Oh God, What Now?

Calm Before the Starm

15 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With unions gathering for the TUC conference, parties are setting out how to engage with workers. Will Sunak change, and how will Starmer deal with th...

Chalk It Up to Experience

12 Sep 2023

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There’s no escape for Justice Secretary Alex Chalk as he faces questions over the state of our justice system. Daniel Khalife’s runner from HMP Wa...

Schools and Hard Knocks – plus guest Barry Gardiner MP

08 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

There’s concrete evidence the Tories have messed up again – literally. School roofs are crumbling, but the Government is bragging at least most ar...

Every Day I'm Shufflin'

05 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As Rishi Sunak wrangles with the school cement fiasco, he’s also been forced into a timid reshuffle. Meanwhile, Keir Starmer has also tweaked his to...

Crime Week and Punishment

01 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Suella Braverman’s told the police to get tougher on crime – but do they have the resources? She’s also keen to get people back on the Bibby Sto...

Dorries Seems to be the Hardest Word – plus guest Stella Creasy MP

30 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Nadine Dorries has finally gone (we think), but her behaviour will stick in our minds forever. She’s not the only Tory MP to have let us all down ov...

Is Britain a poor country?

25 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Are we the sick man of Europe? We’ve got all the symptoms: broken economy, falling living standards, we could go on. Does anyone have the remedy to ...

Back to the 50s — Is Britain stuck in a time warp?

22 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Living standards are falling to the lowest standards since the 1950s, so why is this government shouting about the so-called success it’s had? Plus,...

Have the Tories found their next Brexit?

18 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Tories have been way behind in the polls for a long time. But could a comeback be on the cards? The data shows that a Labour government isn’t gu...

Boaty McVolte-Face

15 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“Small Boats Week” was a horrific failure. Why do the Tories keep getting it so horrendously wrong? Plus, are politicians playing up to the camera...

Bibby Stockholm syndrome

11 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Tories have ramped their anti-immigration rhetoric up to eleven – can it help their election fortunes? With Lee Anderson going all in with belli...

Top of the populists

08 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve been governed by populism for over a decade now, as has a lot of Europe. Will it ever blow over? Or are we stuck with it forever? Well, there ...

The Great Rishi Sunak Swindle

04 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Were we all conned by Calm, Collected, Competent Sunak? Have oil, cars, migration and woke-bashing revealed him to be the most right-wing PM since Mar...

One Man and His Smog

01 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sunak is turning climate change policy into the next frontier of his party’s neverending culture war. Why have the Tories lost their minds over gree...

Appetite for Construction

28 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Tories are failing on their housing promises. Quelle surprise. Up steps Michael Gove to save the day – or is he? Are his newly announced plans a...

An Uxbridge Too Far

25 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Last week’s by-elections left the Tory party wounded, with Labour and the Lib Dems on the front foot. Or are they? The Tories JUST held onto Uxbridg...

By-elections EmergencyCast: Don’t Believe the Tripe

21 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Tories clutch at a straw marked “ULEZ” but can’t hide the fact that they got an absolute hiding in three by-elections. What’s the truth be...

Two Kids on the Block

21 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Is keeping the Tory two-child benefit cap Starmer’s biggest mistake? We look at Labour’s trade-off between maintaining deadly seriousness on the e...

Nasty party to get nastier

18 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Will the UK’s new trade deal with the CPTPP fill the massive, gaping hole that Brexit left? No, probably not. So why are the Tories framing this as ...

Is Britain begging for boring?

14 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Labour’s policies aren’t exciting or even that clear. But is boring what Britain needs right now? Or is it ultimately leading to a lack of confide...

Break Class in Case of Emergency

11 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Keir Starmer announces plans to break the Class Ceiling. Will inequality be the big issue in the next election? And WTF is “oracy” anyway? As tick...

Miriam Cates and her Horrible Mates

07 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Meet this week’s Tory game-changer: Miriam Cates and her New Conservatives. Will their wizard scheme to kick out foreign care-home workers and stamp...

Suell-Air Flight 666 to Rwanda is cancelled

04 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As the Supreme Court grounds Braverman’s Rwanda plan, what will the Tory Right try to pull us out of next? The ECHR, the continent of Europe, or thr...

Don't Look Back in Wagner

30 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Hancock appears before the COVID inquiry – can he ever be forgiven? And Prigozhin has been exiled to Belarus – but how has his Wagner mutiny ...

Conflict of Interest

27 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Interest rates have reached the highest level for 15 years but don’t worry because Rishi Sunak says he’s: “totally, 100% on it”. Is he? Or is ...

The Seven Year Itch

23 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's been seven years since the Brexit vote. Are you surprised we’re still speaking about it? We’re not. Speaking of votes, there are three by-ele...

The Party's Over: Boris Johnson-free edition!

20 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Covid inquiry is well underway but we won’t get the findings well-after 2026 and THEN some. Too long? Suella Braverman’s wish to increase powe...

EmergencyCast! – Johnson is Finally, Finally, Finally Finished

15 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Boris Johnson was in for trouble. But, bloody hell – the report is worse than even we imagined. So, we’re back to tear through the details in anot...

Boris Johnson’s Lying Circus

15 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Recorded before the Privileges Committee report landed. We thought the whole point of resigning was to shut up and go away? On his way out, ex-MP John...

The Too Much News Edition

13 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Johnson quits! Trump indicted! Berlusconi dies! Telegraph for sale! Sturgeon nicked! Dorries does… whatever it was she did! This one’s got it all...

EmergencyCast! – The Pathetic End of Boris Johnson

10 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Johnson quitting as an MP caused a stir in the Oh God, What Now? group chat – and it quickly dawned upon us it was EmergencyCast time. So, here we g...

Negative Energy

09 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The horrifying dam destruction in Ukraine has ruined countless lives and sparked disgust the world over. Will this war crime go unpunished? And how is...

Spot the Difference: Labour and Tory Special – with guest Marina Purkiss

06 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Labour might be leading the polls over the terrible Tories, but maybe the two are more similar than most of us think. Have we seen the return of 1950s...

It’s the End of the World and A.I. Feels Fine

02 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

So, we’re in the future I guess – and apparently A.I. threatens bringing an end to humanity. With top scientists sounding the alarm – should we ...

Succession Finale: Goodbye to the Beastie Roys

31 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

So it be, so it is – Succession has come to an end. We’re all obsessed with the HBO drama, so we thought why not give it the Oh God, What Now? tre...

Redaction Man

31 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Boris Johnson’s in hot water…again. The former PM has thrown an epic tantrum over the COVID inquiry wanting unredacted WhatsApp messages. What wil...

Tories of Future Past – Live in London Pt. 2

26 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In Part Two of our latest live outing: Who will be the Conservative Corbyn for their impending wilderness years/psychological meltdown? Our panel pond...

A Multitude of Sins – Live in London Pt. 1

25 May 2023

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In part one of our latest live outing: When we look back upon this Government… it’s always with a sense of blame. Join us live in London as we go ...

Never Did Me Any Harm

23 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Now that cheese sandwiches, Heinz beans and swimming in poo-free water are officially luxuries, have we reached Peak We Had It Hard When I Were A Lad?...

The Anti-Nat C League: Inside the far right's Glastonbury for wingnuts

19 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

There were some frankly bizarre statements made at the National Conservatism Conference. Now it’s over, we’re left asking: what was the point of i...

Rats in a Sack: The Tory civil war is a go

16 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Tories are at each other’s throats…again. Both Suella Braverman and Priti Patel took a pop at the party’s leadership at recent conservative ...

The Great British Bog Off

12 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Government’s Illegal Migration Bill is “morally unacceptable” according to the Archbishop of Canterbury. But since when did that stop the Co...

Republic Enemy: The Met’s arrest scandal

10 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The republicans doth protest too much, according to the Met police. Can the force change? And does it really want to? Speaking of change, should the T...

Localscast: ‘Stop the Small Votes’ Fails

05 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Despite the Tories’ best efforts at damage control they still got utterly trounced at the locals. Stopping boats didn’t work (in any way whatsoeve...


Never Mind the Monarchs

05 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It’s Coronation weekend and Charles “invites” you to pledge your allegiance to the crown. A wholesome tradition? Or just a bit much? And should ...

The Secret Civil War

03 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A Whitehall bust up is underway with Sue Gray and Simon Case clashing over the former’s appointment as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff. Is this a wi...

Book of Revelations

28 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

More details of Johnson’s chaotic reign have emerged in Anthony Seldon’s new book Johnson at 10. He might now be in the history books but have we ...


Karate Kid Gets the Chop

25 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

That’s a Raab! Karate guru Dom has lost several Cabinet jobs after an investigation into bullying allegations. What fallout can we expect? Plus, the...


Rishi Sunak’s Theatre of the Absurd

21 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Rishi Sunak promised an end to sleaze after the dark days of Johnson. But has his faux competency made us take our eyes off the ball? Plus, it’s not...

Is Keir Starmer Blowing It?

18 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Labour is ahead in the polls but questions are still being raised over Keir Starmer’s leadership. Could he really be blowing it? Plus, is Suella Bra...

Britain’s Brain Drain, Dunt’s New Book and Succession Shocker

14 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As the Government dishes out fresh lessons in doggedness – does the strike stalemate risk a brain drain for Britain? We discuss health workers ditch...

Sunak’s Long Road to Nowhere

12 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sunak is expected to cling on until Autumn 2024 for a general election. Why, when there’s clearly no plan of action? And as we creep closer, we unpa...

Illegally Blonde

06 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump has had his (first) day in court. How will this alter the course of US politics to come? Plus, Brexit promises are falling short again, q...

Pot Hole Sun

04 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sunak was apparently turning it around but now he’s firmly black on the course to oblivion. Should he stop staring at potholes and realise he’s he...

Anti-Social Justice Warriors

31 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What’s with the Tories’ crackdown on anti-social behaviour? And what’s meant to be so wrong with people hanging about in parks? Plus, with prote...

Whatever happened to the Brexit Wars?

28 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As the Johnson Rebellion fails to materialise and backbench rebellions over Northern Ireland fizzle, are we finally, finally seeing the end of the Bre...

Hog Roast for Greased Piglet

23 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

SPECIAL EARLY RELEASE! THE GREASED PIGLET IS OUT OF THE PEN... It’s his party and he’ll lie if he wants to… Boris Johnson finally, finally goes...

Check Your Privileges

21 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Boris Johnson is stealing the limelight from Rishi Sunak yet again as he faces a four-hour grilling from furious MPs. We look ahead to the greased pig...

Getting Off on a Technicality

17 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jeremy Hunt’s bland Budget offers little hope – but hey, at least we avoided a technical recession. The panel picks apart the Chancellor’s pledg...

Own Goal of the Month

14 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lineker versus the BBC ends 1-0 to the football legend. What does the ding-dong battle tell us about the broadcaster’s shortcomings? And why did the...

Cruel Intentions

10 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Braverman and Sunak’s callous and dehumanising “stop the boats” push is the latest moral shame bestowed upon us by this Government. Plus, we ask...

WhatsApp, Doc?

07 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

OK, Matt Hancock entrusting his WhatsApp messages to the world’s least trustworthy woman is pretty funny. But is the Telegraph using them to rewrite...

How many times can they get Brexit done?

03 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Won’t somebody think of the Brexiters? Sunak’s “Windsor Framework” sucks all the anger out of the Northern Ireland border issue, so what is Bo...

The Way You Make Me Deal

27 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Rishi Sunak got Brexit done again – but will it be enough to satisfy the headbanging Leave die-hards who want to rule the Conservative Party? We dis...

Backseat Skiver

24 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As Boris Johnson drags us back to 2018 with his NI protocol meddling we discuss the latest Brexit wranglings (yes, again…). Plus, a year on from Put...

It’s Grim Up Islington North

21 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As Keir Starmer casts Jeremy Corbyn out, the panel discusses what this means for the Labour Party, its former leader and wider politics. Could this se...

Rejoiniacs? – Live in London Part Two

17 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the second half of our latest live outing, the panel discusses hope for the future and the prospect of rekindling the old EU flame… Is it time to...

Tales of the Unexpected – Live in London Part One

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

To listen to this week's live show in its entirety before everyone else, join us from just £3 a month: www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow  What a differen...

A pint at The Rejoiners Arms

14 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Gove convenes a stealth conference on how to make Britain work better with the EU. Is the time ripe to start talking about Britain rejoining? Is the T...

New podcast: Mugshots with Michael Crick

13 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

New series preview: How much do we really know about the people who make the headlines? In a provocative new series the acclaimed journalist Michael C...

It's a dirty job (and nobody wants to do it)

10 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Rishi Sunak shuffles his Cabinet pack and comes up with a couple of dog-eared former junior ministers plus 30p Lee. Is there any talent left in the To...

Lettuce Pray

07 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Truss is back and Johnson never went away – what are they angling for? And can Sunak avoid these two figurative icebergs? Plus, the yob narrative is...

Weekend at Rishi’s: Can anyone bring the Tories back from the dead?

03 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Conservative Party is dying. Can anyone resurrect it? Our panel, begrudgingly, looks at the challenges they’ll have to face if they’re ever to...

Have the Tories Just Given Up?

31 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With the PM and his party on the back foot – have they just given up? Our panel picks apart Sunak’s dither and delay in his sacking of Nadhim Zaha...

Rage Against the Nadhim

27 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Tories are on the Zahawi to hell as briefing wars break out over sleaze scandals as Johnson lurks on the sidelines. Plus, voter ID is rolling out ...

Careless (Not Deliberate) Whisper

24 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As the nation feels the squeeze, the Tories revel in sleaze. We get down to brass tacks on Nadhim Zahawi’s taxes. And while they ditch levelling up,...

I Fought EU Law

20 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Law, huh, what is it good for? According to the Tory Brexiteers, not a lot, as they move to scrap thousands of EU regulations. The panel discusses wha...

The Invisible Government

17 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

You’d think Rishi Sunak would be pushing ministers to take the flack amid the current crises – but they’re remarkably quiet. Where are the rest ...

TEASER - Jam Tomorrow, the brand new series from Podmasters

16 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A special preview of our new series - search for Jam Tomorrow in your favourite podcast app or visit https://kite.link/JTS1 How did Britain’s dream...

Tell me what UK wants, what UK really, really wants

13 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Rishi Sunak is constantly trying to reject the idea he could be out of touch – but, seriously, does he have any idea what Britain wants? This week’...

Resting Pitch Face

10 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sunak and Starmer's battle of the speeches marked this year’s first blue on red ding dong. What are their respective pitches? The panel plays a game...

Sunak’s Weapons of Maths Distraction

06 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ah, a new year. A time to reflect and make changes. And here comes Sunak with his five pledges… Well, I guess there’s always next year (thanks ver...

The 20 Worst Moments of 2022 – Our Top Ten

23 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Good will to all men and all that but first, join us for a final airing of grievances. What are the top 10 most infuriating, baffling and rage inducin...

The 20 Worst Moments of 2022 – Part One

20 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

So what were the REAL big events of 2022? From Matt Hancock stinking up the jungle to the true meaning of Wagatha Christie to the Mail’s efforts to ...

The Hustles from Brussels

16 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

After Eva Kaili and the corruption arrests in Brussels, is EU democracy really in trouble? Meanwhile, as all the little strikes coalesce into a big on...

A Very Oh God, What Now? Christmas LIVE – Part Two

14 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Scramble back from the bar for Part Two of OGWN LIVE at London’s 21Soho club. We pick apart the Main Characters of 2022 and ask who made the more la...

A Very Oh God, What Now? Christmas LIVE – Part One

13 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join the OGWN panel LIVE at London’s 21Soho club to look back on 2022 in a gala evening of high-octane political complaining. On the agenda: The ong...

The End of the Peers Show

09 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Keir is striking fear into peers with plans to ditch the Lords – but why not look at electoral reform first? The panel picks apart Labour’s plans ...

The Battle of the Brexits

06 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As Jacob Rees-Mogg et al keep telling us the sunlit uplands of Brexitville are just over the horizon, we pick apart their broken promises. What’s fa...

Rishi Sunak, Troubled Tough Guy

02 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sunak is trying to act tough on Russia and China but being bullied over wind farms at home. Can he shake off the image of being a weak link? Plus, we ...

Coming Over Here, Staffing Our Hospitals

29 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Manston scandal and Braverman’s bluster lay our disastrous immigration policy bare. And just when we need more workers, Keir Starmer comes out a...

Would EU Believe It?

25 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What did we learn from the furore caused by whispers of a Swiss-style EU deal? Are we getting ready to mingle with the single market? The gang chats B...

No Money Mo’ Problems

22 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hunt’s autumn statement has wound everyone up while whispers of a Swiss-style Brexit deal are sparking more Tory fury. How is Sunak going to handle ...

The Feel-Bad Austerity Remix

17 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Out a day early to JUST beat the fiscal announcement… As Jeremy Hunt’s cuts come in, we look at why austerity has never worked before and won’t...

We’ve Tried Nothing and We’re All Out of Ideas

15 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sunak is performing ex-Prime Minister karaoke, pulling together failed ideas and giving them a go. Has he got anything fresh up his sleeve? Plus star ...

Gavin, Gavin… Gone

11 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rejected Alan Partridge character “Sir” Gavin Williamson resigns to spend more time with his tarantula. (Poor Cronus). Is Sunak even paying attent...

What’s the point of Rishi Sunak?

08 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rishi Sunak promised stability but here we are, back in a u-turn vortex. If he can’t stop the rot, what’s the point of the new PM? Does he have a ...

Welcome to Camp Cruella

04 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We thought they couldn’t do worse than Priti Patel. As conditions in Manston reveal Suella Braverman’s stupendous callousness, it turns out that y...

From Town Square to Hellscape

01 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Trick or Tweet? Elon Musk buys Twitter to impose his half-formed ideas about free speech on the online world. Will he just make things worse? Suella B...

Cabinet of Horrors

28 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the hope that kills you. We didn’t have lots, but c’mon Rishi – Braverman? You know when a band reforms, with a couple of members swapped...