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The Big Issues
by Daud Khan, James Roxburgh, James Bell and Scott Wilson
It will be a podcast discussing the big issues from welfare reform to education reform to adressing the NHS backlog, to social security in the USA and the Build Back better agenda and the issues of crime and poverty etc.It will be a podcast doing one week UK issue one week USA issue it is very much an unplugged podcast we just say what we think.
Episodes
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Episode 84- Rudd-Gillard-Rudd Government
In this episode Me and Scott decided to discuss Australian Politics and we decided to go backwards and discussing the government’s of Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard. We break it down and discus the Kevin 07 campaign, His first year achievements in apologising to the Indigneous communities, ending...
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Episode 83 - Prisons and Labour Market Reform
In this pretty long episode. Me and Scott are returning to what this podcast is about, the issues within society. So we're talking in this, though for those who remember mine and James President's episodes, it's similar to that as Me and Scott talk for an hour and 10 a piece with Scott going…
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Episode 82 - Biden drops out
With Joe Biden having now officially dropped out the race, the first incumbent to do so since 1968, with President Johnson. In this Episode, Me and Scott are discussing what happens next with Vice President Harris and with her new fundraising operation and with a new base of support and by a…
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Episode 81 - The King's speech, President Biden, France
With the king's speech having occurred, the first labour kings speech since 2009 as the tories had theirs in 2010. What to make of the deregulation of planning laws , workers rights expansion, defending law and order, GB Energy, ensuring greater security for renters, and having greater fiscal...
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Episode 80 - The arrival of the labour Government and the crisis in the Democratic Party
In this the 80th Episode, we are talking about the fact the Labour government has arrived for 14 years and Me and Scott are talking about the incoming Labour government in regards to the new cabinet, incoming reforms with tackling climate change, deregulation of planning laws, fixing the crisis…
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Episode 79 - Discussing the state of the fourth week of the UK general election
In this episode and british election now concluding it's fourth week of the campaign we (and we have a surprise) and it's a discussion about the state of the election with the polls, communication, ideas and history and so on. Scott is back on Wednesday as a permeant co-host and me and James...
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Episode 78 - Further analysing the election
In this episode, the first 7 day consecutive episode in a very long time and me and Scott are analysing the state of the election and the current state of the polls and the potential next labour government and what's gonna happen in that regard?. What's the future of the conservative party? and…
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Episode 77 - Sunak v Starmer the general election of 2024
Now we’re 3 weeks into the general election and the podcast is back now this is going to be an interesting episode as we're not just discussing the Sunak v Starmer battle for No.10 on sky news on Wedensday Evening and the broader elections in discussing policies and this is intriguing as it's a...
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Episode 76- Rebuilding the Inner Cities- How's it done?
We're back I know I keep saying it that but things are now 100% fixed and we're back up and running. In this episode me and my good friend James Bell are doing an episode talking about the rebuilding of the inner cities to ensure we can ensure law and order have a modern education system,...
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Episode 75 - Reviewing Stolen- How to Save the world from financialisation by Grace Blakeley
In this episode, back after 8 weeks we are back and we've decided to do a book review as I recently read through Stolen- How to Save the world from financialisation by Grace Blakeley and it's a fascinating book about economics and from Bretton Woods, deregulation of the city of London, the rise…
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Episode 74- Growing the economy for the short and long term
So it was a no notes Episode we are back up after further issues but we are back and talking about the economy and how to get it growing again talking about how taxes influence growth how education reform can impact economic growth why we need to harness the power of the tech sector and for...
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Podcast Episode 73- By Elections in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire
In this episode me and James are going to talk about the historic wins for labour in Tamworth and overturning a 24,000 majority in mid Bedfordshire. And how the Labour Party are on course for a landslide and the Tory party are in deep crisis but what’s next for the future of both parties in their...
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Episode 72- Modernisation of State Education
In this episode after three weeks of waiting we’re back on anchor as zoom doesn’t work for James and it’s a 90 minute discussion on class sizes, teachers and teaching assistants, exam reform, student welfare, improving standards and ensuring choice. It was done with no notes just using our wits…
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Episode 71 - Re-Inventing Welfare and Industry
In this Episode me and James are back and we're talking about how to create full employment, ensure effective welfare, cutting taxation, ensuring better access to healthcare and a green new deal it's an old free style discussion back to an old style of us two having the intellectual back and…
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Episode 70- 2010 Coalition Talks (Five Days that Changed Britain)
In this episode in my one man band episode I'm talking about the 2010 coalition talks examining how post the election over the 5 days the conservative Lib Dem coalition came about and how the logistics and the people and the behind the scenes and the view of the key people it's basically a…
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Episode 69- Understanding 1992-1997
So with the Next Election now on the potential rise with a summer election Me and James after a long three week wait decided to do a deep dive into how a fourth term conservative government collapsed with the ERM, Maastricht, Sleaze and New Labour. The recording begins at 0.56 seconds and we...
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Episode 68- Supply and Demand
In this episode me and James are doing deep dive into supply and demand it is more economics than politics. We explore the reason why prices are going up as high as they are, is this a failure of the free market, is this a failure of the state's regulation, Is this is a failure of oligopolies…
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Episode 67- How the Supreme Court went from Liberal to Conservative
In this episode, In this one man band episode I'm talking about the Supreme Court going from the Warren era to the Roberts Era showing how over the last fifty years the court has shifted to the right and has culminated into the ruling this week and how it happened overtime, really enjoyed the...
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Episode 66- Understanding Watergate
In this episode we are talking about the Watergate scandal and how it happened, the cover up, the investigations, the senate investigation, nixon himself, the cause for impeachment and the attempts and the resignation of Richard Nixon. So how did the now infamous scandal happen and the…
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Episode 65 - How Obamacare became law?
This Episode begins at 0.53, James is back and we decide to have a look at how President Obama's biggest achievement the Affordable Care Act was signed and enacted into law how it went from the bi partisan healthcare reform to a party line vote through the house to getting It through the senate…
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Episode 64- The Grand Bargain and Fiscal Cliff Drama 2011-13
So as President Biden and Speaker McCarthy agreed to raise the debt Celing, I In a one man band episode decided to do an episode on the last time this happened with the 2011-13 crisis after the republicans took back the house and how Speaker Bohener tried to do a deal with President Obama on $800...
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Episode 63- British Politics 1970-79
In this Episode I'm doing a one man band episode where Im talking about 1970-79 in UK politics from the Heath years with the trade union reforms ,unemployment going to 1 million, and Britain joining the EEC, Three Day week with the miners strike. The Febuary 1974 election with the minority labour...
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Episode 62- Brian Cowen as Taoiseach
Yep, you've read it right, before we start this episodes begins at 1 minute 9 seconds, Now in this episode we're doing an episode on Brian Cowen as Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland in 2008 to 2011 his response to the financial crisis and the Demise of Finna Fall It examines the banking…
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Episode 61-1964-79 In British Politics
In this two part series, in part one we’re going to talk about the six years of Harold Wilson winning power in 1964, the national plan , suspending capital punishment, being re-elected in 1966. Devaluing Sterling, the recovering economy, in place of strife, The 1970 Election. On Wedensday we will...
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Episode 60- 1979-1997 Tory goverment (part 3)
In this the final part of the three part look at the thatcher/Major years me and James talk about the downfall of thatcher the poll tax the ERM, the leadership contest and the major years with the initial recovery leading to the a fourth election win in 1992 and then black Wednesday, VAT on fuel,...
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Episode 59- 1979 -1997 Conservative Government (Part 2)
In this part two of three we’re looking at the 1983-1988 era of the thatcher Goverment talking about the 1983 election, miners strike, Westland’s , tax reform, Britain and the EU, Special relationship , 1987 election and NHS reform. This is longer than I thought but there will be an episode on...
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Episode 58- 1979-1997 Tory government (part 1)
Normal service is back. In the first of this two part episode we are going to talk about the 1979 to 1997 Tory Government how the tories came to power to what extent did the winter of discontent caused it. Did Thatcherism get a mandate in 1979, what did we think of the economic policies the 3...
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Episode 57- The attempted privatisation of the BBC that led to ITV as we know it
If you are into our normal public policy episodes we apologise cause this isn’t it. In this episode we are talking about the attempted privatisation of the BBC that led to ITV as we now know it being created and how it occurred . It’s an intriguing episode that’s worth a listen and is a quite a...
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Episode 56- A Centre left approach to Domestic Policy Part 2
In this episode we are continuing our discussion on the centre left approach to domestic policy continuing from education to the tax reform to the economy to energy if our audio isn’t good apologies but we’re recording it from our phones this week. Otherwise enjoy
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Episode 55 - Re-Focusing Centre Left Domestic Policy (Part 1)
In this Two Part Episode Me and James are going to focus on two things the NHS and Education, It was meant to be also talking about energy, tax reform and economic policy but we got to 9pm and James had to go so we got 1 hour and 10 minutes on these two topics. There will be a second Part of this...
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Episode 54- Re-Inventing Government
To Re-Invent Government Me and James this week look at government departments from business trade, work and pensions, department for education , Department for Health and Social care and many more and to look at how to look at how to re-structure the government deopartments and how to modernise…
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Episode 53- The Housing Crisis what is causing it and how do we fix it ?
In this Episode me and James are talking about the housing crisis and quick notice. Due to me doing sound checks the audio begins at 1 minute 20 seconds. But as a result the audio is much better than last week on my part. Now we talk about why is there a shortage in housing, why are prices too...
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Episode 52- The way to Stimulate the Economy after a recession?
James is revising for his Mock A-Levels so wish him luck for his mock exams. Now in this episode I decide to basically explain how a $1,850,000,000,000 ($1.85 trillion) stimulus can rebuild an economy after a recession mixed of welfare programs, infrastucture investment and tax reform. By the way...
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Episode 51- Timeline of US Healthcare Reform
This Episode we are looking at the history of healthcare reform and the many attempts of Presidents to attempt to modernise and reform healthcare from President Roosevelt, Truman, LBJ, Nixon, Carter, Clinton, Bush and Obama and look and analyse their attempts to modernise healthcare and get to...
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Episode 50 - Daud and James's Ideal Cabinet
In this the FIFTIETH Episode of the Big Issues Podcast, Me and James go through all cabinet minstries and some we created ourselves to say who we would make our chancellor, foreign secretary, housing secretary, international development secretary and so so much more. There is another episode on...
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Episode 49- Reviving the UK Economy
Why does the UK have low growth rates?. What are the causes of our economic problems, is it the economy, is it our tax code, is it a lack of public investment or an issue of Skills, is it due to de-industrlisation we examine the problem and analyse possible solutions to the economy and how to fix...
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Episode 48- Getting Bi Partisan Legislation passed in Congress
Now, In this episode we are discussing with the new Congress being sworn in, How do we get Bi Partisanship between Democrats and Republicans on Immigration Reform,. Healthcare Reform, Balancing the Budget, Reducing Crime, Reforming the process of comfirmation process for Judges and Saving Social...
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Episode 47- The History of Welfare Reform and why it needs to happen?
In this Episode, I talk about the history and evolving of the welfare state, why it needs to be reformed. looking at the ideas of President Clinton,John Engler, Tony Blair and David Cameron and analysing their ideas and then suggesting my own ideas to modernise welfare for the future. Apologising...
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Episode 46- Reforming and Rebuilding the NHS
In this Episode, We are talking about the NHS, why it had to be created, how to resolve the funding crisis, how do you cut waiting lists and waiting times, hiring more staff and to restrecture the NHS along with the need for more patient choice. We go through the whole four areas funding, medical...
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Episode 45- Examining the New Deal
Now first things first, I have used my AirPods so my audio if fixed. Now with the examining of the New Deal we look at the ideas of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) The Work Progress Administration (WPA) National Recovery Administration (NRA) and Social Security. We look at the structure,...
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Episode 44- The Economic Ideologies
In this episode we are looking at the idea of economic ideologies of socialism, social democracy, social market, free market capatlism and the monoplies. Just a pre-apology for my mic you can hear me but its not the best quality, James's Mic is very good. Next Friday we will be recording in…
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Episode 43- What happend in the Midterms and how to go forward?
So, this is a one man band episode, As James is studying for his exams, wish him good luck. In this episode Im talking about the midterms, the results but also what happens next who will be speaker and senate majority leader what are going to be the main legislative priorities and how to restore...
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Episode 42 - Labour Governments 1945-51
Now, in this new series of UK History we are going to look at specific political eras since 1945. And we are starting with the 1945-51 Labour Government. Me and James are going to discuss the NHS, Education, Welfare state, Nationlised industries and Wage Controls discuss are they effective and…
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Episode 41- The Midterm Elections
It's an interesting episode, Micheal is back for this and wedensdays episode to co-host with me and James to talk about the midterm elections. We talk about the house and senate and govenorships its more of an outline to prepare for Tuesday's Midterms. And On Wedensday we will be talking about…
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Episode 40- The Simpson- Bowles Commission What was it?
So, Since I regularly cite the Simpson Bowles Commission when talking about US Economic Policy me and James are going to explain what it was, what it tried to achieve, Did it focus too much on spending cuts and not enough on tax reform , How did it reform entitlements would it actually reduce the...
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Episode 39- Prime Minister Sunak what to expect?
With Rishi Sunak made the tories latest Prime Minster we talk about his rise to power, his time as chancellor and his policies such as furlough and the £20 cut in Universal Credit. But also the crisis he faces as Prime Minister from the economy to the NHS and fixing the cost of living crisis.…
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Epsiode 38- History of the Labour Leaders PART 2
In this episode we look at the leaderships of Neil Kinnock, John Smith, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Ed mIlliband and Jeremy Corbyn we look at their legacies and their impact of the labour party and their ideas. Discussing the History and the Impact.
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Episode 37- The History of the Labour Party Leaders (1945-Present) PART 1
To prelude our UK Prime Ministers Series we are going to do a couple of episodes on Labour and Tory Leaders since 1945. In this two part episode we will talk about Clement Attlee, Hugh Gaitskell, Harold Wilson, James Callaghan, Micheal Foot. And talk about the key events that dominated their...
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Episode 36- Entitlement Reform
In our New Series in the Big Issues Podcast we are going to discuss US political Issues. This week It's Entitlement Reform, looking at Medicare, Medicare, SSDI, S-CHIP, Social Security and Welfare Reform. In future episodes we will go further but this week is about reforming and modernising these...
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Episode 35- The Chancellor's Mini Budget
In This Episode we are talking about the autum statement about income tax and how to reform it. to ensure it becomes more competitive and raises more revenues , the reduction of the deficit and the long term reduction of debt., the re-industrialisation, of the country, reforming the NHS and...
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It will be a podcast discussing the big issues from welfare reform to education reform to adressing the NHS backlog, to social security in the USA and the Build Back better agenda and the issues of crime and poverty etc.It will be a podcast doing one week UK issue one week USA issue it is very much an unplugged podcast we just say what we think.
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Daud Khan, James Roxburgh, James Bell and Scott Wilson
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