What a year! While Rishi Sunak held true to his January commitment to hold the election in the second half of the year - the spectacle that followed couldn't have been predicted as 2024 dawned. Nish and Coco are joined by Sky News’ political correspondent Liz Bates and comedian Desiree Burch to chew over the gristle of the year that was. From racist Tory donors, to milkshaked MPs, creative political stunts and Rishi Sunak’s D-Day disaster - the first half of the year had plenty to keep us entertained. But once Labour took power - optimism quickly turned to gloom. The seven week garm-drama saga took the sheen off Keir Starmer’s newly minted cabinet, while the endless don't-call-it-austerity chat has jaded people across the country. As 2024 draws to a close - there’s still plenty to laugh about - including the best of the worst political pop songs of the year. Prepare to cringe. Useful Links: https://choose.love/ - make a donation now! Ed Davey and the Bath Philharmonic Carer’s Choir - Love is Enough https://linktr.ee/love.is.enough Guests: Liz Bates Desiree Burch Audio credits: Sky News BBC ITV Channel 4 Tiktok / Dawn Butler Liberal Democrats Talk TV Fox News Via Channel 10 Australia Pod Save the UK is a Reduced Listening production for Crooked Media. Contact us via email: PSUK@reducedlistening.co.uk Insta: https://instagram.com/podsavetheuk Twitter: https://twitter.com/podsavetheuk TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@podsavetheuk Facebook: https://facebook.com/podsavetheuk Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@PodSavetheUK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Ooh, what a year. What a year.
I guess you could say time flies when you're having fun, no?
Or time moves at a glacial pace as you watch the collapse of your country.
It's a bit like if fun was an Aldi knock-off, like time flies when you're having enjoyment. Time flies when you're having food. That's the UK. Anyway, did you think we'd be sitting here with a new government?
I honestly thought Richard Sunak would be hanging on for dear life until the last possible second.
Which is better or worse?
Hard to say at this point. Anyway, this is Pod Save the UK. I'm Nish Kumar.
And I'm Coco Karn. And today we're looking back on the year that was. Pod Save the UK wrapped, if you will.
And we've got some very special guests along for the ride. Let's go.
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