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Where Politics Meets History

260. Cunning Cats

Where Politics Meets History

Global

News, Politics, History

4.5 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2021

⏱️ 119 minutes

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Summary

Iain Dale and Jacqui Smith discuss Alex Salmond’s new party, the EU vaccine blockade, Lockdown powers, Chinese sanctions, Mondeos, Batley Grammar, flags and musicals. Smut quota: Middling

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0:00.0

Ian, Ian, you know we had that question about visiting people in prison.

0:14.8

If I get imprisoned, will you come and visit me and will you bring a file in a cake?

0:20.0

I'm just, I'm a little bit worried,

0:22.6

right? Why? Why would you be going to prison? Well, you know, on Wednesday,

0:27.9

and apart from the normal? Thank you. You know on Wednesday, when I may or may not, I deny it,

0:35.0

have called our Prime Minister a twat. It turns out that in Poland, a writer called Jakub Zuzich has been charged and may face up to three years in prison for calling the president a moron in a Facebook post.

0:50.3

Really?

0:51.3

So I just, I'm a bit worried now. I'm just looking out the window in

0:56.0

case the boys in blue come knocking. You seem to be under the misapprehension that Polish law

1:01.8

applies in this country. It doesn't even apply to English people in this country. We've left

1:10.0

the EU, you're right, we've got rid of all of that nonsense, haven't we? So you're now proud Brexiteer. Do you think I'll be all right, then? I think you should be fine. Will I escape the slumber? Deneu's up to page three, boy, isn't it? It's Saturday. Stop it.

1:28.3

Yeah, we've only got one Wednesday podcast to go, haven't we?

1:32.3

Yeah.

1:33.3

We'd better be on form on Wednesday.

1:34.3

Actually, maybe it's better if we're not on form on Wednesday because then nobody will miss it.

1:38.3

There hasn't been an enormous, there haven't been those demos, have there?

1:43.3

I mean, I think, to be honest with you, people are just abiding by the lockdown rules.

1:47.2

If it wasn't for that, there'd be crowds of people protesting.

1:50.4

Yeah, but I think it's because they've got no police horses to attack.

1:55.1

A bit of biting political satire there.

2:01.6

Oh, dear.

2:02.7

Have you seen these pictures from Bristol again?

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