@staringatclouds #JeremyGilbert thought the Burnham talk was good, but reckoned the delivery wouldn't be different enough, and that by the local elections next May, polls would be back to Starmerish levels. #AlanFinlayson is a bit more optimistic, but not much.
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#Burnham Begins. But what has begun?
#JeremyGilbert & #AlanFinlayson discuss the shape of the UK's new govt and its purpose & prospects.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2snnWG7tkivAbt5bVn3DNj?si=80O3DoxITwmXtoTRP-Pdtg
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https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/emergency-podcast-burnham-begins/id997174877?i=1000778214837They see this as a coup by the parliamentary soft left, who are a long way right of the party's soft left. The #Tribune Group is driving, allied with chunks of the Labour Right to play a politics of trying at last to engage with people ... but not change enough substance to actually rescue Labour.
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#JeremyGilbert's 'Culture, Power, Politics' podcast is by far the most intellectually analytical podcast about #UKpolitics. But it's also informed by Gilbert's own long involvement in the Labour soft left.
His latest episode examines the rhetoric of #AndyBurnham, as #Burnham becomes leader of the #LabourParty & the #UK without election or contest. https://open.spotify.com/episode/2vhZdLd7JNrGBUohIlHFgo
If you don't use Spotify, see alternatives at https://culturepowerpolitics.org/
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#MarkFisher conversations:
“ #AlanFinlayson and #JeremyGilbert discuss the role that images of total #catastrophe play in our culture and our politics: from fears of nuclear war to visions of environmental and social breakdown. We talk about, among many other things, the post-war peace movement, Hobbes’ vision of society and The Lord of the Rings. (Jem also misremembers the plot of Silent Running, but gets the general vibe right).”https://culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/06/16/the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it-catastrophe-culture/
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@Pamela1960, When dealing with such a prolific and strategic liar as #Starmer, ranking his lies is a non-trivial task.
The wonderful #JeremyGilbert recently observed that #BorisJohnson's lies were usually tactical: unplanned efforts to escape a difficult corner; whereas #Starmer's lies are usually strategic deceptions about his goals. Starmer is the master of the #BigLie.
These phones lies are unusual for Starmer, because they are just tactical. He is becoming more like Johnson.
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My new favourite #politicalpodcast: #CulturePowerPolitics, by #JeremyGilbert.
Gilbert is Professor of Cultural and Political Theory at #UniversityOfEastLondon. He eloquently combines political theory with social, cultural & organisational factors of the left in England.
As the UK's #LabourParty collapses and the British left reconfigures around #GPEW and #YourParty, Jeremy's depth of perspective is invaluable.
https://open.spotify.com/show/4j6IrN7E3CbP8dQWA1MTrH
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/culture-power-and-politics-podcast/id997174877
