Starmer's u-turn on Gaza, Tory by-election nightmares, and transmaxxing | Podcast #40 ft Ben Zand

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  • Опубликовано: 18 фев 2024
  • Ed, Oli, and Ava, sit down and unpick Starmer's new call for a ceasefire in Gaza, the recent by-elections, and banning mobile phones in schools. Then journalist Ben Zand swings by to sit down with Ed and discuss his latest documentary Transmaxxing: Life Uncovered, available on Channel 4 now.
    Presenters: Ed Campbell, Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina
    Production: Laura Beveridge
    Studio: Shawnee Linstead and Fin Talbot Jones
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Комментарии • 143

  • @Lew0604
    @Lew0604 3 месяца назад +119

    Never really post anything too personal, but this podcast has been a weekly ray of sunshine in months of blackness for me, genuinely looking forward to it every week

    • @GLTDubstep
      @GLTDubstep 3 месяца назад +3

      100%. This podcast does me good

    • @charlieholland8924
      @charlieholland8924 3 месяца назад

      Same everytime i see a new upload it always makes me genuinely happy

    • @pandemoniumgaming6344
      @pandemoniumgaming6344 3 месяца назад

      I feel exactly the same and love this podcast

    • @sunnysjwinter
      @sunnysjwinter 3 месяца назад +2

      Be kind to yourself Lew. One day at a time. We’re all wishing you the best 💪🏼

  • @LiamMartinTutorials
    @LiamMartinTutorials 3 месяца назад +63

    Idk what's changed with the lighting and colour but this episode is giving Voldemort orphanage flashback and I'm here for it

  • @bitandbob1167
    @bitandbob1167 3 месяца назад +42

    Ooooo…love the golf clap start. Classy.

  • @jayturner90
    @jayturner90 3 месяца назад +8

    You guys do make the British political situation somewhat bearable

  • @ChrisBrandrick
    @ChrisBrandrick 3 месяца назад +16

    Ed, you just set a 20 second timer on my HomePod.

  • @Relisysification
    @Relisysification 3 месяца назад +17

    The way that Oli and Ed act like they don't know the rules for going to the kink club, we all know that you both go it's fine.

    • @kalvindeane1
      @kalvindeane1 3 месяца назад +1

      Indeed, Ed Campbell is definitely going there for his mermaid fantasy

  • @Mightypi
    @Mightypi 3 месяца назад +5

    Re Eds hair, its been my personal cannon that he simply wishes to emulate Michael Walker.

  • @leegarvey1
    @leegarvey1 3 месяца назад +9

    The kidney stone urinal had me rolling LOL

  • @octarinehk
    @octarinehk 3 месяца назад +2

    So 5 minutes in and you set a 20 second timer on my HomePod. Thanks team 😂

  • @Westlake72
    @Westlake72 3 месяца назад +5

    The sound level is very low this week guys.

  • @raylder6339
    @raylder6339 3 месяца назад +17

    Not sure about the theory that PolJoe uses a green screen, but something green is reflecting off Ava’s hair in literally every episode.

    • @dylanpowell4837
      @dylanpowell4837 3 месяца назад +2

      emmm maybe green light

    • @davidpacker7602
      @davidpacker7602 3 месяца назад +2

      it's a green light, also a green screen would be messing with the green cans they're drinking from. not to mention you'd be able to tell immediately anyway

    • @tobypettit6417
      @tobypettit6417 3 месяца назад

      Probably a green light, because you can literally see the black curtain in the background

  • @eljay5746
    @eljay5746 3 месяца назад +5

    If Staunton is inaccurate then prove it by compensating the SPMs & admonish the lot of them. Also Fujitsu should should be pledging at least the same as the Govt (public money). Any compensation should be paid out of the Fujitsu fund first until zero funds left then move onto public funds.

  • @benmorris118
    @benmorris118 3 месяца назад +2

    The phone ban feels odd to me as a mate who works in a school was telling me only last week that his school was planning on enforcing multifactor authentication for students. Dunno if this is a call from the education minister, but it certainly doesnt make much sense if banning phones aswell. Wouldnt be the most idiotic thing theyve ever come out with, but its still pretty stupid

  • @Inceyb
    @Inceyb 3 месяца назад +10

    It might not have been appropriate for Ava to announce her running for the leader of the Reform party on the Podcast. But her mandatory smoking and vaping policies are certainly interesting.

  • @rikiba851
    @rikiba851 3 месяца назад +2

    We absolutely need proper media literacy education. Ideally throughout secondary education so that by the time a kid gets to the age of 13, when they meet the requirements to join up to most of these social media websites, they have already had 2 years of relevant media literacy education.

  • @matthewburnham-jones3518
    @matthewburnham-jones3518 3 месяца назад

    27:13 - anyone got a link?

  • @UnderscoreZeroLP
    @UnderscoreZeroLP 3 месяца назад +11

    ed is so sexy

  • @nitomurray6137
    @nitomurray6137 3 месяца назад +1

    "I love a great smash cut" - ironically has one when Ava starts with "I was sexti-" *cut* 🤣

  • @arthurtaylor2496
    @arthurtaylor2496 3 месяца назад +20

    They are not rushing to vote Labour because Labour is not promising any changes to austerity etc.

  • @jeff__w
    @jeff__w 3 месяца назад +2

    5:07 Cory Doctorow’s article about “enshittification” [platform decay] in the _Financial Times_ is well worth a read. (The concept has been around for over a year-Doctorow first wrote about it on his blog, later republished in _Wired,_ concerning TikTok in January, 2023.)

  • @pandemoniumgaming6344
    @pandemoniumgaming6344 3 месяца назад +1

    Also please sort out the Gate on the mics, sometimes the sound is to quiet but today it was obviously the gate was to high so they kept cutting out. Love your podcast so much but only issue is always the sound.

  • @MK-fd3gz
    @MK-fd3gz 3 месяца назад +1

    Oli - Tor is an acronym for "The Onion Router".

  • @bulletproofblouse
    @bulletproofblouse 3 месяца назад

    Is it me, or is the volume really low on this one? Usually I have my PC volume at 20m, I needed to push it up to 40 here.

  • @Rick-mf3gh
    @Rick-mf3gh 3 месяца назад +2

    It still sounds to me like you are saying "Love podcasts. Hate nonces." - which is fair.

    • @kinki-IS
      @kinki-IS 3 месяца назад +1

      💯💯😂

  • @jeff__w
    @jeff__w 3 месяца назад +1

    41:06 _cavolo nero_ Italian kale _A loose-leafed cabbage from Tuscany, Italy. The leaves are a very dark green, almost black, hence its name, which translates as 'black cabbage'. It has a pleasantly tangy, bitter flavour, with a sweet aftertaste._

  • @stephenglancy8551
    @stephenglancy8551 3 месяца назад

    By far the best politcal commentary available. Facts and real debate tinged with utter contemp of the melts that polute Westminster. Ed better be a Celtic fan!!!🍀💚

  • @bailey3209
    @bailey3209 3 месяца назад

    We had two spoons in our city at the time and my wife and I went too see how many drinks we could get from one "substantial" meal, we got 8 pints in from one spoons and then got told we had had enough for one meal and had to leave and we went to the other one for some pudding and got another 8 pints there😅

  • @matthewparker2810
    @matthewparker2810 3 месяца назад

    "If one farted pain, what would one piss?" - clearly anguish :P

  • @JackHGUK
    @JackHGUK 3 месяца назад

    Major deja vu with the eds haircut chat.

  • @BehindFlyingCheese
    @BehindFlyingCheese 3 месяца назад

    To describe the contrast from Ed's interview back to the main podcast as jarring would be an understatement. Intriguing interview then WHAM back to farting paint

  • @rewIndustry
    @rewIndustry 3 месяца назад +5

    @PoliticsJOE : your intro clip audio volume is far too loud, compared to your stream audio - is this intended to be some kind of alarm?

  • @JK-zx3go
    @JK-zx3go 3 месяца назад +2

    Twisting in the wind.

  • @DINOROAR2912
    @DINOROAR2912 3 месяца назад

    For the Berghein question, big coat is always the way to go

  • @RedSaint83
    @RedSaint83 3 месяца назад +3

    1:14:30 Stoicism? Really? 🙄

  • @ben8430
    @ben8430 3 месяца назад

    When will you cover the SEZ / Freeports disaster?

  • @stevenhoward3358
    @stevenhoward3358 3 месяца назад +1

    When is immediate not immediate? Is now not immediate? We are always in all ways nowhere, now here! How soon is now? Well there's a song in that somewhere.

  • @jimr1603
    @jimr1603 3 месяца назад

    Doctorow would be a good guest plugging one of his books

  • @tomquinn9765
    @tomquinn9765 3 месяца назад

    59:00 had me properly crying in laughter.

  • @johnstewart4943
    @johnstewart4943 3 месяца назад

    If you're growing marigolds on the allotment, why not grow the mexican marigold, Tagetes minuta, which is also a culinary herb? 🙂

  • @andymcpandy2128
    @andymcpandy2128 3 месяца назад

    Bob Ross could fart paint.

  • @WhichDoctor1
    @WhichDoctor1 3 месяца назад +1

    i do think these by elections do show that Refoms national polling is over inflated. As Ed said, nationally they are polling roughly 10% averaged over the whole country. But that means that in some constituencies they will get close to nothing, if they even bothered standing a candidate. And in other more naturally rightwing, brexit voting, anti immigration seats they would get well above 10%. Like 15%-20%. If they're only getting 13% in one of their target seats like Wellingborough then they're not going to average 10% across the whole country. Its not like they aren't doing well for a small party. But they arent doing as well as their national polling, which means their national poll numbers are over inflated. And since the tories are using those national poll numbers to constantly scare themselves about the impact reform will have at the general election it might well be that they are jumping at shaddows

  • @LTAStahly
    @LTAStahly 3 месяца назад +1

    Crazy, didn't expect Ava to be a Reform girly

    • @JackHGUK
      @JackHGUK 3 месяца назад

      She isn't lol she just plays the devil's advocate.

  • @gyorkshire257
    @gyorkshire257 3 месяца назад +12

    Keir Starmer, a human rights lawyer who never saw a war crime he didn't feel should possibly stop in several months time. Except that one time when he was in favour of it.

    • @nathanaelsmith3553
      @nathanaelsmith3553 3 месяца назад

      Reminds me of someone else

    • @Relugus
      @Relugus 3 месяца назад

      Lloyd George created the Balfour Declaration because he hated French atheists.

  • @alexbutler8930
    @alexbutler8930 3 месяца назад

    Whoever is colour-grading this episode has absolutely done Oli and Ed here. Milk bottle, oatmeal, dulux, creme fraiche looking MFs.

  • @Mart1523
    @Mart1523 3 месяца назад +4

    The transmaxxing manifesto is on a par with the unibombers for the levels on unhinged garbage in it. With quotes like "how to induce gender dysphoria" and "i still love guys cause men are awesome" it's such a hilarious read

  • @derpius3
    @derpius3 3 месяца назад

    Ordering a triple scotch, double shot of scotch and a lovely scotch egg wash it down

  • @stevenhoenig4404
    @stevenhoenig4404 3 месяца назад

    Tor is literally called the "the onion router"

  • @jamiebob
    @jamiebob 3 месяца назад

    I say this as a social worker who works with sex offenders. The legality of sexting a 17 yo depends on the nature of the sexting. If it includes pictures, then it breaks underage porn laws. Otherwise it's just creapy and legally grey.

  • @archive3339
    @archive3339 3 месяца назад +1

    According to the police man who came to my school once, sexting as someone or between people under 18 is illegal regardless of the consent law. Like he said even if you have your own picture on your phone thats also illegal... according to him but that one might have been bs

    • @mystic_mimi21
      @mystic_mimi21 3 месяца назад +3

      Told the same. It’s considered producing child p@rn images even if it’s of one’s self. Likewise sexing is distribution.

    • @archive3339
      @archive3339 3 месяца назад +1

      @@mystic_mimi21 yeah i thought so, i was covering my arse with the last line in case i was wrong on the internet lolol

  • @Deedumdee
    @Deedumdee 3 месяца назад

    love podcast hate nonsense the politics Jo podcast ladies and gentlemen

  • @Slaithyte
    @Slaithyte 3 месяца назад

    yes

  • @mikemorton954
    @mikemorton954 3 месяца назад

    Get some Hostas. The slugs will be very busy eating those and might ignore your other plants.

  • @andrewcoley6029
    @andrewcoley6029 3 месяца назад +8

    Transmaxxing, is this an April foolmaxxing thing?

    • @nathanaelsmith3553
      @nathanaelsmith3553 3 месяца назад

      No, it's where you can buy cheap designer clothing

  • @LunaRose1312
    @LunaRose1312 3 месяца назад +1

    The transmaxxing documentary was disgusting and that dude who presented it was also vile.

  • @RedSaint83
    @RedSaint83 3 месяца назад

    19:50 And then there's Cuba. Boycotts and pressure has done nothing but hurt the Cubans.

  • @KIAKAHABENJI
    @KIAKAHABENJI 3 месяца назад

    I watched that podcast Ollie, I'm not denying the former black hat is on a crusade, but his politics and who he now works with are very suspect.

  • @KIAKAHABENJI
    @KIAKAHABENJI 3 месяца назад +1

    How many examples do we have of this government's policies being formed by the right-wing media.

  • @IndaloMan
    @IndaloMan 3 месяца назад +1

    Samsung Galaxy Watch has it all....

  • @1pauljs
    @1pauljs 3 месяца назад

    No Kale for Comrade Dugmore. It’s for the plebs 😜

  • @peachWolf215
    @peachWolf215 3 месяца назад

    incredibly green

  • @comrade171
    @comrade171 3 месяца назад

    @10:25 - Keir meant that he would back an immediate ceasefire after the the Israeli army have finished with their genocide of the Palestinians

  • @johnstewart4943
    @johnstewart4943 3 месяца назад

    'Cavolo Nero' is a cultivar of kale.

  • @richardsmith3917
    @richardsmith3917 3 месяца назад +1

    It should be raised to 18 but have romeo juliet laws to protect teenagers

    • @Newsbro89
      @Newsbro89 3 месяца назад +1

      Romeo and Juliet laws? They were both like 14/15 in the play.

    • @richardsmith3917
      @richardsmith3917 3 месяца назад +1

      @@Newsbro89 disturbingly it was more like 13/17. But that is besides the point. A Romeo and juliet law is a bad name for what is essentially guards for teenagers not to be criminalise

  • @TimesFM4532
    @TimesFM4532 3 месяца назад +4

    Poltics is the only profession you cant change your mind as events change

  • @user-py6tr4kt9j
    @user-py6tr4kt9j 3 месяца назад

    34 minute in you discuss Simon Danczuk and his disgraceful sexting a teenager. Firstly would we have this discussion if he had done this as a teacher rather than an MP? The same rules to teachers, etc should apply to all adults. Especially people elected to public office Secondly there is the whole issue of Danczuk exposing Cyril Smith. The Liberal MP who was a beast of man in the 1970s and 1980s. He even wrote a book about him. Thirdly he was MP for Rochadle during the exposing and trail of grooming gangs. Fourthly Simon Danczuk ex-wife, and married to him at the time, was a victim of child abuse/similar grooming he was caught doing. Danczuk sexting a teenager is a form of grooming. By the way the "anti-grooming" candidate Ava was trying to contact is probably some ex-BNPer, etc. Hence why you can't contact!

  • @LiamLAC
    @LiamLAC 3 месяца назад

    1:03:04

  • @AppleAirsoft
    @AppleAirsoft 3 месяца назад +8

    This transmaxxing thing completely ignored feminine males, femboys love looking feminine but being male, my facial structure is much more flattering as a feminine looking male, it has NOTHING to do with being trans.

  • @Minorheadlines
    @Minorheadlines 3 месяца назад

    I want the yelling back :(

  • @carelesshx
    @carelesshx 3 месяца назад +3

    If it's not a green screen why is everything green?

    • @mrblobfish121
      @mrblobfish121 3 месяца назад

      Green lights

    • @IndaloMan
      @IndaloMan 3 месяца назад

      ​@@mrblobfish121Correct. You can see them in Ed's glasses. It is done to satisfy the YT alogoritm comment count fetish.

    • @hoisinholdup
      @hoisinholdup 3 месяца назад

      My brother in Christ, green screens are for removing the colour green, not adding it in

  • @mikebg1984
    @mikebg1984 3 месяца назад

    Has anybody noticed oli in the new maryland cookies advert, shilling for the man.

  • @joshmccaw2777
    @joshmccaw2777 3 месяца назад

    E D I N B I O

  • @neildando5742
    @neildando5742 3 месяца назад +1

    Correct: we have (pretty much) no place or power in the world stage. What reason would either sides in this conflict have to listen to what we think? Calling for a ceasefire now, while it obviously can’t happen, weakens our voice later when it becomes possible to have one.

  • @richardcook1987
    @richardcook1987 3 месяца назад +1

    good - no screaming.
    well done

  • @epeden5591
    @epeden5591 3 месяца назад +1

    Schools use Google classroom ..also kids use phones to research

  • @RDHamel
    @RDHamel 3 месяца назад +2

    I only watch for the bum content

    • @jo3ld0wn
      @jo3ld0wn 3 месяца назад

      Turn your laptop around

  • @leegarvey1
    @leegarvey1 3 месяца назад

    Is it my set up or are skin tones washed out?

  • @pandemoniumgaming6344
    @pandemoniumgaming6344 3 месяца назад

    I love Oli until he comes out with his boomer takes lol Banning phones at school won't do anything and as pointed out its just another way to say its not our issue it's theirs.

  • @nefariouspurplebadger
    @nefariouspurplebadger 3 месяца назад

    Starmer needs to just shut up and say nothing.

  • @latentcadence5204
    @latentcadence5204 3 месяца назад

    ROFL....I come here for the news...the assless chaps news :DDDDD

  • @npblosch19
    @npblosch19 3 месяца назад

    Get a chicken 🐔

  • @Adamjonesathome
    @Adamjonesathome 3 месяца назад +5

    Wenger out

  • @kevinmunro6930
    @kevinmunro6930 3 месяца назад +2

    I get that this podcast is supposed to have a "matey informal " vibe but the inane chatter at the start just sounds like a bunch of people in their early twenties chatting on a train. Can we get to the actual point of the podcast please?

  • @DevastateOrionVII
    @DevastateOrionVII 3 месяца назад +1

    Ughhh I love the commentary but I hate the banter 😵‍💫😵‍💫

  • @rod9829
    @rod9829 3 месяца назад

    1:13:30 to answer your question from someone who falls into looksmaxxing but who isn’t an incel:
    It’s basically because women have a much greater value than men in dating in the modern day. So going from tinder stats the vast majority of all “likes” given from women to men are skewed in the top 5% of male profiles whereas male to female likes are normally distributed. So although tinder is not the end and be all it shows that “higher value” men empirically can have multiple sexual partners whereas the “average man” may only get some in their lifetime and “below average” will not get any.
    So therefore if you want to have sexual partners you need to compete with other men, hence “maxxing” to try to get into or near enough the top 5%
    But what if you’re the 20th or 10th percentile in terms of attractiveness? These are incels (trucels -> true incels) as opposed to mentalcels (mental illness, neurodivergence) or ethniccels (Indians etc, who on average struggle with dating in western society)
    There’s also lookism which correlates with this: more attractive people tend to be treated better than unattractive people. So if you are an “ugly” “short” “weak jawed” “neurodivergent” man there’s little chance you will get laid and it’s not your fault…

    • @verraguid
      @verraguid 3 месяца назад

      ur an incel we get it

  • @diamondsearle
    @diamondsearle 3 месяца назад

    Don't get the comment on X or what it is based on it is so much better than twitter was not that i really used twitter. At least now you get two sides of a debate and there is lots of good spaces content! Why do you think it has lost its function??

    • @FabianMacGintyONeill
      @FabianMacGintyONeill 3 месяца назад

      It would be good if it was genuinely an equal debate between both sides but because everyone who pays €8 a month to Elon for a blue tick gets boosted to the top of the replies it just encourages alt-right circlejerking, cos they're the type of people who'd willingly pay €8 to the billionaire manchild

  • @isaac1403
    @isaac1403 3 месяца назад

    Ed give your mate Ollie a brotherly handy. Is Ava single? Screw it. Give him a handy. #makeolliescream

  • @murraymicha
    @murraymicha 3 месяца назад

    9.13 mins of indulgent shiite

  • @robertskeen1427
    @robertskeen1427 3 месяца назад +2

    The Gary Stevenson interview was great , sitting through your small talk , not so much . Good work .

  • @enemywithin1295
    @enemywithin1295 3 месяца назад

    Twitter is way better now

  • @jasonmotz5282
    @jasonmotz5282 3 месяца назад

    What a clown show.

  • @enemywithin1295
    @enemywithin1295 3 месяца назад +2

    This ongoing saga about Gaza is just tedious now. Starmer could have called for a ceasefire on the first day of hostilities, and the exact same number of people would be dead.

    • @stephenwood2172
      @stephenwood2172 3 месяца назад +1

      By this logic the UK doesn't need to speak out on anything that happens in other countries, because we have zero influence. Even though we help arm Israel.
      If UK pressure helped the genocide end (the US will have to call it a day at some point) even one day early hundreds of lives would be saved and it would be worth it.
      Furthermore I want to know what politicians will do in power. Starmer has shown he has no regard for innocent life and has outed himself as a disgusting human being - I don't expect him to do anything to help anyone but himself as PM.

    • @enemywithin1295
      @enemywithin1295 3 месяца назад

      @@stephenwood2172 You’re equating “the U.K.” with the leader of the opposition. The situation is hugely different if you are the Prime Minister. You actually hold power.
      And sure, Kier Starmer is a terrible, evil person who only wants suffering for all human beings. You are very smart.

    • @enemywithin1295
      @enemywithin1295 3 месяца назад

      @@stephenwood2172 You're equating "the UK" with "the Leader of the Opposition". You can do precisely fuck all in opposition. Once you're PM is a different matter.
      But that's the point - UK pressure would not have stopped anything. I don't understand why people have a hard time grasping this - the UK's standing on the international stage is so severely reduced. The Empire is long gone, and we don't have the EU to bolster our position. We are a small island, and, rather fittingly, are quite isolated. The Israelis aren't even listening to the Americans or to the ICJ, I find it extremely unlikely Starmer's intervention will make any difference. People have been killing each other there for hundreds and hundreds of years.
      Yeah, cos every conflict will be reacted to in the same way, and you're correct - I'm sure Starmer is up at night wondering how he's going to make everyone's life worse and how he can continue to be a disgusting human being! You are very smart! I don't understand how you lot never win elections!

  • @SkandalouzStyle
    @SkandalouzStyle 3 месяца назад +1

    You lot of got a lot to learn about having a popular podcast and the first thing is not to talk about bullshit smells for two minutes at the beginning of the video!
    The last time I watched your stuff you annoyed me and just as I was thinking about giving you another chance you've done it again.
    Your amount of likes should tell you something. 💯

  • @C_P-fq2vo
    @C_P-fq2vo 3 месяца назад +1

    Switched after 5 minutes, strikes me as rather juvenile

  • @InsanitiesBrother
    @InsanitiesBrother 3 месяца назад +1

    "Israel should call a ceasefire" - what follows from this exactly? Is Israel going to get criticised if Hamas continues firing missiles and then Israel attacks again? Will the same "yeah but after the atrocities of Israel, you can't blame Palestinians for being angry".

    • @shuaibafzal6042
      @shuaibafzal6042 3 месяца назад

      Israel should withdraw all illegal settlements. They should agree to and stick to a ceasefire and start diplomatic conversations which will lead towards lasting. Israel cant agreee to a ceasefire but then continue to expand settlements. It won’t work.

    • @InsanitiesBrother
      @InsanitiesBrother 3 месяца назад

      @@shuaibafzal6042 Land swaps, not all settlements can or should realistically be returned if lasting peace is to happen.
      Land swap does imply though that Palestinians would be compensated.
      All the newer (post 2005) settlements though should be returned IMO.
      Onto stick to a ceasefire. This is just dumb jargon. If Palestine, a free state in this scenario decides to attack Israel, there is NO reason for Israel to not defend itself.

  • @thelastsaxon6279
    @thelastsaxon6279 3 месяца назад

    Im not voting. Waste of time.

  • @govang5191
    @govang5191 3 месяца назад

    BLAH BLAH BLAH,