Remainiacs - The Brexit Podcast

**RUSH RELEASE FOR RELEVANCE:** The day after the May Deal finally fell to a record defeat (with an even worse vote than her projected result if she hadn’t bottled it in December) Ian Dunt, Naomi Smith and Dorian Lynskey convene to ask what the hell is going on and how will it all end. As the Deal lies in tatters, special guest **DAVID ALLEN GREEN** – lawyer, writer, commentator and warrior monk of the British constitution – joins us to ask tough questions of the People’s Vote and explain just how far back the Brexiters’ strategic awfulness goes. Hands up, who had “the 1680s” in the sweepstake? PLUS: Which of our panel would have voted for the May Deal if they were an MP? Will **Plan B** just be Plan A in a fake moustache and glasses? Will anything ever penetrate Jeremy Corbyn’s Reality Protection Field? And it’s Ian’s sweariest episode yet. We’re sorry. He’s very, very tired.  “Yesterday felt like being at the execution of Charles I.” This week’s podcast is presented by Dorian Lynskey with Naomi Smith and Ian Dunt. Audio production is by Sophie Black. **Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.** * Sonic note: Please excuse the weird radiophonic hum that intrudes a couple of times in this episode. We’re not sure where it came from but we thought it more important to get the show out than spend ages trying to remove it. It’s probably just the sound of Leave.EU trying to jam our recording.  Get every new episode of Remainiacs a whole day early when you back us on the [Patreon crowdfunding platform](http://www.patreon.com/remainiacscast) – plus smart Remainiacs merchandise, an exclusive weekly column by our panel, and discounts on #RemainiacsLive tickets too. #OwnTheRemoan  [REMAINIACS.com](http://www.REMAINIACS.com) Get your [free download](https://www.ampleplay.co.uk/) of our theme tune ‘Demon Is A Monster’ Cornershop.

It’s time-sensitive again so we’re releasing this one, recorded at 2pm on Wednesday, a little early. In our first podcast of 2019 we’re right back into the Brexit war of attrition with the aid of special guest **PETER KELLNER**, doyen of pollsters, ex-president of YouGov and expert on exactly the sort of constitutional mess we find ourselves in this week. As luck would have it we recorded at the exact moment the **Grieve Amendment** – the one that mandates the Government to come up with a Plan B if and when the May Deal is defeated – went to the vote. Listen as the panel try to formulate a coherent response to the result on the fly… PLUS: Was Channel 4’s ‘**Brexit: The Uncivil War**’ a worthy chronicle of Leave’s data heist during the Referendum and does Benedict Cumberbatch convince as Dominic ‘Obi-Wan Brexit’ Cummings? Will the Government get away with launching its **Pay To Stay “settlement scheme”** for UK-resident EU citizens over Christmas, when it thought nobody was watching? And could we run a ferry company or a lorry park better than the Government? This week’s podcast is produced and presented by Andrew Harrison with Alex Andreou, Ros Taylor and Ian Dunt (who had to rush off before the photo). Audio production is by Alex Rees. **Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.** Get every new episode of Remainiacs a whole day early when you back us on the [Patreon crowdfunding platform](http://www.patreon.com/remainiacscast) – plus smart Remainiacs merchandise, an exclusive weekly column by our panel, and discounts on #RemainiacsLive tickets too. #OwnTheRemoan  [REMAINIACS.com](http://www.REMAINIACS.com) Get your [free download](https://www.ampleplay.co.uk/) of our theme tune ‘Demon Is A Monster’ Cornershop.  This podcast includes sound effects by Mike Koenig at SoundBible.com, used by permission under Attribution 3.0.

As Britain holds its breath for the Year of Decision, the Remainiacs panel convene to look back at the ups and downs of the year that’s just gone – and what we can look forward to for 2019\. Gird yourself for the new year as **Dorian Lynskey, Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou, Ian Dunt, Ingrid Oliver, Ros Taylor** and producer **Andrew Harrison** look back (and forward) in anger… and each choose a song to energise all Remainers for the Final Battle ahead. We recorded this show in two special sessions in December and as you’ll hear, events have “evolved” a bit. But hey, that’s podcasting. Listen closely for at least ONE 100% accurate prediction from Andrew…  You can hear our panelists’ songs in full on Spotify here. (Alex’s exact choice wasn’t available so in the manner of Ocado we have substituted it). Normal podcasts resume next week. Hold tight, people. It’s going to be rough. But we are going to win this.  Audio production by Sophie Black and the producer is Andrew Harrison. **Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.** Get every new episode of Remainiacs **a whole day early** when you back us on the [Patreon crowdfunding platform](http://www.patreon.com/remainiacscast) – plus smart Remainiacs merchandise, an exclusive weekly column by our panel, and discounts on #RemainiacsLive tickets too. #OwnTheRemoan  http://www.REMAINIACS.com Get a [free download](https://www.ampleplay.co.uk/) of our theme tune ‘Demon Is A Monster’ Cornershop.

It’s the most blunderful time of the year! As MPs head off for a ‘well-earned’ – hem-hem – Christmas break, the final Remainiacs of 2018 welcomes returning favourites **SEB DANCE MEP** and **FEMI OLUWOLE** of [Our Future Our Choice](https://www.ofoc.co.uk/) to see what lumps of coal are in our Brexmas stockings. How will Health Secretary Matt Hancock cope with being the world’s biggest purchaser of **fridges**, and can he change all those fuses? Is “**managed No Deal**” just scaremongering or would the Government really press the Red Button marked Brexageddon? **May’s immigration proposals:** White Paper or red meat to the nutters? Plus Femi and Seb’s highs and lows of 2018, their hopes for next year… and the seasonal return of **#AskRemainiacs**. It’s what everyone wants for Christmas.  “Vote’s collapsing All around us. MPs wailing. Options? None. ’Tis the season Of panic and confusion. MERRY CHRISTMAS, BREXITERS.” This week’s REMAINIACS is presented by Dorian Lynskey with Ros Taylor and Ingrid Oliver. Audio production: Sophie Black. Producer: Andrew Harrison. **Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.** Get every new episode of Remainiacs a whole day early when you [back us on Patreon](http://www.patreon.com/remainiacscast), the crowdfunding platform, plus smart Remainiacs merchandise, an exclusive weekly column by our panel, and discounts on **#RemainiacsLive** tickets too. #OwnTheRemoan  [](http://www.REMAINIACS.com) [REMAINIACS.com](http://www.REMAINIACS.com) Get your [free download](https://www.ampleplay.co.uk/) of our theme tune ‘Demon Is A Monster’ by Cornershop.

You thought Brexit couldn’t get any worse? Guess again. As we hurtle towards the brick wall of No Deal, the Tories think there’s no better moment for a time-wasting leadership contest. Luckily we’ve persuaded two of our most popular guests of the year — LBC legend JAMES O’BRIEN and comedy giant DAVID SCHNEIDER — to discuss the events of the most disgraceful week in British politics since…. well, next week. On this episode: the ERG decide that the country has to be destroyed in order to save it. Theresa May’s stockpile of horcruxes. Why **The Death of Stalin** is mellow and comprehensible compared to this. How the Prime Minister will become “A lame duck encased in steel.” And WTF is “managed No Deal” anyway? Plus David and James choose their high points and low points of 2018 — and conjure up some bright points of hope for 2019\. It’s an epic guestclash. **REMAINIACS: Tough on Brexit, tough on the causes of Brexit.** This week’s REMAINIACS is presented by Dorian Lynskey with Naomi Smith and Ian Dunt. Audio production: Elsie Bath. Producer: Andrew Harrison. **Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.** Get every new episode of Remainiacs a whole day early when you back us on the Patreon crowdfunding platform – plus smart Remainiacs merchandise, an exclusive weekly column by our panel, and discounts on #RemainiacsLive tickets too. #OwnTheRemoan REMAINIACS.com Theme music ‘Demon Is A Monster’ used by kind permission of Cornershop.