Netherlands.

Given the dire state of British water infrastructure, and the massive campaign the Lib Dem have been doing on the sewage scandal, we wanted to hear from a country that is doing things a little differently.

Huge thanks to Els for taking the time to join us.

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Lib Dem Podcast was delighted to team up with ALDC to record a live episode about the opportunities and risks in the upcoming 2025 County Council Elections.

With Cllr Sarah Boad (Warwickshire County Council), Will Forster MP (Woking), Cllr Lucy Nethsingha (Leader of Cambridgeshire County Council), Cllr Alex Wagner (Shropshire Council) and Cllr John Potter (Lancashire County Council).

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🎶 Things can only get….erm…worse? 🥀

Is the Labour strategy to make everyone feel miserable a good long term political strategy?

Sam, Neil and John discuss the rise of Labour miserabilism, the thinking behind it and the possible consequences for all the major parties.

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John Potter, Shaffaq Mohammed and Richard Kemp discuss the troubles in Southport in this episode. Please note this was recorded on Friday before the further rioting in towns across the UK.

We also discuss what campaigning you should be doing in August, which of the Tory leadership candidates the Lib Dems should fear the most and has Rachel Reeves made a mistake on the Winter Fuel Payments cut.

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History made for the Liberal Democrats in the General Election.

72 Lib Dem MPs, including 4 presenters from the Lib Dem Podcast. This episode John Potter, David MacMenzie and Martin Boffey discuss how this happened and what happens next for all the major parties.

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John, David and Mark Pack discuss the state of the election with just days to go.

How have the campaigns gone? Can we trust the exit poll? What surprises await us on July 5th?

Thank you to everyone involved with the party. Good luck and keep going.

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