For the first time ever, the UK acquired a new prime minister and a new monarch in the same week. Who better to break down these historic events than Rob Ford, professor of politics at the University of Manchester. We discuss Boris Johnson’s resignation, its aftermath, and the election of Liz Truss as the fourth […]
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Episode 82 – A return to Brexitland, with Rob Ford
Brexit is making headlines again. The Johnson government has introduced new legislation containing measures to unilaterally override certain parts of the ‘oven-ready’ withdrawal agreement between the UK and the EU. Northern Ireland secretary Brandon Lewis has conceded that the bill would break international law. Who better than to make sense of this than our old […]
Episode 67 – Brexit therapy in the age of corona, with Rob Ford
We are joined by our post-Brexit correspondent Rob Ford (University of Manchester) to talk UK politics, the Labour leadership contest, and the role of science and expertise in the age of Covid-19. You can follow Rob on Twitter: @RobFordMancs Find us on iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | Soundcloud | RSS Music: ‘Pollution‘ by Dexter […]
SRV Podcast, episode 52 – UK post-election extravaganza, with Rob Ford
We are joined by Rob Ford, Professor of Political Science at the University of Manchester, to discuss the historic 2019 UK general election. We talk about some big picture stuff before deep diving into Labour’s historic defeat. Towards the end we also do some soul-searching about our own hits and misses as your election commentators. […]
SRV Podcast, episode 50 – UK election preview, with Rob Ford
With only a few days left until the most consequential UK General Election in a generation, we are joined once more by Rob Ford, Professor of Political Science at the University of Manchester, to talk about the challenge of tactical voting, how it sucks to be the Liberal Democrats in the UK’s first-past-the-post system, Jeremy […]