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<div> <p>Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s cabinet circles the wagons as he survives another hellish week in office. One that saw the loss of his chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, and his director of communications, Tim Allan, as the scandal over Peter Mandelson's ties to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein rages on. </p><p>Nish and Coco are joined by Paul Holden, the “unofficial biographer” of Morgan McSweeney, to discuss his key role in the rise of Keir Starmer to power and his close relationship with Mandelson. Plus - reports that <em>Labour Together</em> hired a PR firm to investigate Paul and others looking into its funding under McSweeney.</p><p>Also, comedian Stuart Goldsmith on the serious business of being funny about climate change and why it goes all the way to the top of British intelligence.</p><p><strong>CHECK OUT THESE DEALS FROM OUR SPONSORS </strong></p><p><strong>AURA FRAMES</strong><br><a href="https://www.auraframes.com"><strong><a href="https://www.auraframes.com">https://www.auraframes.com</a></strong></a><strong> Code: PSTUK</strong></p><p><strong>WISE</strong><br><a href="https://www.wise.com"><strong><a href="https://www.wise.com">https://www.wise.com</a></strong></a></p><p><strong>GUESTS </strong></p><p>Paul Holden, Investigative Journalist and author of The Fraud<br>Stuart Goldsmith, Climate Comedian</p><p><strong>USEFUL LINKS</strong></p><p><strong>The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney, and the Crisis of British Democracy</strong><br><a href="https://orbooks.com/catalog/the-fraud/"><strong><a href="https://orbooks.com/catalog/the-fraud/">https://orbooks.com/catalog/the-fraud/</a></strong></a></p><p><strong>Stuart Goldsmith</strong><br><a href="http://www.stuartgoldsmith.com/"><strong><a href="http://www.stuartgoldsmith.com">www.stuartgoldsmith.com</a></strong></a></p><p><strong>CREDITS<br></strong><br>Sky News / YouTube<br>Sky News / YouTube<br>GOP Oversight / YouTube<br>Sky News Australia / YouTube</p><p>Pod Save the UK is a Reduced Listening production for Crooked Media.<br>Get in touch - contact us via email: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br>Like and follow us on Youtube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@PodSavetheUK">https://www.youtube.com/@PodSavetheUK</a><br>Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/podsavetheuk">https://instagram.com/podsavetheuk</a><br>TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@podsavetheuk">https://www.tiktok.com/@podsavetheuk</a><br>BlueSky: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/podsavetheuk.crooked.com">https://bsky.app/profile/podsavetheuk.crooked.com</a><br>Facebook: <a href="https://facebook.com/podsavetheuk">https://facebook.com/podsavetheuk<br></a>X: <a href="https://twitter.com/podsavetheuk">https://x.com/podsavetheuk</a></p></div>

<div> <p>The release of the latest Epstein files triggered a deluge of revelations, spelling the end for one of UK’s biggest political characters. Nish and Coco chat about Lord Mandelson’s fall and the damage done to Keir Starmer and his government as well as the new police investigation into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.</p><p>Economist Ann Pettifor, one of the few who predicted the 2008 financial crash, is the author of a new book “The Global Casino”. She has a lot to say about the Mandelson scandal, the financial systems that control our lives and what governments need to do to challenge the global billionaires who speculate with our money every day.</p><p>Plus - move over Barbenheimer, Nish and Coco give their take on two premieres: The Moment and Melania.</p><p><strong>CHECK OUT THESE DEALS FROM OUR SPONSORS </strong></p></div><br><div> <p><strong>SHOPIFY</strong><br><a href="https://www.shopify.co.uk/podsavetheuk">https://www.shopify.co.uk/podsavetheuk</a> </p><p><strong>AURA FRAMES</strong><br><a href="https://www.auraframes.com">https://www.auraframes.com</a> Code: PSTUK</p><p><strong>GUEST </strong><br>Ann Pettifor, economist and author of ‘The Global Casino’</p><p><strong>USEFUL LINKS</strong></p><p>Nish Tour Tickets<br><a href="https://www.nishkumar.co.uk/gigs/">https://www.nishkumar.co.uk/gigs/</a></p><p>The Global Casino: How Wall Street Gambles with People and the Planet<br><a href="https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/3258-the-global-casino">https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/3258-the-global-casino</a></p><p><strong>CREDITS</strong><br>Keir Starmer MP / Parliament TV<br>Lord Mandelson / ‘Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg’ BBC One<br>Melania Trailer </p><p>Pod Save the UK is a Reduced Listening production for Crooked Media.<br>Get in touch - contact us via email: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br>Like and follow us on Youtube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@PodSavetheUK">https://www.youtube.com/@PodSavetheUK</a><br>Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/podsavetheuk">https://instagram.com/podsavetheuk</a><br>TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@podsavetheuk">https://www.tiktok.com/@podsavetheuk</a><br>BlueSky: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/podsavetheuk.crooked.com">https://bsky.app/profile/podsavetheuk.crooked.com</a><br>Facebook: <a href="https://facebook.com/podsavetheuk">https://facebook.com/podsavetheuk<br></a>X: <a href="https://twitter.com/podsavetheuk">https://x.com/podsavetheuk</a></p></div>

<div> <p>Keir Starmer jets off to Beijing, leaving Westminster - once again - bubbling with rumours about his future. The King of the North might be off the cards, but Angela Rayner and even Ed Miliband are eyeing up the top spot. </p><p>Reform thinks GB News Presenter and right-wing activist Matt Goodwin is the right man to be their MP candidate in Gorton and Denton - if only he can shelve his disdain for Manchester… Nish and Coco chew it all over with political journalist Zoë Grünewald.</p><p>Away from the psychodrama, controversial plans to overhaul special educational needs education in England risk children’s legal rights to cut costs. Campaigners Rachel Filmer and Carrie Grant share their concerns with Coco.</p><p>And surveillance firm Palantir is using medical records to target people for ICE in the US - could the UK be next?</p><p>This podcast has been edited to remove a story about Matt Goodwin after he clarified the context of his comments about Manchester. We regret the error.</p><p><strong>CHECK OUT THESE DEALS FROM OUR SPONSORS </strong></p><p><strong>SHOPIFY</strong><br><a href="https://www.shopify.co.uk/podsavetheuk">https://www.shopify.co.uk/podsavetheuk</a> </p><p><strong>GUESTS </strong><br>Zoë Grünewald, journalist, broadcaster and political commentator<br>Dr Carrie Grant MBE, TV presenter and voice coach<br>Rachel Filmer, SEND campaigner</p><p><strong>USEFUL LINKS</strong></p><p><strong>Save Our Children’s Rights Campaign</strong><br><a href="https://www.saveourchildrensrights.org.uk/"><strong><a href="https://www.saveourchildrensrights.org.uk/">https://www.saveourchildrensrights.org.uk/</a></strong></a></p><p><strong>Stop Palantir in the NHS</strong><br><a href="https://goodlawproject.org/campaign/stop-palantir-in-the-nhs"><strong><a href="https://goodlawproject.org/campaign/stop-palantir-in-the-nhs">https://goodlawproject.org/campaign/stop-palantir-in-the-nhs</a></strong></a></p><p><strong>CREDITS</strong></p><p>Keir Starmer / TikTok<br>Pod Save America / X<br>Good Law Project / Instagram<br>Sky News / YouTube<br>UKLabour / X</p><p>Pod Save the UK is a Reduced Listening production for Crooked Media.<br>Get in touch - contact us via email: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br>Like and follow us on Youtube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@PodSavetheUK">https://www.youtube.com/@PodSavetheUK</a><br>Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/podsavetheuk">https://instagram.com/podsavetheuk</a><br>TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@podsavetheuk">https://www.tiktok.com/@podsavetheuk</a><br>BlueSky: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/podsavetheuk.crooked.com">https://bsky.app/profile/podsavetheuk.crooked.com</a><br>Facebook: <a href="https://facebook.com/podsavetheuk">https://facebook.com/podsavetheuk<br></a>X: <a href="https://twitter.com/podsavetheuk">https://x.com/podsavetheuk</a></p></div>

Donald Trump brings his particular brand of terrible speeches to the billionaires and bankers at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Nish and Coco try to work out how Keir Starmer can keep on track when facing the threat of US tariffs over Greenland as well as criticism of a lease deal with the Chagos Islands - which the US had previously praised. Liam Thorp, the Liverpool Echo’s Political Editor, is on hand to break down Labour’s big plan to make homes warmer, the fortunes of Reform and the latest delay to the Hillsborough Law Plus comedian Alaa Shehada, fresh from his show ‘The Horse of Jenin’, talks to Nish and Coco about the ‘Palestine Comedy Club’, a documentary which follows a group of Palestinians as they take their comedy show on tour in an occupied state. CHECK OUT THESE DEALS FROM OUR SPONSORS  SHOPIFY Shopify.co.uk/podsavetheuk WISE Wise.com GUESTS  Liam Thorp - Political Editor, Liverpool Echo Tess Ingram, UNICEF Alaa Shehada - Comedian USEFUL LINKS ...

X has been firmly in the firing line after its Grok AI tool was used to create sexualised images of women and children. Elon Musk’s company could face a fine of up to 10% of its global earnings by internet regulator Ofcom, or a ban in the UK. He denies that the AI has done anything illegal and says users are responsible for the images they create. How can we regulate AI? Nish and Coco speak to Rutger Bregman, historian and author who called out billionaires at Davos. He argues Big Tech should be treated like Big Tobacco, and gives his take on Iran, as thousands of protestors take to the streets, and what a radical policy platform looks like for the UK Left today. Plus - what on earth is UKIP proposing as a terrifying rebrand?  *Update on Palestinian Hunger Strikers*: On 14th Jan Heba, Kamran, and Lewie collectively paused their hunger strike. They made British history, lasting 73 days. CHECK OUT THESE DEALS FROM OUR SPONSORS  SHOPIFY Shopify.co.uk/podsavetheuk BABBEL ...