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Where Politics Meets History

216. Tits Out, Stomach In

Where Politics Meets History

Global

Politics, History, News

4.51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2020

⏱️ 125 minutes

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Summary

Iain Dale and Jacqui Smith spend the first twenty minutes of the podcasts discussing Jacqui’s entry into Strictly Come Dancing and then they turn their attention to the three big political issues of the week – the latest developments in the Covid crisis, the diminishing prospects of a free trade agreement with the EU and developments in the US election campaign. They also spend an hour answering listener questions. Smut Quota: Low to middling. Note: For the next few weeks the podcast will be available from Sunday evenings.

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0:00.0

I don't know, I'm seriously impressed, you know, because you've just managed your computer so we can record this on a different system to what we've done before.

0:17.9

And you're a professional dancer. Is there no beginning to your talents?

0:23.5

Thank you for your support, darling, in typical fashion.

0:27.7

First of all, just so that our listeners are clear, I didn't mend my computer.

0:31.5

I went into the settings or, as I then realized on a Mac are called system preferences

0:36.7

and had to change that. This is boring,

0:39.2

isn't it? And I had to change the sound. Well, we've got nothing interesting to talk about today,

0:44.0

have we? Let's face it. And two, I am not a professional dancer. I am a barely functioning

0:50.7

partner of a professional dancer. No, but you soon will be.

0:55.2

That was very clear from last night.

0:57.2

We should explain, if you're listening to this way into the future,

1:00.8

we're recording this on the day after the launch of Strictly Come Dancing.

1:05.4

And I don't know why, but I was so nervous for you last night.

1:09.0

I was sitting there.

1:10.5

I mean, really, I can't describe how I was feeling it.

1:14.0

It was, there was a sort of slight parental feeling involved, if you see what I mean.

1:19.3

And there was sort of excitement and just sort of willing it all to go well.

1:24.9

And it did, didn't it?

1:26.6

That's really sweet of you. That's, you've never experienced

1:29.5

going to the nativity play and seeing, seeing your son playing first sheep, have you? So,

1:37.8

incidentally, my boys were always had, one of my boys was Joseph one year you know oh yes anyway thank you that's

1:48.2

that's very kind of you I was obviously I was less nervous watching it because I knew that

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