Oh God, What Now?

Deadliest Catch – Starmer reels in an EU deal

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The fish and the fury… As dead-end Brexiters rage against the “betrayal” of the Great British Haddock, we look at what REALLY matters in Starmer...

Without a care worker in the world – The case for immigration

16 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After possibly the most aggressive speech on immigration ever made by a British Prime Minister, we attempt the adult conversation on the topic that po...

From Open Britain to the Island of Strangers

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Keir Starmer’s statement on immigration may well have repelled many Labour voters towards the Lib Dems and the Greens. How wrong has the Prime Minis...

Keir and Loathing –  Are Labour misreading the Locals results?

09 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As Labour panic and freak out over Runcorn and the Locals, is Starmer drawing the wrong conclusions from the votes? Is “Reform are right, don’t vo...

The Great Reform Panic of 2025

07 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nigel Farage is going to be Prime Minister! Reform are going to eat the Tory Party alive! A plague of bats will devour Kate Middleton! As the locals a...

Emergency ElectionsCast – An absolute Mayor for Labour

02 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We’re on a highway to Helsby… As Reform take Runcorn, rack up council seats and take Staffordshire and Lincolnshire county councils, Rafael Behr ...

Hair Cult 100: Trump’s crappy century

02 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second presidential term have been overwhelming. He’s signed a record 142 executive orders and cultivated his...

A taster of CRIME SCENE, our new podcast – Episode 1: Guns of London – Are armed gangs out of control?

01 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Try a bite-sized sample of our brand new podcast Crime Scene. Every week ex-Met Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe and former Mirror editor Alison...

Children of the Runcorn

29 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The local elections AND the Runcorn and Helsby by-election stampede towards zero hour. Will Labour do as badly, and Reform as well, as predicted? And ...

Ghost Tories – What if they hadn't screwed it up?

25 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We all know the Conservatives got just about everything they could wrong when they were in government. But can we pinpoint where it all started to go ...

This thing of Trump’s – Is the president a mob boss?

23 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“Nice liberal democracy you got there, shame if something wuz to happen to it…” Trump behaves like a mob boss, complete with extortion and prot...

Ooh, you’re hard! – How seriously should we take ‘Hard Labour’?

17 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Crossover edition with hit pod The Two Matts. What the hell is ‘Hard Labour’? Is it Blue Labour in disguise, Old Labour on steroids, or Starmerism...

Fear Factory – Inside Trump's reign of terror with Molly Jong-Fast

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Trump 2.0 is a different animal compared to his first term. His administration has already made massive cuts to the federal government and conducted a...

Time to take the Lib Dems seriously?

11 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has made a name for himself performing crazy stunts to win the hearts of voters. But maybe, just maybe, it’s workin...

Total Recoil – Trump bottles tariffs

10 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump’s tariff masterplan is working! Well that’s just utter bulls**t, isn’t it? Trump’s decision to reverse global tariffs for 90 days...

The Great Stock’n’Roll Swindle

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump’s tariffs are tanking stock markets and bankrupting penguins. How is Britain coping with Trump’s assault on free trade… and is ther...

Land of the fee, home of the depraved

04 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Trump is upending the world once again. We go on a whistlestop tour of tariffs, woke and the far-right in our latest show.  First up, trade policy ex...

Has Labour lost the room?

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Rachel Reeves’s spring not-a-budget has gone down like a cup of cold sick and many Labour supporters are asking what they’re backing the party for...

Budget: The Grim Rachel – plus Hegseth’s WhiskeyLeaks

28 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Rachel Reeves’ Spring not-a-budget Statement is out and it’s hard to take. What’s in it, what’s not, and are we all going to be rich now (hard...

Is time up for Badenoch? – Plus, what Ancient Rome teaches us about Trump

25 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Kemi Badenoch was supposed to reboot and re-energise the Tories. Now she’s tanking in the polls and flailing in the Commons. If she can’t beat Far...

Did Covid change the world more than we realised?

21 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been five years since Boris Johnson announced the UK’s first Covid-19 lockdown. How much did that strange time in our recent history change t...

Make Tories Sane Again – Can the British Right survive Trump?

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Trump’s election win delighted Farage, the Telegraph, GB News and the Tory Right – but since then the President’s behaviour has horrified Britis...

Who let the DOGE out?

14 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With defence spending rising and welfare cuts causing unease, is it finally time for Labour to bite the bullet and raise taxes? Plus, DOGE has been te...

Starmer Chameleon

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Has Keir Starmer finally found a crisis he can excel in? Will his supposedly boring manner and measured approach steer Britain and Europe through the ...

Can Europe stand alone?

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As Trump freezes aid for Ukraine and Vance appears to call the UK or France a “random country that hasn't fought a war in 30 or 40 years" – have w...

Ambush in the White House – What now for Europe?

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After the callous and cowardly attack on Zelensky in the White House, will support from European leaders be enough to compensate for Trump’s contemp...

You’re in the Starmy now!

28 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Keir Starmer’s decision to raise defence spending and cut foreign aid has raised a whole load of questions (but not any asked by Kemi Badenoch becau...

Is America now Europe's enemy?

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Even though the AFD didn’t win the German election, the far-right party still doubled its vote. Has Germany dodged a bullet? And is America now the ...

Homeland Insecurity

20 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Trump’s decision to rip up 80 years of transatlantic security co-operation leaves Europe in a panic. What happens when America lines up with a despo...

Betrayal in Munich

18 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

US Vice President JD Vance proves himself to be as much an arse as his boss with a hateful, trollish performance at the Munich Security Conference. Wi...

Why is Labour trying to copy Reform?

14 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Labour’s ‘crackdown’ on illegal workers was an obvious ploy to tame Reform UK’s growing influence. But will Starmer’s Labour alienate its ow...

The sky isn’t falling… not in the UK, at least

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Keir Starmer may have been enduring stormy weather since winning power – but is the sky really falling in, as parts of the media think? And why are ...

Trump's America – Cloud Coup Coup Land

07 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump and his evil nerd henchman Elon Musk continue to “flood the zone” with new harmful executive orders and bullshit headlines. How do we...

Appetite for Disruption

04 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As Keir Starmer visits Brussels for a meeting with European Union leaders, Trump has the EU in his sights. But Trump says Starmer is “nice”, so wi...

Happy Birthday, Brexit! – 5th Anniversary Gala Celebration!

31 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s five years this week since we left the EU. Isn’t everything going brilliantly? Special guest Anand Menon of UK In A Changing Europe joins us ...

Why can’t the BBC handle our chaotic politics? – with special guest Steve Richards

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

BBC politics coverage is in trouble: browbeaten by the Mail and Telegraph, still reeling from Tory intimidation, and addicted to ever-shorter, cheaper...

A Dictator from Day One

24 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Trump starts as viciously as he means to go on, with a confected state of emergency on immigration, attacks on gay and trans people, withdrawals from ...

The Politics of Chaos – How should Britain handle Trump?

21 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

And so it begins. The second age of Trump is upon us. Are we all braced? All eyes are on what executive orders he will enact in his first week. So, ho...

Has the Right conquered social media – and can the Left win it back?

17 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As Musk and Zuckerberg vie to enshittify Twitter and Facebook, is the Right’s victory over social media final? Is there something intrinsic to socia...

Gilty Conscience – Is Rachel Reeves really in trouble?

14 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As Britain’s economic growth slows and gilt returns go up (no, we can’t remember what it means either) the Tory press are eager to construct a nar...

Are the Tories worse than Reform?

10 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Senior Tories like Badenoch and Jenrick are cynically following the lead of far-right wackos like Elon Musk to stoke the grooming gangs story. Are the...

2025: The Four Horsemen of the Apodalypse

07 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We did it, we survived 2024. Now, we face 2025 – a year where the world’s most influential country is headed by a convicted felon. How consequenti...

The Oh God, What Now? Politics Awards 2024

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

• Last chance to get 20% off a year’s Patreon support for OGWN! Rishi in the rain? Musk ruining everything? Boris Johnson’s stupid book? In the...

Rejoining the EU? – On the agenda for 2025?

17 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As bad Brexit news piles up, a new poll says that even Leave voters would welcome freedom of movement if it meant access to the Single Market. But is ...

Ho Ho Ho God, What Now? Live – Christmas ’24 Special – Part Two: Trump’s MAGA-lomania

13 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

• Our Cyber Monday sale is still on. Get 20% off a year’s Patreon support for OGWN. Back from the interval? Got your drinks and crisps? Return to...

Ho Ho Ho God, What Now? Live – Christmas ’24 Special – Part One: Genny Lecs

12 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

• Our Cyber Monday sale is still on. Get 20% off a year’s Patreon support for OGWN Is it that time of year again? Join Dorian Lynskey, Marie le C...

Labour vs. Reform – The real battle for Britain?

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

• Get 20% off a year’s Patreon support in our Cyber Monday sale. Why not ask for it for Christmas? Panic stations? Reform UK has overtaken Labour...

No such thing as a free relaunch

05 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

• Get 20% off a year’s Patreon support in our Cyber Monday sale. Why not ask for it for Christmas? • Last chance for tickets to our Christmas L...

No phone, who dis? – The Louise Haigh fiasco

03 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

• Get 20% off a year’s Patreon support in our Cyber Monday sale. Why not ask for it for Christmas? • Last few tickets for our Christmas Live Sh...

Reeves: Iron Chancellor or Rusty Rachel? – with special guest John Harris

29 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

• Get 20% off a year’s Patreon support in our Black Friday sale. Why not ask for it for Christmas?  • Get your tickets for our Christmas Live...

Starmer to farmers: “Don’t have a cow, man!”

26 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

• Get 20% off a year’s Patreon support in our Black Friday sale. Why not ask for it for Christmas? • Get your tickets for our Christmas Live Sh...

Trains, planes and autocracies – The Starmer World Tour

22 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

• Get 20% off a year’s Patreon support in our Black Friday sale. Why not ask for it for Christmas? • Get your tickets to our live show at the ...

What comes after the Age of Twitter?

19 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

• Get 20% off a year’s Patreon support for OGWN in our Black Friday sale. Why not drop a heavy hint to the family…? • Get your tickets for ou...

Injustice League: Trump and Badenoch recruit their minions

14 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Get your tickets to our 10th December live show at the Comedy Store here! Trump has started to appoint his evil minions to his cabinet – and we ta...

How to live in Trump’s world

12 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

• Get your tickets for our Christmas Live Show on Tue 10 Dec at the Comedy Store London. The Trump aftermath rumbles on. Farage, Tommy Robinson an...

Oh God, Not Again – The revolting return of Donald Trump

07 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

• Get your tickets to our 10th December live show at the Comedy Store London here! It’s happened, Trump has retaken the White House. How did the o...

Harris-Trump finale: Fear of an orange planet

05 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Get your tickets to our 10th December live show at the Comedy Store here! On the eve of the US election, nobody is quite sure how Donald Trump still ...

Emergency ToryCast – If it’s Badenoch for you, it’s bad enough for me

02 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

• Get your tickets to Oh God, What Now? live at the Comedy Store on Tue 10 Dec – now with special guest John Crace of The Guardian. Kemi “star...

I like big budgets and I cannot lie

01 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Go here to get tickets for Oh God, What Now? live at the Comedy Store on Tue 10 Dec – now with special guest John Crace of The Guardian.  Big tax...

If you voted for better government, then fight for it – with guest Polly Toynbee

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

• Go here to get tickets for Oh God, What Now? live at the Comedy Store on Tue 10 Dec. Labour’s first budget since regaining power is an opportuni...

Starmer vs. The Media – Can Labour handle the press? – with guest Adam Boulton

25 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

• Go here to get tickets for Oh God, What Now? live at the Comedy Store on Tue 10 Dec. Starmer’s still under media pressure over the Swiftgate/fre...

Taster – ‘Why do people join cults?’ – from the new series of Why? with Emma Kennedy

24 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A bonus clip from the new series of science and psychology podcast, Why? – from the makers of Oh God, What Now? In Episode One: Most of us think...

Squeaky Trump time – with guest Brian Klaas

22 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The US election is hanging in the balance with either candidate looking just as likely to win in November. Brian Klaas, author of Fluke: Chance, Chaos...

Pulp Faction – What's really going on inside the Labour Party?

18 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s not been plain sailing for the Labour government since the election, but what’s the state of play within the wider party? Now we’ve had 100...

We've picked the wingnuts by mistake!

15 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Tory leadership race is down to two: Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick – did this really take the Tories by surprise? Plus, we’re 100 days into...

Folie à Deux – Badenoch/Jenrick reaction live from Hove

11 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We were all set for a relaxing live show in Hove and then the Tories made the worst choice since the mayor in Jaws kept the beaches open. On this feat...

It’s A Shame About Gray

08 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

• Last chance for tickets to OGWN Live in Hove at the Old Market, this Weds 9 Oct.  Keir Starmer’s Chief of Staff gets the Spanish Archer and no...

Tory conference: Feel like pure sh*t just want Thatcher back

04 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

• OGWN Live in Hove, Weds 9 Oct. Tickets here. After the Tory leadership hopefuls made their pitches to the party conference, we unpack whether the...

Kemi, Watch The Stars

01 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Conservatives gather in Birmingham to contemplate their lost hopes and dreams (we’ve all done it). Why are Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick the ...

What we learned at Labour conference – recorded in Liverpool

27 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

• OGWN Live in Hove, Weds 9 Oct. Tickets here.  This year’s Labour conference was the biggest in the party’s history – but what did we learn ...

Tunnel Vision – Starmer toughs it out in Liverpool

26 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Starmer’s Liverpool speech: the PM sticks to his guns but does Captain Competence need more pizzazz? Plus, a But Your Emails special featuring more ...

Live in Liverpool part two – with special guest Emily Thornberry

25 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

• OGWN Live in Hove, Weds 9 Oct. Tickets here.  In the second half of our Labour conference live show from Liverpool, Emily Thornberry MP joins Dor...

Labour Conference Live Special! – Part One

24 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

• OGWN Live in Hove, Weds 9 Oct. Tickets here.  It was a big week for Labour in Liverpool and the Oh God, What Now? gang couldn’t miss it. In a s...

What a load of Meloni!

20 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Starmer’s meeting with Italian PM Giorgia Meloni caused quite a stir. Is it meeting with her in the first place that’s the problem? Or is it becau...

Crisis of Conference: What to expect from the party gatherings

17 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

• OGWN Live in Hove, Weds 9 Oct. Tickets here. Party conference season is here and there’s much to talk about. What really goes on at these event...

Nobody's fuel – What does the winter cuts saga mean for Starmer?

13 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Keir Starmer’s cut to the winter fuel allowance has passed through Parliament – but at what cost? Plus, the Harris-Trump presidential debate was d...

Grenfell report: The lessons from a tragic tale of greed

10 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

• OGWN Live in Hove, Weds 9 Oct. Tickets here. The final Grenfell Tower fire report told a story of tragedy, greed, and dishonesty. What can Starme...

Trading Blows: PMQs clashes, right-wing media moves and EU talks explained

06 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

• New second live date in Liverpool, Tue 24 Sept. Tickets here. • OGWN Live in Hove, Weds 9 Oct. Tickets here. Parliament is back and so is PMQs,...

24 Hour Party People: Parliament's back! What now?

03 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

• OGWN Live in Hove, Weds 9 Oct. Tickets here. After what felt like the longest recess ever, finally, Parliament is back. What are Labour’s prior...

(50) Days of Starmer – What have we found out about the PM?

30 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

• OGWN Live in Hove, Weds 9 Oct. Tickets here. • New second live date in Liverpool, Tue 24 Sept. Tickets here. Starmer has been in office more t...

Keir Starmer: "We've gotta roll with it"

28 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

• OGWN Live in Hove, Weds 9 Oct. Tickets here. • New second live date in Liverpool, Tue 24 Sept. Tickets here. Keir Starmer has painted a bleak ...

Identity Crisis: Keir Starmer’s Britain and Kamala Harris’s United States

23 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

• New second live date in Liverpool, TUE 24 SEPT. Tickets here.  • OGWN Live in Hove, Weds 9 Oct. Tickets here. Labour’s aspiration to trans...

That Thing Unions Do!

20 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

• We’re LIVE at the Old Market Theatre, Hove on Weds 9 Oct. Tickets here. Liverpool on Mon 23 Sept now sold out!  The right-wing press has gone...

New Kids on the Block

16 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

• We’re LIVE at the Old Market Theatre, Hove on Weds 9 Oct. Tickets here.   Over half of the MPs elected in July’s Labour landslide are new t...

Riots aftermath: Where do we go from here?

13 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

• OGWN Live in Liverpool, Mon 23 Sept. Tickets here. • OGWN Live in Hove, Weds 9 Oct. Tickets here. As the dust settles from the far-right riots...

The Fascist and the Furious

09 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

• OGWN Live in Liverpool, Mon 23 Sept. Tickets here. • OGWN Live in Hove, Weds 9 Oct. Tickets here.  Immigrants across all parts of the UK have...

Liars, Liars, Streets On Fire

06 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

• OGWN Live in Hove, Weds 9 Oct. Tickets here. • OGWN Live in Liverpool, Mon 23 Sept. Tickets here. Following the horrific knife attack in Southp...

Greens co-leader Carla Denyer full interview – “We’re here to get Greens elected and get stuff done”

02 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Greens pulled off an all-time best performance in the 2024 General Election, doubling their vote share to a historic high of 6.4% and winning four...

Tory leadership: Let’s get ready to grumble!

02 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’re live in Liverpool on Mon 23 Sept for Labour’s first conference in government. Join Dorian Lynskey, Raf Behr, Jonn Elledge and a special gues...

Supermassive Black Hole

30 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

• We’re live in Liverpool on Mon 23 Sept for Labour’s first conference in government. Join Dorian Lynskey, Raf Behr, Jonn Elledge and a special...

Bark at the Honeymoon

26 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Prime Minister Starmer (still getting used to that) faced his first PMQs this week. How did he do? And does Sunak make a better opposition leader than...

Wake Me Up Before You Go, Joe

23 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

President Joe Biden’s decision not to run for a second term wasn’t exactly a shock, but what does it mean for the race for the White House? And co...

Special: When the Ministers talked to OGWN

22 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Keir Starmer’s new cabinet is full of our past guests. So we thought, why not revisit some of those classic interviews to see what they tell us abou...

The Great British Brakes Off

19 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

King Prince Charles makes his first speech of Labour era, announcing a raft of legislation that will “take the brakes off Britain”. What was in it...

Trump: The shot heard around the world

16 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The assassination attempt against Donald Trump shocks the world. Has it handed Trump an unbeatable advantage in the Presidential election? And can Bid...

Mr. Starmer Goes to Washington

12 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As Prime Minister Starmer jets off for the 75th NATO summit in Washington DC, how will he perform on the global stage? And how impactful will David La...

Ikea Starmer assembles a Cabinet

09 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Well his dad WAS a toolmaker… What’s on the agenda in Week One of the Brave New Starmer Era? What do we make of Labour’s team? Is the party’s...

Election Night Live in London Part 2: The Moment of Truth

08 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Drink in the tension in the room as we wait for the first Exit Polls of General Election 2204. LBC’s James O’Brien joins Dorian, Ros and Alex for ...

Election Night Live in London Part 1: Scorn on the Fourth of July

07 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Come with us back into the misty before-times… Election night, when we didn’t yet know the result. LBC’s James O’Brien joins Dorian, Ros and A...

Election Aftermath 🌹 At Long Last, Victory

05 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Well, we got the bastards. Dorian Lynskey, Ros Taylor and Andrew Harrison gather in awe before the scale of Labour’s historic achievement. How did S...