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Pirate Party UK is our first brave volunteer as we explore the fringe movements campaigning against the dominance of the Westminster parties in British politics.
Imagine, if you can, a Scotsman named Angus.
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Prime minister David Cameron’s contentious decision to bomb Syria dominates the podcast this week, as Jazza and Jimmy are joined by Myles Dyer, a cyber-philanthropist and YouTuber.
In the first segment Myles lays out his concerns about the vote in the Commons to bomb Syria as well as the West’s general involvement in the region, issues he also discusses in a video from his YouTube channel.
In a surprise twist the Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron has backed airstrikes on Islamic State in Syria, claiming that the situation is not akin to the one that preceded the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Farron had previously set out five tests that would have to be met before he supported prime minister David Cameron’s plans to drop bombs in Syria, stressing the legality of such a move and whether it would be supported by other measures.
Jeremy Corbyn’s prevaricating over the European question has not stopped a Labour faction from putting together their bid to promote Britain remaining within the EU.
Voiced by Alan Johnson, one-time postman and former home secretary, the group’s video harkens back to the similar referendum in 1975.
Back then Labour prime minister Harold Wilson and much of the establishment lobbied successfully to keep Britain in what was then the European Economic Community.
One wonders if this time round the inners will be as effective.