Is the new left party what the UK needs?

Is the new left party what the UK needs?

Author: Pod Save the UK July 31, 2025 Duration: 41:35
PSUK is back - and this week Keir Starmer has swung open the door to recognising Palestinian Statehood - with caveats. Nish and Coco discuss the massive change in the UK’s foreign policy stance.  Later, they’re joined by suspended Labour MP Brian Leishman (and his Dachshund Hugo) who voted against the government’s welfare cuts, to discuss the direction of Labour and Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn’s new political party.  And - since Palestine Action was banned as a terrorist organisation back in July, more than 100 people have been arrested across the UK in protest. Nish and Coco discuss the future of civil disobedience with former Government lawyer and member of Defend Our Juries, Tim Crosland. CHECK OUT THIS DEAL FROM OUR SPONSOR https://www.shopify.co.uk/podsavetheuk  USEFUL LINKS See us Live in London!  https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/pod-save-the-uk/ Guests: Brian Leishman, MP for Alloa & Grangemouth  Tim Crosland, Former Government Lawyer and F...

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Reeves’s make-or-break budget: should the rich have paid more? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 53:13
Coco and Nish listened to Rachel Reeves' budget so you don't have to. But hang on, we could all have skipped the speech and read it online. Someone screwed up big time, pressing a button and releasing the budget before R…
Mahmood’s Moral Mission: Copy Reform’s homework [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:12
Warning: this episode contains strong language and a term of racist abuse. Just when we thought the disasters of the government couldn’t get any worse… New Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has made it her “moral mission” t…
What can the left learn from Zohran Mamdani’s win? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 53:38
Nish and Coco celebrate the win of Progressive New York Democratic Mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani - and ponder what British lefties can learn from his social-media friendly campaign. And is Chancellor Rachel Reeves ab…
Pod Save the Truth w/ Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 56:53
Enough is enough! Nish stages an intervention with Coco about her troubling relationship with Chat GPT. Or as Coco puts it: her mate “Chatty G”. But Coco’s not the only one embracing generative AI - it’s creeping into po…
Decency or division: Starmer takes aim at Reform [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 51:32
It’s conference season, and at the Labour conference in Liverpool - flagshagging, snake-oil merchants and leadership jockeying - is it Keir Starmer’s final chance for a reset? Nish and Coco are joined by political journa…
Your loss, Zack’s gain? Polanski’s vision for the UK [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 53:46
Oh dear lefties… We just can’t stop tearing each other apart, huh? One short month into the evolution of the new political party experiment undertaken by independent MPs Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn - and the whole th…