Over The Top Under The Radar

Is bloc voting a useful way to understand British politics? Should Labour and The Green Party collaborate? What’s going on on houseboat internet forums?
Joining Carys is  Nick Anstead, Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Communications at LSE.
Nick and Carys discuss bloc voting, water companies, Zack Polanski’s council tax and local government coalitions
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Joining Carys is  Em Hilton, a writer, organiser, strategist and co-founder of Na'amod: UK Jews against Israeli occupation and apartheid.
Em and Carys discuss antisemitism, the Met Gala, the West Bank and the Samsung family’s inheritance tax bill.
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Joining Carys this week is climate scientist Ella Gilbert. Ella is an expert in Antarctic climate change and a professional cloud nerd.
Together Carys and Ella discuss King Charles' visit to the US, potential AMOC collapse, what really is a 'super el nino' and Hannah Spencer calling out Westminster drinking culture.
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https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/amoc-explainer/index.htmlhttps://www.joe.co.uk/politics/green-mp-hannah-spencer-hits-out-at-mps-for-drinking-on-the-job-in-westminster-530613

Joining Carys again this week is the Chief Executive of 38 Degrees and former political advisor to Labour and the US Democratic party, Matthew McGregor.
Together Carys and Matthew discuss the Reform UK's Danny Kruger, the upcoming world cup, US tech-firm Palantir, and yet more around the Peter Mandelson scandal on 'advanced vetting'.
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Joining Carys this week is the senior editor at Prospect magazine Alona Ferber.
Together Carys and Alona discuss the Strait of Hormuz, the crisis in Britain's maternity care, a bizarre statement from Melania Trump, and the sale of right-wing British broadsheet The Telegraph.
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