The Bylines Network Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Happy New Year Listeners.

With a new year, brings new change, new leaders and new relationships. And we, at the Bylines Network, are no different.

This month's episode, we're speaking to the Network's brand new Managing Director, Ben Dickenson.

We ask about what drew him to the Network, what his plans are and what he sees as the Network's role in an ever increasingly dishonest world.

Join Julian and Chris on the first of may episodes of the Bylines Network, bringing you news in your local area, written by people in your local area.

Another year has been and gone, at last.

And while there were plenty of news stories from the last 12 months, it's very hard to remember the good news stories as those aren't thhe ones people click on.

So, in our end of year round up, our hosts look at good news stories from 2024, highlight some of the ones that made us feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

Happy New Year everyone, here's to 2025 and all it shall bring.

At every election, there's always a few parties that seems to reurn the same amount of MPs, Plaid Cymru is one of them.

As Englishmen, our hosts know very little about the Welsh Party so we call upon our friends in Bylines Cymru to tell us about them.

What are their policies? Are they the Welsh version of the SNP? And can they have an impact in this general election? listen to our latest episode to find out.

This week on election Fever, we look at the SNP with the host of our Podcast across the border, Ronnie Barbour.

A few weeks before an election was called, the previous First Minister Humza Yousaf stepped down following an impolsion of the deal made with the Scottish Greens.

Now they have a new leader facing the same problems, will they come back to bite him or will he navigate his way through this election relatively well?

In this episode, we look back on and preview two elections.

Julian and Chris look back on some major results from the Local elections that took place at the beginning of May and react to the news that broke at the end of May.

What could this mean for the Tories? Is there any battlegrounds that Labour could lose? Will we get Election Fever done before July 4th?

Check out our latest episode to find out

At the Local Elections, interesting things have been happening for the Green Party.

They continued to rise in terms of councillors, gaining 74, and came very close to gaining the Bristol City Council.

However, the most interesting result could be incoming. With all the Councillors in teh newly created Bristol Central constituency now Green ones, with two more contituencies targeted.

Continuing our Election Fever miniseries, we ask the question can the Green Party replicate gains in Westminster?

Welcome to the Bumper Episode where our hosts look at the Mayorals and the Council elections, and what they could mean for our PM.

There are brand new positions being made that could be targets as well as interesting elections happening in Bristol and London.

In March, we saw the Chancellor announce the last budget before the next General Election.

Our host comb through some of the major announcements, including the abolishment of None-Dom status, whether these policies will help those who need it the most and whether or not this spells an early General election.

This episode also features an interview by our friends, the Bylines Scotland Podcast, talking to Polly Jones, Head of the Trussell Trust, please do give them a follow.

There's an election happening in 2024. But who's running? What are their policies? Are they really doing as good or as badly as the media say?

Welcome to our new mini-series, Election fever, wghere our hosts look at each of the main political parties and anaylyse their chances when the British public go to the polls.

First up are Reform UK. Hot off the heels of getting their first MP, Reform UK have been in the media a lot lately, with their leader Richard Tice setting out their plan to "wipe Tories out at polls". But can they really make an impact? Are they really on a huge a rise as the newscasters think?

Happy 2024 Everybody!

This year, 4 billion people will be voting in either Executive, Legislative and Referendum elections.

These elections will cover 65 countries across all 6 habited continents. While we can't cover all of them, leaving out elections in places like India, North and South Korea, Iran, Indonesia and Taiwan, we chose the 4 that interested us the most.

In our first episode of the year, we will be looking at 4 elections that interest us that we think will determine the, not just the path the country will take, but the path the world will take until the next election cycle.