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This week we dispense with a normal mid-Atlantic format by looking at the last week in world news. Roifield speaks to a number of speakers from around the globe about politics in their own countries. Topics discussed are the UK economic crisis under the premiership of Liz, Truss, the January 6th hearings, the future of Donald Trump, and the historic agreement between Israel and Lebanon. We look at recent developments in the Ukraine war and we end by looking at the new Swedish government that includes the neofascist Swedish Democrats and the new administration in Italy which is led by the fascist brothers of Italy party.Please support this podcast by writing a review on Apple podcast, this will mean that more people will get to hear about our output. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Roifield thinks aloud about the next 10 years for the UK Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The midterms traditionally mean disaster for the president's party. However, things may be different this year, so we ask why the electoral hopes for the Dems are so high with the economy reeling from high inflation and uncertainty about whether the country will slip into recession. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The passing of Queen Elizabeth II and the ascent of King Charles III to the throne comes as several Commonwealth nations are re-evaluating their relationship to the British monarchy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we speak to Chuck Holton an American war correspondent about to head back to Ukraine, about the recent Ukrainian army advances around Kharkiv and why the Russian army has been left reeling. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Roifield speaks to economist Wook Lee about the economic fallout of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, for Russia, Ukraine and the world. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mikhail Gorbachev was a Russian and Soviet politician who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union. Professor Iwan Morgan and Roifield talk about his life and the times and the period when Gorby mania gripped the world. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Errol Murray is a Journalism Lecturer/Social Media Trainer who works for the BBC. In 2019 he was sent by the BBC to help train Ukrainian journalists in new media techniques. This is an intimate and reflective look at his time there. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Commonwealth originated from the British Empire.The Commonwealth started in 1926. This is when it changed from the British Empire to the Commonwealth. Around one-third of the world is in the Commonwealth, 2.5 billion people. The modern Commonwealth was formed on 26 April 1949 when the leaders of Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom adopted the London Declaration. The declaration defined the Commonwealth as a “free association” of independent member countries.All members have an equal say, regardless of their size or economic stature. This ensures that even the smallest countries have a voice in shaping the Commonwealth.  The Pacific nation of Nauru is the smallest Commonwealth member country with a population of about 13,000. The most populous member country is India with over 1.3 billion people. In 1971 the Declaration of Commonwealth Principles were released. The principles said that it should support international peace and understand

Today I'm joined by Paul Duddridge a conservative voice on TalkTV, BBC and ITV he is a Writer and Director who is also the Host of ‘The Politics People podcast.As the prospective leaders for the Conservative party embark on their third round of voting we try and understand just who stands for exactly what and who has the best chance of becoming the next PM of the UK.Rishi Sunak has topped the first two rounds of voting by MPs. Penny Mordaunt is the bookmakers’ favourite with a sizable lead in polls of party members though that is now slipping while Kemi Badenoch has surged to the top of a Conservative Home member survey. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today I'm joined by Kartik Raj of Human Rights Watch to discuss the deaths of at least 23 African men at the Melilla-Morocco border on June 24, 2022. The deaths occurred during an attempt by as many as 2,000 people to enter Spain by climbing the high chain-link fences surrounding Melilla, one of two Spanish enclaves in North Africa. An independent, impartial investigation should identify the causes of death and whether security forces were responsible for the loss of life with a view to ensuring accountability and justice for the families of the victims. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Boris Johnson clings on to power amid a cabinet standoff and 42 resignations. Despite interventions from ministers including, Gove, Shapps and Patel and with the fat lady warming up to sing, he insists he won't step down. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today I'm joined by Amy Everit The President of Golden State Opportunity and the ex-State Director of NARAL Pro-Choice America, Steve Krone constitutional law expert and ex-Supreme Court staffer, Mark Pinsley Democratic party candidate for State Senate in Pensilyviania and political activist Andrea Soccorso from New york. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

During the first part of the pandemic, San Francisco County lost more than one in 20 residentsSan Francisco now has the fewest children per capita of any large American city, and a $117,400 salary counts as low-income for a family of four.I’d gotten used to the crime, rarely violent but often brazen; to leaving the car empty and the doors unlocked so thieves would at least quit breaking my windows.The budget to tackle homelessness and provide supportive housing has been growing exponentially for years.In 2021, the city announced that it would pour more than $1 billion into the issue over the next two years. But almost 8,000 people remain on the streets.Every tent costs taxpayers roughly $60,000 a year.The San Francisco Bay Area is 52 percent white, 6.7 percent Black, and 23.3 percent Asian.SF isn’t turning red on any electoral maps.The widest income disparities in the Bay Area are in San Francisco County, where the top 5% of households makes an average of $808,105 annually, compared with $16,184 for the lowes

Did the prime minister survive a vote on his premiership this week because the potential leadership contenders held off welding the fatal blow to his leadership? We are joined by Paul Duddridge, Mike Holden, Shannon Maybury, Nabanita Sircar and Pyotr Kurzan on this week's episode. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We are joined by professor Karolina Wigura, Michael Donahue, Greg Satell, Ben Mendelson and Dr Dan as we look at the Russian advances in the east of Ukraine. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Roifield speaks to Prof. Gary Gerstle about the last 40 years that chart the fall of Communism and the end of the Cold War and their pivotal place in American and world history. They discuss how neoliberalism originated as much on the Left (the New Left) as on the right, among individuals such as Paul Goodman, Stewart Brand and Steve Jobs who were seeking ways to emancipate the self in an increasingly regulated and bureaucratized world See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In a week when a US federal mask mandate was struck down on public transport, we ask how many lives does the British prime minister have?Today we are joined by Pyotr Kurzin geopolitical expert from Washington DC and the host of the global gambit podcast, Greg Satell award-winning author and businessman who lived in Kyiv for over 10 years and Steve O'Neil who was deputy head of policy for the Liberal Democrats between 2013-15. You can hear more from him on his blog and podcast No Man's Land. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today I’m joined by Chuck Holton an American war correspondent. Holton is currently a War Correspondent for Newsmax and is embedded in Ukraine following the war. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.