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Where Politics Meets History

243. C+ For Effort

Where Politics Meets History

Global

News, Politics, History

4.51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2021

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Iain Dale and Jacqui Smith are in reflective mood on the day after it was announced 100,000 people in the UK have died with Covid. They discuss the EU vaccine rollout, or lack of it, cutting the size of juries, Holocaust Memorial Day, unemployment and the Channel 4 series ‘It’s a Sin’. Smut quota: Middling in the second half.

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0:00.0

I now know, Jackie, why I never got to be a politician. It's because when I make a promise,

0:15.4

I deliver on a promise. Cheap crack at politicians there from Ian Dale.

0:22.7

Because I think for a good cause. Explain yourself.

0:26.7

It is a good cause because I said that we would increase the number of tickets available for our Zoom event on Friday because we sold out the first 500.

0:37.2

I think within 24 hours.

0:39.4

It's a bit like Cliff Richard concert, isn't it? They all go, apart from the fact that it's

0:44.4

mainly not a middle-aged woman.

0:47.5

Oh, you middle-aged women coming up.

0:49.2

That are, that are, including yourself.

0:52.1

Oh, cheers. I want to know the demographic can we can we do

0:55.5

some analysis of the demographic what we could do yeah we could do a survey monkey

0:59.6

couldn't we and send out send out a survey of who they are it might frighten us

1:04.4

though anyway there are now more tickets available I'm told we can actually go to

1:09.4

3,000 but I think that might be pushing it a bit.

1:12.6

So we've got 600. Shall I do a refresh now and tell you how many we've got? I think it's about 600 odd.

1:21.8

It takes quite a long time to refresh this event bright thing. The tension is killing everyone.

1:27.4

I can tell. And it's 634. So if you

1:33.2

wish to, if you didn't get a ticket the first time around, you still can, right up to when it starts

1:37.9

at 730 on Friday. Just go to Eventbright.com. That's Event and then b-r-I-T-E dot com

1:46.5

and search for the many and it should come up.

1:50.0

And we look forward to joining us for our live Zoom event on Friday at 7.30

1:54.7

probably last, I don't know, 90 minutes or so.

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