A new episode is out now across YouTube and all good pod apps. It's only @donmcgowan.bsky.social this week as @badassmutha.bsky.social is feeling unwell, so if you fancy half an hour of Don wittering about Reform, Burnham and BP taking the absolute piss, links are below! Links 🔗 👇
No Holds Barred Pod
@noholdspod.bsky.social
Politics unpacked with Sal & Don. Breaking the news … before the news. A twice-weekly roundup of UK and global politics, with regular features and special guests along the way. Claim to fame — James O'Brien stole our Reform Roundup™ format.* *maybe not!
A little update from @noholdspod.bsky.social with @donmcgowan.bsky.social on the much mooted benefits bills, including ALL the facts. Not just the selective talking points MSM stick to😤 youtu.be/dL_dqC5iuAQ?...
Welfare Cuts Continue
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🎙️ Your Saturday dose of political honesty has arrived with EP 98 with @badassmutha.bsky.social and @donmcgowan.bsky.social. We chatted Burnham, Farage and Clacton, plus a tweet by @liamcunningham1.bsky.social inspired Don to dig into water and energy usage by data centres. 🔗 Links below. 👇
🎙️ If you fancy some light Sunday listening/watching, Episode 96 is out now. Burnham people pleasing and Farage's performative resignation plus the breaking news, as we recorded, about Ann Widdecombe's murder. @badassmutha.bsky.social | @donmcgowan.bsky.social 🔗 Links below. 👇
A new EP of our Discussions series. Dan Hatton is the founder of a news platform called News Agency. A tech powered daily briefing that removes all bias and provides the top stories without any influence. It's very cool. @badassmutha.bsky.social | @donmcgowan.bsky.social Links below. 👇
This is a really excellent episode of Sally and Don's podcast. I urge you to listen to it and subscribe, you won't regret it. Sally and Don are each equipped with a working moral compass & a social conscience who brilliantly articulate almost exactly how I feel about the issues we face today. 1/2
🎙️ EP 94 of @NoHoldsPod — Winter is Coming Burnham sweeps in from THE NORTH and promises to take us back to Madchester. The Reform UK house of cards is wobbling and about to topple. James Murray did what Streeting never could — a deal with junior doctors. @badassmutha.bsky.social 🎧 Links below. 👇
🎙️ EP 93 Solo Sal this week – Don's house is too hot for his laptop. 😅 @badassmutha.bsky.social | @donmcgowan.bsky.social Brexit is ten. Reform is fracturing. Trump's health is a talking point. And Burnham's already wobbling. Sal's speech at the National Rejoin March. 🎤 🎧 Links below. 👇
Did Farage return from the wilderness only to jump on board the return train far quicker than he'd hoped? open.substack.com/pub/donmcgow...
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Return of the Invisible Man
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🎙️ EP 92 – BY-ELECTION BLUES Three by-election losses for Reform UK in one night. But the media? Barely a peep. Farage, Pochin's faux-pas, Burnham, Meloni & Trump. Serious. Hilarious. No filter. @badassmutha.bsky.social | @donmcgowan.bsky.social 🎧 Links below 👇 #ReformUK #ByElection #UKPolitics
6 days until we march to #RejoinEU Who's coming??
We are really spoiling you this week. Another Discussions episode is available. @badassmutha.bsky.social and @donmcgowan.bsky.social cgowan chatted to Peter Corr, founder and organiser of @marchforrejoin.co.uk Join us on 20th June to show the Gov who much of a mistake Brexit was. Links below. 👇
Russia fires on a British yacht. Starmer assassination attempt. Palestine Action judgement. Burnham goes right. Farage's £5m. @badassmutha.bsky.social and @donmcgowan.bsky.social held nothing back. 🎙️ EP 91 – MOSCOW MULE | No Holds Barred Pod Links below. 👇
We are really spoiling you this week. Another Discussions episode is available. @badassmutha.bsky.social and @donmcgowan.bsky.social cgowan chatted to Peter Corr, founder and organiser of @marchforrejoin.co.uk Join us on 20th June to show the Gov who much of a mistake Brexit was. Links below. 👇
Episode 90 is available — even on decrepit warships and submarines. @badassmutha.bsky.social and @donmcgowan.bsky.social chatted defence, UFC and we predicted Tommy Robinson's arrest at Heathrow. The far-right were humiliated on Saturday and the two Ryans were arrested. 🎉🥳 Links below. 👇
I wrote about the way rage-bait works and some examples of social media companies contributing to some seriously disturbing violence, and even murder. And, is our government completely impotent in the process? Something to read over your coffee this morning! 🤐 open.substack.com/pub/donmcgow...
We are really spoiling you this week. Another Discussions episode is available. @badassmutha.bsky.social and @donmcgowan.bsky.social cgowan chatted to Peter Corr, founder and organiser of @marchforrejoin.co.uk Join us on 20th June to show the Gov who much of a mistake Brexit was. Links below. 👇
Episode 87 is now available across our platforms — Links below. 👇 @badassmutha.bsky.social and @donmcgowan.bsky.social chatted about Labour, Trump's frankly insane concert with one of Milli Vanilli. Oh, and more Mandelson files and Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker were banned from the UK.
Episode 84 is now available in your pod apps, YouTube and Patreon. Don't forget to follow us when you watch/listen. One major topic this week — WHERE'S FARAGE? @badassmutha.bsky.social | @donmcgowan.bsky.social Links in post below. 👇
Today's episode with @badassmutha.bsky.social and @donmcgowan.bsky.social, is now available across all pod apps, YouTube and Patreon. We chatted about Tommy Robinson's failed Flag Race, Farage's five mill, Trump's China crisis and HS2 madness. 🕳️MAY CONTAIN POTHOLES🕳️ Links below. 👇
Off the back of Tommy Robinson's abject failure yesterday, you might like to listen to @badassmutha.bsky.social and @donmcgowan.bsky.social on our EP that dropped yesterday. We chatted about Burnham, Starmer, Farage and Little Tom too. We're on all pod apps, YouTube and Patreon. Links below. 👇
Episode 75 is out now. TRIGGER WARNING: there is some very tough chat in this episode regarding domestic abuse. The tragedy in Bristol that the news forgot. Why are the Met Police lying and the media omitting facts from last week's attack in Golders Green? Links below. 👇
A little light relief for Friday, courtesy of Ken Cheng, the excellent comedian. Has he defeated Ai? Watch and follow us on YouTube here: youtube.com/@NoHoldsBarr... @badassmutha.bsky.social | @donmcgowan.bsky.social
#Epsom was another false flag scam, by unhinged right wing predators. Who this government is delighted to let run riot, whilst arresting pensioners for peacefully opposing #genocide @noholdspod.bsky.social @donmcgowan.bsky.social
Reform UK has a new billionaire backer with an 'interesting' past. Is it in the public interest for us to know about his 'criminal' background? Full video and subscribe here: youtu.be/cq7UHE7AtXM #noholdsbarredpod #reformuk #billionaires @badassmutha.bsky.social | @donmcgowan.bsky.social
We've just dropped an excellent episode in our Discussions series with Nina Doran. Nina is an organiser and advocate for Women Against the Far-right. Nina and @badassmutha.bsky.social are doing amazing work in this field — make sure to follow them for more info. Links.👇
What better way to start your bank holiday Monday than two new EPs? Lots of insane war chat, Labour lobbying and Reform sank to their very lowest point ... so far. Oh, and Ryan Bridge was arrested. 🥳 @badassmutha.bsky.social | @donmcgowan.bsky.social Links below. 👇
We recorded a unique episode of @noholdspod.bsky.social last night with special guest — Politics X. . Epstein Files Special. Now on YouTube and all other pod platforms. Links below. Obviously, the content is a bit sensitive, but we kept it as light as poss. @badassmutha.bsky.social 🔗 👇
Reform UK performed an illegal lottery. And no one seems to care. Are they really above all accountability? Watch the full video and subscribe here: youtu.be/_Dg_-S3IN0I @badassmutha.bsky.social | @donmcgowan.bsky.social
If you're not following us at @noholdspod.bsky.social — two new EPs dropped over the weekend. The corruption of war and Reform's Matt Goodwin stuck in a hole [of his own digging]. @badassmutha.bsky.social and I got into quite a lot of war stuff, and Reform Roundup™ was a long one. Links below. 👇
Two quick-fire episodes for you today. Both recorded on Monday. You'll note that we're always way ahead of the news with accurate [mostly!] and balanced analysis on the most fast happening* news. 😜 @badassmutha.bsky.social | @donmcgowan.bsky.social *hint to a clip in EP 59! Links below. 👇