Our cheeky half before we break for August

It’s our final episode before a short summer break—and we’re closing it out with a cheeky half pint and a big-picture scan of the trade and political chaos unfolding across Canada, the US, and the UK.

In this episode:

• 🇨🇦 Carney concedes “tariff-free” deal with Trump is unlikely

   • What the PM’s first public walk-back says about expectations management

   • Does accepting some tariffs help or hurt Canada’s leverage?

   • And what is a “win” supposed to look like?

• 🇺🇸 US inflation hits 2.7% as tariffs bite

   • Will Trump’s economic strategy come back to haunt him before the holidays?

   • Why tariffs are a slow burn—but a real one

   • And how Trump’s goldfish memory makes planning impossible

• 📉 White House calls for interest rate cuts while raising consumer prices?

   • We discuss the economic contradiction—and why it’s eroding confidence

Also in this episode:

• 📊 The super honeymoon continues: Carney approval hits 58%, Liberals lead by 13

• 🧠 What the Conservatives need to ask themselves about the Polievre playbook

• 🔄 Can Carney hold his coalition together if Trump fades as the ballot question?

• 🚫 NDP leadership race kicks off—with a $100,000 entry fee. Is that populist?

Across the pond:

• 🇬🇧 Labour faces a new challenge—from the left

   • A hard-left breakaway party is forming. Could it fracture Labour’s already unstable coalition?

   • Why UK politics remains a mess—despite a massive Labour majority

   • And why the Conservative Party still doesn’t know what it stands for

We close with:

• 🍺 Tasting notes from our final craft beer of the season

• 🤦 Percy is mistaken for a 30-year-old’s father

• 🔥 And a conversation about political anger, violent rhetoric, and the lines we should never cross

🔊 Listen now to wrap your week—and the political season—with insight, irreverence, and a few sips of lemon meringue beer.