No Holds Barred Pod

The big news of the week was the US Midterm elections that saw a resounding rejection of Trump and his policies. We talked about the key figures and the implications for global politics.Sal told us about anew disability discrimination in the form of Motability wheelchairs and the extortionate price they attract.Reform’s new bloke that looks like Grant Mitchel, Palantir have had their NHS contract extended, Lewes bonfire took care of Farage again and a giant penis in the sky!Oh, and some praise for a couple of Burnham’s efforts for a change.Strong language. Politics unpacked. Every week.No Holds Barred LinksOur website: https://noholdsbarredpod.comBuy some merch here: https://noholdsbarredpod.com/merch/YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-YouTube Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Spotify Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Apple Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/NoHoldsBarredPodDon's Substack:https://donmcgowan333.substack.com/ Sal's Substack: https://substack.com/@salsnackeredWrite to your MP: https://www.writetothem.com Thanks, as always, to Zomby Pop on 𝕏 for our theme tune.Contact us here:𝕏 — @NoHoldsPod𝔼 — [email protected]

We chatted about the truly horrific breaking news that Reform UK councillor for Hampshire has been charged with 35 offences, including 12 of rape.This is obviously a very sensitive subject, but we tried to keep things factual and go over his background and previous controversies.Why do Reform UK have such a problem with sex offenders and racists?

We chatted through the leaked budget proposals so far — it feels like there will be little change until the next Parliament.Reform continues to flounder and sink in the polls with a Farage press conference in front of an empty auditorium.Trump is up to all sorts of shenanigans before his fate is determined in the Mid terms next week.Ai continues to remove hundreds of thousands of jobs.Strong language. Politics unpacked. Every week.No Holds Barred LinksOur website: https://noholdsbarredpod.comBuy some merch here: https://noholdsbarredpod.com/merch/YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-YouTube Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Spotify Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Apple Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/NoHoldsBarredPodDon's Substack:https://donmcgowan333.substack.com/ Sal's Substack: https://substack.com/@salsnackeredWrite to your MP: https://www.writetothem.com Thanks, as always, to Zomby Pop on 𝕏 for our theme tune.Contact us here:𝕏 — @NoHoldsPod𝔼 — [email protected]

Trump has been taking gigantic leaps toward Vladimir Putin this week, buying oil from him and shutting down Starlink — is he now the true global enemy?Burnham has questions to answer about Man City, and he’s not doing it very well.Reform are saying they’ll kill people in the English Channel via the Royal Navy? Will they, though?Plus Ai scalpers almost ruined a Rae concert but she manually stepped up. 👏Strong language. Politics unpacked. Every week.No Holds Barred LinksOur website: https://noholdsbarredpod.comBuy some merch here: https://noholdsbarredpod.com/merch/YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-YouTube Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Spotify Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Apple Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/NoHoldsBarredPodDon's Substack:https://donmcgowan333.substack.com/ Sal's Substack: https://substack.com/@salsnackeredWrite to your MP: https://www.writetothem.com Thanks, as always, to Zomby Pop on 𝕏 for our theme tune.Contact us here:𝕏 — @NoHoldsPod𝔼 — [email protected]

It’s all about Burnham this week — his debut conference speech has been lauded as the greatest of all time by some in the media — we have slightly differing opinions. There were glaring omissions and some crucial context. Sal and Don covered it all.We also got into the bizarre story of RAF Fairford and the weird transition from Labour peer to Palantir fluffer by Tom Watson.Strong language. Politics unpacked. Every week.No Holds Barred LinksOur website: https://noholdsbarredpod.comBuy some merch here: https://noholdsbarredpod.com/merch/YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-YouTube Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Spotify Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Apple Don’s 𝕏 Exclusive Article is here: https://x.com/donmcgowan/status/2104991905977118755  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/NoHoldsBarredPodDon's Substack:https://donmcgowan333.substack.com/ Sal's Substack: https://substack.com/@salsnackeredWrite to your MP: https://www.writetothem.com Thanks, as always, to Zomby Pop on 𝕏 for our theme tune.Contact us here:𝕏 — @NoHoldsPod𝔼 — [email protected]

We talked in depth  about the far-right and there ongoing control over the police and lifeboat services in the UK. Ofcom fail at many hurdles including GB News again. Trump’s war is really hitting home now and Palantir again.Strong language. Politics unpacked. Every week.No Holds Barred LinksOur website: https://noholdsbarredpod.comBuy some merch here: https://noholdsbarredpod.com/merch/YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-YouTube Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Spotify Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Apple Don’s West England Bylines Article: https://westenglandbylines.co.uk/opinion/summer-sea-change-burnhams-u-turns-on-devolution-defence-donations/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/NoHoldsBarredPodDon's Substack:https://donmcgowan333.substack.com/ Sal's Substack: https://substack.com/@salsnackeredWrite to your MP: https://www.writetothem.com Thanks, as always, to Zomby Pop on 𝕏 for our theme tune.Contact us here:𝕏 — @NoHoldsPod𝔼 — [email protected]

Labour has spent the week dealing with the much publicised Local Government Reorganisation … by scraping it. Potentially costing local councils millions. They green lit a tourist tax for mayors but less than half the country have them.Reform spokesperson, Aaron Banks was forced to delete an extremely racist 𝕏 post.Trump’s war of choice is back on and he’s lying about 9/11.We covered the Assisted Dying Bill also in a busy episode of your favourite politics podcast.Strong language. Politics unpacked. Every week.No Holds Barred LinksOur website: https://noholdsbarredpod.comBuy some merch here: https://noholdsbarredpod.com/merch/YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-YouTube Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Spotify Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Apple Don’s West England Bylines Article: https://westenglandbylines.co.uk/opinion/regulators-who-watches-the-watchers/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/NoHoldsBarredPodDon's Substack:https://donmcgowan333.substack.com/ Sal's Substack: https://substack.com/@salsnackeredWrite to your MP: https://www.writetothem.com Thanks, as always, to Zomby Pop on 𝕏 for our theme tune.Contact us here:𝕏 — @NoHoldsPod𝔼 — [email protected]

We recorded this episode before the news of the Reform corruption scandal erupted. Check back later for our special episode on that.Reform Roundup included many, many lies and faux pas, Jenrick being an idiot and Yusuf being a massive racist.Burnham has been busy backtracking and making claims over things he didn’t do. America is in BIG trouble in the Middle East. Strong language. Politics unpacked. Every week.No Holds Barred LinksOur website: https://noholdsbarredpod.comBuy some merch here: https://noholdsbarredpod.com/merch/YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-YouTube Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Spotify Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Apple Don’s Burnham Article: Summer Sea-Change - Playground Politics with Don McGowan Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/NoHoldsBarredPodDon's Substack:https://donmcgowan333.substack.com/ Sal's Substack: https://substack.com/@salsnackeredWrite to your MP: https://www.writetothem.com Thanks, as always, to Zomby Pop on 𝕏 for our theme tune.Contact us here:𝕏 — @NoHoldsPod𝔼 — [email protected]

We're back with a new episode of Discussions with our special guest, James Koppert.James was our very first Discussions guest and as an expert in ADHD, we wanted to chat to him again, especially after the very disturbing and disingenuous Channel 4 documentary last week.Listen to James explain ADHD is a physical condition and the ramifications of our entire mental health system is broken. Those with ADHD could present a danger to the status quo in some instances and we talked it through.As with last time, we learned a lot from James but we addressed the ludicrous Channel 4 propaganda.James’s LinksFortean News Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3HeN2ZlxWMExKfkzsX4a6Q?si=d2d24e5c0e824297 Koppert ADHD: https://open.spotify.com/show/6dVcI4NQ6Vu9ryV7p4ZMyT?si=5f88ef7cb3fa40e8 No Holds Barred LinksOur website: https://noholdsbarredpod.comBuy some merch here: https://noholdsbarredpod.com/merch/YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-YouTube Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Spotify Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Apple Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/NoHoldsBarredPodDon's Substack:https://donmcgowan333.substack.com/ Sal's Substack: https://substack.com/@salsnackeredWrite to your MP: https://www.writetothem.com Thanks, as always, to Zomby Pop on 𝕏 for our theme tune.Contact us here:𝕏 — @NoHoldsPod𝔼 — [email protected]

We're back with a new episode of Discussions with our special guest, Professor Louise Raw.Louise is a fantastically interesting historian, anti-fascist campaigner and author, and it was a real pleasure to have her in the studio for a wide-ranging chat.We discussed all sorts from, depravity in society, the far-right, Louise’s history work and the joy of the Tate’s arrest. Louise wrote about the start of the modern Labour movement back in the Victorian era with the working-class match women of the Bryant and May factory.How is the rise of fascism being allowed to take seat in the USA?Louise's linkshttps://www.facebook.com/share/1Htyps2Seu/?mibextid=wwXIfr [email protected] No Holds Barred LinksOur website: https://noholdsbarredpod.comBuy some merch here: https://noholdsbarredpod.com/merch/YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-YouTube Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Spotify Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Apple Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/NoHoldsBarredPodDon's Substack:https://donmcgowan333.substack.com/ Sal's Substack: https://substack.com/@salsnackeredWrite to your MP: https://www.writetothem.com Thanks, as always, to Zomby Pop on 𝕏 for our theme tune.Contact us here:𝕏 — @NoHoldsPod𝔼 — [email protected]