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Quiet Riot@quietriotpod· 23d

I'm not sure the position is as overwhelming as you describe among the general public and, certainly, when it comes to Labour supporters, she was the most disliked cabinet member, at the last count. A

BMG poll in March 2026 showing that a shade over a third of voters support changes to ILR and around - or just under - a third oppose it.

July yougov tracker showing Mahmood is on -11% popularity.

Labour List/Survation cabinet popularity tracker of Labour members, April 2026, showing Mahmood as the single least popular on -12.

Quiet Riot@quietriotpod· Jun 28

The only brief mention of this was on Thursday's main show and I struggle to glean where exactly we showed any negativity. I assure you it was unintended - not to mention undetectable, at least by me. A x

- We know some stuff, there's bits of content, there's devolution, transport, there's public control, council housing, there's a more muscular state. There's definitely a less technocratic style.

- There's definitely devolution and he's talked about maybe moving a number 10 office to Manchester, hasn't he?

- Yeah, absolutely. He talked a lot about that yesterday, Wednesday.”

- Sounds good.

From Quiet Riot: The Andy Man's Guide to Cabinet Making, 25 Jun 2026
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Quiet Riot@quietriotpod· Jun 26

Quiet Riot@quietriotpod· Jun 23

Outside a tea-shop in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, I am reliably informed. A x

Quiet Riot@quietriotpod· Jun 19

Only he didn't.

I think that unpicking this result might be a little bit more complicated than those other by-elections, because I can see a constituency of people who we might describe as traditional Labour voters, that Barnum was appealing to them. He had that part of the vote pretty well sewn up. As you say, he was also appealing to those who wanted to keep Farage out and the Liberal Democrat Green vote evaporated, presumably as they came across to swing behind Barnum for that reason.
But there's also, I think, a very substantial constituency who want to get rid of Starmor. And the overlap between these three really substantial constituencies, I do think will be very difficult to unpick. It's a unique set of circumstances.

Quiet Riot@quietriotpod· Apr 20

And, of course, after the BBC spends a week obsessively promoting their disgraceful dog-whistle "sting", Reform promises to review and revoke the asylum decisions of thousands of people already granted it. With zero mentions of the BBC's "undercover investigation" anywhere in the piece. A

Reform pledges to review all asylum claims for past five years if it wins power
Border Force officers processing the first small boat migrants detained under the UK's "one in, one out" deal with France, in Dover, Kent. A row of men sit on a bench with their backs to the viewer. Their faces have been blurred. There is a man in a hi-vis vest standing in front of them at a desk.
Image source,Home Office/ PA Media
Image caption,
Border Force officers processing the first small boat migrants detained under the UK's "one in, one out" deal with France, in Dover, Kent.

ByJennifer McKiernan
Political reporter
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20 April 2026, 06:00 BST
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Updated 3 hours ago
Reform UK has pledged an immediate review of all asylum claims from the last five years should the party win the next general election.

Around 400,000 people would be liable for deportation under the plans, which would target anybody granted asylum, overstaying a visa, or from a country deemed safe by a Reform-led government.

Quiet Riot@quietriotpod· Mar 22

You called it, @pimlicat.bsky.social. Thanks to listener Doug for taking on the Wokey Dokey challenge and making it real. A x

New fiver with Princess Di, eating a saveloy, carried on Gazza's shoulders, who is waving a St George's cross made of Horatio Nelson's underpants.

Quiet Riot@quietriotpod· Mar 19

And yet, he is still ahead in most head-to-head polls. Which could mean a number of things. A x

Quiet Riot@quietriotpod· Feb 21

From the transcript:

And it's interesting you should mention Brexit, Kenny, because the Resolution Foundation said on Wednesday that it is the first time that the youth unemployment rate is higher than the EU average since records began in 2000. Of course, correlation is not causation, but I don't think it's a coincidence either, that we're suddenly falling behind European counterparts on this.

Quiet Riot@quietriotpod· Feb 5

It's "Good News" by George Olsen and His Music, from 1927. A x

Quiet Riot@quietriotpod· Feb 2

This was a different poll. You have the wrong end of the stick. From the transcript. 👇🏽

Quiet Riot@quietriotpod· Jan 10

What was the "mild courteous criticism"? A

Quiet Riot@quietriotpod· Dec 21

There is no reason why I should be quite THIS excited about our Christmassified Jingle. And yet I am. (Sound on, obviously.) A x

Quiet Riot@quietriotpod· Dec 4

EXACTLY as predicted by @pimlicat.bsky.social and @samfr.bsky.social yesterday. ARE WE GOOD OR ARE WE GOOD? A x

Lammy breaks ranks on Brexit
Joining customs union would boost growth, says Deputy PM days after PM rules it out
By Tony Diver
ASSOCIATE POLITICAL EDITOR
DAVID LAMMY has suggested that rejoining the EU customs union would boost economic growth amid mounting calls from within Downing Street to undo Brexit.
The Deputy Prime Minister refused seven times to rule out reversing the Brexit process, arguing that leaving the EU "badly damaged our economy" and that Labour should consider more inte gration with Brussels.
Mr Lammy said that rejoining the customs union was not "currently" the Government's policy, but that it was "self-evident" that other countries had "seen growth" after doing so.
His comments echo similar argu ments from Wes Streeting, the Health Secretary, who said on Wednesday that Labour should undo "the economic damage done by Brexit", as well as Sir Keir Starmer's own chief economic adviser and some senior figures close to No10.
Sir Keir pledged not to return to the single market or customs union in Labour's manifesto last year, but is under increasing pressure from MPs and advisers to reconsider its approach in light of dire growth forecasts. (cont'd in next image)

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Mr Lammy, asked several times on the News Agents podcast whether he would like to see Britain rejoin the cus toms union, said: "That is not currently our policy. That's not currently where we are. But you can see countries like Turkey with a customs union seemingly benefiting and seeing growth in their economy, and again, that's self-evi dent." He added that his comments
were "subject to collective responsibil-ity", implying that he was not free to divert from Sir Keir's stance on Brexit.
Senior Labour sources last night expressed frustration at Mr Lammy's refusal to repeat that assurance, while sources close to him insisted: "He is in the same position as the PM."
Darren Jones, Sir Keir's chief secre-tary, rebuked Mr Lammy in the Com-mons yesterday, arguing that Labour's policy would be announced in Parlia-ment, not "on podcasts".
Downing Street has abandoned the party's policy of avoiding discussion of Brexit, amid concerns that Remain vot ers have been pushed away from Labour and towards the Liberal Demo-
You can see countries like Turkey with a customs union... seeing growth, that's self-evident'
crats. The Prime Minister is now openly arguing for a closer relationship with Brussels, saying earlier this week that it would be "utterly reckless" to use Brexit as "a template for our future foreign policy" and pledging a "closer relation-ship" by the end of Labour's first term.
While he claimed that the public were "mis-sold" on "wild promises" about Brexit, he maintained that the customs union was a "red line" that the Government would not cross.
But Mr Lammy's comments come after the Treasury raised concerns that the Budget will not secure eco-nomic growth.

Quiet Riot@quietriotpod· Nov 9

I accept we have a blind spot as non-religious people, but your critique is not fair. Here's the transcript. The singing is about watching football. Church is not "reduced" to gossip. All N is saying is that "often" people revelled in "a moment of congregation" and *maybe* a gossip and a cuppa. 1/2

Quiet Riot@quietriotpod· Nov 7

Putting this together was actually a HUGE amount of fun. Feel free to share it - here or on whatever platform and with whichever friend or family member you think would enjoy our vibe and the gorgeous community we have become.

Quiet Riot@quietriotpod· Aug 24

This seems such a weird criticism. It feels bad faith. But I would be grateful for listeners' views - especially women's sense of our tone. A

stormy

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The 2 women discussed in this episode: Maxwell and Connelly are one of the many examples of women being punished for the crimes of men.
Prosecute the paedophiles and the rapists, and the rioters who set fires not the women on the periphery.
Lovely to hear 2 men celebrating women being punished for men's crimes.

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What a bizarre argument. The paedophiles and the rioters were ALSO prosecuted. That doesn't make their enablers and inciters innocent by virtue of their sex.

Quiet Riot@quietriotpod· Jul 13

Quiet Riot@quietriotpod· Apr 17

My personal favourite is Matthew Lesh of the IEA.

Quiet Riot@quietriotpod· Apr 17

OMG we did this on Wokey Dokey three weeks ago. He has quite literallt lifted his argument from that George Weigel guy! @pimlicat.bsky.social @dhnnjyn.bsky.social

Unfortunately, just when the politics of grievance seems to be running out of gas on the American left, it has emerged with a vengeance on the American right. Slogans like “we’ve been ripped off”—which distort the record of the most successful peace-keeping security architecture ever created (NATO), and which provide cover for tariffs that could wreck the world’s most successful engine of economic growth—exemplify a new grievance politics that’s the flip side of wokery. And in the form of social media mobs, right-wing grievance politics is alarmingly similar to the cancel culture of the left.

Quiet Riot@quietriotpod· Mar 16

👊🏽 Sunday School: You wouldn't like us when we're angry 👊🏽 @pimlicat.bsky.social and @sturdyalex.bsky.social talk about Labour's cruel proposed welfare reforms, Musk's destruction of Tesla, and Germany's big spending spree. 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/6kFQ... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...

Quiet Riot@quietriotpod· Mar 11

Apologies, Pete. It was some stupid mock up that got through because I took my eye off the ball yesterday, instead of this, which should have been the visual. I have corrected it now, although it will take an hour to propagate across all services. A x

Quiet Riot@quietriotpod· Feb 28

Rishi Sunak and an assortment of local Tories, look at a small hole in the road. Really look.

Quiet Riot@quietriotpod· Jan 24

And here it is, for those of you who demanded proof. A x

Fox News Sunday - 19 Jan 2025, having made a rather unfortunate error in its chyron: "TITKOK SHUTS DOWN IN THE U.S."

Quiet Riot@quietriotpod· Jan 10

This is the shallow sensationalising I was talking about in the podcast. Zero context, just tabloid OMG OMG OMG framing. From The Times ffs GBP was worth 1.2269 USD at the open and 1.2208 at the close. UK 30yr bond rate was 5.412% first thing and is 5.410% now. 10-yr gilts tiny movement other way.