417: Batley & Spen

Rob and Tom discuss the 2021 by-election in Batley & Spen as well as the impending removal of COVID restrictions and England’s Euro 2020 performance…

TOPICS

- [0:00] Intro

- [1:01] Headlines: Freedom Is In Your Hands Now

- [13:59] Headlines: Football Is Not Coming Home

- [27:05] Main Story: Batley & Spen

- [33:52] The Results

- [41:38] Has The Electorate Shifted?

- [51:53] Outro
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SHOWNOTES

- The Papers

- PM statement at coronavirus press conference: 5 July 2021

- PM statement at coronavirus press conference: 12 July 2021

- Tyrone Mings’ Tweet

- Foreign aid: Theresa May spearheads Conservative rebellion against Boris Johnson's overseas aid cuts

- 2021 Batley and Spen By-Election

- Batley and Spen: Is politics starting to return to normal?

- AstraCast Special

- Join us on Discord!

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ATTRIBUTION

- Recording engineer: Ennuicastr

- Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).

- Main Image: Tracy Brabin's office, Hill Top, Gomersal by habiloid used under CC by SA 2.0