Never Mind The Bar Charts

News & Politics Podcasts

Mark Pack and guests talk about the Liberal Democrats, British politics and a few stray digressions. Only a few.

Episodes

Tribal Politics: How Brexit Divided Britain - and lessons for pro-European campaigners

The Thick of It, Series 1: Political Fictions podcast

New podcast: Political Fictions

Are political party members psychopaths? New data from the Party Members Project

Have we become too critical of Labour's general election campaign?

Fail Safe: the film that got overshadowed by Dr. Strangelove

50 gems from political science: Phil Cowley's new book

Liberal trends, populist politics: who is going to win out? Podcast with Rob Ford

What's happened to those who voted Labour in 2024?

Liberalism: a great new book focusing on what politicians do

Local elections 2025: the Lib Dem verdict

Podcast: First impressions of the House of Lords

Jeremy Thorpe: European triumph, political leadership and personal scandal

How to explain, and beat, populism

The surprising similarity between Tony Blair and Nigel Farage

Lessons from a century of Labour-Liberal (Democrat) relations

Does proportional representation produce weak governments?

Do those "Winning Here" posters and bar charts actually work?

Failed State: why our government is broken and how to fix it

The importance of geography to British electoral politics