Ep42. Britain's True Independence (from Neopopulists) Day

Published: May 25, 2024, 4 a.m.

b"Jason is so so so excited he just just just can\\u2019t hide it. He sees the hand of a providential mega orderer at work with the UK going to a general election on July 4th. He doesn\\u2019t understand why his British friends poopoo his man crush on Starmer, because he sees Sir Keir as truly messianic in his non-messianic-ness and as a better, younger, more competent version of Biden.\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nTo get a native-born insider\\u2019s view on the election, Jason is joined by his Scottish doppelganger (Jane Kinninmont) to discuss what the election could mean for UK foreign policy, post-July 4th Britian\\u2019s ability to be an orderer on the global stage, and also what this election timing means for developments North of Hadrian\\u2019s wall.\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nThe duo discuss: alternate theories as to why this election timing came about, where the electoral battlelines are being drawn (solidly in the centre ground \\u2013 especially on foreign policy), if the electoral competition is not focused on wildly different worldviews but on\\u202fcompetence, and the potentially disordering role of anti-system players like Corbyn, Galloway, Farage, and Richard Tice.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nThe show ends with Jason putting forward his mystical grand unified theory of how Irish, Italian, Israeli, and British elections effect US elections. You wouldn\\u2019t want to miss it.\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nTwitter: @DisorderShow\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nSubscribe to our Substack: https://natoandtheged.substack.com/\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nWebsite: https://natoandtheglobalenduringdisorder.com/\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nProducer: George McDonagh\\xa0\\nExec Producer: Neil Fearn\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nShow Notes Links:\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nFor a quick overview of the mechanics of how Sunak\\u2019s team called the General Election: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9rr73w103vo\\xa0\\xa0\\nFor Arthur Snell\\u2019s recent substack: \\u2018Is this why he called it now?, An excellent new podcast gave me thought of a possible reason for Sunak's timing: https://arthursnell.substack.com/p/is-this-why-he-called-it-now\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nInflation in UK now lower than in EU or US and yet GBP to USD still strong:\\xa0\\nhttps://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-election-date-lifts-fog-over-promising-market-recovery-2024-05-23/\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nHow a potential disordering disaster has been averted: BEN ANSELL, in the FT on \\u2018Parallel US and UK elections could bring dangers\\u2019: https://www.ft.com/content/176d4b78-1e9a-45c9-8c3c-a74e758ec22f\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nDavid Lammy on Labour\\u2019s Foreign Policy vision: https://www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/members-event/what-labours-foreign-policy\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nLabour saying things on defence and security spending that appeal to US Republicans\\xa0 and a generally more isolationist US \\u2013 see Elbridge Colby praising David Lammy: https://www.politico.eu/article/trump-ally-hits-out-at-david-cameron-for-lecturing-us/\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"