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Steve is back, but as a guest, and joined by Ian Dunt to reflect on what makes a liberal, how to win the culture war, and whether we remember anything from our undergraduate days. Swearing.
\n\nBuy Ian Dunt's new book, How To Be A Liberal, from Canbury Press.
\n\nAudio clips from Patrick Tull's reading of Treason's Harbour by Patrick O'Brian
Special Guests: Ian Dunt and Steve Bullock.
","summary":"Chris is joined by not one but two very special guests for ninety minutes of reliving late night undergraduate philosophy discussions as we ponder what it is to be a liberal","date_published":"2020-10-06T02:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/32e6e299-23ba-40ba-84e3-94e21f6dcddf.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":82476466,"duration_in_seconds":5154}]},{"id":"3e9abfdc-0996-47da-816f-23b240ad71cf","title":"Episode 71: Specific and Limited Return","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/71","content_text":"Chris and Garvan Walshe catch up on how they handled lockdown, what to expect next, and what has changed since they last recorded the podcast together, in November 2018. Just as it did two years ago, the Northern Ireland backstop features heavily in Lie of the Week. Also, will the Conservative Party have the good sense to ditch its current leader?Special Guest: Garvan Walshe.","content_html":"Chris and Garvan Walshe catch up on how they handled lockdown, what to expect next, and what has changed since they last recorded the podcast together, in November 2018. Just as it did two years ago, the Northern Ireland backstop features heavily in Lie of the Week. Also, will the Conservative Party have the good sense to ditch its current leader?
Special Guest: Garvan Walshe.
","summary":"The podcast returns, in a specific and limited way, after a long hiatus during lockdown. Chris and Garvan debate which is the biggest lie of all: is it the Northern Irish backstop? Or sovereignty? Why not both?","date_published":"2020-09-23T07:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/3e9abfdc-0996-47da-816f-23b240ad71cf.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":47408437,"duration_in_seconds":2963}]},{"id":"b1602e37-bf74-43c1-be7a-2f09459e7053","title":"Episode 70: Our Friends In The North","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/70","content_text":"Alviina Alametsä is a Green Party MEP from Finland. She took up her seat only in February 2020, after it was vacated by a departing UK MEP. Cakewatch likes to think that she took one previously occupied by a Faragist. Alviina's particular policy interests are public mental health and conflict resolution, so who better to talk about tackling the Brexit aftermath? Alviina draws on her own experience as a survivor of a school shooting to inform her campaigning work to improve access to mental healthcare for young people in particular. In a world facing climate emergency and coronavirus, not to mention Brexit and populism, we look at how policy generally fails to factor in the mental health impact, and what can be done at EU level to address this.\n\nMind, the mental health charity, offering help and advice to you if you are suffering from depression or if you are looking for advice on how to help someone who you think might be depressed.Special Guest: Alviina Alametsä.","content_html":"Alviina Alametsä is a Green Party MEP from Finland. She took up her seat only in February 2020, after it was vacated by a departing UK MEP. Cakewatch likes to think that she took one previously occupied by a Faragist. Alviina's particular policy interests are public mental health and conflict resolution, so who better to talk about tackling the Brexit aftermath? Alviina draws on her own experience as a survivor of a school shooting to inform her campaigning work to improve access to mental healthcare for young people in particular. In a world facing climate emergency and coronavirus, not to mention Brexit and populism, we look at how policy generally fails to factor in the mental health impact, and what can be done at EU level to address this.
\n\nMind, the mental health charity, offering help and advice to you if you are suffering from depression or if you are looking for advice on how to help someone who you think might be depressed.
Special Guest: Alviina Alametsä.
","summary":"Alviina Alametsä is a Member of the European Parliament from Finland whose particular policy interests are public mental health and conflict resolution, so who better to talk to Cakewatch about tackling the Brexit aftermath?","date_published":"2020-03-04T17:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/b1602e37-bf74-43c1-be7a-2f09459e7053.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":58386959,"duration_in_seconds":3649}]},{"id":"22f21528-bbed-45b9-9c1e-e9f7132745a0","title":"Episode 69: Back to the Future","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/69","content_text":"Trade expert David Henig joins the podcast again for our first survey of the post B-day wreckage. With the EU and the UK apparently offering different visions of their future relationship, which one is the more realistic? Hahaha no seriously, which?Special Guest: David Henig.","content_html":"Trade expert David Henig joins the podcast again for our first survey of the post B-day wreckage. With the EU and the UK apparently offering different visions of their future relationship, which one is the more realistic? Hahaha no seriously, which?
Special Guest: David Henig.
","summary":"Will the future EU-UK relationship look like the one outlined by the European Commission in its proposal for a negotiating mandate? Chris Kendall and David Henig discuss.","date_published":"2020-02-04T18:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/22f21528-bbed-45b9-9c1e-e9f7132745a0.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":60850844,"duration_in_seconds":3803}]},{"id":"d2c597c7-65f2-4c4a-821e-386e9a6cb11b","title":"Episode 68: One Thousand Days","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/68","content_text":"For our final podcast before Brexit, we're joined again by Tanja Bueltmann to talk about coping strategies, Steve's album of ambient prozac, and the ongoing work to support EU citizens in the UK as they face mounting hostility and an unforgiving bureaucracy.\n\nYou can get Steve's album here, and become an EU Citizens' Champion.\n\nWe're dedicating this episode to the memory of our friend and colleague Andy Barnard.","content_html":"For our final podcast before Brexit, we're joined again by Tanja Bueltmann to talk about coping strategies, Steve's album of ambient prozac, and the ongoing work to support EU citizens in the UK as they face mounting hostility and an unforgiving bureaucracy.
\n\nYou can get Steve's album here, and become an EU Citizens' Champion.
\n\nWe're dedicating this episode to the memory of our friend and colleague Andy Barnard.
","summary":"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.","date_published":"2020-01-22T08:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/d2c597c7-65f2-4c4a-821e-386e9a6cb11b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":74577524,"duration_in_seconds":6214}]},{"id":"06d5e11b-0a90-4925-beec-6cbe06e3542e","title":"Episode 67: We Raged Against the Lying of the Right","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/67","content_text":"The aftermath. Rather than wallow in despair we look back on a fight well fought, and the friends that have joined us on the podcast. We also reflect a little bit on what the future will bring. It's not pretty, so we need to find strategies to help us through the dark times ahead.\n\nThank you to all our guests who have helped us out on the podcast over the last 67 episodes:\n\nAlyn Smith\nAndy of Remainer Now\nAxel Antoni\nDavid Henig\nDmitry Grozoubinski\nGarvan Walshe\nIan Bond\nJason Knoll\nJim Cornelius\nJon Worth\nJulie Girling\nKatie Low\nLaura Shields\nMolly Scott Cato\nNick Crosby\nNicky James\nPeter Wilding\nSeb Dance\nSteve Analyst \nTanja Bueltmann\n\nDo Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas\n\nDownload Steve's new album One Thousand Days and please give generously to EU Citizens Champion!","content_html":"The aftermath. Rather than wallow in despair we look back on a fight well fought, and the friends that have joined us on the podcast. We also reflect a little bit on what the future will bring. It's not pretty, so we need to find strategies to help us through the dark times ahead.
\n\nThank you to all our guests who have helped us out on the podcast over the last 67 episodes:
\n\nAlyn Smith
\nAndy of Remainer Now
\nAxel Antoni
\nDavid Henig
\nDmitry Grozoubinski
\nGarvan Walshe
\nIan Bond
\nJason Knoll
\nJim Cornelius
\nJon Worth
\nJulie Girling
\nKatie Low
\nLaura Shields
\nMolly Scott Cato
\nNick Crosby
\nNicky James
\nPeter Wilding
\nSeb Dance
\nSteve Analyst
\nTanja Bueltmann
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas
\n\nDownload Steve's new album One Thousand Days and please give generously to EU Citizens Champion!
","summary":"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.","date_published":"2019-12-16T17:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/06d5e11b-0a90-4925-beec-6cbe06e3542e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":69558565,"duration_in_seconds":5796}]},{"id":"5ec6d577-bbdf-46f2-9354-0cab88d3afcf","title":"Episode 66: Goodnight and Good Luck","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/66","content_text":"We cut to the chase. Nothing is more important than this. On Thursday, vote for the candidate most likely to beat Boris Johnson. Because if you don't, if he wins, our country will become unrecognisable. This will be the defining battle of our culture war.","content_html":"We cut to the chase. Nothing is more important than this. On Thursday, vote for the candidate most likely to beat Boris Johnson. Because if you don't, if he wins, our country will become unrecognisable. This will be the defining battle of our culture war.
","summary":"Steve and Chris have a message for you.","date_published":"2019-12-11T06:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/5ec6d577-bbdf-46f2-9354-0cab88d3afcf.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":10739482,"duration_in_seconds":894}]},{"id":"7b24ac52-d97a-4363-ba98-1a85dc312d6a","title":"Episode 65: Vote Early Vote Often Vote Tactically","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/65","content_text":"Brexit flowchart hero and EU Twitter legend Jon Worth joins Chris this week to take a deeper dive into tactical voting in the UK's general election - where is a tactical vote needed, how to work out where a tactical vote should go, and what might happen? All in the service of depriving Boris Johnson of a working majority and so keeping our hopes of remaining in the EU alive. Jon and Chris also reflect on their experiences of living and working in the EU and observing the way other EU countries do politics differently, and ask how the UK might do things better, why its EU membership seems to have had so little impact, and yes the 'f' word crops up. Federalism, that is.\n\nIf you want to take Jon up on his offer of a personalised tactical voting recommendation, please get in touch with him via his blog jonworth.eu or on Twitter where he is @jonworth.\n\nJon's tactical voting guide can be found here.Special Guest: Jon Worth.","content_html":"Brexit flowchart hero and EU Twitter legend Jon Worth joins Chris this week to take a deeper dive into tactical voting in the UK's general election - where is a tactical vote needed, how to work out where a tactical vote should go, and what might happen? All in the service of depriving Boris Johnson of a working majority and so keeping our hopes of remaining in the EU alive. Jon and Chris also reflect on their experiences of living and working in the EU and observing the way other EU countries do politics differently, and ask how the UK might do things better, why its EU membership seems to have had so little impact, and yes the 'f' word crops up. Federalism, that is.
\n\nIf you want to take Jon up on his offer of a personalised tactical voting recommendation, please get in touch with him via his blog jonworth.eu or on Twitter where he is @jonworth.
\n\nJon's tactical voting guide can be found here.
Special Guest: Jon Worth.
","summary":"EU and politics blogger Jon Worth joins Chris to take a deeper dive into tactical voting recommendations for next week's UK general election, plus some reflections on differences between politics in the UK and in other EU countries.","date_published":"2019-12-03T23:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/7b24ac52-d97a-4363-ba98-1a85dc312d6a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":69529519,"duration_in_seconds":4345}]},{"id":"dbb77d0b-acc9-443c-be51-061292bc15d1","title":"Episode 64: Centrist Unicorn Hunt","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/64","content_text":"Steve studied moral philosophy. (So did Chris but he doesn't get a word in edgeways.) We look at the ethics of tactical voting in the 2019 general election, and why you should hold your nose and vote for a candidate from a party you might not endorse as a party of government. Not just because you want to Remain in the EU, but also because you want to avert a catastrophic Johnson majority and engineer a situation where your first and second order goals might, just might, see the light of day.\n\nNetwork Vote want your help to get the \"unheard third\" of the vote out.\n\nToday we launch our website https://t.co/MghOAJAWaE - a tool to help our communtities across the UK boost voter turnout. Ours is a simple, unique idea: we don't want you to sign up to a mailing list or get your details. The materials are free, open-source and for everybody /1— network.vote (@NetworkVote) November 10, 2019 \n\nJon Worth's blog is your one-stop-shop to help you decide how to use your precious vote. You can find out where you are voting, whether you should vote tactically, and what the key tactical voting sites are recommending you should do with your vote.\n\nJon Worth's practical guide to tactical voting\n\n\n","content_html":"Steve studied moral philosophy. (So did Chris but he doesn't get a word in edgeways.) We look at the ethics of tactical voting in the 2019 general election, and why you should hold your nose and vote for a candidate from a party you might not endorse as a party of government. Not just because you want to Remain in the EU, but also because you want to avert a catastrophic Johnson majority and engineer a situation where your first and second order goals might, just might, see the light of day.
\n\nNetwork Vote want your help to get the "unheard third" of the vote out.
\n\n\n\nToday we launch our website https://t.co/MghOAJAWaE - a tool to help our communtities across the UK boost voter turnout.
— network.vote (@NetworkVote) November 10, 2019
Ours is a simple, unique idea: we don't want you to sign up to a mailing list or get your details. The materials are free, open-source and for everybody /1
Jon Worth's blog is your one-stop-shop to help you decide how to use your precious vote. You can find out where you are voting, whether you should vote tactically, and what the key tactical voting sites are recommending you should do with your vote.
\n\nJon Worth's practical guide to tactical voting
\n
Laura's kitchen table is once again the scene of a cosy chat about our favourite things: Brexit, Boris Johnson, his so-called new deal, and the wholesale attack on citizens' rights. For light relief we join four Remainers Now standing in the rain outside the European Commission's headquarters and hear from them why they've made the journey to Brussels and what they want to achieve here. This podcast was brought to you by a large gin and tonic.
\n\nJamie Susskind, author of Future Politics
\n\nOn The House podcast with guest Alastair Campbell
Special Guest: Laura Shields.
","summary":"Laura and Chris discuss the weekend's People's Vote march, the Johnson 'deal', and the view from Brussels, a city further enriched last week by the visit of Remainers Now. They talk about what brings them here.","date_published":"2019-10-21T18:45:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/44f9bd4a-9f1c-415c-9858-60ed6b513673.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":61255181,"duration_in_seconds":3828}]},{"id":"d49891e3-f1cd-48bb-88a8-4ce426324fd8","title":"Episode 61: Brexit is a Legacy Issue","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/61","content_text":"Chris is back from Tashkent with a head full of musings. How badly does the EU want the UK to leave? Quite badly, he thinks. Steve sort of agrees. But this week's unicorn chaser is the imminent collapse of the Bannonite populist project on both sides of the Atlantic. Steve sort of disagrees.\n\nRafael Behr's excellent analysis piece in the Guardian\n\nRally 4 Our Rights","content_html":"Chris is back from Tashkent with a head full of musings. How badly does the EU want the UK to leave? Quite badly, he thinks. Steve sort of agrees. But this week's unicorn chaser is the imminent collapse of the Bannonite populist project on both sides of the Atlantic. Steve sort of disagrees.
\n\nRafael Behr's excellent analysis piece in the Guardian
\n\n","summary":"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?","date_published":"2019-10-02T00:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/d49891e3-f1cd-48bb-88a8-4ce426324fd8.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":47627933,"duration_in_seconds":3968}]},{"id":"94b46c72-68e0-4c9f-9bf0-846c95b89a1a","title":"Episode 60: Bettel The Devil You Know","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/60","content_text":"Johnson says he has a deal that might fly but he won't show it to anyone yet, because it's too soon isn't it? [turns head, stares at camera]\n\nIs the EU losing patience? Xavier Bettel looks as if he has. What are the implications for Remainers?\n\nPlus we have a half-hearted go at a making verbal Jon Worth flowchart on the fly - what are the scenarios from here on out? And - we can dream - what happens the morning after revocation?\n\nDon't forget the Rally 4 Our Rights on 12 October!","content_html":"Johnson says he has a deal that might fly but he won't show it to anyone yet, because it's too soon isn't it? [turns head, stares at camera]
\n\nIs the EU losing patience? Xavier Bettel looks as if he has. What are the implications for Remainers?
\n\nPlus we have a half-hearted go at a making verbal Jon Worth flowchart on the fly - what are the scenarios from here on out? And - we can dream - what happens the morning after revocation?
\n\nDon't forget the Rally 4 Our Rights on 12 October!
","summary":"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?","date_published":"2019-09-17T23:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/94b46c72-68e0-4c9f-9bf0-846c95b89a1a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":60688949,"duration_in_seconds":5057}]},{"id":"9b045368-4cfb-4ac2-b041-77d02df22ee5","title":"Episode 59: Rentrée","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/59","content_text":"After a long absence, Steve is back co-hosting the podcast and here we all are again: parliament versus executive. Does Cummings have a grand strategy? Or is Johnson flying by the seat of his pants and about to crash? After a long evening watching Parliament TV, we catch up with each other and wonder where this shaggy dog story will go next.\n\nOur rights are under immediate and serious threat from Brexit and Boris Johnson: join us on 12 October and Rally 4 Our Rights! Also, please consider donating to cover costs.","content_html":"After a long absence, Steve is back co-hosting the podcast and here we all are again: parliament versus executive. Does Cummings have a grand strategy? Or is Johnson flying by the seat of his pants and about to crash? After a long evening watching Parliament TV, we catch up with each other and wonder where this shaggy dog story will go next.
\n\nOur rights are under immediate and serious threat from Brexit and Boris Johnson: join us on 12 October and Rally 4 Our Rights! Also, please consider donating to cover costs.
","summary":"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.","date_published":"2019-09-04T08:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/9b045368-4cfb-4ac2-b041-77d02df22ee5.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":60572965,"duration_in_seconds":5047}]},{"id":"8f92e44b-486a-4dca-8d8e-9388f3a4b1e3","title":"Episode 58: Transatlantic Perspective","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/58","content_text":"Chris is joined by Jason Knoll who teaches high school students in Verona, Wisconsin. His particular interest is the European Union, and he brings his particular point of view to the podcast in a discussion about Trump, Johnson, populism, and grassroots politics.\n\n\n\nCakewatch will be back in September.Special Guest: Jason Knoll.","content_html":"Chris is joined by Jason Knoll who teaches high school students in Verona, Wisconsin. His particular interest is the European Union, and he brings his particular point of view to the podcast in a discussion about Trump, Johnson, populism, and grassroots politics.
\n\nCakewatch will be back in September.
Special Guest: Jason Knoll.
","summary":"How do Americans view Brexit and the EU? Jason Knoll is a High School teacher from Wisconsin and also a huge fan of the European Union. He joins Chris via Skype from Verona, Wisconsin, to talk transatlantic about politics, parallels, and survival during difficult times.","date_published":"2019-08-05T08:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/8f92e44b-486a-4dca-8d8e-9388f3a4b1e3.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":61873343,"duration_in_seconds":3866}]},{"id":"427ebd5f-b459-4dad-a00a-aec915706401","title":"Episode 57: Act Three Scene Three","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/57","content_text":"Former Tory Party insider Peter Wilding is back on an historic day for his old party and for the UK. We reflect on the realisation of Boris Johnson's ambition and how he'll handle his poisoned chalice; the Jacobins are now in charge and the next hundred days will be... eventful. Plus a few reflections on the European election and on the EU top jobs.Special Guest: Peter Wilding.","content_html":"Former Tory Party insider Peter Wilding is back on an historic day for his old party and for the UK. We reflect on the realisation of Boris Johnson's ambition and how he'll handle his poisoned chalice; the Jacobins are now in charge and the next hundred days will be... eventful. Plus a few reflections on the European election and on the EU top jobs.
Special Guest: Peter Wilding.
","summary":"Peter Wilding returns to the podcast to chat to Chris about the ongoing English Revolution and whether the Gammon Jacobins will have very long to savour their victory.","date_published":"2019-07-23T22:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/427ebd5f-b459-4dad-a00a-aec915706401.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":69220647,"duration_in_seconds":4326}]},{"id":"74fb1020-a9f5-43c3-870a-68d64874275f","title":"Episode 56: Montagegate","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/56","content_text":"Chris and Steve Analyst discuss 'montagegate', in which Steve documents selective editing of news footage by the BBC to give the false impression that Leavers and Remainers alike said ahead of the referendum that voting to leave the EU would mean voting to leave the Single Market. This is not true.\n\nMontagegate Part 1\nMontagegate Part 2","content_html":"Chris and Steve Analyst discuss 'montagegate', in which Steve documents selective editing of news footage by the BBC to give the false impression that Leavers and Remainers alike said ahead of the referendum that voting to leave the EU would mean voting to leave the Single Market. This is not true.
\n\nMontagegate Part 1
\nMontagegate Part 2
Ancient historian Katie Low joins Chris to talk about why ancient history has so much to teach us about modern Brexit. Will Brexit be the UK's Sicilian Expedition? (Yes.) Is Boris Johnson the modern Alcibiades? (Sort of.) Is Jacob Rees Mogg a modern Cicero? (No.) Is Jeremy Corbyn the modern Julius Caesar? (No but Seumas Milne might be.) With a side order of griping at British educational elitism.
\n\nKatie's guest post on Chris' blog
\n\nTimothy Snyder's speech for Europe Day 2019 - "we are more than our myths"
\n\nSpecial Guest: Katie Low.
","summary":"Classics klaxon! The Brexit news is too depressing so Chris and fellow nerd Katie Low escape to Greece and Rome to hunt out lessons from history.","date_published":"2019-06-12T16:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/edbfe6f9-6e93-46a0-a12b-5a2f6a254c2c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":76472657,"duration_in_seconds":4779}]},{"id":"f47b71b0-21f1-4b17-836f-d4bbb375105c","title":"Episode 54: Denied My Vote","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/54","content_text":"Chris, Tanja, and Axel Antoni offer a first take on last week's European election and its aftermath before examining in a bit more detail what led to the disenfranchisement of many EU citizens who were denied their vote, and what can be done about it.\n\nNow updated with new and improved sound thanks to post-production by heroic listener Charlie Elwess!\n\nJoin The 3 Million's case against the government by sharing your story.\n\nYou can also support The 3 Million! (Please!) And if you haven't done so yet (or even if you have), please also consider becoming an EU Citizens' Champion.\n\n\n\nHere is our episode on mental health issues. Mind, the mental health charity, offer help and advice to you if you are suffering from depression or if you are looking for advice on how to help someone who you think might be depressed.Special Guest: Axel Antoni.","content_html":"Chris, Tanja, and Axel Antoni offer a first take on last week's European election and its aftermath before examining in a bit more detail what led to the disenfranchisement of many EU citizens who were denied their vote, and what can be done about it.
\n\nNow updated with new and improved sound thanks to post-production by heroic listener Charlie Elwess!
\n\nJoin The 3 Million's case against the government by sharing your story.
\n\nYou can also support The 3 Million! (Please!) And if you haven't done so yet (or even if you have), please also consider becoming an EU Citizens' Champion.
\n\n\n\nHere is our episode on mental health issues. Mind, the mental health charity, offer help and advice to you if you are suffering from depression or if you are looking for advice on how to help someone who you think might be depressed.
Special Guest: Axel Antoni.
","summary":"Chris and Tanja are joined by Axel Antoni of the 3 Million to discuss the disenfranchisement of many EU citizens in last week's European election.","date_published":"2019-05-29T10:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/f47b71b0-21f1-4b17-836f-d4bbb375105c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":79076961,"duration_in_seconds":4942}]},{"id":"b06f426d-eaec-42c1-bb41-43b873a43e85","title":"Episode 53: More Joy in Heaven","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/53","content_text":"Andy voted Remain but was not particularly engaged in politics. But something prompted him to become an activist and launch a huge and growing grassroots campaign providing a platform for people who voted Leave, but regret it, to challenge the Westminster orthodoxy that \"the people have spoken\". It's OK to change your mind, and Andy wants to make sure that regretful Leavers understand that. We talk to Andy about his activism, and we also continue where we left off last week on party politics, party loyalties, and the European elections. Plus Chris finally does his homework on the Spitzenkandidat procedure.\n\nThe article in PMP magazine referred to by Andy, in which former eurosceptic Andy (different Andy) explains his Damascene conversion, as heard on James O'Brien's radio show.Special Guest: Andy of Remainer Now.","content_html":"Andy voted Remain but was not particularly engaged in politics. But something prompted him to become an activist and launch a huge and growing grassroots campaign providing a platform for people who voted Leave, but regret it, to challenge the Westminster orthodoxy that "the people have spoken". It's OK to change your mind, and Andy wants to make sure that regretful Leavers understand that. We talk to Andy about his activism, and we also continue where we left off last week on party politics, party loyalties, and the European elections. Plus Chris finally does his homework on the Spitzenkandidat procedure.
\n\nSpecial Guest: Andy of Remainer Now.
","summary":"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.","date_published":"2019-05-15T10:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/b06f426d-eaec-42c1-bb41-43b873a43e85.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":61382343,"duration_in_seconds":5114}]},{"id":"27e3d88f-02b0-461c-bbee-d5818f672c14","title":"Episode 52: Happy Europe Day 2.0","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/52","content_text":"Now the parties have published their manifestos, how should Remainers plan to use their votes in the European election on 23 May? We talk about the tribal nature of party politics and why good people stay loyal to bad parties.\n\nIntro music this week by Ludwig van Beethoven arranged & performed by Mr Steve Bullock.","content_html":"Now the parties have published their manifestos, how should Remainers plan to use their votes in the European election on 23 May? We talk about the tribal nature of party politics and why good people stay loyal to bad parties.
\n\nIntro music this week by Ludwig van Beethoven arranged & performed by Mr Steve Bullock.
","summary":"Happy Europe Day 2019! Chris and Steve discuss party politics, party loyalties, and voting in the European election.","date_published":"2019-05-11T00:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/27e3d88f-02b0-461c-bbee-d5818f672c14.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":54548397,"duration_in_seconds":4545}]},{"id":"f28c844d-2d8e-46ee-a590-c1c0bee7af98","title":"Episode 51: Pattern Recognition","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/51","content_text":"Steve is off sick this week with a tummy bug so Chris is flying solo as host with guest Peter Wilding, aka @eurorealist, long-time Tory party insider, former head of the British Influence think tank, inventor of the dread word Brexit, and now a European Parliament candidate for Change UK. As we work our way through various beverages, we discuss the state of the Tory party and British politics, contemplate what might happen between now and the end of the Brexit Hextension, and whether Change UK really stands any chance of, well, changing the UK.\n\nPeter's book, What Next?Special Guest: Peter Wilding.","content_html":"Steve is off sick this week with a tummy bug so Chris is flying solo as host with guest Peter Wilding, aka @eurorealist, long-time Tory party insider, former head of the British Influence think tank, inventor of the dread word Brexit, and now a European Parliament candidate for Change UK. As we work our way through various beverages, we discuss the state of the Tory party and British politics, contemplate what might happen between now and the end of the Brexit Hextension, and whether Change UK really stands any chance of, well, changing the UK.
\n\nSpecial Guest: Peter Wilding.
","summary":"With elections rapidly approaching, Peter Wilding aka @eurorealist joins us to share his insights into the Conservative Party's civil war and why he has quit the Tories to stand as a Change UK candidate.","date_published":"2019-04-30T07:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/f28c844d-2d8e-46ee-a590-c1c0bee7af98.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":77994447,"duration_in_seconds":4874}]},{"id":"c0cf7af6-8431-47cb-9539-d4e94def4447","title":"Episode 50: Useful Idiots","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/50","content_text":"We D'hondt tell you how to vote in the European elections, but we hope our prolix chat about infighting and outfighting and tactics and principles and manifestos and candidates and choices and dilemmas has given you a helping, er, hondt.\n\nSteve's article for politics.co.uk","content_html":"We D'hondt tell you how to vote in the European elections, but we hope our prolix chat about infighting and outfighting and tactics and principles and manifestos and candidates and choices and dilemmas has given you a helping, er, hondt.
\n\nSteve's article for politics.co.uk
","summary":"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.","date_published":"2019-04-24T00:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/c0cf7af6-8431-47cb-9539-d4e94def4447.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":52968511,"duration_in_seconds":4413}]},{"id":"8e742b26-0423-4f23-bd53-8d278ece8f55","title":"Episode 49: Be An EU Citizen","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/49","content_text":"So we got another extension, to Halloween - did the threat of no-deal actually work? Are there divisions appearing among the EU27? What happens between now and October? Also, how should we be approaching the European elections? Should we vote tactically? To what extent should we treat it as a proxy referendum for Remain v. Leave? How would this sit with our democratic responsibility as EU citizens to vote on a European platform? Not A level politics exam questions in 2029 but an hour and a half of chatter with Steve and Chris.\n\nPlus, we forgot to ask you to vote for us in the British Podcast Awards\n\nPostscript: we got d'Hondt wrong - d'oh! So we've edited the podcast to reflect this (edited version posted 0800 BST 17 April 2019)","content_html":"So we got another extension, to Halloween - did the threat of no-deal actually work? Are there divisions appearing among the EU27? What happens between now and October? Also, how should we be approaching the European elections? Should we vote tactically? To what extent should we treat it as a proxy referendum for Remain v. Leave? How would this sit with our democratic responsibility as EU citizens to vote on a European platform? Not A level politics exam questions in 2029 but an hour and a half of chatter with Steve and Chris.
\n\nPlus, we forgot to ask you to vote for us in the British Podcast Awards
\n\nPostscript: we got d'Hondt wrong - d'oh! So we've edited the podcast to reflect this (edited version posted 0800 BST 17 April 2019)
","summary":"Post-mortem on Unbrexit Day 2.0 and how should Remainers be approaching the European elections?","date_published":"2019-04-16T10:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/8e742b26-0423-4f23-bd53-8d278ece8f55.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":68344185,"duration_in_seconds":5695}]},{"id":"8a904234-526c-4c99-ac19-d3a895997d43","title":"Episode 48: Stitched Up Like Kippers","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/48","content_text":"Recorded on the evening of Wednesday 3 April, Steve and Chris discuss the failure of Meaningful Vote 3.0, Indicative Votes 2.0, and Theresa May's Road to Damascus moment (spoiler: it's not). How will the EU27 respond to her plan for a further short extension?","content_html":"Recorded on the evening of Wednesday 3 April, Steve and Chris discuss the failure of Meaningful Vote 3.0, Indicative Votes 2.0, and Theresa May's Road to Damascus moment (spoiler: it's not). How will the EU27 respond to her plan for a further short extension?
","summary":"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?","date_published":"2019-04-04T07:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/8a904234-526c-4c99-ac19-d3a895997d43.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":43145007,"duration_in_seconds":3595}]},{"id":"f626eb27-f478-47da-b48e-f35db2ed428c","title":"Episode 47: Not Our Last Podcast Before Brexit","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/47","content_text":"With only two days to go until UnBrexit Day, we try to survey the rapidly shifting landscape and chart a course for where we head next. It's an exciting and unexpected place to be with only two days to go until 29 March, but we are by no means out of the woods. Listen while our takes still have some residual warmth left.","content_html":"With only two days to go until UnBrexit Day, we try to survey the rapidly shifting landscape and chart a course for where we head next. It's an exciting and unexpected place to be with only two days to go until 29 March, but we are by no means out of the woods. Listen while our takes still have some residual warmth left.
","summary":"The People, the Council, the Parliament, everyone has had enough. We survey the wreckage after a week of upheaval and rejection.","date_published":"2019-03-27T08:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/f626eb27-f478-47da-b48e-f35db2ed428c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":49874882,"duration_in_seconds":4155}]},{"id":"92896320-1a37-45e5-90db-228167a01709","title":"Episode 46: Narcissistic Pish","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/46","content_text":"In the second episode of the week, we visit Alyn Smith MEP in his offices, surrounded by boxes, for what might be a farewell chat, and reflect on another absolutely hatstand day in Brexit's endgame. Theresa May has written a letter to the European Council asking for a short extension and managing to annoy everybody on all sides; and (at time of recording) we're hiding behind the sofa waiting for her latest excruciatingly awful podium address to the nation.Special Guest: Alyn Smith.","content_html":"In the second episode of the week, we visit Alyn Smith MEP in his offices, surrounded by boxes, for what might be a farewell chat, and reflect on another absolutely hatstand day in Brexit's endgame. Theresa May has written a letter to the European Council asking for a short extension and managing to annoy everybody on all sides; and (at time of recording) we're hiding behind the sofa waiting for her latest excruciatingly awful podium address to the nation.
Special Guest: Alyn Smith.
","summary":"Steve and Chris join Alyn Smith MEP in what may be his penultimate week as a member of the European Parliament.","date_published":"2019-03-21T08:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/92896320-1a37-45e5-90db-228167a01709.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":90495393,"duration_in_seconds":4524}]},{"id":"268d4440-0b7d-4347-8b14-bffbeb871596","title":"Episode 45: Erskineful","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/45","content_text":"Chris, Steve, and a gurgling kitchen sink discuss extensions and whether the neighbours might lodge an objection with the council.","content_html":"Chris, Steve, and a gurgling kitchen sink discuss extensions and whether the neighbours might lodge an objection with the council.
","summary":"Extension plans: will the neighbours complain?","date_published":"2019-03-20T08:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/268d4440-0b7d-4347-8b14-bffbeb871596.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":69910280,"duration_in_seconds":4369}]},{"id":"a0ba09f8-9b34-455c-877c-970f018249be","title":"Episode 44: Cox Blocked","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/44","content_text":"So the government has lost the meaningful vote on the Withdrawal Agreement by a massive margin - AGAIN - and now what? Should we celebrate? How will Brussels react? What are the options for and chances of extending the Article 50 two year deadline? Steve and Chris bravely combat man flu to bring you their thoughts. Listen all the way to the end for a treat and, er, brillax!\n\n(Episode title shamelessly stolen from Remainiacs' Twitter feed)","content_html":"So the government has lost the meaningful vote on the Withdrawal Agreement by a massive margin - AGAIN - and now what? Should we celebrate? How will Brussels react? What are the options for and chances of extending the Article 50 two year deadline? Steve and Chris bravely combat man flu to bring you their thoughts. Listen all the way to the end for a treat and, er, brillax!
\n\n(Episode title shamelessly stolen from Remainiacs' Twitter feed)
","summary":"Chris and Steve wheeze and sneeze their way through their hot takes on Meaningful Vote 2.0.","date_published":"2019-03-12T23:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/a0ba09f8-9b34-455c-877c-970f018249be.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":65687948,"duration_in_seconds":3284}]},{"id":"83fb1acd-ae14-4d85-b769-2e26ef3b1795","title":"Episode 43: It Takes a Village Idiot","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/43","content_text":"Coffee tariffs and orange tariffs and zero tariffs oh my! Chris in conversation with Twitter trade legend and man of mystery, Jim Cornelius, self-made walking encyclopedia of all things tariff-related, and scourge of so-called liberal leavers everywhere.\n\nHeads up: there are a couple of audio glitches that might make you jump if you're listening over headphones, for which we apologise in advance.Special Guest: Jim Cornelius.","content_html":"Coffee tariffs and orange tariffs and zero tariffs oh my! Chris in conversation with Twitter trade legend and man of mystery, Jim Cornelius, self-made walking encyclopedia of all things tariff-related, and scourge of so-called liberal leavers everywhere.
\n\nHeads up: there are a couple of audio glitches that might make you jump if you're listening over headphones, for which we apologise in advance.
Special Guest: Jim Cornelius.
","summary":"Chris is in discussion with Twitter trade legend Jim Cornelius on his work tackling tariffs and Tory porkies.","date_published":"2019-03-06T14:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/83fb1acd-ae14-4d85-b769-2e26ef3b1795.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":67056873,"duration_in_seconds":4190}]},{"id":"35731954-8188-4c26-a0e1-ffbc53b58ae2","title":"Episode 42: The Answer to the Great Question","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/42","content_text":"A podcast of two halves this week. The first half is a look at the day's news from Westminster, where Corbyn now says he backs a referendum with Remain on the ballot, and where May now says she will call for a vote on whether to leave with no deal, or extend Article 50. Plus, more importantly, how the EU might feel about this. Then, in the second half, an extended discussion on Steve's personal Twexit - why he has taken the decision to step back from Twitter activism.","content_html":"A podcast of two halves this week. The first half is a look at the day's news from Westminster, where Corbyn now says he backs a referendum with Remain on the ballot, and where May now says she will call for a vote on whether to leave with no deal, or extend Article 50. Plus, more importantly, how the EU might feel about this. Then, in the second half, an extended discussion on Steve's personal Twexit - why he has taken the decision to step back from Twitter activism.
","summary":"Corbyn's pivot on a People's Vote, May's shift on no deal and extending Article 50, and why Steve has stepped back from Twitter","date_published":"2019-02-27T07:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/35731954-8188-4c26-a0e1-ffbc53b58ae2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":76929776,"duration_in_seconds":6410}]},{"id":"ab4ba9c7-9d45-4807-b291-07007c679aca","title":"Episode 41: Operation Badger","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/41","content_text":"Navel-gazing post-Remainiacs self-congratulation cut with road trip excerpts all amount to another week in the podcast that isn't about cake. We also reflect on the futility of TIG-related hope and the futility of unicorn-related Brussels tourism.","content_html":"Navel-gazing post-Remainiacs self-congratulation cut with road trip excerpts all amount to another week in the podcast that isn't about cake. We also reflect on the futility of TIG-related hope and the futility of unicorn-related Brussels tourism.
","summary":"Chris and Steve nurse their Remainiacs hangovers with a warm mug of TIG","date_published":"2019-02-22T08:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/ab4ba9c7-9d45-4807-b291-07007c679aca.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":95103186,"duration_in_seconds":3962}]},{"id":"02e8c2fb-6b91-403d-90f3-8ac457cb24f9","title":"Episode 40: First Anniversary Special","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/40","content_text":"We donned safety helmets and ventured forth into the archives to seek out our very first podcast, recorded one year ago on wax cylinder, and listen back to it to see whether anything has changed in the world of Brexit. Spoiler: it hasn't.\n\nThe Brexit database from Twitter user @brexology_uk","content_html":"We donned safety helmets and ventured forth into the archives to seek out our very first podcast, recorded one year ago on wax cylinder, and listen back to it to see whether anything has changed in the world of Brexit. Spoiler: it hasn't.
\n\nThe Brexit database from Twitter user @brexology_uk
","summary":"The Krazy Gang are back together for a bumper birthday episode with a directors' commentary on our very first podcast that we rescued from our digital cellar","date_published":"2019-02-07T07:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/02e8c2fb-6b91-403d-90f3-8ac457cb24f9.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":82360969,"duration_in_seconds":6863}]},{"id":"34c385f6-ec9a-48be-9006-d0f4fe985326","title":"Episode 39: A House Fire in Pompeii","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/39","content_text":"Dmitry Grozoubinski is our guest this week to talk about what the hell a \"WTO terms deal\" is(n't), and we weigh up the risks and chances of a disorderly Brexit. Plus easily the sexiest Lie of the Week ever.\n\nDmitry's trade explainer blog, Trade ExplainedSpecial Guest: Dmitry Grozoubinski.","content_html":"Dmitry Grozoubinski is our guest this week to talk about what the hell a "WTO terms deal" is(n't), and we weigh up the risks and chances of a disorderly Brexit. Plus easily the sexiest Lie of the Week ever.
\n\nDmitry's trade explainer blog, Trade Explained
Special Guest: Dmitry Grozoubinski.
","summary":"Trade nerds, assemble! Wizard of WTOz Dmitry Grozoubinski is here to talk GATT Article XXIV!","date_published":"2019-01-22T15:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/34c385f6-ec9a-48be-9006-d0f4fe985326.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":46893267,"duration_in_seconds":5861}]},{"id":"2b91ba29-1523-4942-9656-29be1d05a985","title":"Episode 38: Hands Off, Hände Weg!","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/38","content_text":"Chris and Tanja have no confidence in this government and reject its withdrawal agreement but more specifically talk about Brexit British attitudes towards Germany, where things stand for EU citizens as B-day approaches, and Brecht.\n\nBecome an EU Citizens Champion\n\nEU citizens are your colleagues, neighbours, friends and family. Your doctors, builders, teachers and hairdressers. As the UK descends further and further into chaos, we need you to stand with EU citizens. We need you to say: #HandsOff and support us to #RescueOurRights. 1/ pic.twitter.com/5MFNGTOPFi— Prof Tanja Bueltmann (@cliodiaspora) January 16, 2019 ","content_html":"Chris and Tanja have no confidence in this government and reject its withdrawal agreement but more specifically talk about Brexit British attitudes towards Germany, where things stand for EU citizens as B-day approaches, and Brecht.
\n\nBecome an EU Citizens Champion
\n\n","summary":"Discussing confidence votes, citizens' rights, and being German in the UK, with Tanja Bültmann.","date_published":"2019-01-17T00:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/2b91ba29-1523-4942-9656-29be1d05a985.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":79016775,"duration_in_seconds":4938}]},{"id":"df057653-f203-495b-9492-bc0f1d5afd94","title":"Episode 37: Coping","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/37","content_text":"January can be a difficult month, and Brexit is not helping. Many of us find ourselves struggling to cope with the insecurity that Brexit is causing. In this episode, we look at how Brexit is making us feel and how we're dealing with those feelings. We also look ahead to The Convention, an event taking place in London on 11 January to prepare for a potential new referendum.\n\nMind, the mental health charity, offering help and advice to you if you are suffering from depression or if you are looking for advice on how to help someone who you think might be depressed.\n\nThe ConventionSpecial Guest: Laura Shields.","content_html":"EU citizens are your colleagues, neighbours, friends and family. Your doctors, builders, teachers and hairdressers. As the UK descends further and further into chaos, we need you to stand with EU citizens. We need you to say: #HandsOff and support us to #RescueOurRights. 1/ pic.twitter.com/5MFNGTOPFi
— Prof Tanja Bueltmann (@cliodiaspora) January 16, 2019
January can be a difficult month, and Brexit is not helping. Many of us find ourselves struggling to cope with the insecurity that Brexit is causing. In this episode, we look at how Brexit is making us feel and how we're dealing with those feelings. We also look ahead to The Convention, an event taking place in London on 11 January to prepare for a potential new referendum.
\n\nMind, the mental health charity, offering help and advice to you if you are suffering from depression or if you are looking for advice on how to help someone who you think might be depressed.
\n\nSpecial Guest: Laura Shields.
","summary":"Chris and Laura talk about the emotional and mental health impact of Brexit; plus, looking ahead to the convention on a new vote taking place in London on 11 January.","date_published":"2019-01-10T08:15:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/df057653-f203-495b-9492-bc0f1d5afd94.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":46755341,"duration_in_seconds":2921}]},{"id":"feadcd77-7981-4cfb-bf71-82eaa108bb96","title":"Episode 36: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Brexit","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/36","content_text":"Theresa May's shocker at the European Council, and why it happened. Plus: Tony Blair, huh, what he isn't good for. And some home truths on what the Article 50 ruling means and what it doesn't mean. Finally, a few cracking Lies of the Week, and an absolute zinger as Tweet of the Year.\n\nChris' tweet about the Economist's Bagehot column\nIvan Rogers' speech\nJC Piris' tweet of the century","content_html":"Theresa May's shocker at the European Council, and why it happened. Plus: Tony Blair, huh, what he isn't good for. And some home truths on what the Article 50 ruling means and what it doesn't mean. Finally, a few cracking Lies of the Week, and an absolute zinger as Tweet of the Year.
\n\nChris' tweet about the Economist's Bagehot column
\nIvan Rogers' speech
\nJC Piris' tweet of the century
A throwback to the early days of the podcast in which Steve and Chris wind each other up into a state of high-pitched sweary indignation as they survey the carnage wrought by Brexit. Specifically, the importance of accuracy and honesty on the Remain side, negative and exceptionalist framing, government dishonesty and delusion, and car doors.
","summary":"Back to just Steve and Chris getting ranty about Brexit - old skool","date_published":"2018-12-12T08:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/0655f63c-6d0f-401a-b2b5-37d0df46d518.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":68571764,"duration_in_seconds":5713}]},{"id":"6dcd6a52-289f-4f3a-9d47-3084fc393023","title":"Episode 34: Dog's Brexit","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/34","content_text":"The unorthodox structure of this week's podcast is not so much down to avant garde editing as technical snafu, but we start at the beginning with Chris and Laura putting the world to rights over kebabs and prosecco, and end in the middle of things as we join Steve, Steve, and Chris half way through a discussion of Tuesday's events in Westminster, where this leaves Brexit, and was the UK really such an obstacle anyway?Special Guest: Laura Shields.","content_html":"The unorthodox structure of this week's podcast is not so much down to avant garde editing as technical snafu, but we start at the beginning with Chris and Laura putting the world to rights over kebabs and prosecco, and end in the middle of things as we join Steve, Steve, and Chris half way through a discussion of Tuesday's events in Westminster, where this leaves Brexit, and was the UK really such an obstacle anyway?
Special Guest: Laura Shields.
","summary":"Chris and Laura Shields kill Norway and play Fantasy Front Bench over a kebab, then Steve Bullock's back and joins Steve Analyst and Chris to pick over Tuesday's events in the House of Commons. Plus, is the UK really so obstructive?","date_published":"2018-12-06T08:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/6dcd6a52-289f-4f3a-9d47-3084fc393023.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":38892274,"duration_in_seconds":4861}]},{"id":"15096ff4-4d90-44ff-ab3a-269a8352662f","title":"Episode 33: Baskets Case","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/33","content_text":"The Centre for European Reform is the UK's foremost think tank on matters European, and Ian Bond is its Director of Foreign Policy, so Chris is in his element this week discussing how Brexit might affect both UK and EU foreign policy. Featuring not one, not two, but three baskets.Special Guest: Ian Bond.","content_html":"The Centre for European Reform is the UK's foremost think tank on matters European, and Ian Bond is its Director of Foreign Policy, so Chris is in his element this week discussing how Brexit might affect both UK and EU foreign policy. Featuring not one, not two, but three baskets.
Special Guest: Ian Bond.
","summary":"Chris talks foreign policy and Brexit with Ian Bond, Director of Foreign Policy for the Centre for European Reform.","date_published":"2018-11-29T21:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/15096ff4-4d90-44ff-ab3a-269a8352662f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":53194838,"duration_in_seconds":3324}]},{"id":"2247e63a-7794-4a3e-8131-82a8f4222a56","title":"Episode 32: Hostile Environment Lady","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/32","content_text":"Nick Crosby joins Chris to wonder whether and how the House of Commons might yet find a way to reject the Withdrawal Agreement and #StopBrexit. Also Hostile Environment Lady jumps the Lie of the Week queue.Special Guest: Nick Crosby.","content_html":"Nick Crosby joins Chris to wonder whether and how the House of Commons might yet find a way to reject the Withdrawal Agreement and #StopBrexit. Also Hostile Environment Lady jumps the Lie of the Week queue.
Special Guest: Nick Crosby.
","summary":"Nick Crosby joins Chris to wonder whether the House of Commons might yet find a way to reject the Withdrawal Agreement and #StopBrexit. Also Hostile Environment Lady jumps the Lie of the Week queue.","date_published":"2018-11-22T00:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/2247e63a-7794-4a3e-8131-82a8f4222a56.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":70647142,"duration_in_seconds":4415}]},{"id":"38fc0756-07b2-4b0e-826b-104be18fb8e9","title":"Episode 31: Not the Foggiest","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/31","content_text":"Steve is back and vaping hard (sorry for the background noises) while he outlines options for amending the bill to pass the Withdrawal Agreement and Chris listens in increasing bewilderment. We also discuss whether the UK has really been the disruptive force within EU structures that it's been made out to be in some quarters (OK these quarters).","content_html":"Steve is back and vaping hard (sorry for the background noises) while he outlines options for amending the bill to pass the Withdrawal Agreement and Chris listens in increasing bewilderment. We also discuss whether the UK has really been the disruptive force within EU structures that it's been made out to be in some quarters (OK these quarters).
","summary":"Steve and Chris debate whether the UK has really been a disruptive force in the EU, and ponder what happens now that we have a draft Withdrawal Agreement.","date_published":"2018-11-14T07:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/38fc0756-07b2-4b0e-826b-104be18fb8e9.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":51196782,"duration_in_seconds":4266}]},{"id":"17e3798e-f885-447b-97df-4f4883d0d120","title":"Episode 30: damned if we do, damned if we don't","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/30","content_text":"Alas poor Steve, he's still poorly, so Chris is hosting solo this week and joined by special guest Garvan Walshe (yes we know he was already on Remainiacs grrr) for a chat about the so-called Irish backstop, Jeremy Hunt's brass-necked cakeism, and whether Anna Soubry is a Leninist. Plus: would Remaining really be a good thing? No I mean really?? Also: Thucydides!\n\nJon Lis' opinion piece in the Guardian: \"Britain’s arrogant attempts to hoodwink the EU have sacrificed all trust\"Special Guest: Garvan Walshe.","content_html":"Alas poor Steve, he's still poorly, so Chris is hosting solo this week and joined by special guest Garvan Walshe (yes we know he was already on Remainiacs grrr) for a chat about the so-called Irish backstop, Jeremy Hunt's brass-necked cakeism, and whether Anna Soubry is a Leninist. Plus: would Remaining really be a good thing? No I mean really?? Also: Thucydides!
\n\nJon Lis' opinion piece in the Guardian: "Britain’s arrogant attempts to hoodwink the EU have sacrificed all trust"
Special Guest: Garvan Walshe.
","summary":"Former Tory Party International Security Policy Adviser Garvan Walshe joins Chris to talk about backstops and how every possible outcome now looks, well, a bit rubbish. Yay.","date_published":"2018-11-06T17:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/17e3798e-f885-447b-97df-4f4883d0d120.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":69818431,"duration_in_seconds":5817}]},{"id":"1379a427-bd88-44c5-a9fb-f39dbe5a9b61","title":"Episode 29: Blood in the Water","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/29","content_text":"Steve Analyst is back and promoted to stand-in co-host covering for Steve B. What do Chris and Steve A do while Steve B is away? Get stuck in to some proper trade nerdery, that's what. We discuss how the UK can realise its global trade ambitions, whether EU trade deals can be rolled over, and what a unilateral zero tariff regime would do to the country's bank balance. Rock & roll! Also: a controversial lie of the week and a discussion of how to herd Remainer cats. (No intro/outro music or lie of the week music this week because our sound engineer is in bed with the flu.)","content_html":"Steve Analyst is back and promoted to stand-in co-host covering for Steve B. What do Chris and Steve A do while Steve B is away? Get stuck in to some proper trade nerdery, that's what. We discuss how the UK can realise its global trade ambitions, whether EU trade deals can be rolled over, and what a unilateral zero tariff regime would do to the country's bank balance. Rock & roll! Also: a controversial lie of the week and a discussion of how to herd Remainer cats. (No intro/outro music or lie of the week music this week because our sound engineer is in bed with the flu.)
","summary":"Chris and Steve Analyst get down and nerdy on trade stuff, plus a controversial lie of the week.","date_published":"2018-10-30T22:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/1379a427-bd88-44c5-a9fb-f39dbe5a9b61.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":87220060,"duration_in_seconds":5450}]},{"id":"6f3b51af-d161-4841-9e2f-9db27b332806","title":"Episode 28: Cross Party Parly Party","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/28","content_text":"We leave the podcast dungeon and lug our recording equipment to a meeting room in the European Parliament where we chat with not one, not two, not three, but four MEPs about the Brexit endgame! This was a cracking conversation with political heavyweights so do not miss this one Remain nerds! Our guests are, in no particular order:\n\nJulie Girling MEP (EPP/independent - Julie was a Conservative MEP until the party withdrew the whip from her for her stance on Brexit)\nAlyn Smith MEP (Greens/EFA/SNP)\nSeb Dance MEP (S&D/Labour)\nMolly Scott Cato MEP (Greens/EFA/Green Party)\n\nHuge thanks to Molly, Seb, Alyn, and Julie for sparing the time to come and talk to us, we hope you find this as rewarding to listen to as we did to record.\n\nDon't forget the People's Vote March in London this Saturday, 20 October - do whatever you need to do to be there!\n\nAnd keep writing to your MPs to press for a Peoples Vote and a Final Say (For All!) because we NEED to Stop Brexit!\n\nAlso: please be sure to check out the new podcast from our friends at Remainer Now!Special Guests: Alyn Smith, Julie Girling, Molly Scott Cato, and Seb Dance.","content_html":"We leave the podcast dungeon and lug our recording equipment to a meeting room in the European Parliament where we chat with not one, not two, not three, but four MEPs about the Brexit endgame! This was a cracking conversation with political heavyweights so do not miss this one Remain nerds! Our guests are, in no particular order:
\n\nJulie Girling MEP (EPP/independent - Julie was a Conservative MEP until the party withdrew the whip from her for her stance on Brexit)
\nAlyn Smith MEP (Greens/EFA/SNP)
\nSeb Dance MEP (S&D/Labour)
\nMolly Scott Cato MEP (Greens/EFA/Green Party)
Huge thanks to Molly, Seb, Alyn, and Julie for sparing the time to come and talk to us, we hope you find this as rewarding to listen to as we did to record.
\n\nDon't forget the People's Vote March in London this Saturday, 20 October - do whatever you need to do to be there!
\n\nAnd keep writing to your MPs to press for a Peoples Vote and a Final Say (For All!) because we NEED to Stop Brexit!
\n\nAlso: please be sure to check out the new podcast from our friends at Remainer Now!
Special Guests: Alyn Smith, Julie Girling, Molly Scott Cato, and Seb Dance.
","summary":"Steve and Chris are joined by four - FOUR! - Members of the European Parliament to discuss progress towards a Withdrawal Agreement and prospects for a Peoples Vote","date_published":"2018-10-17T08:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/6f3b51af-d161-4841-9e2f-9db27b332806.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":50492812,"duration_in_seconds":4173}]},{"id":"e6b3e661-d1c6-43cd-9b24-07f4e97c3c7a","title":"Brexit: What Next? Special Bonus Podcast","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/27a","content_text":"Our friends at the Nottingham European Movement asked us if they could use our podcast to share a recording of their 'Brexit: What Next?' event with our listeners, and we bit their arm off! Enjoy this hour and a half panel discussion with these stone-cold Remain legends:\n\nKen Clarke QC MP, Conservative\nChris Leslie MP, Labour\nTom Brake MP, Liberal Democrat\nNatalie Bennett, Green Party (leader of the Green Party 2012-16, and currently prospective parliamentary candidate for Sheffield)\nFemi Oluwole, co-founder of Our Future, Our Choice!\nEloise Todd, chief executive, Best for Britain\nModerated by John Hess, former BBC political editor for the East Midlands\n\n(Apologies to Chris for omitting to include him in my spoken intro!)","content_html":"Our friends at the Nottingham European Movement asked us if they could use our podcast to share a recording of their 'Brexit: What Next?' event with our listeners, and we bit their arm off! Enjoy this hour and a half panel discussion with these stone-cold Remain legends:
\n\nKen Clarke QC MP, Conservative
\nChris Leslie MP, Labour
\nTom Brake MP, Liberal Democrat
\nNatalie Bennett, Green Party (leader of the Green Party 2012-16, and currently prospective parliamentary candidate for Sheffield)
\nFemi Oluwole, co-founder of Our Future, Our Choice!
\nEloise Todd, chief executive, Best for Britain
\nModerated by John Hess, former BBC political editor for the East Midlands
(Apologies to Chris for omitting to include him in my spoken intro!)
","summary":"We're bringing you a recording of the 'Brexit: What Next?' Question Time-style event organised by Nottingham European Movement on 28 September. Just look at the panellists!","date_published":"2018-10-14T10:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/e6b3e661-d1c6-43cd-9b24-07f4e97c3c7a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":81648186,"duration_in_seconds":6770}]},{"id":"1f701f7c-684f-497c-b314-a39787bf4fa4","title":"Episode 27: Fight Brexit with Beer","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/27","content_text":"We were going to have a theme this week but we ran out of time before we could start on one. Plenty of follow-up, looking ahead to next week's European Council showdown, wondering where it's all heading, and looking at the In Limbo book that was launched this week.\n\nOh and Lie of the Week, of course.\n\nSponsored by Wandsworth European Movement who are launching their Four Freedoms Pale Ale on 19 October - sign up for the launch event here!","content_html":"We were going to have a theme this week but we ran out of time before we could start on one. Plenty of follow-up, looking ahead to next week's European Council showdown, wondering where it's all heading, and looking at the In Limbo book that was launched this week.
\n\nOh and Lie of the Week, of course.
\n\nSponsored by Wandsworth European Movement who are launching their Four Freedoms Pale Ale on 19 October - sign up for the launch event here!
","summary":"We look ahead to next week's European Council and the Peoples Vote March on 20 October.","date_published":"2018-10-12T21:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/1f701f7c-684f-497c-b314-a39787bf4fa4.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":51695873,"duration_in_seconds":4274}]},{"id":"f9903a39-4aad-42b4-87a0-bab32f6afd37","title":"Episode 26: Tanja drops the C-bomb","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/26","content_text":"Warning: this episode includes very strong language (I mean, read the title) - listener discretion is advised (not one for teatime with the kids)\n\nAwesome citizen rights campaigner Tanja Bueltmann co-hosts this week's episode as we talk about her work on behalf of EU27 citizens in the UK, what it's like being a constant target of online and offline harrassment, why we should reclaim the c-word, and what we think of the Tory party conference.\n\nChristopher Kissane's article for the Irish Times on how historical nonsense underpins the UK's Brexit floundering.\n\nTanja tells her story in this Twitter thread\n\nTanja came onto the podcast to talk about the abuse she receives constantly simply for being who she is and for asserting her right to be who she is. And this is what happens. If you are reading this and you think stories of abuse are exaggerated, because you don't get much, walk a mile in Tanja's shoes.\n\nPlease support EU Citizens Champion. We don't make any money at all from this podcast, and we never will, but if you feel you want to give something back, please give generously to Tanja's work here. Thank you.","content_html":"Warning: this episode includes very strong language (I mean, read the title) - listener discretion is advised (not one for teatime with the kids)
\n\nAwesome citizen rights campaigner Tanja Bueltmann co-hosts this week's episode as we talk about her work on behalf of EU27 citizens in the UK, what it's like being a constant target of online and offline harrassment, why we should reclaim the c-word, and what we think of the Tory party conference.
\n\n\n\nTanja tells her story in this Twitter thread
\n\nTanja came onto the podcast to talk about the abuse she receives constantly simply for being who she is and for asserting her right to be who she is. And this is what happens. If you are reading this and you think stories of abuse are exaggerated, because you don't get much, walk a mile in Tanja's shoes.
\n\nPlease support EU Citizens Champion. We don't make any money at all from this podcast, and we never will, but if you feel you want to give something back, please give generously to Tanja's work here. Thank you.
","summary":"Tanja Bueltmann joins us as co-host to discuss citizens' rights and the Tory conference. Expletives abound!","date_published":"2018-10-04T15:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/f9903a39-4aad-42b4-87a0-bab32f6afd37.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":77446431,"duration_in_seconds":6419}]},{"id":"66a7fbfb-2577-404e-b8ae-e67ed4c84154","title":"Episode 25: Starmer Stormer","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/25","content_text":"A bit of follow-up on Armenian regulatory competences trade nerds, then it's straight into Salzburg OMG she didn't did she she did! and then Labour Conference and the thrill we felt when Starmer said what he said and the Conference did what it did. Closing out with Silver Jubilee Cake(ism) and one of the all time great Lies of the Week. Jim Cornelius we salute you.","content_html":"A bit of follow-up on Armenian regulatory competences trade nerds, then it's straight into Salzburg OMG she didn't did she she did! and then Labour Conference and the thrill we felt when Starmer said what he said and the Conference did what it did. Closing out with Silver Jubilee Cake(ism) and one of the all time great Lies of the Week. Jim Cornelius we salute you.
","summary":"Salzburg fallout and Starmer wowing the Labour Conference are headliners for this our Silver Jubilee podcast","date_published":"2018-09-26T08:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/66a7fbfb-2577-404e-b8ae-e67ed4c84154.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":56466550,"duration_in_seconds":4671}]},{"id":"1fd7fb02-c6df-42f1-a71f-9748448c65cc","title":"Episode 24: Peoples Vote and trade geekery","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/24","content_text":"A bit of a long one this week, in which we explore how a Peoples Vote might happen, and ask what a successful campaign might look like. And we take Cakewatch to a sunny Place Lux for lunch with David Henig, he of #TwitterTrade fame. Lie of the Week featuring the Raabinator.Special Guest: David Henig.","content_html":"A bit of a long one this week, in which we explore how a Peoples Vote might happen, and ask what a successful campaign might look like. And we take Cakewatch to a sunny Place Lux for lunch with David Henig, he of #TwitterTrade fame. Lie of the Week featuring the Raabinator.
Special Guest: David Henig.
","summary":"How could a Peoples Vote happen and how should it be handled? Plus lunch with trade expert David Henig.","date_published":"2018-09-19T07:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/1fd7fb02-c6df-42f1-a71f-9748448c65cc.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":70230577,"duration_in_seconds":5818}]},{"id":"96c74193-9681-4ca2-97d0-283d78e120d8","title":"Episode 23: From Project Fear to Project Death Star","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/23","content_text":"We talk about the European Research Group and its unpublished policy proposals which, apparently, have significant flaws and, so we hear, may be widely mocked.\n\nKeep listening for an Easter Egg including a contribution from a very special guest.\n\nhttps://finalsayforall.eu/","content_html":"We talk about the European Research Group and its unpublished policy proposals which, apparently, have significant flaws and, so we hear, may be widely mocked.
\n\nKeep listening for an Easter Egg including a contribution from a very special guest.
\n\n","summary":"In which your hosts mock the ERG","date_published":"2018-09-13T11:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/96c74193-9681-4ca2-97d0-283d78e120d8.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":51738853,"duration_in_seconds":4277}]},{"id":"8a09a38b-29b0-4aab-823e-8c50fbaa89db","title":"Episode 21: When the Hurly-Burly's Done","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/21","content_text":"Chris is back, and so is Steve Analyst! We're still in holiday mode, but got together by the magic of skype to record our feelings on where we think Brexit is currently heading and trying to untangle the threads of this mess.\n\nBonus points to listeners (and co-hosts) who read these episode notes and spot all the Macbeth references this week.\n\nHomework for Steve A: the Cakewatch Easter F-word Special\n\nHow Cornwall gets its internetSpecial Guest: Steve Analyst.","content_html":"Chris is back, and so is Steve Analyst! We're still in holiday mode, but got together by the magic of skype to record our feelings on where we think Brexit is currently heading and trying to untangle the threads of this mess.
\n\nBonus points to listeners (and co-hosts) who read these episode notes and spot all the Macbeth references this week.
\n\nHomework for Steve A: the Cakewatch Easter F-word Special
\n\nHow Cornwall gets its internet
Special Guest: Steve Analyst.
","summary":"Three for the price of none: Steve, Chris, and Steve talk about how they feel.","date_published":"2018-08-16T08:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/8a09a38b-29b0-4aab-823e-8c50fbaa89db.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":60620059,"duration_in_seconds":5017}]},{"id":"3434677b-1013-4e26-a379-5b1b79499b8e","title":"Episode 20: The One With Steve Analyst","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/20","content_text":"We were beaten to it by Dan Snow's history podcast but better late than never: legendary Twitter threader Steve Analyst joins Cakewatch in the special guest slot to talk about well we'll give you three guesses... yes it's Brexit.Special Guest: Steve Analyst.","content_html":"We were beaten to it by Dan Snow's history podcast but better late than never: legendary Twitter threader Steve Analyst joins Cakewatch in the special guest slot to talk about well we'll give you three guesses... yes it's Brexit.
Special Guest: Steve Analyst.
","summary":"Steve is back but Chris is on paternity leave so stepping into the breach is Steve Analyst!","date_published":"2018-08-03T07:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/3434677b-1013-4e26-a379-5b1b79499b8e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":74607211,"duration_in_seconds":6183}]},{"id":"9ac55f17-0359-446d-a000-eae87d883da6","title":"Episode 19: Chequers Pyjama Party","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/19","content_text":"We interrupt our summer mental health break to bring you episode 19, co-hosted by Chris and guest host Nick Crosby of Pro Europa. Steve's still on his break but we have too much to talk about so here we are: Chequers pyjama party, Cabinet resignations, ERG tantrums, Trump diplomacy, Facebook fines, where will it all end??\n\nPlease sign the petition to keep the rights of EU27 + EFTA citizens already in the UK unchanged after Brexit!Special Guest: Nick Crosby.","content_html":"We interrupt our summer mental health break to bring you episode 19, co-hosted by Chris and guest host Nick Crosby of Pro Europa. Steve's still on his break but we have too much to talk about so here we are: Chequers pyjama party, Cabinet resignations, ERG tantrums, Trump diplomacy, Facebook fines, where will it all end??
\n\nSpecial Guest: Nick Crosby.
","summary":"Chris pops back with special guest host Nick Crosby to discuss another bonkers week in Brexit.","date_published":"2018-07-12T00:45:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/9ac55f17-0359-446d-a000-eae87d883da6.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":47964562,"duration_in_seconds":3963}]},{"id":"1b222fed-274b-490e-a124-baf32dee40a0","title":"We're All Going On A Summer Mental Health Break","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/summerbreak","content_text":"In the words of soft rock legends Chicago, everybody needs a little time away. Just a quick one this week to let our listeners know that we're taking a bit of a break from podcasting over the summer to recover our mojos, reconnect with the world outside Brexit, recharge our critical batteries, and in the case of Chris to focus on a new arrival! Stay subscribed, stay tuned, and we'll be back soon.","content_html":"In the words of soft rock legends Chicago, everybody needs a little time away. Just a quick one this week to let our listeners know that we're taking a bit of a break from podcasting over the summer to recover our mojos, reconnect with the world outside Brexit, recharge our critical batteries, and in the case of Chris to focus on a new arrival! Stay subscribed, stay tuned, and we'll be back soon.
","summary":"Where's this week's Cakewatch? Well here it is and it's the tiniest slice.","date_published":"2018-07-06T12:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/1b222fed-274b-490e-a124-baf32dee40a0.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":4354504,"duration_in_seconds":246}]},{"id":"c87db26b-c5b6-40dd-ad4a-6a83acb0ce33","title":"Episode 18: Micturating on your Frites","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/18","content_text":"Steve's article in Prospect on freedom of movement\n\nIntro/outro music: “Going up the Wrong Way” by Bai Kamara Jr, from his album \"The Mystical Survivors and Some Rare Earthlings\". Available Fnac, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon etc. http://www.baikamara.com","content_html":"Steve's article in Prospect on freedom of movement
\n\nIntro/outro music: “Going up the Wrong Way” by Bai Kamara Jr, from his album "The Mystical Survivors and Some Rare Earthlings". Available Fnac, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon etc. http://www.baikamara.com
","summary":"You May Not Aspire to Embiggenment! Leave disinfo tactics, that damp squib Grieve Rebellion, and our People's Vote March hangover.","date_published":"2018-06-27T18:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/c87db26b-c5b6-40dd-ad4a-6a83acb0ce33.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":46863680,"duration_in_seconds":3871}]},{"id":"775e432e-c7bd-438e-889c-e4deb78cfe98","title":"Episode 17: A Very Brexit Coup","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/17","content_text":"Listeners are advised that this podcast contains very strong language from the very start, including scenes of an adult nature. Listener discretion is advised.\n\nA hell of a week in Brexitland. We skim over it all before getting stuck into the way in which the House of Commons handled the Withdrawal Bill and the amendments proposed by the House of Lords. There is some swearing.\n\nIntro/outro music: “Going up the Wrong Way” by Bai Kamara Jr, from his album \"The Mystical Survivors and Some Rare Earthlings\". Available Fnac, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon etc. http://www.baikamara.com","content_html":"Listeners are advised that this podcast contains very strong language from the very start, including scenes of an adult nature. Listener discretion is advised.
\n\nA hell of a week in Brexitland. We skim over it all before getting stuck into the way in which the House of Commons handled the Withdrawal Bill and the amendments proposed by the House of Lords. There is some swearing.
\n\nIntro/outro music: “Going up the Wrong Way” by Bai Kamara Jr, from his album "The Mystical Survivors and Some Rare Earthlings". Available Fnac, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon etc. http://www.baikamara.com
","summary":"Chris and Steve discuss the 'debate' in the House of Commons on the EU Withdrawal Bill","date_published":"2018-06-14T07:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/775e432e-c7bd-438e-889c-e4deb78cfe98.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":55121614,"duration_in_seconds":4559}]},{"id":"701e6f42-f5c3-49bb-93d3-3394648af3d2","title":"Episode 16: Citizens' Rights","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/16","content_text":"Laura's Twitter thread about the democratic failings of the referendum, the exclusion of those most affected, and Leave's lies about the Vienna Convention.\n\nThe reality of Freedom of Movement: Dave's story\n\nBritish in Europe (all staff are volunteers - donations appreciated!)\n\nThe 3 Million\n\nJoin the march on 23 June for a People's VoteSpecial Guest: Laura Shields.","content_html":"\n\nThe reality of Freedom of Movement: Dave's story
\n\nBritish in Europe (all staff are volunteers - donations appreciated!)
\n\n\n\nJoin the march on 23 June for a People's Vote
Special Guest: Laura Shields.
","summary":"Steve and Chris discuss Citizens' Rights with Laura Shields of British in Europe. Plus, a rapidly cooling hot take on Labour's 'Norway Plus' amendment.","date_published":"2018-06-06T07:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/701e6f42-f5c3-49bb-93d3-3394648af3d2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":58175245,"duration_in_seconds":4814}]},{"id":"a0d85c0f-322f-4bc8-83a3-9a45d958d52e","title":"Episode 15: The Blame Game","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/15","content_text":"This week we're looking at background briefings by senior EU sources to UK media, and what those mean for the state of withdrawal negotiations (spoiler: nothing good). There's also a spot of Soft Brexit follow-up, and some huge whopping lies of the week.\n\nThe Guardian hears from a senior EU source on how the UK needs to face up to the reality of the decision it has made.\n\nIvan Rogers' speech at Glasgow University which is full of insight and strongly recommended for all students of Brexit.\n\nIndiana's attempt to legislate pi\n\nMike ('@Geoelte_Spinne')'s thread about emigrating to Germany","content_html":"This week we're looking at background briefings by senior EU sources to UK media, and what those mean for the state of withdrawal negotiations (spoiler: nothing good). There's also a spot of Soft Brexit follow-up, and some huge whopping lies of the week.
\n\n\n\nIvan Rogers' speech at Glasgow University which is full of insight and strongly recommended for all students of Brexit.
\n\nIndiana's attempt to legislate pi
\n\nMike ('@Geoelte_Spinne')'s thread about emigrating to Germany
","summary":"Chris and Steve engage in some Berlaymontology and dissect the current state of negotiations on the UK's withdrawal. *sad face emoji*","date_published":"2018-05-31T08:45:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/a0d85c0f-322f-4bc8-83a3-9a45d958d52e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":58127595,"duration_in_seconds":4810}]},{"id":"1fb1311a-5d54-4bc2-a1f4-6d46cf0fa7cc","title":"Episode 14: Shy Weans Get No Sweeties","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/14","content_text":"Alyn Smith MEP\n\nAlyn's page on the European Parliament's website\n\nScotland in Europe\n\nChris' 2015 blogpost on how progressive politics and civic engagement in the UK could - should - have been given a new lease of life by the EU referendum\n\nBozzymandiasSpecial Guest: Alyn Smith.","content_html":"\n\nAlyn's page on the European Parliament's website
\n\n\n\n\n\nSpecial Guest: Alyn Smith.
","summary":"This week, Steve and Chris are in conversation with Alyn Smith MEP about Brexit, devolution, subsidiarity, federalism, nationalism, and sweeties.","date_published":"2018-05-24T08:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/1fb1311a-5d54-4bc2-a1f4-6d46cf0fa7cc.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":50746340,"duration_in_seconds":4194}]},{"id":"bf637608-2f13-49cb-b828-cfcd2ee2f9b3","title":"Episode 13: EEA No Way","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/13","content_text":"Directive 1999/56/EC adapting to technical progress Council Directive 78/933/EEC relating to the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices on wheeled agricultural and forestry tractors - Ottolights!\n\nJonathan Meades on Belgium\n\nCulture Corner:\n\nPopgun Press\nSKZ Cartoons\nNegotiations - a DexEU sitcom\n\nSponsored by Best for Doncaster (which will be a surprise to them)\n\nWe welcome potential sponsors - but we don’t want your money! If you represent an organisation that is working to stop Brexit, and you’d like some free publicity, contact us via this website or DM one of us on Twitter.\n\nIntro/outro music: “Going up the Wrong Way” by Bai Kamara Jr, from his album \"The Mystical Survivors and Some Rare Earthlings\". Available Fnac, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon etc. http://www.baikamara.com","content_html":"\n\n\n\nCulture Corner:
\n\nPopgun Press
\nSKZ Cartoons
\nNegotiations - a DexEU sitcom
Sponsored by Best for Doncaster (which will be a surprise to them)
\n\nWe welcome potential sponsors - but we don’t want your money! If you represent an organisation that is working to stop Brexit, and you’d like some free publicity, contact us via this website or DM one of us on Twitter.
\n\nIntro/outro music: “Going up the Wrong Way” by Bai Kamara Jr, from his album "The Mystical Survivors and Some Rare Earthlings". Available Fnac, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon etc. http://www.baikamara.com
","summary":"Chris and Steve examine a \"Soft\" Brexit: what is it, who benefits from it, what are its pros, what are its cons, and should we settle for it? (Spoiler: no we bloody should not!) Plus: follow-up to our Europe Day special, Lie of the Week, and Culture Corner.","date_published":"2018-05-16T15:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/bf637608-2f13-49cb-b828-cfcd2ee2f9b3.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":63023913,"duration_in_seconds":5218}]},{"id":"f6ce762c-891b-47eb-8f84-b7e29f6e22fa","title":"Episode 12: Europe Day Special","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/12","content_text":"The Schuman Declaration\n\nTaking a break from our usual format, we spend this week talking about the things we love about Europe. A lot of it is quite personal and, well... self-indulgent, so feel free to skip this one if it's not your cup of tea (yes that features). After all: de gustibus non est disputandum.\n\nTo squeeze this extra-long episode into a reasonable file size, we've downgraded the audio quality of this week's podcast, we hope it won't impact your listening pleasure to an unacceptable degree!\n\nLinks to some of the choices we mention:\n\n\nThe Gracchi\nGiordano Bruno\nTom Paine\nKaiserschmarren\nKraftwerk Autobahn EP\nSigur Ros Glosoli\nSelinus/Selinunte\nLundy Island\nBrecht's Alles Wandelt Sich\nBetween the Woods and the Water\nHeimat\nGerman church bells\nTagesschau bongs","content_html":"\n\nTaking a break from our usual format, we spend this week talking about the things we love about Europe. A lot of it is quite personal and, well... self-indulgent, so feel free to skip this one if it's not your cup of tea (yes that features). After all: de gustibus non est disputandum.
\n\nTo squeeze this extra-long episode into a reasonable file size, we've downgraded the audio quality of this week's podcast, we hope it won't impact your listening pleasure to an unacceptable degree!
\n\nLinks to some of the choices we mention:
\n\n
\nThe Gracchi
\nGiordano Bruno
\nTom Paine
\nKaiserschmarren
\nKraftwerk Autobahn EP
\nSigur Ros Glosoli
\nSelinus/Selinunte
\nLundy Island
\nBrecht's Alles Wandelt Sich
\nBetween the Woods and the Water
\nHeimat
\nGerman church bells
\nTagesschau bongs
Chris Grey's Brexit Blog on how Brexiters would have been happier if they had lost the referendum.
\n\n\n\nSponsored by Milton Keynes European Movement - join their events on Europe Day, 9 May!
\n\nWe welcome potential sponsors - but we don’t want your money! If you represent an organisation that is working to stop Brexit, and you’d like some free publicity, contact us via this website or DM one of us on Twitter.
\n\nIntro/outro music: “Going up the Wrong Way” by Bai Kamara Jr, from his album "The Mystical Survivors and Some Rare Earthlings". Available Fnac, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon etc. http://www.baikamara.com
","summary":"The wheels on the bus are coming off, coming off, coming off. Customs Union, Lie of the Week on the Swiss Border, and a thrilling new occasional segment. Brought to you by Milton Keynes European Movement's Day of Action 9 May 2018!","date_published":"2018-05-03T13:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/82953c2d-c214-4f35-ae87-8cff7e7d32be.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":53215499,"duration_in_seconds":3300}]},{"id":"52009401-ea4d-465c-be9f-115710069ec4","title":"Episode 10: The Where Is Labour? Episode","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/10","content_text":"Ahead of next week's local elections in England, Steve and Chris wonder why Labour isn't doing better in the polls, what Labour's Brexit policy really is, and what Labour's strategists are smoking? Also: civic engagement, plastic toffs, and Lie(s) of the Week.\n\nWe welcome potential sponsors - but we don’t want your money! If you represent an organisation that is working to stop Brexit, and you’d like some free publicity, contact us via this website or DM one of us on Twitter.\n\nIntro/outro music: “Going up the Wrong Way” by Bai Kamara Jr, from his album \"The Mystical Survivors and Some Rare Earthlings\". Available Fnac, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon etc. http://www.baikamara.com","content_html":"Ahead of next week's local elections in England, Steve and Chris wonder why Labour isn't doing better in the polls, what Labour's Brexit policy really is, and what Labour's strategists are smoking? Also: civic engagement, plastic toffs, and Lie(s) of the Week.
\n\nWe welcome potential sponsors - but we don’t want your money! If you represent an organisation that is working to stop Brexit, and you’d like some free publicity, contact us via this website or DM one of us on Twitter.
\n\nIntro/outro music: “Going up the Wrong Way” by Bai Kamara Jr, from his album "The Mystical Survivors and Some Rare Earthlings". Available Fnac, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon etc. http://www.baikamara.com
","summary":"Ahead of next week's local elections in England, Steve and Chris wonder why Labour isn't doing better in the polls, what Labour's Brexit policy really is, and what Labour's strategists are smoking? Also: civic engagement, plastic toffs, and Lie(s) of the Week.","date_published":"2018-04-26T09:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/52009401-ea4d-465c-be9f-115710069ec4.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":67088887,"duration_in_seconds":4167}]},{"id":"5ba248b5-be50-442c-804c-77e3c04a88a5","title":"Episode 9: Overrated Eurotrash","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/9","content_text":"Steve’s 'keep the flame alive' article in the Guardian\n\nThe Institute for Government's report on \"Voting for Brexit: Parliament's consideration of the withdrawal deal and future framework\"\n\nChris' blog piece on what is a eurosceptic\n\n\"Accidental\" deportations\n\nClub Europ Express special first birthday edition\n\nPlease help fund Brexit Record - the only site recording the true impact of Brexit\n\nThis episode sponsored by Stratford4Europe\n\nWe welcome potential sponsors - but we don’t want your money! If you represent an organisation that is working to stop Brexit, and you’d like some free publicity, contact us via this website or DM one of us on Twitter.\n\nIntro/outro music: “Going up the Wrong Way” by Bai Kamara Jr, from his album \"The Mystical Survivors and Some Rare Earthlings\". Available Fnac, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon etc. http://www.baikamara.com","content_html":"Steve’s 'keep the flame alive' article in the Guardian
\n\n\n\nChris' blog piece on what is a eurosceptic
\n\n\n\">"Accidental" deportations
\n\nClub Europ Express special first birthday edition
\n\nPlease help fund Brexit Record - the only site recording the true impact of Brexit
\n\nThis episode sponsored by Stratford4Europe
\n\nWe welcome potential sponsors - but we don’t want your money! If you represent an organisation that is working to stop Brexit, and you’d like some free publicity, contact us via this website or DM one of us on Twitter.
\n\nIntro/outro music: “Going up the Wrong Way” by Bai Kamara Jr, from his album "The Mystical Survivors and Some Rare Earthlings". Available Fnac, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon etc. http://www.baikamara.com
","summary":"We're back after the Easter break with vox pops featuring two Remainer megastars, free movement and Windrush, and a roundup of where things stand as we start the summer term.","date_published":"2018-04-19T07:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/5ba248b5-be50-442c-804c-77e3c04a88a5.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":58913410,"duration_in_seconds":3656}]},{"id":"2256208d-66e2-4df7-8b4d-46c1aceb873e","title":"Episode 8: The Easter F-word Special","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/8","content_text":"Chris' blog post on the West Lothian Question and UK federalism (or lack of).\n\nJohn Pinder's obituary\n\nAltiero Spinelli\n\nThe Ventotene Manifesto\n\nGuy Verhofstadt and Dany Cohn-Bendit's manifesto \"There Is No Alternative To A Federal Europe\"\n\nChris' table comparing EU and UK democratic accountability\n\nSteve's Twitter thread, unrolled, on the threat to UK democracy\n\nUnicorn Chaser\n\nWe welcome potential sponsors - but we don’t want your money! If you represent an organisation that is working to stop Brexit, and you’d like some free publicity, contact us via this website or DM one of us on Twitter.\n\nIntro music: “Going up the Wrong Way” by Bai Kamara Jr, from his album \"The Mystical Survivors and Some Rare Earthlings\". Available Fnac, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon etc. http://www.baikamara.com\n\nSpecial outro music courtesy of Jon Worth, Anders Ekberg, and Malena Britz.","content_html":"Chris' blog post on the West Lothian Question and UK federalism (or lack of).
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGuy Verhofstadt and Dany Cohn-Bendit's manifesto "There Is No Alternative To A Federal Europe"
\n\nChris' table comparing EU and UK democratic accountability
\n\nSteve's Twitter thread, unrolled, on the threat to UK democracy
\n\n\n\nWe welcome potential sponsors - but we don’t want your money! If you represent an organisation that is working to stop Brexit, and you’d like some free publicity, contact us via this website or DM one of us on Twitter.
\n\nIntro music: “Going up the Wrong Way” by Bai Kamara Jr, from his album "The Mystical Survivors and Some Rare Earthlings". Available Fnac, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon etc. http://www.baikamara.com
\n\nSpecial outro music courtesy of Jon Worth, Anders Ekberg, and Malena Britz.
","summary":"Enjoy this (mostly) pre-recorded special in which Steve and Chris discuss European and UK federalism, EU democracy, and Westminster exceptionalism. Listen to the very end for a very special Easter Egg.","date_published":"2018-04-12T15:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/2256208d-66e2-4df7-8b4d-46c1aceb873e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":62840203,"duration_in_seconds":3902}]},{"id":"a3132d54-f51a-4b9d-bf96-df2f59d60f81","title":"Episode 7: Fishcake and Winklepicking","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/7","content_text":"Laura Shields' (@mediawhizz) thread exposing the lie about citizen rights being protected by the Vienna Convention\n\nThe Smart Border 2.0 study commissioned by the European Parliament\n\nAnalysis of the Withdrawal Agreement and transition arrangements by Steve Peers here and by David Allen Green here (NB FT is paywalled)\n\nREM: Exhuming McCarthy\n\nClip of Joseph Welch’s “Have you no sense of decency” reply to Joseph McCarthy \n\nEdward R. Murrow’s annihilation of McCarthy, that applies as much to opponents of Brexit as opponents of McCarthyism. \n\nWe welcome potential sponsors - but we don’t want your money! If you represent an organisation that is working to stop Brexit, and you’d like some free publicity, contact us via this website or DM one of us on Twitter.\n\nMain intro/outro music: “Going up the Wrong Way” by Bai Kamara Jr, from his album \"The Mystical Survivors and Some Rare Earthlings\". Available Fnac, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon etc. http://www.baikamara.com","content_html":"\n\nThe Smart Border 2.0 study commissioned by the European Parliament
\n\nAnalysis of the Withdrawal Agreement and transition arrangements by Steve Peers here and by David Allen Green here (NB FT is paywalled)
\n\n\n\nClip of Joseph Welch’s “Have you no sense of decency” reply to Joseph McCarthy
\n\nEdward R. Murrow’s annihilation of McCarthy, that applies as much to opponents of Brexit as opponents of McCarthyism.
\n\nWe welcome potential sponsors - but we don’t want your money! If you represent an organisation that is working to stop Brexit, and you’d like some free publicity, contact us via this website or DM one of us on Twitter.
\n\nMain intro/outro music: “Going up the Wrong Way” by Bai Kamara Jr, from his album "The Mystical Survivors and Some Rare Earthlings". Available Fnac, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon etc. http://www.baikamara.com
","summary":"This week, Steve and Chris mullet over the draft Withdrawal Agreement and carp on about the transition deal.","date_published":"2018-03-29T10:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/a3132d54-f51a-4b9d-bf96-df2f59d60f81.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":51741948,"duration_in_seconds":3208}]},{"id":"a71c5899-4611-4ce9-9e18-935ff6be5e8f","title":"Episode 6: she gave him the toy steering wheel","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/6","content_text":"Speech by Dany Cohn Bendit in the European Parliament - featuring le beurre et l'argent du beurre but not le cul de la cremière\n\nSpeech by Alyn Smith in the European Parliament\n\nThe most mendacious video of all time courtesy of Leave.EU\n\nSteve's article in Prospect\n\nChris' blog post on how negotiations ought to work (yes we're linking to it again)\n\nThanks for vox pops from @jonworth, @BrusselsGeek, anon, @DaveKeating, @nwbrux, @jackschickler, @MarkJohnstonLD - Chris apologises to Jen and anon for swapping their marks out of ten\n\nWe welcome potential sponsors - but we don’t want your money! If you represent an organisation that is working to stop Brexit, and you’d like some free publicity, contact us via this website or DM one of us on Twitter.\n\nMain intro/outro music: “Going up the Wrong Way” by Bai Kamara Jr, from his album \"The Mystical Survivors and Some Rare Earthlings\". Available Fnac, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon etc. http://www.baikamara.com","content_html":"Speech by Dany Cohn Bendit in the European Parliament - featuring le beurre et l'argent du beurre but not le cul de la cremière
\n\nSpeech by Alyn Smith in the European Parliament
\n\nThe most mendacious video of all time courtesy of Leave.EU
\n\n\n\nChris' blog post on how negotiations ought to work (yes we're linking to it again)
\n\nThanks for vox pops from @jonworth, @BrusselsGeek, anon, @DaveKeating, @nwbrux, @jackschickler, @MarkJohnstonLD - Chris apologises to Jen and anon for swapping their marks out of ten
\n\nWe welcome potential sponsors - but we don’t want your money! If you represent an organisation that is working to stop Brexit, and you’d like some free publicity, contact us via this website or DM one of us on Twitter.
\n\nMain intro/outro music: “Going up the Wrong Way” by Bai Kamara Jr, from his album "The Mystical Survivors and Some Rare Earthlings". Available Fnac, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon etc. http://www.baikamara.com
","summary":"Cakewatch Live! (not live) - we leave the podcast dungeon and put the show on the road to hear the Brussels Bubble share its views on cake, cakeism, and whether Brexit will actually happen.","date_published":"2018-03-15T11:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/a71c5899-4611-4ce9-9e18-935ff6be5e8f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":62585066,"duration_in_seconds":3886}]},{"id":"a9e2b8cd-9a58-4c68-acc2-084249ecab47","title":"Episode 5: Explicit in Welsh","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/5","content_text":"Jean-Claude Piris' Twitter thread critiquing Theresa May's speech\n\nCherrypicking: Report of Stefaan de Rynck's LSE lecture\n\nRoger Helmer LOL\n\nSponsored this week by finalsayforall.eu. Join us on Thursday 22 March, The Grapevine, Place Luxembourg, Brussels, 16.30-20.00: meet & greet the board of finalsayforall.eu and tell YOUR story of what it's like being a UK citizen living in another EU country and facing Brexit.\n\nWe welcome potential sponsors - but we don’t want your money! If you represent an organisation that is working to stop Brexit, and you’d like some free publicity, contact us via this website or DM one of us on Twitter.\n\nMain intro/outro music: “Going up the Wrong Way” by Bai Kamara Jr, from his album \"The Mystical Survivors and Some Rare Earthlings\". Available Fnac, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon etc. http://www.baikamara.com\n\nAsk Cakewatch intro music: “Certainty\" by the Drønes ’72 (@drones72band), from their debut EP, ‘Whispers Never Stop vol.1’.","content_html":"Jean-Claude Piris' Twitter thread critiquing Theresa May's speech
\n\nCherrypicking: Report of Stefaan de Rynck's LSE lecture
\n\n\n\nSponsored this week by finalsayforall.eu. Join us on Thursday 22 March, The Grapevine, Place Luxembourg, Brussels, 16.30-20.00: meet & greet the board of finalsayforall.eu and tell YOUR story of what it's like being a UK citizen living in another EU country and facing Brexit.
\n\nWe welcome potential sponsors - but we don’t want your money! If you represent an organisation that is working to stop Brexit, and you’d like some free publicity, contact us via this website or DM one of us on Twitter.
\n\nMain intro/outro music: “Going up the Wrong Way” by Bai Kamara Jr, from his album "The Mystical Survivors and Some Rare Earthlings". Available Fnac, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon etc. http://www.baikamara.com
\n\nAsk Cakewatch intro music: “Certainty" by the Drønes ’72 (@drones72band), from their debut EP, ‘Whispers Never Stop vol.1’.
","summary":"Chris and Steve discuss Theresa May's deluxe Mansion House cake I mean speech","date_published":"2018-03-07T11:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/a9e2b8cd-9a58-4c68-acc2-084249ecab47.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":59438413,"duration_in_seconds":3689}]},{"id":"2ba2c7bd-b6f2-4276-80f2-aa6e86f0917c","title":"Bonus Material *screams into abyss*","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/4a","content_text":"Steve and Chris list their Lies of the Week and respond to listener questions including: does divide and rule work? and screams into the abyss\n\nIntro music: “Certainty\" by the Drønes ’72 (@drones72band), from their debut EP, ‘Whispers Never Stop vol.1’.","content_html":"Steve and Chris list their Lies of the Week and respond to listener questions including: does divide and rule work? and screams into the abyss
\n\nIntro music: “Certainty" by the Drønes ’72 (@drones72band), from their debut EP, ‘Whispers Never Stop vol.1’.
","summary":"Lie of the Week and Ask Cakewatch - bonus material for Episode 4","date_published":"2018-03-03T14:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/2ba2c7bd-b6f2-4276-80f2-aa6e86f0917c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":10472900,"duration_in_seconds":629}]},{"id":"01bda04f-0848-445e-93a2-f0501e2e3e2d","title":"Episode 4: Stand Firm on Fudge","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/4","content_text":"Follow up: the international language of cakeism\n\nSteve's thread on the difference between THE Customs Union and A customs union, with the Single Market thrown in for good measure.\n\nSponsored by wandsworth.eu!\n\nWe are looking for sponsors - but we don’t want your money! If you represent an organisation that is working to stop Brexit, and you’d like some free publicity, contact us via this website or DM one of us on Twitter.\n\nIntro/outro music: “Going up the Wrong Way” by Bai Kamara Jr, from his album \"The Mystical Survivors and Some Rare Earthlings\". Available Fnac, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon etc. http://www.baikamara.com","content_html":"Follow up: the international language of cakeism
\n\n\n\nSponsored by wandsworth.eu!
\n\nWe are looking for sponsors - but we don’t want your money! If you represent an organisation that is working to stop Brexit, and you’d like some free publicity, contact us via this website or DM one of us on Twitter.
\n\nIntro/outro music: “Going up the Wrong Way” by Bai Kamara Jr, from his album "The Mystical Survivors and Some Rare Earthlings". Available Fnac, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon etc. http://www.baikamara.com
","summary":"Chequers Cake, Red Velvet Cake, international cake(ism), and a draft Withdrawal Agreement","date_published":"2018-03-03T13:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/01bda04f-0848-445e-93a2-f0501e2e3e2d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":55567894,"duration_in_seconds":3447}]},{"id":"f90cb243-a070-427c-845a-2f23bdcedc67","title":"Episode 3: the 40 watt amplifier","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/3","content_text":"Steve Peers' blog post with a post mortem on Boris Johnson's and Theresa May's speeches \n\nGarreth Hayes' brilliant thread on complexity\n\n\"The best Brexit tweet ever\"\n\n#GreatLeapBackwards\n\nThis episode was recorded in the evening, Belgian beer is involved, and your podcast hosts become somewhat tired and emotional. Expect a bit more swearing than usual and some high pitched indignant screeching.\n\nWe are looking for sponsors - but we don’t want your money! If you represent an organisation that is working to stop Brexit, and you’d like some free publicity, contact us via this website or DM one of us on Twitter.\n\nIntro/outro music: “Going up the Wrong Way” by Bai Kamara Jr, from his album \"The Mystical Survivors and Some Rare Earthlings\". Available Fnac, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon etc. http://www.baikamara.com","content_html":"Steve Peers' blog post with a post mortem on Boris Johnson's and Theresa May's speeches
\n\nGarreth Hayes' brilliant thread on complexity
\n\n\n\n\n\nThis episode was recorded in the evening, Belgian beer is involved, and your podcast hosts become somewhat tired and emotional. Expect a bit more swearing than usual and some high pitched indignant screeching.
\n\nWe are looking for sponsors - but we don’t want your money! If you represent an organisation that is working to stop Brexit, and you’d like some free publicity, contact us via this website or DM one of us on Twitter.
\n\nIntro/outro music: “Going up the Wrong Way” by Bai Kamara Jr, from his album "The Mystical Survivors and Some Rare Earthlings". Available Fnac, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon etc. http://www.baikamara.com
","summary":"Steve and Chris discuss how EU membership is a multiplier for member states' foreign policy, and Brexit's impact on British global influence.","date_published":"2018-02-24T20:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/f90cb243-a070-427c-845a-2f23bdcedc67.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":56730347,"duration_in_seconds":3520}]},{"id":"64018fd1-c3bb-43d3-8c8f-89c222af1987","title":"Bonus: Ask Cakewatch 3a","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/3a","content_text":"Bonus material! After Episode 3, this is episode 3a (or will that get us into another numbering nightmare?) - dedicated to #AskCakewatch.\n\nSteve and Chris respond to listener questions including: what's your favourite thing about Article 2 of the EU Treaty? Will Kent need more lorry parking? and more.\n\nIntro music: “Certainty\" by the Drønes ’72 (@drones72band), from their debut EP, ‘Whispers Never Stop vol.1’.","content_html":"Bonus material! After Episode 3, this is episode 3a (or will that get us into another numbering nightmare?) - dedicated to #AskCakewatch.
\n\nSteve and Chris respond to listener questions including: what's your favourite thing about Article 2 of the EU Treaty? Will Kent need more lorry parking? and more.
\n\nIntro music: “Certainty" by the Drønes ’72 (@drones72band), from their debut EP, ‘Whispers Never Stop vol.1’.
","summary":"Episode 3a bonus material - Ask Cakewatch","date_published":"2018-02-24T20:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/64018fd1-c3bb-43d3-8c8f-89c222af1987.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":16811291,"duration_in_seconds":1025}]},{"id":"1f935419-f469-4497-8a9c-df345fed494d","title":"Episode 2: He got the EU lurgie","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/2","content_text":"Sponsored (for free) by Best for Britain - donate here and FIGHT BREXIT!\n\nThe EU's position paper on transition\n\nDavid Allen Green's Twitter thread on transition\n\nJC Piris on Twitter - the former head of the EU Council's Legal Service\n\nChris' blog post on negotiation\n\nIf you have a question you'd like us to discuss on a future episode, tweet it with the hashtag #AskCakeWatch\n\nWe are looking for sponsors - but we don’t want your money! If you represent an organisation that is working to stop Brexit, and you’d like some free publicity, contact us via this website or DM one of us on Twitter.\n\nIntro/outro music: “Going up the Wrong Way” by Bai Kamara Jr, from his album \"The Mystical Survivors and Some Rare Earthlings\". Available Fnac, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon etc. http://www.baikamara.com","content_html":"Sponsored (for free) by Best for Britain - donate here and FIGHT BREXIT!
\n\nThe EU's position paper on transition
\n\nDavid Allen Green's Twitter thread on transition
\n\nJC Piris on Twitter - the former head of the EU Council's Legal Service
\n\nChris' blog post on negotiation
\n\nIf you have a question you'd like us to discuss on a future episode, tweet it with the hashtag #AskCakeWatch
\n\nWe are looking for sponsors - but we don’t want your money! If you represent an organisation that is working to stop Brexit, and you’d like some free publicity, contact us via this website or DM one of us on Twitter.
\n\nIntro/outro music: “Going up the Wrong Way” by Bai Kamara Jr, from his album "The Mystical Survivors and Some Rare Earthlings". Available Fnac, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon etc. http://www.baikamara.com
","summary":"Steve and Chris discuss Brexit transition.","date_published":"2018-02-14T10:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/1f935419-f469-4497-8a9c-df345fed494d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":56814993,"duration_in_seconds":3525}]},{"id":"a5083b16-5247-4021-87d9-8f3b47d003f4","title":"Episode 1: The Pilot. \"Very rarely are people dicks\"","url":"https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/1","content_text":"Steve on the job\n\nSteve being accused of misogyny by Nadine Dorries\n\nChris having a go at the BBC and their coverage of the Customs Union\n\nSteve tweeting on what the HELL is going on with this timewasting\n\nTwitter user @Jim_Cornelius taking Nadine Dorries down with forensic precision over coffee tariffs\n\nChris' blog post about negotiating Brexit and his follow up a year or so later on how no-one ever listens to him\n\nIntro/outro music: “Going up the Wrong Way” by Bai Kamara Jr, from his album \"The Mystical Survivors and Some Rare Earthlings\". Available Fnac, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon etc. http://www.baikamara.com","content_html":"\n\nSteve being accused of misogyny by Nadine Dorries
\n\nChris having a go at the BBC and their coverage of the Customs Union
\n\nSteve tweeting on what the HELL is going on with this timewasting
\n\nTwitter user @Jim_Cornelius taking Nadine Dorries down with forensic precision over coffee tariffs
\n\nChris' blog post about negotiating Brexit and his follow up a year or so later on how no-one ever listens to him
\n\nIntro/outro music: “Going up the Wrong Way” by Bai Kamara Jr, from his album "The Mystical Survivors and Some Rare Earthlings". Available Fnac, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon etc. http://www.baikamara.com
","summary":"Steve and Chris record a pilot of their new podcast, CakeWatch. Issues covered: Nadine Dorries and misogyny; a weaponised civil service; Customs Union cakeism; the BBC; and #lieoftheweek coffee protectionism.","date_published":"2018-02-06T19:00:00.000+01:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/4432d2d5-196c-4fd7-ab19-f8afdbdbf9db/a5083b16-5247-4021-87d9-8f3b47d003f4.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":42049286,"duration_in_seconds":2602}]}]}![\"\"](\"https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EA4nCIZWwAETmR0?format=jpg&name=4096x4096\")
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