Oh God, What Now?
Episodes
Absolutely Sunak-ered
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
So Rishi Sunak, that bloke who couldn’t use a contactless card, is set to bring total normality to No.10. How will this megabrained and approachable...
🚨 EMERGENCY TRUSSCAST 🚨 That. Was. A. Disgrace.
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What a sad little life, wokerati. I hope you’re happy. Liz Truss is off. After being in office for less time than it takes to listen to Free Bird by...
When the Going Gets Tofu
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An out-of-her-depth politician gets sacked by an out-of-her-depth politician who should get sacked. Tofu’s surprisingly high protein content boosts ...
New TUESDAY edition – Put Her Out of Our Misery
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Now twice a week, because you demanded it… Liz Truss is definitely not hidden under a desk – but we can’t necessarily confirm she’s still in ...
🚨EMERGENCYCAST🚨 Kwasi Thrown Under the Truss Bus
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kwasi go gos and the Government’s spinning around like a yo-yo – Andrew and Naomi pick apart the wreckage in an ever more regular EmergencyCast. W...
Operation Rolling Blunder
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Truss and Kwarteng’s politically-charged synchronised diving routine continues as the pair flip flop until the pound drops. Do they even understand ...
PurgaTory – with guest David Gauke
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As the Truss micro-Government twists on a hook of its own making, we take a taxi to an anti-growth North London podcast studio to examine a week of To...
Pound-emonium with Special Guest Alan Johnson
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Truss and Kwarteng’s mini-budget madness has sparked a Black Wednesday 2.0 – will the quids be alright? Plus, as Starmer takes Keir of business wi...
Mrs. Trickle
23 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Trickle down economics is the talk of the town as Liz Truss relaunches her Britannia unhinged agenda. Can she sell her growth narrative to the public?...
This. Is. A. Disgrace. – Live In London Part Two
17 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You didn’t think we weren’t going to give you some tough Truss talk, did you? In the second half of our latest London live show we decipher what w...
Monarchy In The UK? – Live In London Part One
16 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What a week. The panel discusses the nation’s almighty gear shift, in part one of our latest London live show. How did they feel about the death of ...
The Evil of Two Lessers
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Liz Truss is in Downing Street and we’re here to deliver, deliver, deliver our thoughts on the new PM. She’s promised to do all the stuff and fix ...
End of an Error
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Boris Johnson to the dustbin of political history, here we go. With the PM set to finally leave Number 10 we look back on his tumultuous tenure. Plus,...
Build Bacteria Better
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Levelling up goes down the drain as its champion Gove vanishes. Whatever happened to the Tory pledge to the re-grout the Red Wall? Plus, as sewage on ...
International Debt Set
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With Johnson in holiday mode, what do we make of Starmer’s move to fill the void with his own cost of living plans? Does his energy bills freeze pro...
Unlit Uplands
12 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve got bills, they’re multiplying and the Government has lost control. Will the cost of living crisis ever end? What might Liz Truss or Rishi S...
Hot Strike Summer
05 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Keir Starmer and the unions: Can Labour keep its distance from striking workers without paying a price? Or will everything get better if you picket? P...
Posh Shoes vs Cheap Earrings
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As Sunak and Truss trade blows in a classic blue-on-blue bout, we ask if we’ve really seen the end of the Johnson era. Plus, we unpack the crises ei...
BONUS: The Best of Oh God, What ELSE?
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Every Monday we put out Oh God, What Else?, a special mini-cast exclusively for Patreon backers. To show you what you’re missing, here’s a bonus s...
Meal Deal vs Pork Markets
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sunak or Truss. No, this isn’t a fever dream – one of them will be the next Prime Minister. The panel analyses this gruesome twosome, in the immed...
Fight for the Right of the Party
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With Tory leadership contestants fighting like rats in a sack we pick apart the hopefuls vying to succeed Johnson. Is there a least worst candidate in...
🚨 EmergencyCast 🚨 Disgraced, Debased, Destroyed
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
That’s it. Boris Johnson is to resign – sealing his place in history as the most shambolic excuse for a PM ever. We recorded a speedy-release edit...
The End of the World King
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Amid a resignation tsunami, who knows how many ministers will have quit by the time you read this sentence? Boris Johnson is clinging to power like a ...
Humpty Numpty Has Two Big Falls
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With Boris Johnson’s face covered in egg after two humbling by-election defeats, we assess the PM’s standing. What further turmoil is coming down ...
Wakey, Wakey – By-Election Emergencycast
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As the Tories suffer two crushing by-election losses and Oliver Dowden resigns, mark this a good morning for Britain. In a special by-election emergen...
On a Sticky Picket
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With the Conservatives trying to blame Labour for this week’s strikes we unpack this latest bemusing attack line. Plus, we assess the ongoing Brexit...
Back In The ECHR
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Patel’s eviction flights to Rwanda fall apart at the last minute and spark the ire of the European Court of Human Rights. But is a blazing row with ...
Live in Brighton with Rafael Behr: Part Two
11 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Is the nation due a vibe shift? With the Conservative Party in disarray, it would appear the times are a-changing… Plus, the Jubilee weekend has rai...
Live in Brighton with Rafael Behr: Part One
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With Johnson clinging on to power after a dramatic week in Westminster, the panel unpacks VONC aftermath live in Brighton. What next for the embattled...
The Brady Crunch
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As Johnson says he won’t quit thanks to a newfound sense of responsibility, we assess the chance of him being ousted. No confidence letters to 1922 ...
“We’ve Hosted a Party by Mistake” – Plus guest Francis Fukuyama
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Fifth birthday edition! Let the PM who has not accidentally arrived at a party during a pandemic lockdown cast the first stone... The panel unpacks Jo...
Dude, Where’s My Society?
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The panel unpacks our eternally wise Government’s ingenious cost of living fix – simply try to be richer! How did certain politicians come to sugg...
Aloo Aloo Aloo, What’s Going on Keir, Then?
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As Starmer goes bhuna or bust, we discuss his big gamble and the ongoing curry furore. Lib Dem MP Layla Moran joins us to discuss who’s pushing the ...
Neil Kinnock on How to Fight the Good Fight
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock talks Westminster sleaze, Starmer’s fighting spirit and tussles with the ultra-left. He and the panel unpack the r...
NSFW (Not Safe For Westminster)
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As Boris Johnson’s teflon covering is scratched away, we chart a potential path to his political demise. The panel analyses the latest x-rated scand...
The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum System
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We unpack Johnson’s latest partygate pseudo-apology and analyse the Government’s controversial Rwanda asylum plans. Might the PM’s hubris finall...
The Crime Minister
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Johnson becomes the first PM to be convicted of a crime when in office. We look at the times Britain HAS changed its PM during a war, the fines that a...
Have I Got No News For You
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dorries decides to sell Channel 4 (definitely not out of revenge), it’s two years of Keir, and populism wins again with Orbán. Guest Matt Forde, co...
Party, All the Fines? – with guest Emily Thornberry
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With Partygate fines being dished out, special guest Emily Thornberry joins us to discuss Government scandals and sleaze. The shadow attorney general ...
Last Chancellor Saloon
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We analyse whether there was anything but jam tomorrow from the chancer Chancellor in his Spring Statement. During a historic cost of living crisis, h...
From Russia With Funds
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Government shortcomings amid Ukraine’s invasion are clear, with questions over refugee support and Russian influence in British politics. The panel ...
Slava Ukraini – OGWN Live in London
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Live in London… How will Putin’s Ukraine gamble play out? Has Johnson got away with Partygate? Which pundit wins the Worst Take on Ukraine award?...
🇺🇦 Ukraine: A Nation’s Bravery 🇺🇦 plus guest Anna Soubry 🇺🇦
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As Ukrainian resistance awes the world, can EU sanctions stop Russia – or are the risks of confronting Putin just too great? Plus the Government’s...
A Crime Against Freedom
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
**This episode was recorded prior to Russia's assault on Ukraine on Thursday.** Putin pounces. Ukraine in peril. COVID sidelined at home. Romeo Kok...
Ukraine in the trenches, Britain on the benches
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Russia insists troops are being withdrawn from the Ukrainian border, but is there a genuine deescalation? What happens next? We assess the crisis and ...
When Will the Bubbly Burst?
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As Boris Johnson is busted with bubbly, will new No.10 arrivals come to his rescue – or are they too late to the parties? Journalist and author Mar...
Blame and Shame
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Boris Johnson remains consistent in at least one regard – he continues to disappoint yet fails to surprise with his actions. With the PM’s bluster...
When Cakes Attack
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Is the party nearly over for Boris Johnson, or can he continue to have his cake and eat it? With a police investigation launched into Downing Street’...
Red Meat is a Dog’s Dinner
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Sue Gray report is imminent, Tory backbenchers are sending in their letters to the 1922 committee, and Bury North MP Christian Wakeford has defect...
You’ll Always Find Me In Denial At Parties
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When is a party not a party? As Boris Johnson slobbers out a pitifully insincere apology for No.10’s Turbo Garden Rave 2020, has he finally lost the...
Happy New Keir
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the first Oh God, What Now? of 2022, and we’re going back to our roots by looking at good old Brexit. What joys will our prolonged divorce fr...
Now That’s What I Call OGWN 🎉 The greatest bits of 2021
30 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In our intra-Christmas special to tide you over til January, we present some of the best bits of OGWN from 2021. From scourge of the No.10 party perso...
🎄Christmas ’21 🧀🍷 Away In A Danger! 🥂
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
🎶 “Simply having/A terrible cheese and wine…” 🎶 In the last OGWN of 2021, our Christmas stocking bulges with troubles for Boris Johnson. L...
🚨🗳 Emergency By-Electioncast 🚨🗳 Come Gloat With Us 🚨🗳
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
SHORT SHARP SHROP: Christmas comes early as Johnson’s Tories are utterly humiliated in the North Shropshire by-election, with the ignominious loss o...
Bor Is Over – If You Want It?
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Boris Johnson finally looks vulnerable, but should we really want him to go on the eve of the Omicron Wave? Is Partygate plus COVID fatigue a recipe f...
Ho Ho Ho God, What Now? - Live in London
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s their party and they’ll lie if they want to… Mere hours after Allegra Stratton fell on her sword, the Oh God, What Now? panel assemble bef...
The Culture War’s deep roots – with guests JON RONSON and RAF BEHR
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you thought the Culture War was a recent invention, you’d be wrong. Investigative mischief-maker JON RONSON joins us to explain how its roots run...
DePfeffel Pig and the Very Hard Speech
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As Johnson makes a pig's ear out of his speech to the CBI, and with unrest sizzling on the Tory backbenches over social care, is the Prime Minister in...
From Here to U-Turnity
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the House of Funds… Parliament’s sleaze scandal rolls into yet another week. But have no fear! Boris Johnson has announced plans to ref...
Sleaze Latest: Two Jobs Good, One Job Bad
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Vultures circle as the Owen Paterson scandal disintegrates into a circular Tory firing squad featuring Geoffrey Cox (hon. member for the Virgin Island...
BONUS TASTER: Doomsday Watch with Arthur Snell
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A sneak peek at a brand new series from the producers behind Oh God, What Now? To hear more, visit kite.link/doomsday The world has never stood as cl...
Their Owen Worst Enemy
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“A bingo card of Tory sleaze…” It’s COP26 week so naturally the Tory Government puts the recycling out – bringing back 90s corruption by ove...
Bilge Back Better
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Government sanctions explosive leaks of noxious material, leaving the country nauseated. But enough about the Budget. As National Sewage Week come...
Politicising a Tragedy
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
MPs want the Online Harms Bill to be tightened to take in “hateful speech” – yet the murder of David Amess appears to have had nothing to do wi...
Frosty the Conman
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brexit’s back! Unelected bureaucrat Lord Frost resurrects the nightmare by tearing into the disgraceful deal and NI Protocol negotiated by dastardly...
Bonus: OH GOD, WHAT ELSE? taster mini-cast
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An extra for Oh God What Now listeners! Every Monday morning we put out an exclusive, brand new microcast for our Patreon backers, called (inevitably)...
The Blather’s Grim – Tory conference with guest David Gauke
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the Conservatives drift through a self-congratulatory conference, special guest David Gauke – former Conservative Justice Secretary, now rōnin o...
Brighton Rocked? – with guest Clive Lewis MP
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
So, how did that Labour conference go? Did Keir Starmer snatch victory from the jaws of fratricidal defeat with that closing speech? Special guest Cli...
Clause IV Concern: Energy drains and Labour pains with guest Rafael Behr
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Mr Spaff Goes to Washington. But as Boris Johnson chums up to Joe Biden, an energy crisis is looming back home. With two providers collapsi...
Back to Drawing Borders?
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded before this week’s reshuffle was finalised. For full analysis, listen to our Emergency Pod! As Boris Johnson kicks Gavin Williamson out fr...
Emergency: Oh God, Who Next?
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The mince pies and P45s arrive on the shelves earlier every year. That’s right, it’s reshuffle season - and we’re here with an emergency pod to ...
The End Is N.I.
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Does it matter when a Government breaks a keystone promise? Former Blair advisor John McTernan joins us to look at Boris Johnson’s punitive National...
Pets over people: “The last smear on our character”
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With Afghanistan left to the mercies of the Taliban, Dominic Raab filibusters his own Foreign Affairs committee and ensures that no lessons are learne...
Foreign Sec’s On The Beach
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As Dominic Raab tries to get his deposit back from Tui, we ask how he got here and what he wants. Meanwhile the pandemic recedes, exposing supply chai...
Worse than Suez: Afghanistan abandoned
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Government’s flat-footed and callous response to the collapse of Afghanistan and the resultant refugee crisis has enraged even the House of Comm...
Swot vs Blot – The Sunak-Johnson Smackdown
13 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the shine comes off the Prime Minister and the Cabinet gets fractious, is the country ready for a brutal Rishi-on-Boris battle? Special guest Graci...
The Last Days of COVID?
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With new cases of COVID declining, are we really seeing COVID dwindle? Or is this the calm before the next wave? The expert’s expert Christina Pagel...
Everyday Britain vs the Cultural Arsonists
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What if they held a Culture War and nobody turned up? A new report says Jo and Josephine Public are less riled by hot button rage issues than we think...
Stranger Pings
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As Cummings:Kuenssberg gives us yet more Classic Dom content, are we now fine with unelected advisors trying to topple Prime Ministers – or for tha...
It’s Coming Home, To Roost
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Johnson and Patel’s dog-whistling finally brings all the racists to football’s yard (who could have predicted this??) but England’s young black ...
Death by Common Sense
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the Government abandons clear rules for “common sense” and “personal responsibility”, even Sajid Javid admits we’re entering “uncharted...
🚨 EmergencyCast: Truly, Batley, Deeply 🚨
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Labour wins something shocker! As Kim Leadbeater’s victory in the most rancid by-election of modern times ignites a festival of pundit hindsight, we...
Matt Hancock booted off Love Island
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Does LOVE RAT MATT’s embarrassing self-own tell us anything we didn’t already know about Boris Johnson’s moral universe? And should we stop chor...
Dido’s Life For Rent
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“Happy” Referendum-versary! Special guest Ailbhe Rae of the New Statesman joins us to look at the meaning of the Lib Dem victory in Chesham and Am...
“Totally F***ing Hopeless”: Dom’s Blog-Buster Sequel
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As yet another self-justifying Dominic Cummings megablog arrives, will this latest real-life No.10 Spider-Man meme affect actual politics? Barrister J...
On tour with the Minister of Chaos
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Will US journalist Tom McTague’s lengthy profile for The Atlantic help us comprehend the dumbfounding appeal of Prime Minister Posh Benny Hill? Plus...
Welcome to Britain. Now get out.
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As Britain’s hostile border environment starts to entrap visitors from the EU, is the Home Office’s Brexit-infected immigration arm out of control...
MegaMind vs the Mayor from Jaws
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s our FOURTH BIRTHDAY edition! And what a sumptuous spread Classic Dom has laid on for us. The classic line-up of Dorian, Naomi, Ros, Alex and Ia...
Young Ex-PM seeks fun partner for £££ times!
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
So, Brexit five months in – how’s it going? As the Government prepares to pauperise Britain’s farmers with its Australian trade deal, and as Un...
The Morning After The Fight Before
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the Government celebrates its electoral victories with a bout of naked voter suppression and intimidation of protest, we look at Labour’s farcica...
Elections ’21: Nothing Breaks Like A Hartlepool
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On the eve of what looks like a not-great election day for everyone who isn’t Boris Johnson, the SNP, a Labour metro mayor or Count Binface, are we ...
Extreme Makeover: Golden Wallpaper Edition
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As Johnson’s odious comments about “bodies piling up” collide with Carrie Antoinette’s golden wallpaper splurge and the Vengeance of the Cummi...
For Tax Tips, Text 07700 B.O.R.I.S.
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It turns out that all you need to fix your tax problems is the PM’s mobile number! We look at Britain’s sprawling corruption problem and whether t...
The Good Friday Vehement
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Northern Ireland descends into violence and it seems that Boris Johnson just doesn’t care. We ask Belfast-based political journalist Amanda Ferguson...
Passport To Purgatory
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Vaccine passports: thin end of the authoritarian wedge or a grim necessity that we liberals should grit our teeth and support? Plus, who’s writing t...
Confessions of a Prime Minister
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Prime Minister’s affair with a woman who was receiving large amounts public money is confirmed – and nobody is talking about it? We look at t...
Priti Fly (if you’re a white guy) – plus guest NITIN SAWHNEY
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Inside Home Secretary Priti Patel’s insidious new plans for asylum seekers – why moves that claim to reduce the use if people traffickers will act...
“The biggest crisis in the public square since the 1930s” – with guest James Harding
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Can anything hold back Priti Patel’s assault on the great British tradition of noisy, disruptive protest? Plus: partisan or penniless: what’s the ...
The North will rise again: ANDY BURNHAM is our guest
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham joins us to talk about Westminster vs the Regions and whether Labour is opposing Johnson hard enough. What actua...
Lost In Sunak, Caught In A Trap
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
So what did Sunak’s Budget actually mean? How did he manage to keep both Brexit and the North out of his wheezes? What sort of Chancellor does he re...