132: A real slap in the face
It's time for another round of jousting courtesy of the Thought Police as Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan are showing symptoms of a sickness...but it's nothing to do with Covid. Today they discuss: Emmanuel Macron, the mishandling of the return to normal life, Covid caution, the doom and gloom mongers at SAGE, Ollie Robinson's ban for historical tweets, Gareth Southgate, taking the knee and w...
36m Jun 09, 2021
36m
131: The power trip
Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan are back to bash you over the head with sense as the Thought Police patrol the podcast charts. Today's topics include: the so-called third wave, Good Morning Vietnam, who the WHO think they are, SAGE not reading the room, London ending their own restrictions, NHS incompetence, Heathrow's new Red Zone terminal, serial waiting room offenders, identity politics, t...
34m Jun 02, 2021
34m
130: The Thought Police vs. the BBC
Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan are back to bombard you with common sense as the Thought Police returns.  They discuss: Deal in Kent, having to wear masks upon the lifting of restrictions, the enormity of the Martin Bashir story, Lord Hall and the BBC self-preservation society, Dominic Cummings' mad ramblings, who will really be paying for Boris and Carrie's wedding, why corporate accounts ar...
33m May 26, 2021
33m
129: Don't take your love to Leicester
Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan - AKA The Thought Police - can't even agree with each other this week so all the wokeists, lefties and ministers have absolutely no chance. Today they shout about: Keir Starmer, why no woman has ever lead the Labour party, Nish Kumar's wokeness, Boris Johnson, the Indian variant, Danny Boyle's Olympics opening ceremony, Japan, the Champions League final being h...
31m May 19, 2021
31m
128: The spin doctor will see you now
It's time for the latest crackling edition of the Thought Police with Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan. Topics include: Boris Johnson, life returning to normal, David Cameron, the fall of the Labour Party, Angela Rayner, GPs refusing to work, hugging, pedantic police, busybodies, Rick Stein, curry cooking, the behaviour of modern teachers, being disciplined at school, the Evening Standard's ne...
40m May 12, 2021
40m
127: Not for love or money
Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan are the Thought Police and they are here once again. If you're easily offended...what are you doing here? Today they discuss: struggling landlords being cursed by the weather, the ridiculousness of people sitting outside empty pubs, school kids in face coverings, the flawed legal system, mask exemptions, the absolute ineptitude on both sides of government, medi...
36m May 05, 2021
36m
126: 200 grand designs
Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan battle over the megaphone once more on the shoutiest, loudest and most sensible podcast out there - the Thought Police. Today they discuss: getting people back to work, shrugging off COVID concerns in order to return to reality, the media obsession with the troubles in India, non-reporting of the anti-lockdown march, whether Boris is really in trouble due to in...
35m Apr 28, 2021
35m
125: A pint of bitter(ness)
It's time for the latest sparkling edition of the Thought Police with Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan as the pair deliberate over the latest news stories. This week they discuss: Sir Keir Starmer's recent trip to Bath, taking on the lefties, lockdown frustration, unreliable testing, Gavin Williamson, the Government's COVID caution, being bored of discussing the pandemic, the irritation of goi...
34m Apr 21, 2021
34m
124: You want to get back to normality? Join the queue
Thank goodness for that - the Thought Police are back. It's time again for Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan to take a sweary look at the week's news. Topics include: Boris Johnson's claim that lockdowns are more effective than the vaccine, opinion polls, the madness of asymptomatic testing, the Royal Family having to mask up at Prince Philip's funeral, reluctance to take the jab, jobsworths an...
33m Apr 15, 2021
33m
123: Testing our patience
It's time for the hottest, sweariest and angriest podcast in town as Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan return for another sparkling episode of the Thought Police. Today they discuss: their dogs, Boris' latest pathetic briefing, the ongoing lack of freedom, being in the clutches of Sage and the scientists, vaccine passports, how parts of America are flying in the face of Presidential orders, ret...
33m Apr 07, 2021
33m
122: Full of hot air
Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan are full of vim and vigour and ready to punch their way through the week's news agenda. Today's topics include: working when the clocks change, local council madness, smart motorways, why climate change is not an emergency, rebelling against the woke brigade, how the reaction to Diana's death may have informed societal norms, self-indulgent podcasters, why the ...
35m Mar 31, 2021
35m
121: Stumbling blocks
Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan discuss all the big news as the Thought Police comes to you once more. Topics include: the return of Line of Duty, Tim Davie's strange decision making, Midsomer Murders, Guardian readership, Joe Biden tripping over stairs and his words, the American political scene, lockdown potentially being extended again, wearing masks for years to come, horse milk, marking ...
36m Mar 24, 2021
36m
120: Putting the Great in Britain
The Thought Police - namely Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan - are back to discuss the news that you want discussed.  Topics include: The fallout from Piers Morgan's unceremonious exit from Good Morning Britain and ITV's handling of the situation, why Harry and Meghan's Oprah interview has to be allowed to be questioned, the Russian-designed new briefing room at Number 10, Allegra Stratton, a ...
37m Mar 17, 2021
37m
119: A right royal pain in the backside
The Thought Police are back and there's only one story in town - Chris Whitty and his cronies. Why are they insisting that we will have to endure another lockdown when the vaccination programme is supposed to be the permanent way out of the COVID crisis? They also discuss the political scaremongering of the UK population...  ...oh, and there's also the small matter of that Harry and Meghan int...
35m Mar 10, 2021
35m
118: The Fresh Prince of Bell End
Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan welcome you back to the latest edition of the podcast everybody is talking about, the Thought Police. On today's episode they discuss: the budget, furlough being extended, Rishi Sunak, Kev's new gig hosting the Weekend Breakfast show on talkRADIO, why we should be moving more quickly out of lockdown, the worst world leader, Carrie's influence on Boris (and the ...
46m Mar 03, 2021
46m
117: Who are they kidding?
It's time for another edition of the Thought Police with possible hope on the horizon. There's still plenty to moan about for Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan however including: Boris' unfathomable roadmap out of COVID, lockdown hair, Los Angeles under the Democrats, the recall system, snow in Texas, Joe Biden's ineffectiveness, Donald Trump's comeback, why we keep hearing from no-mark doom-mo...
40m Feb 23, 2021
40m
116: The geeks shall inherit
Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan reconvene to try and find some sense among the madness once again. Today they discuss: Fulham's recent win, footballers taking the knee, reopening the schools, why the experts never have anything positive to say, the importance of no more lockdowns, talkRADIOs popularity, Donald Trump's impeachment case and the future of the Republicans, MG's pot problems, the ...
34m Feb 17, 2021
34m
115: Great Britain? Well it used to be...
Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan return for another exciting edition of the Thought Police. They discuss: Matt Kelly and the New European, the EU's vaccine policy, MG's son's painting, Matt Hancock's 'good looks', the best and worst looking footballers, Six Nations rugby, Jonathan Van-Tam, how restrictions have been enabled by the digital age, the conjecture around coronavirus death rates, ten...
38m Feb 10, 2021
38m
114: Getting off Scot-free
It's about time we heard from the Thought Police (that's Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan) on the week's news. Today's topics include: the EU's terrible week, Nicola Sturgeon losing control in Scotland, what's really happening north of the border, whether a vote for independence is a wise move at this point, Biden's bizarre battles, travelling around rural America, the military coup in Myanmar...
33m Feb 03, 2021
33m
113: Stay in your lane!
Mike and Kev return to pick holes in the latest news as the Thought Police podcast returns.  Topics include: excessive swearing and whether it's a sign of intelligence, MG's son's brilliant painting, missing the theatre, Keir Starmer self-isolating again, why questioning lockdowns should be welcomed and not dismissed, intentional and unintentional misuse of language, the winter and its effect ...
38m Jan 28, 2021
38m
112: Not for all the falsity in China
Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan return to bring some sense to the nonsensical on the latest episode of the Thought Police. Today they discuss: Why dogs are both brilliant and bonkers, Joe Biden's inauguration, Trump's last act as president, the death penalty, Matt Hancock's COVID hypocrisy, the ineffectiveness of lockdowns, Mark Drakeford, the latest reports on the vaccine, China's deception,...
35m Jan 20, 2021
35m
111: Desperate measures
Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan return with more common sense on the latest sparkling edition of the Thought Police. Today they ponder: social distancing rules, the importance of challenging lockdowns, public compliance, why no measures can contain the virus, issues with the vaccine, talkRADIO's YouTube ban, Donald Trump's social media booting, whether Twitter should be regulated, the Trump i...
32m Jan 14, 2021
32m
110: Rebels with a cause
It's time for the first Thought Police podcast of 2021 and unsurprisingly the tightening of restrictions have left Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan a tad miffed. Today they vent their spleens about: the efficacy of lockdowns, the state of the UK, introducing stricter measures, why people mixing has to stop, fox hunting, how the Government will spin success in the summer, the Bonking Boffin, my...
36m Jan 06, 2021
36m
109: The best of 2020
As we count down to 2021, here's a chance to look back at some of the best bits of the Thought Police in 2020 with Mike Graham, Kevin O'Sullivan and Matt Kelly...remember him? Don't forget to subscribe from your favourite podcast provider and you can download all of the episodes in the archive while you're there. There are over 100 to choose from, what more do you need to get you through these...
1hr 3m Dec 30, 2020
1hr 3m
108: The 2020 Thought Police Awards
It's Christmas and so it's now time for the inaugural Thought Police Awards with your esteemed hosts... Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan! The first batch of prestigious categories are as follows: - Absentee of the year (unofficial award) - Reporter of the year - Broadcaster of the year - Love rat of the year - Political analyst of the year - Footballer of the year - City of the year - Self-iso...
24m Dec 23, 2020
24m
107: Turkeys voting for Christmas
It's the last contemporaneous Thought Police before Christmas and Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan have quite simply had enough. Not much festive cheer here as they get stuck into: London being plunged into Tier 3, Chris Whitty's incompetence, the COVID death rate, how senior ministers are neglecting their duties, Angela Merkel's uselessness, why journalists are getting an easy ride, New Year's...
24m Dec 16, 2020
24m
106: What's the big deal?
Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan have another big week of news to eviscerate as the Thought Police returns. Today's topics include: Matt Hancock crying on TV, men showing their emotions, Brexit negotiations, Michel Barnier, Kay Burley and Beth Rigby's COVID controversy, Millwall fans booing players taking the knee, football supporters, how while the nation slept the government was woke, putting...
32m Dec 09, 2020
32m
105: Dishonesty is the best policy
Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan might be recording in a different location but if anything it's given them a better overview of the madness that is UK politics.  Today they discuss: Wales' draconian measures, the ineffectiveness of lockdowns, why those on the left of centre make terrible decisions, Neil Ferguson, the BBC's failure to take people to task, Boris Johnson's hair, dogs with COVID,...
28m Dec 02, 2020
28m
104: Crunching the numbers
There's plenty for Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan to go at on this week's Thought Police including: Boris Johnson's dodgy connection, Fulham's ongoing penalty woes, the US election possibly coming to an end at last, big bets, people who cheat at golf, paying tribute to a couple of beloved Fleet Street colleagues who have sadly gone before, colour writers, the poor press performance during the...
33m Nov 25, 2020
33m
103: You can hide but you can't run...the country
The shackles may well be on for the public, but they are well and truly off for the Thought Police as Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan return. Today they discuss: why lockdown 2 was a terrible idea, Boris Johnson going into hiding to suit himself, the recent Cummings and goings from the government, lefties leading the green agenda, vaccine concerns, a counterproductive test and trace system, Ca...
35m Nov 18, 2020
35m
102: Trumping to conclusions
Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan are back to cast doubt on the science and eviscerate the 'experts' as the Thought Police returns.  Today's topics include: the worst penalty of all time, calling the US election too early, why Trumpism certainly isn't dead, poorly portrayed possibilities from the pollsters, COVID's seasonal nature, being duped by dubious stats, concerns about the validity of a ...
33m Nov 11, 2020
33m
101: The waiting game
Mike Graham is back from his hols to join Kevin O'Sullivan for another look at the week's big stories. Today they include: upsetting lefties, do-gooders in society, lockdown 2 and whether it can possibly be justified, the 'Covid wars', putting the blame on the people, why pubs need to be open, Boris' terror, 'charity porn', food banks, having no sense of humour, Jeremy Corbyn, betting on the ou...
42m Nov 04, 2020
42m
100: The Best of MG & Kev (Volume 1)
While Mike takes a moment to get away from the news, why not remind yourselves what's been going on this year (as if you can forget) as we take a look at some of the best bits of The Thought Police since Kev joined back in July.   Topics include: Donald Trump, COVID-19, the problems with working from home, the woke crisis, terrestrial TV, the return of football, boring students, exam results, ...
42m Oct 28, 2020
42m
99: Just a bunch of tossers
Time for some more common sense among the mass hysteria as Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan take to the Thought Police once again. Today they discuss: the BBC's woke new series and ludicrously gratuitous overspending, Gary Lineker's hypocrisy, tiered lockdowns across the country and why they are a waste of time, why waiting is sometimes better than doing, propaganda being promulgated in the pre...
36m Oct 21, 2020
36m
98: The insane or the infirm?
Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan are back to shout into their megaphones as the Thought Police rolls into town once again. Today they discuss: Dominic West's alleged philandering, Donald Trump's bizarre performance last week, Lily James, the difficulty of being an actor who frolics on set one minute and returns home to the other half the next, David Attenborough's lack of depth, celebs losing t...
37m Oct 14, 2020
37m
97: The road to recovery
Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan are back to point fingers and poke fun at politicians as they bring you another Thought Police podcast.  Today they assess: Donald Trump's media savvy as he recovers from COVID-19, the sheer scale of American election campaigns, how voters in the States are feeling, why what we see on TV isn't the real USA, Boris Johnson's latest speech and Prime Ministerial pe...
39m Oct 07, 2020
39m
96: Where did all the fun go?
Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan are back for more after another gloomy week of news. Today they discuss: the golden age of journalism, how Kev started in Fleet Street, why things used to be better, bars closing at 10pm (except in parliament), Boris Johnson mixing up his own rules, the NHS coronavirus app, COVID marshals, why students have gone from breaking rules to following them, Matt Hancoc...
38m Sep 30, 2020
38m
95: Get a grip Doris!
The Thought Police - Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan - are primed and in position ready to unleash both barrels once again. Today they respond to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's latest coronavirus containment measures and take a look at the wider handling of the crisis from the government and their appointed 'experts'. They also discuss wokeness and how parliament is joining in with the movemen...
34m Sep 23, 2020
34m
94: Taking the pee
Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan return for another dissection of the week's news. Up for discussion are topics such as: Diversity's performance on Britain's Got Talent, taking the knee, Ofcom, football clubs alienating their fans, whether the conspiracy theorists have a point, Covid cases, the R rate, the rule of six, British spirit making a comeback, the drinking test, why so many people in t...
42m Sep 16, 2020
42m
93: Diktat in your pipe and smoke it
Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan debate the week's hottest issues including: young footballers doing what young footballers do - Icelandic models, pushy parents with unrealistic expectations, Mike and Kev's football careers, why kids need to get a grip, Jonathan Van-Tam, the twisted statistics which keep us all on edge, mask etiquette, confusing public advice, why news about the virus is always...
40m Sep 09, 2020
40m
92: Schools of thought
Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan are back to ignite a few fires and urinate on several others. Today they discuss: kids finally returning to school (with confusing messaging), the coronavirus death toll, social challenges for people who continue to work from home, Piers Corbyn's on the spot fine, why the police seem to favour some protests and not others, the Tories' obsession with climate chan...
39m Sep 02, 2020
39m
91: Fool Britannia
Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan get stuck into the week's big talking points including: Harry Maguire's ill-fated trip to Mykonos, footballers abroad, Gareth Southgate's selection blunder, Boris Johnson fighting back, Land of Hope and Glory, the ongoing pandemic panic, kids returning to schools, the next large-scale march, London's travel chaos, the British Museum, television's woke agenda and...
33m Aug 27, 2020
33m
90: Epic fail
Ring the bell, it's time to have your work marked by the Thought Police. On the agenda with Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan today is: The A-level results fiasco, boring students, university education, the migrant matter, Priti Patel, why it's better to work from the office, Public Health England, Dido, institutional incompetence, becoming a nation of curtain-twitchers, the real coronavirus cri...
32m Aug 19, 2020
32m
89: Rocking the boat
Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan are back again a little worse for wear following MG's big birthday bash last week. But never fear - there's still plenty left in the tank as they attempt to set the world to rights. Today's topics include: why you should never supply your own booze, getting teachers back to work, the youth of today, why it's so important to get the economy back up and running, t...
46m Aug 11, 2020
46m
88: The House of Frauds
Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan are back once more to vent as the Thought Police podcast rolls into town. Today's talking points are: the failures of lockdown, Track and Trace and virtually every politician, why it's impossible to enforce rules if you can't understand them, the shroud of secrecy about why we are still locked down, coronaphobia, the refusal of teachers to return to work, the us...
43m Aug 04, 2020
43m
87: You spoke...that's not woke!
Mike (Graham) and Kev (O'Sullivan) are back for a second week with the New European traveller Matt Kelly still otherwise indisposed. As the government continues to impinge on our daily lives whilst we're in the midst of a pandemic, the boys' frustration has reached boiling point.   Today they discuss: holiday plans being impacted by COVID-19, false information about the spread of the disease, ...
31m Jul 29, 2020
31m
86: The Rant Pack
While Matt Kelly takes a much needed hiatus, Mike Graham is joined in the Thought Police think tank by his old pal Kevin O'Sullivan. If you were expecting sweetness and light, you've obviously forgotten what this podcast is all about. These two must have been waiting a while to get a few things off their chest as they launch into a furious rant about the last few months of lockdown including: t...
42m Jul 21, 2020
42m
85: The times they are a changing
Mike and Matt are in your ears once again to run the rule over the latest news. Topics today include: people enjoying the sunshine, relaxing of lockdown and whether it's the right move, how contagious the coronavirus is, why kitchen workers are all mad, the underwhelming return of the Premier League, 30 years of hurt coming to an end for Liverpool fans (and why winning the title matters most), ...
35m Jun 25, 2020
35m
84: Poles apart
Mike Graham from talkRADIO and Matt Kelly from the New European are back for more current affairs debate and discussion. Topics include: Marcus Rashford's free school meals campaign, seeing the best in people, trying to capture the mood of the nation from within the news room, incendiary headlines, what the public want from their news, the seriousness of our political environment, scrapping sta...
36m Jun 18, 2020
36m
83: Hysterical or historical?
Mike Graham and Matt Kelly triumphantly return for more highbrow news debate including such topics as: the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the confusing nature of the latest regulations, Dominic Cummings' curious personality, whether pulling down statues of controversial individuals is a practical form of protest, virtue signallers jumping on the latest bandwagon, sports star...
39m Jun 11, 2020
39m