Episode 98 - The Assassination of George Eaton by the Coward Jason Cowley (ft. Joana Ramiro)

In the latest of our hated Serious Episodes (just kidding, you guys love them, right? right?) Jack is joined by journalist and RP Seriousness Correspondent Joana Ramiro (kidding again, she's actually really funny!) to dig into whatever the fuck is going at centre-left weekly the New Statesman. After several months of what appeared to be a move to the left, spearheaded by sometime political and then deputy editor "Red" George Eaton, the New Statesman has slid back well and truly into the bowels of reaction, pumping out chauvinist crap about "The Irish Question" and Helen Lewis's most transphobic article in months. All of it seems to have happened since Eaton (who, full disclosure, is a former guest on this show) was disciplined and sent away on leave for - bizarrely - getting a government advisor (conservative "public intellectual" and vile sack of shit Roger Scruton) sacked for racism. Jack and Joana talk about the culture and practises of the NS and the liberal press generally, drawing parallels with recent incidents where other publications have sold out left-wing contributors for breaking some unwritten rule of the club, and ask the question; why can one of Eaton's colleagues get away with years of virulent bigotry, while he gets ratfucked for performing a public service? More of Jack's conversation with Joana, touching on CUK-TIG (as always) and expanding on our discussion of James O'Brien, will be dropping on patreon.com/reelpolitik within the next few days.