Across England in particular, a right wing populist surge is reshaping British politics in real time. Reform UK is rising fast, Labour looks increasingly fractured, and for the first time in decades, the idea of Nigel Farage entering Number 10 no longer feels impossible.
It’s clear Reform is not the natural home of queer politics. So why are so many gay men getting pulled into its narrative online?
On this episode, Graeme Smith is joined by two of the breakout stars of the BBC’s I Kissed A Boy and I Kissed A Girl — Gareth and Amy — for a chaotic, funny and surprisingly political conversation about identity, masculinity, cancellation, internet discourse, dating, queer infighting and what it means to be young, queer and online in 2026.
The conversation moves seamlessly between reality TV gossip, Green vs Reform politics, TikTok radicalisation, social media algorithms and whether parts of LGBTQ+ culture are drifting towards a genuine ideological split.
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