REMAINIACS – The no-bullshit Brexit podcast is a safety valve for everyone who won’t just shut up and get over Brexit. Every week we look at the unfolding shambles that is Britain’s departure from the EU with humour, insight, special guests and total honesty. If you’re sick of bland deceit from politicians and false optimism from the media, listen up and #OwnTheRemoan.
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AC Grayling on Brexit vs Democracy

2nd February 2018

It’s a deep-thinking edition of Remainiacs as we welcome Prof AC GRAYLING – Philosopher, Master of the New College of the Humanities and intellectual engine-room of Remain – to examine what Brexit really means for British democracy. Can it be stopped? How? What has it done to Britain? And the Referendum dilemma: if the 2016 vote wasn’t truly democratic, can another referendum to fix it be democratic either?

PLUS: Jeremy Corbyn’s baby steps towards the Brexit policy his voters wants. The leaked impact assessment that shows how any flavour of Brexit will tank the economy. Theresa May’s poison chalice. And a surprise mystery guest.

Also it’s the last episode of Remainiacs for our producer Matt Hall, who is heading off to the world of Big Podcast. We’ll miss him and we know certain listeners will miss his “distinctive” laugh. Farewell, Matt…

This week’s REMAINIACS is presented by Peter Collins with Naomi Smith and Ian Dunt. Producers are Andrew Harrison and (for one last time) Matt Hall. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

The One With Matthew Parris

26th January 2018

WE LOVE PARRIS IN THE SPRINGTIME… This week, noted Times and Spectator columnist and former Conservative MP MATTHEW PARRIS joins us for your weekly dose of Brexit badinage. Why do so many Tory MPs hate Boris Johnson? Is his ‘Bridge Over Bullshit Waters’ feasible? What’s life like when you’re a Remainiac Conservative? And why should we be glad and not angry that British democracy has become a provincial car boot sale?

PLUS More bawdy fun in long-running Westminster farce ‘Carry On Ukip’. We read Geert Mak’s Euro-travelogue ‘In Europe’ and Ian and Dorian prepare to appear on a special crossover episode with Bigmouth, the pop culture podcast. Why not subscribe at https:po.st/BGMitunes so you don’t miss it?

“The lunatics were always IN the asylum. Now they’ve taken over the asylum.” – Matthew Parris


This week’s REMAINIACS is presented by Dorian Lynskey with Ros Taylor and Ian Dunt. Producers are Andrew Harrison and Matt Hall. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

Nigel’s Second Referendum and the Amorous Henry Bolton

19th January 2018

On this week’s show… What’s behind Nigel Farage’s will-we-won’t-we routine on a Second Referendum? Does he just want to stay in the news – or does he know something we don’t? Our panel check which way the wind is blowing for another vote to undo the last one.

Plus PLAY MAGNA CARTA FOR ME: the tangled love life of Ukip leader (at time of writing) Henry Bolton. The little-known clause in a government bill that means we could rejoin the Customs Union on the very day we leave it. And why Carillion is a Brexit issue after all.


This week’s REMAINIACS is presented by Dorian Lynskey with Peter Collins, Naomi Smith and Ian Dunt. Producers are Andrew Harrison and Matt Hall. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

Good Lord! ANDREW ADONIS on rebellion, ‘national fascism’ and PM Nigel Farage

12th January 2018

PEER PRESSURE: Newly-unbound superhero of remain Lord Andrew Adonis joins us in the Remainiacs Bunker to discuss how Brexit is infecting every aspect of government, the dirty tricks culture at No.10, and why Nigel Farage is the real Prime Minister. What’s it like to be targeted as a “weasel” for speaking as your conscience dictates? And is he the right man to lead the Remain bloc?

Plus: the return of our own IAN DUNT, the trolling in the public interest of Chris Grayling… and welcome to the rebellion, Justine Greening MP? And a special WONK BONUS: Political writer PAUL EVANS give us his unusual recipe to fix the mess that Britain is in. Save democracy, abolish voting?

“Nigel Farage can have my peerage if I can have his German passport” – Andrew Adonis

This episode of REMAINIACS is presented by Dorian Lynskey with Ros Taylor and Ian Dunt. Producers are Andrew Harrison and Matt Hall. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

The One With Vince Cable

5th January 2018

You wait ages for a top Lib Dem and then two come along at once… Lib Dem leader SIR VINCE CABLE follows our Nick Clegg special with his own take on the brave, Brexitty new year. Where should we Remainiacs focus our energies? Have we actually HAD a real referendum yet? And what colour would passports be under a Lib Dem government? All will be revealed. And don’t worry, we’ve got a healthy spread of Labour, centrist, soft Tory and “none of the above” guests on the show in weeks to come.

This episode of REMAINIACS is presented by Dorian Lynskey with Naomi Smith and Peter Collins. Producers are Andrew Harrison and Matt Hall. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

And so this is Brexmas, and what have we done…?

22nd December 2017

It’s the most blunderful time of the year… Gather round the fire for the REMAINIACS End Of Year special. Regulars Ian Dunt, Ros Taylor, Dorian Lynskey, Naomi Smith and Peter Collins share their heroes, high points, low points and hidden significant moments from the year that Brexit went from gung-ho confidence to the May’s Mess. And it ain’t over yet. 
Plus we’ve got exclusive Brexmas Carols from the magnificent cast of Brexodus: The Musical. Learn the words and sign them to your Kipper auntie and uncle over Christmas dinner. It’s sure to break the ice.

Cast: JAMES SANDERSON as Boris Johnson, AIRLIE SCOTT as Theresa May and JAMES TAYLOR THOMAS as Michael Gove – with lyrics and piano by DAVID SHIRREFF and piano by FREDERICK APPLEBY. http://brexitthemusical.eu/

WARNING – This show contains adult language as well as seditious conversation. Probably best not played in front of small children or older, Brexit voting relatives.

We’re back with regular shows on Friday 5 Jan 2018. Until then, have a fantastic Christmas (or alternate winter holiday of your choice) and joyful New Year.

This episode of REMAINIACS is presented by Dorian Lynskey with Ros Taylor, Peter Collins, Naomi Smith and Ian Dunt. Producers are Andrew Harrison and Matt Hall. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

NICK CLEGG tells us how to stop Brexit… really!

15th December 2017

This week on the podcast for rebels and mutineers… NICK CLEGG joins Dorian, Peter and special guest MIRANDA SAWYER in the Remainiacs bunker for a full-on remoan-a-thon that’s full of optimism and ideas for the future. Can we actually STOP Brexit, and if so how? May’s Big Deal: how much devil is in the detail? (Clue: loads) Does Nick blame himself for the austerity that led to the Brexit revolt? And are he and Cameron still carrying on their bromance on the downlow? There’s only one way to find out…

The Dog Ate My Brexit Papers Edition

8th December 2017

This week on the podcast that literally cannot believe what it’s seeing… How in the hell is David Davis still in post after admitting that the secret Brexit assessments, which he said were “exhaustive”, DO NOT EVEN EXIST? Meanwhile it emerges that the Government has NO IDEA of the shape of the final Brexit that it wants. They simply have not discussed it. How is this happening? Why is this OK?

Plus: DÁIL OR NO DÁIL? The Irish border mess (how long ago it seems now). Special guest Eloise Todd of Best For Britain on what you can do to beat back Brexit. And Naomi’s scarily accurate Arlene Foster impersonation.

“The Government has managed to take Britain BEYOND HUMILIATION.”

This episode of REMAINIACS is presented by Dorian Lynskey with Naomi Smith and Peter Collins. Producers are Andrew Harrison and Matt Hall. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

THE €50bn DIVORCE: Bills, spills and idiot principles

1st December 2017

This week on Britain’s last-ever European Podcast of Culture… What did David Davis hope to achieve by redacting the Government’s 58 secret Impact Papers? Why did DExEU spin doctors harass journalists for even saying the papers even existed – when now we know they did all along?

Plus: The Government caves on the EU divorce bill, as everyone knew they would. What sort of final Brexit settlement would the Remainiacs team like to see? Daniel Hannan’s sci-fi Brexit. Biblical Leavers vs High-Stakes Remainers. And where to plant a Magic Money Tree.

“Whatever the Brexiters want, we’re going to be paying pensions until literally everybody dies.”

This episode of REMAINIACS is presented by Dorian Lynskey with Ros Taylor and Ian Dunt. Producers are Andrew Harrison and Matt Hall. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

BRELIEVERS SPECIAL – Any Regrets?

24th November 2017

In this week’s edition of the saboteurs’ best friend Dorian & Peter are joined by Guardian columnist and Centrist Mum Suzanne Moore to discuss the decline of the Daily Express, how not to keep our closest neighbours onside, and the leavers who have gone from Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien to J’M’en Fous Pas Mal. As it were.

This episode of REMAINIACS is presented by Dorian Lynskey with Peter Collins. Producers are Andrew Harrison and Matt Hall. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

Crunch time for Tory Brexit Mutineers?

17th November 2017

This week on the no-bullshit Brexit podcast… The Withdrawal Bill is in play, so is it time for the Tory Mutineers to finally grow a backbone? Evening Standard columnist ROSAMUND URWIN and stand-up comic GRÁINNE MAGUIRE join us to thrash it all out. Plus: what’s it like to work with George Osborne? Inside the demise of “numpty bellend” Priti Patel. That awful Channel 4 documentary ‘British Workers Wanted’. And your questions answered in the return of Ask Remainiacs.

“If you’re faced with the kind of certainty we’ve seen over the past 18 months, chaos starts to look rather attractive.”

This episode of REMAINIACS is presented by Dorian Lynskey with Ian Dunt. Producers are Andrew Harrison and Matt Hall. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

GRAND THEFT DEMOCRACY: Did bots buy Brexit?

10th November 2017

This week on the no-bullshit Brexit podcast… We talk to investigative journalist MIKE HIND about how automated social media is warping democracy, and what you can do to keep the bots at bay. Plus: Why Britain should be booming now, and why it isn’t. How Labour Leave keep making progressive arguments for reactionary causes. And a nice big argument about poppy fascism.

“There’s so much stupidity out there it’s hard to tell the bots from the real people.”

This episode of REMAINIACS is presented by Dorian Lynskey with Ian Dunt and Peter Collins. Producers are Andrew Harrison and Matt Hall. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

Secret Surveys and Dodgy Donations

3rd November 2017

This week on the no-bullshit Brexit podcast… Our special guest, Lewisham East MP and Remainer hero HEIDI ALEXANDER, on the Government’s 58 hidden economic impact surveys. Why won’t they release them? Plus: Ukip, Arron Banks and those allegations of campaign finance irregularities. The disconnect between voters and politicians. And are Leave voters really less educated than Remainers?

“People voted to take back control. Instead they’re getting a cover-up.”

This episode of REMAINIACS is presented by Dorian Lynskey with Naomi Smith and Ian Dunt. Producers are Andrew Harrison and Matt Hall. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

Germansplaining Brexit plus Orwell Book Club

27th October 2017

This week on the favourite podcast of disloyal academics everywhere… Our special guest political commentator NINA SCHICK of BBC, Sky and Bloomberg TV drops in to Germansplain the Brexit mess to we naïve Anglos. Turns out the German car industry isn’t terrified of losing us at all. And those Brussels negotiations? “Hardball from the EU? You ain’t seen nothing yet.”

Plus we spot the scarily prescient ideas in George Orwell’s ‘Notes On Nationalism’ from 1945 in the first Remainiacs Book Club. Also: intimidating our Remain universities. The spectre of “Czechxit”. And we find out how JFK accidentally saved the City of London… for the same reasons that we’re about to destroy it. Well done us!

“How does Europe negotiate with a partner that doesn’t know what it wants?”

This episode of REMAINIACS is presented by Dorian Lynskey and Peter Collins. Producers are Andrew Harrison and Matt Hall. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

The One With Mitch Benn

20th October 2017

This week MITCH BENN – comedian, musician and treacherous mind-controlled slave of Brussels – joins us in the Brexit Bus as it screams towards the brick wall of No Deal. And he’s quite optimistic. “What there is to be won here,” he tells us, “we on the Remain side are winning.”

Plus: Why Theresa May is telling the EU one thing about Brexit and the UK another. Alan Partridge vs Malcolm Tucker in The Big Issue. And it turns out Britain really did vote itself poorer. As Mitch so picturesquely puts it…

“I no more want a successful Brexit than I want to successfully slam my balls in the car door.”

This episode of REMAINIACS is presented by Peter Collins with Ros Taylor and Ian Dunt. Producers are Matt Hall and Andrew Harrison. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

Brexit: The No Deal Means Doom Edition

13th October 2017

This week on the Brexit podcast that doesn’t want a bloody blue passport… The grisly spectre of NO DEAL is back from the dead. Are these morons REALLY going to crash us out of the EU with no settlement at all? Special guest ALEX ANDREOU – columnist, actor, cat liberationist – on Lexit, the triumph of irrationalism, and how Britain is breaking every bargain it ever made with EU citizens.

Plus some Brexiteers ramp up the search for scapegoats, while others tell us Britain’s future as the Cursed Earth of Europe will be good for us. What a time to be alive!

“British politics is entering its Wagnerian phase.”

Want to help us #OwnTheRemoan? Visit our PATREON page at http://www.patreon.com/remainiacscast

This episode of REMAINIACS is presented by Peter Collins with Ian Dunt. Producers are Matt Hall and Andrew Harrison. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

Tory Conference Special

6th October 2017

Featuring Sue Wilson – Chair Bremain in Spain

MANCHESTER, SO MUCH TO ANSWER FOR. This week on Britain’s best Brexit podcast: Theresa May literally chokes on her words in “a grand moment of political education for the Conservative Party at large” – but what does it mean? Plus stand-up comic and special guest AHIR SHAH tries to make sense of Brexit. The EU and the Catalonia crisis. And is the economy getting worse or do we just think it is?

“How could we have MERKED ourselves so completely?”

Want to help us #OwnTheRemoan? Visit our PATREON page at http://www.patreon.com/remainiacscast

This episode of REMAINIACS is presented by Dorian Lynskey with Ian Dunt and Peter Collins. Producers are Matt Hall and Andrew Harrison. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

AL MURRAY versus Brexit

29th September 2017

BREXPLICIT LANGUAGE ALERT: This week special guest and Great British comic AL MURRAY wades into the Brexit mess in no uncertain terms (and he hasn’t even got his Pub Landlord hat on).

How quickly does Nigel Farage’s bloody-good-laugh persona dissolve when you stand against him in a General Election? Is the Pub Landlord suffering a terrible case of Bregret and confusion? And what the hell is really going on with Labour’s invisible Brexit policy? Best not play this one on the school run unless you want the kids to learn exciting new vocabulary.

Also this week: major shout-outs for the first of our PATREON supporters. Will YOUR name be read out in comedy fashion by Al or one of the panel? If you want to support your favourite hour of treachery and subversion, visit our PATREON page at http://www.patreon.com/remainiacscast

This episode of REMAINIACS is presented by Dorian Lynskey with Ian Dunt and Peter Collins. Producers are Matt Hall and Andrew Harrison. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production.

The One With Gina Miller

22nd September 2017

It’s an exciting week as we welcome Superhero of Remain GINA MILLER to tell us about her battles over Article 50 and now the Government’s “deal” with the DUP, the future of the battle against Brexit, and how she made Nigel Farage VERY uncomfortable on a TV studio sofa.

Plus, BORIS JOHNSON, BUSTED FLUSH: Did the Foreign Secretary actually read that pro-Brexit screed before he sent it to the Telegraph? (We suspect not). Has the Talking Fatberg finally followed his ambitions too far? Also: Ringo Starr, Leave supporter, and why working for DExEU is like having Enron on your CV.

Plus we’re delighted to debut our brand-new theme tune by the great British band CORNERSHOP. Had a brimful of Brexit? So have we…

The One With Nick Cohen

15th September 2017

Sparks fly in the Remainiacs bunker this week as we’re visited by Observer columnist and author of ‘What’s Left?’ NICK COHEN. Enjoy a bout of spirited Brexit conversation with Britain’s most fearless political commentator and lovestruck Corbyn worshipper. Plus: the sheer, unadulterated shame of the EU Withdrawal Bill and all your usual favourites.

“These lies will be on Boris Johnson’s gravestone.”

This episode presented by Dorian Lynskey with Peter Collins and politics.co.uk’s Ian Dunt. Producers: Andrew Harrison and Matt Hall.

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BREXIT BUST-UP: Don Felipe vs Dirty Davis

4th August 2017

This week on the podcast that gets through European customs faster than Trump gets through Comms Directors… After that shocking Brextremism poll, do Leave voters REALLY want their kids to be poorer? Ian gets trolled by David Davis’s new Chief of Staff. Is the Duke of DExEU really positioning himself as an even worse PM than we’ve already got? And if you thought that Leave voters would suffer most under Brexit, there’s a plot twist. It might be Remain areas that really feel the pain. Plus the panel answers YOUR questions in #AskRemainiacs

“As Homer Simpson says, the Chinese have the same word for crisis and opportunity: crisitunity.” This episode presented by Dorian Lynskey with special guest Ros Taylor of LSE Brexit Blogs, plus Ian Dunt and Peter Collins. Editor: Andrew Harrison. Studio production: Elliott Prince.

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BREXIT VS. DINNER: The Chicken à la Chlorine edition

28th July 2017

This week on the podcast that remembers when the Euro wasn’t Europe’s strongest currency… Special guest AFUA HIRSCH of Sky TV and The Guardian on the post-Brexit crisis in British identity. Is the Lib Dems’ new leader Strong And Cable enough to hold back Brexit? Are farmers the new miners? And is Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour the new Ukip?

“We didn’t know we were a nation of chlorine-free Sunday roasts… and now we do.” This episode presented by Peter Collins and Naomi Smith with programme editor Andrew Harrison. Producer: Matt Hall.

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REPEAL BILL: A Very Brexit Power-Grab

21st July 2017

This week on the podcast that wants to keep its red passport… Is Brexit technically illegal? What horrors are contained in the small print of the “Great Repeal Bill”? Our special guest, Irish stand-up comedian GRAINNE MAGUIRE, gives Brexit Britain a bit of very tough love (“Let them eat gruel!”). And Project Fear turns into Project Bad Things Are Actually Really Happening before our very eyes.

“We can’t cheat the result. We have to win the argument.” This episode presented by Dorian Lynksey, Peter Collins and Ian Dunt of politics.co.uk. Producer: Matt Hall. Programme Editor: Andrew Harrison.

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Remainiacs Podcast: BREXPULSION – EU citizens in limbo

14th July 2017

This week on every Europhile’s favourite Brexit podcast… How the Home Office told an EU citizen who’d lived legally in the UK for 24 years to “make arrangements to leave” without any legal grounds – and then refused to hear her complaints. Our special guest MONIQUE HAWKINS describes Britain’s out-of-control immigration system.

Plus: Is Vote Leave campaign boss Dominic Cummings having a mid-Brexit crisis? What is Chukka Umunna up to? And could Britain one day achieve “Bre-entry” to the European Union?

This episode presented by Dorian Lynksey, Peter Collins and Ian Dunt of politics.co.uk. Producer: Matt Hall. Editor: Andrew Harrison.

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