In an overwhelmingly Lefty comedic landscape, right-leaning stand-up Geoff Norcott is a rare beast. In WMPT he gets to the heart of what ordinary people think about social and political issues. Whatever the contentious subject – he’ll be honest and blunt, but without being a dick. Mostly. Guests come from across the social and political divide, including, Romesh Ranganathan, Jonathan Pie, Katherine Ryan, Andrew Doyle, David Baddiel, Konstantin Kisin, Owen Jones and many more. Geoff has appea ...
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What Most People Think With Geoff Norcott Podcasts
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ANGELA 'THREE PADS' RAYNER - with Alun Cochrane
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The excellently insightful Alun Cochrane joined me to ponder whether Angela Rayner is either very normal, or not as normal as she makes out. We also look ahead to Labour going back to school and whether they'll end up taxing luxury dogs. Then we contemplate why young women are moving to 'extreme' left wing politics. CATCH ME ON MY TOUR ‘Basic Bloke…
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BREAKING NEWS - Starmer Thinks He's Unbroken Britain
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In this week's breaking news I'm trying to work out how Keir 'Britain is Broken' Starmer can pivot to an 'everything's fine' narrative.. I also look at the phenomenon of English flags appearing and ask what the progressive can really say in response. Then it's a good old rant about Lewis Goodall's idea that we should have 100% inheritance tax. CATC…
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DONALD TRUMP: WORLD POLICE with Dom Frisby
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The brilliant Dominic Frisby joins me to mull over Trump's attempts to bring peace to the world (and whether it would be sped up by Vladimir Putin finally coming out). We also talk about how you can openly call for violence but still be found not guilty of calling for violence. Dom then explains his excellent new book about Gold while I ask dumb qu…
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As I'm still up at the Fringe I've been fascinated by wee Nicola's PR tour for her book where it turns out she did nothing wrong and everyone should just be nicer to her. I also reflected on a whopping 0.3% quarter of economic growth and even more impressive growth in the number of illegal boat crossings. CATCH ME ON MY TOUR ‘Basic Bloke 2: There’s…
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PENSIONERS 4 PALESTINE with Rachel Fairburn
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The brilliant Rachel Fairburn returns this week. We ask whether pensioners right to protest should be protected or if they should be lobbed in a meat-wagon like anyone else. There's also talk of Starmer's unconvincing attempts to become a right-wing Harman. We then reflect on the Edinburgh Fringe and how it got progressively less funny. CATCH ME ON…
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BREAKING NEWS - Homeslessness Minister Evicts Herself
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I'm back off holiday and there was an absolute doozy of a story to climb into as a govt minister turfed out some tenants as she was about to bring through legislation making that illegal! In other news Nigel Farage has been on his 'Britain is F**cked' Tour and there have been some disputes over his numbers. And Kemi Badenoch tried to improve her pu…
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BREAKING NEWS #48 - Starmer gripped by Pannick
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Had to do another episode ahead of going away until next Friday, not least because Ole Slippery Starmer's Palestine plan seems to be unravelling quickly - even for him. Not just that, Peter Kyle has been out calling other politicians nonces while young people seem to be breaking for Jeremy and Nigel. I ask 'why are young women so easily seduced by …
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FRINGE CANCELS COMIC BEFORE EVEN STARTING with Francis Foster
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Delighted to have Francis Foster back on the show as we consider the impact of the online safety act for for expression (porn, basically). We react also to the super tense press conference with Trump & Starmer looking like a man waiting for an elderly relative to say something dodgy. We then look at the issue of two Jewish comics cancelled by their…
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WATER, TEENAGERS & EPSTEIN’S LIST with Ian Stone
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Delighted to welcome back fellow veteran clubber Ian Stone this week. As Parliament headed to recess it gave us the chance to consider the water review (and make puns about it). We also reflected on giving 16 year olds the vote (they'll probably end up voting for Nigel or Jeremy). Then we chatted Trump for the first time in a while: is he on the Ep…
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BREAKING NEWS #47 - What's This Afghan Thing About?
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Didn't think there would be enough news for a breaking news then it all kicks off! BLAM - Starmer suspends 4 Labour backbenchers. KAPOW - Tories & Labour up to their necks in the Afghan data leak row (which I've tried my best to unpack so you don't have to). Plus I bemoan having to multi-task. CATCH ME ON MY TOUR ‘Basic Bloke 2: There’s No Bloke Wi…
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The brilliant Simon Evans returns to discuss a bit of family friction between Labour and the Unions (we also reflect on how it might sound hearing Angela say 'silly stunts'). Also - after some classic Noughties sitcoms have had trigger warnings imposed - we ask what IS the point? In the Patreon only section we ask if Oasis' reunion heralds the retu…
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BREAKING NEWS #46 - 'Anyone Heard From the Tories?'
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Another breaking news following a week of interesting medium size stories: from a fiery PMQs to the booing of Nigel Farage - plus we ask 'What's going on with the Tories?' (spoiler alert - not much)....I also bemoan the standard of hotel air-con. CATCH ME ON MY TOUR ‘Basic Bloke 2: There’s No Bloke Without Fire’. Book tickets here: https://www.live…
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A brilliant new guest this week as Scott Capurro makes his WMPT. For my money, Scott is one of the most genuinely controversial comics i've worked with and it was great to get his uncompromising takes on everything from a recent Labour poll on Starmer to the fact London Pride marches aren't what they were. In the Patreon only we discuss offence in …
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BREAKING NEWS #45 - 1 Year Of Hard Labour
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Happy Starmerversary! A special episode as I look back on a surprisingly turbulent first year in office. How did a political landslide not seem to move any of the buildings? Why is Starmer less nimble than a 90 year old who had to sleep on the floor. These questions and more answered. CATCH ME ON MY TOUR ‘Basic Bloke 2: There’s No Bloke Without Fir…
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GLASTONBURIED (Sage Against The Machine) with Simon Brodkin
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An interesting episode as music becomes politics with Kneecap and Bob Vylan making headlines from the festival. Simon Brodkin joins me to discuss where criticism of Israel stops and anti-semitism beings (and also how hot the kneecap lads must've been in the balaclava). We also chat about Starmer's worst seven day period since becoming PM. We also a…
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Had a late guest drop out, which gave me the chance to get stuck into some fairly big news stories which have broke since last week. From Trump bombing Iran's nuclear facilities to Starmer seemingly not having a view either way. From bad economic news to Farage robbing the rich to feed the poor. I also discuss the BBC News presenter bold enough to …
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Bit of a smorgasbord this week as I pick up some political loose ends, including 'Big Ange' looking good at PMQS and problems with the Tory 'talent' pool. I also suggest the changes in reproductive rights might be a surprise to most people. Then I get into correspondence from actual policeman on why coppers ain't what they were. CATCH ME ON MY TOUR…
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WHAT THE F**K ARE WE LIVING THROUGH? - with Mark Steel
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A cracking episode this week with Mark Steel. We discuss grooming gangs and Starmer swivelling in a constant state of U-turns. Plus we examine why this week's G7 could be the most depressing ever given global events. We also chat about the rising stock of Father's Day and why men still die younger. CATCH ME ON MY TOUR ‘Basic Bloke 2: There’s No Blo…
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BREAKING NEWS #43 - Rachel's Spending Splurge
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With a U-turn and bad jobs news on the way in, Rachel Reeves still doled out the cash (even if she made it sound like a punishment). More for defence and the NHS plus good times if you've got shares in Taylor Wimpey. But will tax go up? (not a rhetorical question). CATCH ME ON MY TOUR ‘Basic Bloke 2: There’s No Bloke Without Fire’. Book tickets her…
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DO WE NEED ANOTHER THATCHER? - with Iain Dale
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Iain Dale joined this week to talk to me about his new biography on Magaret Thatcher. We discussed the biggest misconceptions about the the Iron Lady (including how left-wing she was as education secretary and might not have been the first 'milk snatcher'). We also discuss solid reasons why modern politicians are unlikely to ever match her grit, ev…
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A GOOD TIME TO INVADE - with Dominic Frisby
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WMPT favourite Dom Frisby was back on the show to discuss Starmer's big talk on defence. Do the policies match up? And should we show our kids rubbish war films? We also talk about whether the Left teasing Trump led to a rise in steel tariffs (and why we love the way he says 'nasty'). In the Patreon only section we ask if the French are losing thei…
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Lots of breaking news since Wednesday so I got my teeth into the growing beef between the PM and Nigel. We also consider Robert Jenrick going full vigilante and scoring himself a viral hit. Over in the states Donald is getting a bit thin-skinned over TACO while his former BFF Elon is off to pastures new. CATCH ME ON MY TOUR ‘Basic Bloke 2: There’s …
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LABOUR'S SIMMERING RIVALRIES - (includes live stand-up)
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I get into some of the murmurings of discontent around the Labour Party (including some gossip I heard about the chancellor!) We also look at Farage's big speech and wonder how he ended up pro-benefits. Then there's the decline of Doctor Who: is it another scalp for woke or something else? In the Patreon only I discuss a brand new book about the co…
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BREXIT BETRAYAL OR PRAGMATIC RESET? with Rachel Fairburn
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The lovely Rachel was back on the show today for another in-person recording. We got our teeth into the big news on the EU and conclude that people will probably like the passport stuff but hate the fishing. Then there's the Lineker news, first red card of his career. In the Patreon only we get irate about the suggestion that speed limits could com…
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BREAKING NEWS #41 - Bad Boys of the Centre-Left
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So much politics since the main show I had to squeeze this out. From Gary Lineker sharing posts echoing the imagery of 1930's Germany to Keir Starmer being accused of sexism and sounding like Enoch Powell in the same week. It's been a mad one! CATCH ME ON MY TOUR ‘Basic Bloke 2: There’s No Bloke Without Fire’. Book tickets here: https://www.livenat…
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