It’s back-to-school, back-to-politics, and back to your feeds with Season Two of Craft Politics — now with a brand new format and a new co-host.
We’re thrilled to welcome Holly Mumby-Croft, former UK Member of Parliament, to the pod. She’ll join Percy and I each week for our Tuesday Issue Scan episode, adding deep political insight and a healthy counter-weight to Percy...
I will cross-promote the show for the next couple weeks here on Power Shifts, but I’ll eventually stop that and keep this Substack focused on public affairs frameworks, power shifts, and AI.
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In this episode:
🇬🇧 Labour’s economic mess: Starmer sidelines Reeves, reshuffles advisors, and still can’t land the message
📉 Reform UK leads the polls—now ahead of Labour and the Conservatives combined
🏴 National flag protests, economic confusion, and the risk of a populist summer boil-over
🇨🇦 Canada’s Trump problem continues: no deal, no clarity, and no end in sight
📊 Carney’s super honeymoon: how long can he ride high on sky-high approval ratings?
🇫🇷 Why France’s looming debt crisis could become everyone’s problem
💸 What happens when both the left and the right promise unsustainable spending?
🚨 A special new segment: “Lipstick on a Gerbil” — where we rate the worst political comms moments of the week. This week we look at Angela Rayner’s stamp duty dodge and Stephen Kinnock’s weasel-worded defence
And of course:
🍺 Joseph and Percy drink one of BC’s finest Pilsners
🍷 Holly sips Ribena