This week we wonder whether it would be a good idea to increase the drinking age for men only to 21.

In Front Page Face Off, we expose, and maybe not for the first time, the utter hypocrisy of a very senior politician.

And Nige opens up the doors to the Rant Room, where he nearly loses his usual laid back (lazy) demeanour when talking about the Daily Telegraph.

We also welcome our special guest for this week - leader of the Tories, Keri Badenoch (not the real)!

LINKS TO ARTICLES

BBC Report on Alcohol https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20180618-why-alcohol-affects-women-more-than-men

Prioiry Group https://www.priorygroup.com/blog/poll-shows-public-support-for-alcohol-age-rise

Front Page FaceOff article https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/aug/22/checked-out-jenricks-migrant-hotel-record-haunts-his-rightwing-bid-for-attention?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Rant Room article https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08/25/sex-crimes-foreign-nationals-surge/

Reddit link about Robert Bates https://www.reddit.com/r/GreenAndPleasant/comments/1j8agii/who_is_the_centre_for_migration_control/

Govt Stats on Ethnicity https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/ethnicity-and-the-criminal-justice-system-2022/statistics-on-ethnicity-and-the-criminal-justice-system-2022-html#introduction

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Nige & Maya

TimeStamps:

START 00:00

Intro: 00:51 We welcome Kimi Badenoch (not the real) to the podcast

Debate Start: 02:10 Should we increase the drinking age for men only?

FPFO: 25:40 Robert Jenrick and his ever changing stance on immigration

Rant Room: 32:29 Nige vents his frustration at Charles Hyman, the Home Affairs Editor of the Daily Telegraph

Leave Comments Outro: 44:35

Is the UK really holding Big Tech accountable—or just talking tough while tech giants run the show? In this episode, we dive into the state of tech regulation in Britain, from the Online Safety Act to the Competition and Markets Authority’s scrutiny of digital monopolies. Are these measures bold enough to protect consumers, ensure fair competition and rein in the power of global tech giants or are they too little, too late?

In this week’s Front Page Face-Off, we look at the home office’s decision to grant the police the right to release the ethnicities of their suspects and the problematic university system.

Links to articles mentioned or discussed:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/13/disclosing-asylum-status-suspects-transparency?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/14/university-teenagers-student-debt-graduate-britain?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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Nige & Maya

Timestamps:

START 00:00

Intro: 00:18

Debate Start: 01:13

FPFO: 36:50

Leave Comments Outro: 50:57

This week we consider whether we should be made to vote in elections. As usual, we’ll look at both sides of the argument, so you can make a (relatively) well informed decision.

In Front Page Face Off, we go back to the ‘B’ word, in an article from the Daily Telegraph that insists Brexit was a success. Plus we talk Mehdi Hasan on YouTube’s Jubilee.

And Maya steps through to the Rant Room, does a fantastic impression of Sydney Sweeney and gets angry about jeans….. or genes.

We also welcome our special guest for this week - Rachel Reeves (not the real)!

LINKS TO ARTICLES

Economics Observartory https://www.economicsobservatory.com/what-do-we-know-about-voter-turnout-in-parliamentary-elections

Daily Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08/07/brexit-has-been-a-success-labour-are-slowly-killing-it/

Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/08/surrounded-show-jubilee-media-mainstream-has-it-succumbed-hateful-vitriol

Daily Telegraph - Sydney Sweeney - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/comment/2025/08/01/left-wants-everything-to-be-ugly-why-hate-sydney-sweeney/?recomm_id=467973c0-00a7-4a9e-8793-8798b0924900

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Nige & Maya

TimeStamps:

START 00:00

Intro: 00:39 We welcome Rachel Reeves (not the real) to the podcast

Debate Start: 02:55 Should we make voting in elections compulsory?

FPFO: 32:30 Brexit and Mehdi Hasan on Jubilee Surrounded

Rant Room: 42:13 Maya lets rip on Sydney Sweeney and American Eagle jeans

Leave Comments Outro: 48:44