A hard-edged Iran crisis read with a skeptical eye on Washington.
This episode treats the Iran crisis as a question of motive and cover story, not just events on the ground. It moves quickly from Rubio's explanation to the confirmed U.S.

Caustic left politics for working-class accountability.
Kernow Damo tracks UK politics and international flashpoints through a combative working-class lens. Recent episodes focus on Israel, Gaza, Labour budgets, protest law, arms exports, and the media silence around uncomfortable facts.
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Kernow Damo is a forceful left political commentary show with a clear appetite for confrontation. It treats politics as a struggle over who gets protected, who gets punished, and who gets asked to accept the official story. Recent episodes place Israel and UK foreign policy at the center of that argument. Netanyahu appears repeatedly as a symbol of a government relying on threats, diplomatic pressure, and allied indulgence while criticism grows louder abroad. Spain’s refusal to soften its language becomes, in the show’s framing, more than a bilateral row; it becomes evidence that fear is losing some of its old power. The Tehran synagogue strike episode turns on silence, asking why groups that speak often about anti-Semitism did not react with the same urgency when Jewish life was harmed by Israel’s own military action. BDS coverage follows the pressure into supermarkets, supply chains, settlement goods, and the commercial risk around Israeli exports. The Lebanon and Hezbollah episode looks at deterrence as belief, arguing that Israel’s regional posture weakens when allies and adversaries doubt its military competence. British politics receives the same treatment. Keir Starmer’s government is presented as disciplined in language but fragile in law, especially around arms exports, Palestine Action, and protest powers. Rachel Reeves’s budget is framed as a transfer from earners to owners, with threshold freezes, commuter costs, rent pressure, energy bills, and pensions used as evidence. The show’s style is not detached. It is caustic, fast, and openly moral. Short barbs give way to dense explanations of courts, ministries, trade rules, electoral incentives, and market fear. The recurring move is to pull respectable language off a policy and ask who benefits once the polish is gone. It suits listeners already inclined toward anti-establishment, pro-worker politics who want their news argued hard. It will not suit anyone looking for quiet both-sides moderation. Its strength is intensity paired with a habit of connecting small procedural details to larger systems of power.
Made for: For listeners who want blunt left analysis of UK politics, Israel, protest law, media framing, and economic policy. It fits an audience that prefers sharp argument over detached briefing.
What sets it apart: Kernow Damo connects headline outrage to machinery: courts, export licenses, supermarket supply chains, budgets, and diplomatic pressure. The show’s edge comes from treating procedure as power, not background noise.
Welcome folks to daily doses of woke lefty, often humorously caustic analyses of the goings on in UK politics . ►ABOUT ME: Hi, I'm Damien Willey. I'm a former welder, but now I'm a writer, blogger, vlogger and presenter and interviewer with Socialist Telly (Please do go and visit what we all get up to on / socialisttelly ) I'm an unpaid carer for my disabled wife and daughter and as such we know all too well the difficulties that associated with that living in Tory Britain and I personally believe the answer lies in socialism. This channel, along with my other social media act as outlets to push back against that, to demand better of our politicians and leaders, to pull apart the media spin…
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Damien Willey turns confrontational political commentary into close readings of how state power travels through courts, markets, budgets, and war.
Damien Willey builds each episode around a blunt thesis, then follows the institutional and material pressures behind it. His political commentary moves between Britain's relationship with Israel, legal challenges involving Palestine Action, commercial pressure through boycotts,…
Frozen tax thresholds or arms exports: Damien Willey wants you asking who gets protected.
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A hard-edged Iran crisis read with a skeptical eye on Washington.
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This episode analyzes the passage of a controversial death penalty law in Israel, targeting Palestinians in military courts, and criticizes the far-right political motivations behind it.
This episode discusses the harassment of an Al Jazeera crew in Golders Green while reporting on an arson attack on a Jewish ambulance service, highlighting perceived double standards in how racism and media coverage are handled.
This episode critiques Israeli media's desperate attempts to prove Benjamin Netanyahu is alive through staged videos, highlighting global mockery and political manipulation.
This episode analyzes the rapid escalation and financial costs of a military conflict, highlighting drone strikes on Amazon's cloud infrastructure, massive daily spending, and warnings from Iran about Israel's potential to widen the war.
The speaker recounts how a motion to declare Zionism as racism at the Green Party's spring conference was blocked through procedural stalling tactics after supporters won key votes to advance it.
This episode critiques Israel's destruction of bridges in southern Lebanon as a land grab and condemns the BBC's characterization of this action as a path to peace.
This episode analyzes a London ambulance firebombing outside a synagogue, exploring claims by an Iran-linked terrorist group and discussing how the incident is politically backfiring on Israel.
Green MPs challenge Keir Starmer on Britain's involvement in the Iran conflict, questioning the use of British bases for American military operations and potential civilian casualties.
This episode analyzes a second video released by Benjamin Netanyahu's office to prove he's alive, which instead fuels conspiracy theories about his death or disappearance due to suspicious visual anomalies.
This episode analyzes the escalating conflict between Iran and Israel, with Iran launching its heaviest missile barrage yet and the U.S.
This episode analyzes the UK Labour government's controversial bill to reduce jury trials in criminal cases, questioning whether there are concerning political motivations behind the move.
This episode discusses how Israel's own propaganda contractors are suing the state for unpaid wages, revealing the paid nature of its information operations amid the Gaza conflict.
This episode analyzes how Trump's potential war with Iran could disrupt global oil and gas supplies, benefiting Putin by creating energy shortages and price volatility, particularly in Europe.
This episode analyzes the unintended consequences of Trump and Netanyahu's push for war with Iran, highlighting blowback effects and a controversial U.S.
This episode critiques Donald Trump's announcement about U.S.
This episode analyzes a U.S.
This episode analyzes the Israeli embassy's public condemnation of a Green Party conference motion labeling Zionism as racism, examining how the controversy has escalated into political and media conflicts over characterization and authority.
This episode analyzes the aftermath of an ambulance arson attack in London, debunking initial media claims linking it to Iran and revealing connections to the Metropolitan Police's involvement in intimidating Al Jazeera journalists.
This episode critiques Israel and the US for striking an Iranian cancer drug facility and exposes UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's contradictory claims about Britain's non-involvement in the Iran war while allowing US military operations from UK soil.
This episode discusses recent controversies involving the Met Police, including arrests of Palestine Action hunger strikers and officers covering their faces during operations, questioning their accountability.
The host analyzes the U.S.-Iran conflict, revealing that the U.S.
This episode analyzes Benjamin Netanyahu's statement that the Iran war aims to establish oil and gas pipelines from the Arabian Peninsula to Israel's Mediterranean ports, bypassing strategic choke points like the Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab straits.
This episode analyzes how Jordan's attempt to stay neutral in the Iran-Israel conflict is failing as it faces missile and drone interceptions, debris incidents, and growing evidence it's becoming a battlefield.
This episode covers the Houthi movement's announcement of military intervention in support of Iran and attacks on Israel, analyzing escalating tensions in the Middle East.
This episode analyzes Iran's retaliatory missile strike on Israel's Dimona nuclear facility, challenging mainstream media narratives about Israel's nuclear capabilities and examining the escalating tit-for-tat conflict dynamics.
Israel's Chief of Staff warns Prime Minister Netanyahu that the Israeli army faces a severe manpower shortage that could lead to collapse, prompting calls for expanded conscription and longer service requirements.
This episode analyzes how Donald Trump's policies have backfired, leading to Iran gaining control over the Strait of Hormuz and escalating Middle East tensions, with UN condemnation and Israeli military preparations.
This episode analyzes the suspicious public reaction to a video of Benjamin Netanyahu meant to reassure Israelis of his leadership, which instead sparked widespread speculation about its authenticity due to perceived visual anomalies.
This episode analyzes the escalating conflict between Iran and Israel, including missile strikes, energy market disruptions, and international diplomatic responses.
This episode analyzes Iran's retaliatory strikes on energy infrastructure across the Middle East following Israel's attack on Iran's South Pars gas field, examining how this escalates regional tensions and strains relationships between key players like Trump and Netanyahu.
This episode analyzes Benjamin Netanyahu's failed gamble in the Iran-Israel conflict, where his predictions of regime collapse have backfired as Iran remains unified and in control, with US intelligence and Donald Trump's rhetoric complicating the situation.
This episode analyzes Israel's recent attack on an Iranian gas field, discussing its potential to escalate into a major energy crisis and regional conflict, with insights from former US counter-terrorism director Joe Kent on the underlying goals and consequences.
This episode analyzes Israel's claims that Iran targeted the Diego Garcia military base, questioning the evidence and highlighting denials from Iran and lack of support from British ministers and NATO.
This episode analyzes how Iran's regional pressure on the UAE and Sudanese military strikes are threatening the supply lines sustaining Sudan's Rapid Support Forces militia.
This episode discusses the Green Party's upcoming vote on a controversial motion declaring Zionism as racism, comparing it to similar actions by a German socialist party and analyzing the broader political implications.
The Green Party's 'Zionism is Racism' motion has been prioritized for debate at Spring Conference, prompting a legal response from pro-Israel lobbyists and energizing activists.
This episode analyzes escalating Middle East tensions, including a $95 billion US bill for Israel, Houthi threats to oil shipping, and alleged Iranian attacks in Azerbaijan and Turkey.
This episode discusses a verified X account offering a $1 million bounty for Professor Mohammad Marandi, analyzing Musk's platform's inaction and Marandi's critiques of Western media and geopolitical narratives.
This episode analyzes how Trump and Israel's aggressive approach toward Iran has backfired, leading to escalating regional conflict and a desperate search for an exit strategy.
This episode critiques US military actions under Trump, including bomb shipments to Israel, bomber deployments to the UK, and reports of religious motivations in potential Iran operations, arguing these reveal a failing war strategy.
This episode analyzes cracks in the justification for the Iran-Israel war, highlighting Trump's contradictory statements, Iran's veiled threats against Netanyahu, and political criticism from U.S.
This episode analyzes Israel's release of new footage of Benjamin Netanyahu, arguing that it fails to quell death rumors and instead worsens a credibility crisis by fueling online forensic scrutiny.
This episode analyzes Israel's recent military actions against Iran, highlighting how they backfired by strengthening Iran's leadership, drawing China closer to the conflict, and escalating regional tensions.
This episode analyzes Trump's failed oil strategy against Iran, focusing on a strike on Karg Island and its implications for US-Saudi relations and regional stability.
This episode analyzes how Donald Trump's administration, while engaged in conflict with Iran, is reportedly relaxing sanctions on Iranian oil to lower global oil prices, creating a contradictory situation that benefits Iran.
This episode critiques Donald Trump's contradictory statements about the Iran conflict, where he claims victory while simultaneously requesting international military assistance in the Strait of Hormuz.
This episode analyzes Israel's deliberate targeting of a marked press crew in Lebanon, examining how this incident differs from similar attacks in Gaza due to the lack of censorship cover and its potential consequences for Israel amid a record-high journalist death toll in the region.
The episode analyzes Keir Starmer's decision to allow US use of UK bases for strikes on Iran, which leads to a drone attack on RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus within 24 hours.
This episode analyzes Donald Trump's contradictory public statements about a war while his advisors reportedly seek an exit, and examines how U.S.
This episode analyzes recent Middle East conflicts, starting with a friendly fire incident where US F-15s were shot down over Kuwait, questioning official narratives.
Israeli fruit exporters are described as losing routine access to European supermarkets, with cancelled orders, buyer pullbacks, and unsold mangoes and citrus.
Kernow Damo centers on Tom Barrett’s claim that Israel cannot defeat Hezbollah, a statement the speaker says comes from inside the U.S.
Kernow Damo argues that Israel’s real crisis is not a single war but the departure of secular engineers, doctors, teachers, and other mobile professionals.
Rachel Reeves’s budget is presented as a plan for ordinary working-class people, but the episode argues that frozen tax thresholds and fiscal drag make PAYE workers pay most of the bill.
Mr Justice Chamberlain granted permission for the Palestine Action Judicial Review and then was removed without explanation before the hearing.