Levelling up goes down the drain as its champion Gove vanishes. Whatever happened to the Tory pledge to the re-grout the Red Wall? Plus, as sewage on the beaches turns us into the dirty man of Europe, is the case for nationalising utilities now unanswerable? This week’s guest is Anand Menon, director of The UK in a Changing Europe think tank.

• “If the Tories have a plan, they are not sharing it with us yet… and that is causing a lot of anger.” – Ros Taylor
• “There's not much space for levelling up when you're in full crisis mode." – Ros Taylor
• "Did Tory MPs vote for shit to be pumped into rivers? No. Did they stop it? No." – Alex Andreou

Presented by Dorian Lynskey with Alex Andreou and Ros Taylor. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Producers: Alex Rees, Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic. Assistant Producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production.

Brexit roasting on an open fire! Rees-Mogg nipping at your toes! Yes, it’s a miserable old Christmas for Remainers, but whatever. We need to gird our loins for a big year in 2020, so for Christmas Eve we present inspirational messages from a few of our regulars: Ros Taylor, Ian Dunt, Dorian Lynskey, Ingrid Oliver, Alex Andreou and Andrew Harrison. (Naomi Smith wasn’t feeling up to it, so she sent a very special guest). Listen on the way to wherever you’re spending Christmas, at 3pm on Christmas Day, or maybe on Christmas morning like Jeremy Corbyn does.

Also our panelists choose few tunes to cheer you up over the Christmas period. You can hear them in full on our Spotify playlist.

Thanks again to everyone for listening and supporting us throughout the year. We’ll be back in the second week of January to continue the rearguard action. Team Remainiacs wishes you all a Happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year.

Produced by Andrew Harrison. Audio production by Alex Rees. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

The moment of truth is finally here. Johnson-Cummings have decided it’s necessary to destroy parliamentary sovereignty in order to “save” it. But the Remain Alliance finally has its act together — and the numbers to stop No Deal.

Alex Andreou is optimistic. Remain Wonder Woman Naomi Smith is ready for battle to be joined. Host Andrew Harrison is panicking. And special guest HUGO RIFKIND of The Times wonders why he picked this week to do Remainiacs…

Listen up. The Endgame is on and we can’t give up now.

Presented and produced by Andrew Harrison with Naomi Smith and Alex Andreou. Audio production by Sophie Black. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.