Rivers of Bulls*it – Why is the modern right copying Enoch Powell?
27 June 2025

Rivers of Bulls*it – Why is the modern right copying Enoch Powell?

Oh God, What Now?

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Dog whistle think pieces seem to be back in fashion and right wingers are more frequently using rhetoric that sounds a bit like Enoch Powell. Powell was condemned for Rivers of Blood, why isn’t sounding like him so damaging for the modern right? Plus – AI and copyright. It’s put Labour at odds with Elton John, never a good place to be. Politico’s Joseph Bambridge joins the panel to talk through the furore. 

Read Joseph’s piece in Politico: https://www.politico.eu/article/ai-copyright-political-nightmare-labour-uk-models-tech/ 

ESCAPE ROUTES 

•  Rachel watched Virgin Island on Channel 4 

• Raf has been reading Barbara Kingsolver novels

• Joseph watched The Contestant 

• Dorian watched Black Ops 

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Presented by Dorian Lynskey with Rafael Behr and Rachel Cunliffe. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio. Production by: Robin Leeburn. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. 
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