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No Sacred Cows

No Sacred Cows

By: The Political Power Works
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Join as we dive head-first into a long overdue debate about the future of mainstream politics on both sides of the Atlantic - no holding back, no pulling punches.


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Episodes
  • The Enemy is The State

    The Enemy is The State
    Nov 20 2025

    Centre-left governments are often few and far between. So when they lose their way - the renewal has to be done swiftly, and at times bloodily.


    Trapped in process and unable to communicate, McTernan says the left loses its way when it believes the state has became our friend, just because we are running it. Bureaucratic, talking about ‘delivery’, and using management speak, we forget who the enemy is and what the purpose of a centre-left government is all about. What is required, instead, is to junk the sacred cow that the state is the answer and offer a clear moral purpose as a progressive government - aligning ourselves with the people.


    Join as we dive head-first into a long overdue debate about the future of mainstream politics on both sides of the Atlantic - no holding back, no pulling punches.

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    39 mins
  • Let's level on Net Zero

    Let's level on Net Zero
    Nov 6 2025
    This week the herd is joined by Tone Langengen, Senior Policy Advisor at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, who argues that the centre-left must face economic and political reality and realise that people won’t back Net Zero unless it means cheaper energy and credible growth. Has this agenda become a moral badge rather than a workable plan and can that shift without abandoning climate ambition?

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    36 mins
  • Or else, armageddon

    Or else, armageddon
    Oct 23 2025
    The political center and center-left needs to create new ways to protect our peace and prosperity, based on a clearer understanding of our mutual national interests, or else we risk slipping deeper into anarchy, towards World War Three - or even, armageddon. Join the herd as we dive into the future of foreign policy and where we’ve gone wrong in the last few years.

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    35 mins
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