Politics Matters: General Election Coverage

It was Friday 13th and it really was an unlucky day for UK politics. Host Eleanor Penny was joined by comedian and activist Grace Campbell to discuss the nightmare that was a Conservative landslide victory. They were joined by Lib Dem PC for Eltham Charley Hasted and Twitter political activist Angela Ramsell (aka @spaceangel1964) to chat through the result. They discussed what Labour did wrong in their campaign, Jo Swinson losing her seat and whether our political voting system should change.

Eleanor Penny hosted the penultimate General Election show ahead of the big vote this week. She chatted to Twitter warrior and content creator Tristan Cross about what Labour can do in these last few days. NHS doctor and political activist Dr Sonia Adesara joined lecturer of International Political Economy Dr Ashok Kumar to speak about worker’s rights and low pay in the NHS. Finally, UK Technology Editor Alex Hern, Rize Up UK activist Novar Flip and Labour Candidate for Islington South and Finsbury

On this week's show, host Eleanor Penny ran through the week's political news with HUCK Magazine editor Ben Smoke and they discussed the Conservative's policies for travellers. Lecturer in International Relations David Wearing talked about racism within the parties as well as anti-semitism, whilst Labour Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Harlow and the villages Laura McCalpine chatted about campaigning at such a young age in a Tory heavy area. Finally, Rosa Caradonna from FCK Boris and Young

This week’s episode of Politics Matters saw host Eleanor Penny chat to rapper Awate and lecturer in law Dr Kojo Karam about youth crime, drugs and how the main parties are tackling these issues in their manifestos. NHS GP and Labour Parliamentary candidate Dr Martin Edobor along with economist Carys Roberts discussed with Eleanor the future of the NHS and what privatisation really means.

With just 23 days until the third General Election in four years, host Eleanor Penny dug deep with her guests Molly Scott Cato MEP for the Green Party, journlist Dalia Gebrial (often seen applying pressure on Sky News), Head of Economics at NEF Alfie Stirling and Former advisor to Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, James Meadway. Together they deciphered the main parties’ manifestos, chatted ‘Remainer Alliance’ and how young people are worse off than they ever have been.