web02.fireside.fm Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:43:23 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) CakeWatch - Episodes Tagged with “Peoples Vote” https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/tags/peoples%20vote Mon, 21 Oct 2019 18:45:00 +0200 Steve - @guitarmoog - and Chris - @ottocrat - investigate cakeism: the philosophy of having your cake and eating it, as preached and practised by the British government in its approach to Brexit. Each week, we explore the latest developments as we head towards Brexit and spend time wading through the weeds from the perspective of two long-standing Brussels and UK government insiders. Our aim: to inform you, our listeners, about EU realities and so, hopefully, to equip you to spot lies and to thwart attempts to manipulate you. There may be swearing. We are regularly joined by guests and occasionally by special guest co-hosts. en-gb episodic otto and the moog's Great British CakeWatch Chris Kendall/Steve Bullock Steve - @guitarmoog - and Chris - @ottocrat - investigate cakeism: the philosophy of having your cake and eating it, as preached and practised by the British government in its approach to Brexit. Each week, we explore the latest developments as we head towards Brexit and spend time wading through the weeds from the perspective of two long-standing Brussels and UK government insiders. Our aim: to inform you, our listeners, about EU realities and so, hopefully, to equip you to spot lies and to thwart attempts to manipulate you. There may be swearing. We are regularly joined by guests and occasionally by special guest co-hosts. yes Brexit, UK politics, EU, EU politics, politics, referendum, European Union Chris Kendall/Steve Bullock contact@cakewat.ch Episode 63: Honey Badger https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/63 44f9bd4a-9f1c-415c-9858-60ed6b513673 Mon, 21 Oct 2019 18:45:00 +0200 Chris Kendall/Steve Bullock full Chris Kendall/Steve Bullock 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. 1:03:48 yes 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. Jamie Susskind, author of Future Politics (https://www.jamiesusskind.com) On The House podcast with guest Alastair Campbell (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-moment-of-truth-with-guest-alastair-campbell/id1474010876?i=1000453971430) Special Guest: Laura Shields. Brexit, politics, UK politics, Europe, EU 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.

Jamie Susskind, author of Future Politics

On The House podcast with guest Alastair Campbell

Special Guest: Laura Shields.

]]> 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.

Jamie Susskind, author of Future Politics

On The House podcast with guest Alastair Campbell

Special Guest: Laura Shields.

]]> Episode 52: Happy Europe Day 2.0 https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/52 27e3d88f-02b0-461c-bbee-d5818f672c14 Sat, 11 May 2019 00:00:00 +0200 Chris Kendall/Steve Bullock full Chris Kendall/Steve Bullock Happy Europe Day 2019! Chris and Steve discuss party politics, party loyalties, and voting in the European election. 1:15:45 yes 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. Intro music this week by Ludwig van Beethoven arranged & performed by Mr Steve Bullock. Brexit, politics, UK politics, Europe, EU, European Parliament, Peoples Vote, referendum 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.

Intro music this week by Ludwig van Beethoven arranged & performed by Mr Steve Bullock.

]]> 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.

Intro music this week by Ludwig van Beethoven arranged & performed by Mr Steve Bullock.

]]> Episode 51: Pattern Recognition https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/51 f28c844d-2d8e-46ee-a590-c1c0bee7af98 Tue, 30 Apr 2019 07:00:00 +0200 Chris Kendall/Steve Bullock full Chris Kendall/Steve Bullock 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. 1:21:14 yes 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. Peter's book, What Next? (http://influencegroup.org.uk/whatnext/) Special Guest: Peter Wilding. Brexit, politics, UK politics, Europe, EU, European Parliament, Peoples Vote, referendum, Conservative Party, Tories, Change UK, European elections 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.

Peter's book, What Next?

Special Guest: Peter Wilding.

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Peter's book, What Next?

Special Guest: Peter Wilding.

]]> Episode 36: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Brexit https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/36 feadcd77-7981-4cfb-bf71-82eaa108bb96 Wed, 19 Dec 2018 22:00:00 +0100 Chris Kendall/Steve Bullock full Chris Kendall/Steve Bullock Steve and Chris spend their last episode of the year (we hope!) picking over the previous week's debacle at the European Council and wondering at the UK's apparently irrepressible capacity for self-delusion. 1:27:12 yes 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. <a href="https://twitter.com/ottocrat/status/1074610710464946178">Chris' tweet about the Economist's Bagehot column</a> <a href="https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2018/12/13/full-speech-sir-ivan-rogers-on-brexit/">Ivan Rogers' speech</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/piris_jc/status/1074932615768092672">JC Piris' tweet of the century</a> Brexit, politics, UK politics, EU, Europe, European Council, Peoples Vote, referendum 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.

Chris' tweet about the Economist's Bagehot column
Ivan Rogers' speech
JC Piris' tweet of the century

]]> 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.

Chris' tweet about the Economist's Bagehot column
Ivan Rogers' speech
JC Piris' tweet of the century

]]> Episode 28: Cross Party Parly Party https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/28 6f3b51af-d161-4841-9e2f-9db27b332806 Wed, 17 Oct 2018 08:00:00 +0200 Chris Kendall/Steve Bullock full Chris Kendall/Steve Bullock 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 1:09:33 no 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: Julie Girling MEP (http://www.juliegirling.com) (EPP/independent - Julie was a Conservative MEP until the party withdrew the whip from her for her stance on Brexit (http://www.juliegirling.com/julie-girling-mep-my-expulsion-from-the-conservative-party/)) Alyn Smith MEP (https://www.alynsmith.eu) (Greens/EFA/SNP) Seb Dance MEP (http://www.sebdance.co.uk) (S&amp;D/Labour) Molly Scott Cato MEP (http://mollymep.org.uk) (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. Don't forget the People's Vote March (https://www.peoples-vote.uk/march) in London this Saturday, 20 October - do whatever you need to do to be there! And keep writing to your MPs to press for a Peoples Vote and a Final Say (For All!) (https://finalsayforall.eu) because we NEED to Stop Brexit! Also: please be sure to check out the new podcast from our friends at Remainer Now! (https://audioboom.com/channels/4976477) Special Guests: Alyn Smith, Julie Girling, Molly Scott Cato, and Seb Dance. Brexit, politics, UK politics, EU, Europe, European Parliament, Peoples Vote, referendum 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:

Julie Girling MEP (EPP/independent - Julie was a Conservative MEP until the party withdrew the whip from her for her stance on Brexit)
Alyn Smith MEP (Greens/EFA/SNP)
Seb Dance MEP (S&D/Labour)
Molly 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.

Don't forget the People's Vote March in London this Saturday, 20 October - do whatever you need to do to be there!

And keep writing to your MPs to press for a Peoples Vote and a Final Say (For All!) because we NEED to Stop Brexit!

Also: 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.

]]> 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:

Julie Girling MEP (EPP/independent - Julie was a Conservative MEP until the party withdrew the whip from her for her stance on Brexit)
Alyn Smith MEP (Greens/EFA/SNP)
Seb Dance MEP (S&D/Labour)
Molly 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.

Don't forget the People's Vote March in London this Saturday, 20 October - do whatever you need to do to be there!

And keep writing to your MPs to press for a Peoples Vote and a Final Say (For All!) because we NEED to Stop Brexit!

Also: 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.

]]> Episode 23: From Project Fear to Project Death Star https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/23 96c74193-9681-4ca2-97d0-283d78e120d8 Thu, 13 Sep 2018 11:00:00 +0200 Chris Kendall/Steve Bullock full Chris Kendall/Steve Bullock In which your hosts mock the ERG 1:11:17 yes 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. Keep listening for an Easter Egg including a contribution from a very special guest. https://finalsayforall.eu/ 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.

Keep listening for an Easter Egg including a contribution from a very special guest.

https://finalsayforall.eu/

]]> 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.

Keep listening for an Easter Egg including a contribution from a very special guest.

https://finalsayforall.eu/

]]> Episode 18: Micturating on your Frites https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/18 c87db26b-c5b6-40dd-ad4a-6a83acb0ce33 Wed, 27 Jun 2018 18:00:00 +0200 Chris Kendall/Steve Bullock full Chris Kendall/Steve Bullock You May Not Aspire to Embiggenment! Leave disinfo tactics, that damp squib Grieve Rebellion, and our People's Vote March hangover. 1:04:31 yes <a href="https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/in-defence-of-freedom-of-movement">Steve's article in Prospect on freedom of movement</a> 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 Steve's article in Prospect on freedom of movement

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

]]> Steve's article in Prospect on freedom of movement

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

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