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Pierce vs Maguire

Join Britain’s longest running political double act, the Mail’s Andrew Pierce and Kevin Maguire from the Mirror for their weekly, no holds barred, take on Westminster, the Royals and usually, The Donald. There’s no fence to sit on so expect fireworks!

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Wednesday · 29 min
Harry&Meghan - The Real Reason They're Back
Is it a new Royal war or just a continuation of the past? Harry and William back on home turf together and possibly even on the same Eton rugby touchline as fathers of boys at the exclusive public school. Why is Harry back and why is there silence from his brother? Was Meghan really offered a starring role in a big tv series and if not who was briefing the press? Buckle up it's going to be a circus this September onwards with the politics of the House of Windsor competing with Westminster. Have a watch and listen to Andrew and Kevin and their no holds barred take on the week's events.
August 19 · 32 min
The King- What They're Not Telling You!
In this special Royal episode, insight into the future of Charles III and his failing health and unlikely to be improved by bombshell revelations expected from a new memoir from Charles Spencer, Princess Diana's brother. He concentrates especially on the week of her death and how the Royal family handled the response to a nation in mourning.
August 14 · 18 min
Clacton Election Special: Will Farage Victory Backfire?
Was Farage frit in not turning up to his own count in Clacton on Sea?what will his less than expected majority percentage mean for Reform's chances and will Burnham see this as a window to call a snap election?And didn't Count Binface do well heading towards a third of the vote? The chances are we will be suffering deja vu as most likley there will be another Clacton election ordered soon, this time over Farage's controversial £5 million gift. Andrew and Kevin watched the count, so you didn't have to...
August 5 · 32 min
Burnham's Bounce Hits First Controversy
PM Andy's on holiday, Andrew Pierce is back from schmoozing Joan Collins while Kevin has escaped to Spain to avoid the UK heatwave. But it's far from quiet on the political front with bad headlines for the government rejecting pleas by the family of PC Andrew Harper to keep his killers in jail, questions on how the PM will pay for his ambitious adult social care plans which he seems to be betting the farm on and have Reform jumped the shark with policies more suited to Count Binface? They want to send in the Royal Marines to dump illegal migrants back on the French beaches, what could possibly go wrong? Sit back on the sun lounger, sangria in hand and enjoy half an hour of all you need to know from back home, then chillax.
July 21 · 32 min
Exclusive: Inside the Burnham Bunker, The First Hours
Who was first to betray Starmer to set the ball rolling? Why did Miliband and Mahmood miss out on the top job? When did the new Chancellor last use a calculator and what will you spend your 86p windfall on? What do the first few hours of the brave new Burnham world look like, Pierce and Maguire have ears to the ground as usual.
July 14 · 32 min
Why Did Widdecombe Turn Down The Pope?
This week's episode is full of great stories including the shock decision Ann Widdecombe made after accepting the plum position of UK Ambassador to the Vatican. What made her hand in her resignation from the post to David Cameron? Andrew has the scoop on that whilst Kevin and his mates from the Mirror were responsible for the rather unkind moniker of Doris Karloff bestowed on Ann who had a great riposte. We'll never see her like again.
July 7 · 30 min
Clacton Showdown - Nigel v Binface
Nigel Farage’s plan to go to the good burghers of Clacton in a by election to rage against the establishment machine faces falling into farce. All major parties claim they will boycott what they call a stunt with only Count Binface confirming he will stand against the Reform leader. It was just last week that we considered Nigel Farage's levels of stress, capacity to absorb the blows and whether he had the will to fight on. Lo and behold he's just demanded a dramatic Back Me or Sack Me from the good seaside folk of Clacton who now face their lucrative summer season being cancelled as the world's press descend on the Essex seaside for a shock by election. The first person declared to stand is its ex MP Nigel Farage. . Like Andy Burnham before him, Nigel is arguably abusing the democratic reason for local parliamentary elections, they are neither for overthrowing a sitting PM nor for diverting attention from an MP investigated for improper use of funds. Meanwhile, England has proper royalty once again in the form of a Harry, not Prince Harry but Harry Kane! Kane is a nailed on winner, Harry Windsor is a sore loser. He's now facing a lawyer's bill for millions having lost at the High Court against the publishers of the Mail titles found to have used lawful journalistic methods to write royal stories, albeit without his consent. It's just not going well for Harry, literally an ' Heir BnB' after his dad refused him a room at the Palace. Where does he go from here?
July 1 · 32 min
Will Farage Take Flight?
It was all going so well for Reform but now after a series of set backs and bad press, Britain's top two political commentators, are suggesting Nigel Farage may be preparing to walk away from his plan to beat Labour at the next election. He has quit before and Andrew Pierce and Kevin Maguire reckon there are signs that history may be about to repeat itself. Sensational suggestion perhaps, but press play to hear their analysis and, of course, the latest developments from the Burnham coronation now days away.
June 24 · 30 min
And the rest is...political history
Westminster is vacum packed, sealed in a sweltering bubble for days to come as we wait for the coronation of King Andy, Andrew Pierce and Kevin Maguire are scholars of political history and unpack the deja vu of PM's ruling, arguably, without a popular mandate. We've been here before and it almost always doesn't end well, can Burnham buck the trend and does he have a legitimate green light to change direction? Let's hope so.
June 19 · 30 min
Burnham Election Special - What it Means
First out of the blocks with Westminster's two best commentators, Andrew Pierce and Kevin Maguire breaking down what Andy Burnham's crushing defeat of Reform in the Makerfield by election means for the UK. And what does Keir Starmer do now, is a coronation or catfight, who is in Burnham's cabinet and what are his policies? The most consequential few days in British political history are about to begin, buckle up with our insiders.
June 10 · 32 min
episode 40. The Truth About Andrew's New Royal Row
All three of the Windsor Mountbattens, Andrew (formerly known as Prince) and his daughters, have been living rent free in royal lodgings for years. Andrew paid a peppercorn rent for his estate at Windsor and even allegedly earned money from cottages he rented out while the Queen, and now the King , have been bankrolling Beatrice and Eugenie's Palace apartments. It's not a good look when the country is struggling with high rentals especially for young families budgeting with the cost of living crisis. Rarely in agreement, Andrew seems to have a knack of uniting Pierce&Maguire as do the wacky Lib Dems in leafy Kingston upon Thames suggesting women get on their e bike to do their womanly duties better! Almost as sexist as the Reform candidate in Makersfield who's odds on now to lose to the King of the North after gross comments about women. All human life is here this week.
June 2 · 30 min
Episode 39: Henry's Murder: The Family Want Peace But Farage Calls For Rage
Who isn't shocked and moved by the sickening police body cam footage of innocent Henry Novak, cuffed and arrested as he bled to death wrongly accused of racism by a pair of wicked Sikh brothers. Westminster has reacted to poor policing, claims of two tier justice and allegations of an anti racist mindset amongst officers that ignored Henry's desperate pleas to breathe and believe he'd been stabbed. Police initially took the side of the lying brothers who called Henry a racist attacker. Nigel Farage wants the nation to feel rage, Keir Starmer's accused of delay and Kemi Badenoch says not just white or black but all lives matter and calls for calm. Also, Mandelson's latest volumes of tittle tattle and Nicola Sturgeon's thieving husband faces court humiliation before sentencing, the only question for Peter Murrell is do Amazon deliver to jail?
May 27 · 31 min
Episode 38. Sturgeon's Thieving Husband, Now Awkward Asks
Scotland wants to do things differently and my goodness crooked Peter Murrell proved just that this week, sent to jail for swindling the SNP out of £400,000 - he wasn't just the office boss of the Nats but also shared a matrimonial home with Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. And she is now pleading ignorance of her husband's thieving ways which included a £125k motor home, a Jag and even a fancy pendant Ms Sturgeon was seen wearing with pride. Will other heads roll within the ranks? Also... Tony Blair is both lending support to Strarmer and criticising Labour policies at the same time while Elon Musk threatens to split the Reform vote with backing for even more right wing Respite. The teenage Rapists hopefully get banged up where they should - and sandals, singlets and iced latte in this crazy weather. Great half hour of political debate with Westminster's top two pundits.
May 20 · 30 min
Episode 37. Can Reform's Plucky Plumber Cap The Burnham Flow?
Election special - the canvassing has begun in Makerfield, Wigan and in one month there will either be a coronation for Andy Burnham carried high on the heads of Labour MP's into Downing Street or? Or Reform will have been the giant slayer with self employed plumber Robert Kenyon, the local hero, celebrating a victory that will stun the Westminster establishment. Pierce and Maguire have half an hour of analysis, predictions and still manage to squeeze in the HS2 fiasco and its scandalous over run of taxpayers money.
May 15 · 36 min
Episode 36. The King of the North Prepares to March
Something for the weekend? You know the story by now but here's the best analysis and prediction of what happens next. Starmer, Streeting, Burnham and Rayner - all in the mix and only one will win. Pierce and Maguire have seen it all before but this is different...
May 9 · 31 min
Eposde 35. Election Special, what does it mean?
Keep Calm and Carry On seems to be the mantra of lame duck Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer but for how much longer ? Blizted in the May elections, Labour faces not just losing a Prime Minister but existential threat to its existence with the rise of the new parties and independence rearing its head again. As Kevin Maguire of the Mirror says in this week's special, Theresa May resigned for better election results than Labour achieved this week and yet it's s business as usual at Number Ten. Join Kevin and sparring partner Andrew Pierce of the Mail in this captivating half hour of analysis with humour - and even a mention of Tess Daly and Vernon Kay's divorce - Britain really is broken!
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April 29 · 31 min
Episode 34. The King Trumps Trump
It seems to have worked. Despite a politically charged speech to US politicians, King Charles has restored the ancient foundations between the UK and its former colony from 250 years ago. Donald Trump is seduced by a Royal family that his Scottish mother idolised and the signs are that this controversial trip has been a success. Not surprisingly Andrew and Kevin are split when it comes the monarchy but will they agree that Charles has dug Sir Keir out of a relationship meltdown with the US President?
April 22 · 31 min
Episode 33. Will the Big Mac Make a Meal Deal of Starmer?
Mandelson; they think it's all over, it isn't yet! The anonymous Morgan McSweeney, ex chief of staff at No10, has been called before the same group of MPs who grilled top civil servant Sir Ollie this week to explain just how did the good friend of paedophile Jeffrey Epstein get his US Ambassador job. It will be box office this coming Monday, is there a big enough bus to throw the Prime Minister under or will he play a straight bat back at his interrogators? Enjoy Andrew and Kevin's inside take on the political soap that was starting to fade but just ignited again.
April 15 · 27 min
Episode 32. Meghan Cashing In Down Under
It's an X rated discussion this week and we don't mean Donald Trump's response to Rachel Reeves condemnation of the US President's war on Iran. Rather the plan by a Labour MP to wave sex toys around Westminster for a summer of sex, Pierce and Maguire are far from prudes but this is a purile attempt to improve sex education. So, thank goodness there's always Harry and `Meghan to entertain Andrew and Kevin, down under she's putting her jam making to use by judging a cooking show. Yes really...
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April 9 · 30 min
Episode 31: Call that a ceasefire?
A hundred bombs in ten minutes reigned down on Lebanon, meanwhile the Straits of Hormuz remains closed. Whichever way he paints it, Donald Trump has not won this war with Iran - yet. But did Sir Keir Starmer ironically have a good war…by having no war? Helping you make sense of this fragile moment are Andrew Pierce and Kevin Maguire.

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