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Political Thinking used to be really good. However now a few politicians go on to soften up their image and it shows (Braverman for example, unsuccessfully I might add).
Reasons To Be Cheerful is genuinely interesting. Not much hurr durr my team good your team bad crap but genuine discussion on long term policy. Hopefully Ed can convert some of that into actual change when he gets back in.
Not directly political but: More or Less Behind the statistics is really good. They cover a lot of politics from the lens of numbers and stats.
Also hate Alastair Campbell. My stomach churns every time he opens his mouth. Maybe because I've entered the spin zone? He's successful revitalised his brand by coming out hard against Brexit and made everyone forget about what he did in government. But he's still a cunt in my eyes.
I'd forgotten about Reasons To Be Cheerful, I need to catch up on it. They've got such a great dynamic and Ed seems like a genuinely curious and thoughtful person.
And yeah Campbell is the worst. The guy clearly believes in nothing. Rory Stuart comes across a bit better, but still never owns up to the fact that he voted in favour of every austerity policy of the Cameron/Osbourne years. I think he means well but is too posh and out-of-touch to understand.