301: Deselection Election?

Rob and Tom are back for a new season because the Boris and Brexit news just won’t stop! This week they dive into proroguing and fears of an upcoming General Election. TOPICS - Intro [0:00] - What is proroguing? [1:44] - Does Boris want a No Deal Brexit? [7:25] - Boris' speech and promises [13:53] - How could this cause a General Election? [19:20] - Deselection of Tory MPs [25:11] - What are Boris' options if the bill passes? [28:15] - Does Labour want a GE? [32:38] - The Polls and GE predictions [35:25] - What are the EU thinking? [45:02] - Outro [47:56] - Bonus: Listener Jokes [50:09] SUPPORT Support all TTSS shows on Patreon SHOWNOTES - Parliament: Prorogation - Twitter: List of Conservative rebels - Twitter: Phillip Hammond Letter - Twitter: Hillary Benn letter - Twitter: Tory MPs to lose whip - BBC: Laura Kuenssberg: Why is Johnson planning to deselect Tory rebels? - Twitter: Snap poll shows hung parliament - YouGov: Voting Intention: Con 33%, Lab 22%, Lib Dem 21%, Brex 12% (28-29 Aug) - Britain Elects: Westminster Voting Intention - Current Polls - Twitter: Ruth Davidson resignation letter - Join us on Discord! DISCUSS - Reddit - Twitter - Facebook ATTRIBUTION - Recording engineer: Craig - Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0). - Main Image: Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs by Chatham House used under CC by 2.0