TikTok You Don't Stop – Labour vs social media with Bridget Phillipson MP

Labour surprises everyone with a ban on Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X for the under-16. Critics say the “Australia Plus” regime is riddled with contradictions. Will it work, is it fair or is it just Starmer trying to look tough ahead of the Makerfield by-election? Andrew Harrison puts Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson on the spot and then our panel dig into the detail. Plus, the defence row and the resignations of John Healey and ex-Armed Forces Minister Al Carns continue to rock Labour. Could they derail Andy Burnham’s plans to get back into Westminster?

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ESCAPE ROUTES

• Hannah went to the Inside Aardman: Wallace & Gromit and Friends exhibition at the Young V&A 

• Marie just finished Joseph Roth’s classic The Radetzky March  

• Jonn has been reading the first in Patt Barker’s acclaimed Regeneration trilogy  

• Seth took a pit stop at the iconic Literary and Philosophical Society during a trip to Newcastle

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Presented by Seth Thévoz with Marie le Conte, Hannah Fearn and Jonn Elledge. Produced by James Liddell. Audio Production by Tom Taylor. Art direction: James Parrett. Theme tune by Tom Taylor and Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production.

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