The Floor Is Yours With Femi Fubar Radio

Covering for Femi this week was Somali social activist Nimco Ali, to talk about what it’s like to be black and British in this generation. She was joined by founder of ShowerBox Sarah Lamptey, Justin Finlayson from United Borders and Mandu Reid from the Women’s Equality Party. They spoke about their personal experiences and hot topics such as homelessness and knife crime. Finally, Conservative candidate for London Mayer, Shaun Bailey, spoke to Nimco about his proposals to help young black people in the UK and how the current government are failing them.

This week stepping in for Femi was Labour PPC and director of CLASS (Centre for Labour & Social Studies), Faiza Shaheen. Joining her to talk about how we can fix our political system post-Brexit was Labour MP Clive Lewis, digital strategist Shahmir Sanni and co-founder of the Women’s Equality Party, Catherine Mayer. They discussed the lack of representation in parliament, the flaws in the 2016 referendum and how that can be improved if we have a second. Klina Jordan from Make Votes Matter was also on the phone to talk about proportional representation and the best way to take back control.

Covering for Femi this week was the charismatic and witty, Jolyon Rubinstein. He was joined by Youth Officer for Hull George Aylett to discuss everything from general elections to extensions. Journalists Joana Ramiro and James Ball were in the studio on the day we should have been leaving the EU. They chatted about the current options we face as a country, which quickly changed as it was announced that MP’s had rejected Theresa May’s Brexit deal for a third time. Finally, talking to Jolyon about this breaking news was Lord Andrew Adonis, who gave his opinions on what will happen next in this never ending game called Brexit.

This week Femi was away so the lovely Emma Burnell was our guest host. Joining her was Young Conservative Stephen Canning and founder of Scientists 4 EU, Mike Galsworthy. They discussed austerity in the UK and the effects it has on crime, policing, schools and public services. Activist and feminist Sophie Walker was also in the studio to talk through the week’s headlines, including what happened in the Spring Statement and the sad events in New Zealand. Finally, activist Angela Ramsell joined Emma on the phone to add further comments to our topic of austerity.

Unity in the UK was this week’s theme on The Floor is Yours, and joining Femi in the studio was former The Voice UK winner and campaigner Jermain Jackman and pro-Brexiteer Dominique Samuels. They talked about the uproar about LGBT+ lessons being introduced in schools and how London-centric we are as a country with many areas in the North feeling like they’re not represented in politics. We also had comedian Ken Cheng to talk through the week’s headlines and his new game show on E4, The Hangover Games. Finally, Scottish journalist Angela Haggerty spoke to Femi on the phone about the unity between Scotland and England and the ongoing discussions about Scottish Independence.

CNN and New Statesman journalist Holly Thomas joined Femi to talk over the headlines including Domanic Raab’s recent criticisms, MPs getting a huge payrise plus David Lammy and Stacey Dooley bust up. In our round-table discussion this week, Elisabeth Braw from Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, Azad Ali – activist and Community Relations Director for CAGE UK and Andre Walker who is Journalist and Brexit supporter joined Femi to talk about this week’s theme of ‘security’. With stories such as ISIS bride Shamima Begum dominating the media, this episode is explosive…