Starmer’s new Trump headache and making comedy under occupation
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Starmer’s new Trump headache and making comedy under occupation

55:45 Jan 22, 2026
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Donald Trump brings his particular brand of terrible speeches to the billionaires and bankers at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Nish and Coco try to work out how Keir Starmer can keep on track when facing the threat of US tariffs over Greenland as well as criticism of a lease deal with the Chagos Islands - which the US had previously praised.Liam Thorp, the Liverpool Echo’s Political Editor, is on hand to break down Labour’s big plan to make homes warmer, the fortunes of Reform and the latest delay to the Hillsborough LawPlus comedian Alaa Shehada, fresh from his show ‘The Horse of Jenin’, talks to Nish and Coco about the ‘Palestine Comedy Club’, a documentary which follows a group of Palestinians as they take their comedy show on tour in an occupied state.CHECK OUT THESE DEALS FROM OUR SPONSORS SHOPIFYShopify.co.uk/podsavetheukWISEWise.comGUESTS Liam Thorp - Political Editor, Liverpool EchoTess Ingram, UNICEFAlaa Shehada - ComedianUSEFUL LINKSPalestine Comedy Club collectivehttps://www.palestinecomedyclub.com/Palestine Comedy Club documentaryhttps://filmsandfestivals.britishcouncil.org/projects/palestine-comedy-clubStarting Feb 27th:London - Rich Mix and Bertha Doc House Tywyn - Magic Lantern Cinema Birmingham - Mockingbird Cinema Brighton - Komedia Gloucester - Guildhall Belfast - Queen’s Film TheatreCREDITSDonald Trump - BBC Online‘Palestine Comedy Club’ - Tough CrowdPod Save the UK is a Reduced Listening production for Crooked Media.Get in touch - contact us via email: PSUK@reducedlistening.co.ukLike and follow us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@PodSavetheUKInstagram: https://instagram.com/podsavetheukTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@podsavetheukBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/podsavetheuk.crooked.comFacebook: https://facebook.com/podsavetheukX:
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