Steve Bullock
Co-Host of CakeWatch
Steve was a bureaucrat but now he rocks out
Steve Bullock has hosted 51 Episodes.
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Episode 68: One Thousand Days
22 January 2020 | 1 hr 43 mins
brexit
As we head into the final week of the UK's EU membership, we discuss Steve's album 'One Thousand Days', the challenges which EU citizens in the UK continue to face, and how one can help the other.
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Episode 67: We Raged Against the Lying of the Right
16 December 2019 | 1 hr 36 mins
brexit, electoral reform, eu, eu politics, european union, federalism, uk politics
The fight to Remain in the EU is over, but we did not go gently. The culture war now shifts to other fronts, and it will be a war of attrition. We talk a bit about that.
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Episode 66: Goodnight and Good Luck
11 December 2019 | 14 mins 54 secs
boris johnson, greens, labour, lib dems, snp, tories, uk election, uk politics
Steve and Chris have a message for you.
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Episode 64: Centrist Unicorn Hunt
19 November 2019 | 58 mins 2 secs
brexit, conservative party, election, eu politics, labour party, tactical voting, uk politics
We train our laser sights on some unicorns of the centre and discuss why voting tactically is the morally right thing to do.
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Episode 61: Brexit is a Legacy Issue
2 October 2019 | 1 hr 6 mins
brexit, conservative party, eu, revoke, tories, uk politics
The Bad News: Brussels wants the UK to “just get on with it”. The Good News: the populist revolution is eating itself. Or is it?
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Episode 60: Bettel The Devil You Know
17 September 2019 | 1 hr 24 mins
boris johnson, brexit, europe, general election, labour party, lib dems, no deal, politics, referendum, uk politics
Johnson's arrogant, disrespectful brinkmanship; hardening EU antagonism; and ways forward out of (or further into?) this mess. Plus: what happens the morning after an Article 50 revocation?
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Episode 59: Rentrée
4 September 2019 | 1 hr 24 mins
brexit, conservative party, eu, labour party, uk politics
After a night watching the House of Commons taking back control, are there grounds for hope? The minority government versus hung parliament contest is in its endgame.
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Episode 53: More Joy in Heaven
15 May 2019 | 1 hr 25 mins
brexit, eu, eu politics, european elections, labour party, referendum
Chris and Steve are joined by Andy of the Remainer Now grassroots movement to discuss how he came to be an activist and what he hopes to achieve. We also continue last week's discussion on political parties and the European elections.
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Episode 52: Happy Europe Day 2.0
11 May 2019 | 1 hr 15 mins
brexit, eu, europe, european parliament, peoples vote, politics, referendum, uk politics
Happy Europe Day 2019! Chris and Steve discuss party politics, party loyalties, and voting in the European election.
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Episode 50: Useful Idiots
24 April 2019 | 1 hr 13 mins
brexit, eu, eu politics, european elections, european parliament, european union, politics, uk politics
Chris and Steve celebrate their half century by carrying on last week's grumpy conversation about how Remainers should approach the European elections and why Lord Buckethead is not big and not clever.
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Episode 49: Be An EU Citizen
16 April 2019 | 1 hr 34 mins
brexit, eu, european elections, european parliament, labour party, uk politics
Post-mortem on Unbrexit Day 2.0 and how should Remainers be approaching the European elections?
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Episode 48: Stitched Up Like Kippers
4 April 2019 | 59 mins 55 secs
brexit, eu, uk politics
We're in the Eye of the Storm now. While Westminster tears itself apart, how does it look from the other side of the Channel?
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Episode 47: Not Our Last Podcast Before Brexit
27 March 2019 | 1 hr 9 mins
brexit, eu, uk politics
The People, the Council, the Parliament, everyone has had enough. We survey the wreckage after a week of upheaval and rejection.
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Episode 46: Narcissistic Pish
21 March 2019 | 1 hr 15 mins
brexit, eu, uk politics
Steve and Chris join Alyn Smith MEP in what may be his penultimate week as a member of the European Parliament.
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Episode 45: Erskineful
20 March 2019 | 1 hr 12 mins
brexit, eu, uk politics
Extension plans: will the neighbours complain?
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Episode 44: Cox Blocked
12 March 2019 | 54 mins 44 secs
brexit, eu, uk politics
Chris and Steve wheeze and sneeze their way through their hot takes on Meaningful Vote 2.0.