2023: The good, the bad, and the outright bizarre
The Politics Show
The New Statesman
4.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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In a special festive episode of the podcast, Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Andrew Marr and Freddie Hayward to revisit some of the best, the worst, and weirdest moments from UK politics in 2023.
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| 0:57.0 | Hi I'm Anush. |
| 1:04.4 | I'm Andrew. |
| 1:05.4 | And I'm Freddie. |
| 1:06.4 | And this is the New Statesman's Politics Podcast. |
| 1:09.1 | Today we're bringing you a very special Christmas episode of the podcast, The N.S. Awards. |
| 1:14.0 | We're going to be looking back at some of the best, the worst, and the outright bizarre moments |
| 1:18.6 | in British politics this year. Hello, I'm Anu Shekeleon, Britain editor of the New Statesman and host of this |
| 1:28.2 | podcast and joining me in the studio I have Andrew Mar at political editor and Freddie |
| 1:32.4 | Hayward at political correspondent. |
| 1:34.7 | Today we're going to be reviewing 2023 in political highlights divided into very astutely measured categories. |
| 1:41.2 | Our first category is What else but the biggest gaff? So I wanted to start |
| 1:48.0 | this category with two related gaffs from earlier this year which some of our listeners might have forgotten about. |
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