Changing Politics

This week we focus on the rise of the Far Right. If it doesn't scare you, it should. We spoke to Shabana Mahmood, MP for Birmingham Ladywood, and Joe Mulhall from campaign group Hope Not Hate, about how big the problem is, and what we can do to help stop it. We also asked both of them about the implications for free speech of no-platforming these kinds of views.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we focus on Europe's refugee crisis. With over sixty million people in the world displaced, what can we do to help? To dispel some of the myths around refugees, we spoke to Hamada, who arrived from Syria a month ago, as well as former Chair of the Refugee Council and author of section 67 of the Immigration Act - also known as The Dubs Amendment - Lord Alf Dubs, who was himself a refugee, arriving in Britain from Czechoslovakia in 1939. In Marie and Gráinne's roundup of the weeks' news we obviously focus on the strong and stable Chequers Brexit deal and Boris Johnson's resignation. Why is he so unpopular now? Marie, who has investigated his family in depth, has some theories (and some quotes from an anonymous Tory MP). We also briefly discuss Trump's visit to the UK, but then Gráinne mentions how much he got on with Macron and Marie gets understandably depressed.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Changing Politics is launching on June 28. Put simply, it's a new podcast about how we can change politics. Every Thursday join comedian Grainne Maguire and journalist Marie Le Conte as they work out how we can all get more involved. Every episode begins with an alternative take of the week, a report on the state of Brexit and an in-depth look at some of the major problems in politics today that need to be fixed. And in every episode we will tell you how we can take action on it together. it's not just a podcast, it's Changing Politics.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we focus on abortion rights in Northern Ireland, which is currently not available even in case of incest or rape, and explain what you can do to help. We speak to activist Mara Clarke of the Abortion Support Network and MP for Walthamstow Stella Creasy. Before that though, there's a discussion of the week's news which includes the most surprising thing our "horny on main bae" (listen to last week's episode) Michael Gove's done with a hoover; how it's impossible to get sacked from the Cabinet even if, like Esther McVey, you keep misleading Parliament; and why everyone should leave Twitter and join Matt Hancock's app (the answer has to do with sausages).  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Marie and Gráinne look at the issue of deaths in police custody, and what can be done to reduce the instances of it. they speak to the parents of Seni Lewis, Aji and Conrad, about what the tragic circumstances of Seni's death, as well as Steve Reed, MP for Croydon North, who is trying to get a Private Member's Bill called Seni's Law through parliament at the moment.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.