Plaid Cymru’s Lindsay Whittle has taken a historic Labour stronghold in the Caerphilly by-election. Plus: Ireland goes to the polls to elect a new President, why Zack Polanski’s brand of eco-populism is infuriating the right, and we speak to Times Columnist James Marriott about the decline of reading. 00:00 Intro 01:36 Welsh By-Election 22:38 Irish Presidential Election 36:45 Zack Polanski And Reactionary Right 51:54 James Marriott On Literacy With: Michael Walker & Aaron Bastani. Buy tickets for Downstream IRL with Cory Doctorow and Aaron Bastani: https://dice.fm/event/oen5rr-downstream-irl-aaron-bastani-in-conversation-with-cory-doctorow-17th-nov-earth-london-tickets Support our work: http://novara.media/support Buy Novara Media merch: https://shop.novaramedia.com/

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