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Where Politics Meets History

286. Thruppling With Wes

Where Politics Meets History

Global

Politics, History, News

4.51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2021

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

Iain Dale and Jacqui Smith reunite after a month apart, and they have a lot to discuss including Afghanistan, Abba’s big announcement, Jabs for children, Social care funding, the leaking of the Queen’s funeral plans, Piers Morgan being cleared by Ofcom, the German Election, Hungary’s racist football fans, the Canadian election, the start to the Football season, the Green party leadership debate on LBC and much else besides. Smut quota: Middling

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0:00.0

We're back.

0:12.4

We're back.

0:13.8

Oh no, I keep doing that bloody Gary glitter thing every time.

0:18.1

It's so awful.

0:26.9

We are, well well we've been we we are we are here's a better one here we we're here we're this better one reunited and it feels so good it does actually because

0:35.0

i've i've missed you old girl.

0:39.7

I've missed you.

0:49.6

It was nice to see you on Friday at Good Morning Britain and to have a little diet Coke the night before.

0:55.2

Because I think for three years we haven't actually gone a month without doing this, have we?

1:01.1

So it did feel a bit weird, but we're very grateful to our deputies who I thought performed heroics. And you would think that too had you bothered to listen to them, wouldn't you?

1:09.5

Now, listen, before we come back to that, let me, can I just say about the three years, your life is getting away from you.

1:14.8

You've just posted something on Twitter of our introductory video thing.

1:19.3

And you said it was from 2019.

1:21.2

Oh, did that?

1:22.6

Yes, 2017.

1:25.1

We've been at this for, what is that in years? Four years. Four years. Four years.

1:33.0

A lot that's happened to me. No, listen. I did listen to the one I did with Tim and the one I did with Grant.

1:46.0

You did a bit of master casting.

1:48.9

I did not listen yet, yet, to the one you did with Caroline and the one you did with Wes.

1:58.3

Although people have told me very, very good things about them. And in particular,

2:02.0

they've told me that Wes said nice things about me. So thank you, Wes. He says nice things

2:06.9

about everyone because he's a politician. Oh, shut up. No, he was horrible things about you,

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