300. 300 Not Out: The Graham Gooch Memorial Episode

Where Politics Meets History

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Politics, History, News

4.5 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2021

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Summary

Jacqui Smith and Iain Dale mark the 300th episode of the For the Many podcast with their characteristic mix of political insight and humour. They discuss the Downing Street parties, the Prime Minister’s refurbishment difficulties, Labour’s poll lead, the North Shropshire by—election, the new Omicron variant and the reintroduction of Covid restrictions, the Stephen Port case, the FCO select committee evidence, Jacqui’s confrontation with Peter Bone, Owen Jones getting a CBE, Iain’s trials with his electric car and much else. Smut quota: Middling

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0:00.0	Oh, good.
0:03.0	Oh, good.
0:19.0	Get that wine poured. Ian, can you just pass me the crackers to go with that cheddar that we got?
0:25.6	This is not a party. Are you strutting your funky stuff? Oh yeah.
0:44.9	But in a gathering sort of way, rather than a party way.
0:47.9	Should we do some awards?
0:53.2	Well, like which cabinet minister have the most stupid excuse?
0:58.7	The police do not investigate retrospectively.
1:02.5	No, course they don't love.
1:03.7	I mean, you're only a fucking justice secretary, aren't you?
1:07.3	And also, the police can't do anything about it because they haven't got any evidence, which, you know, I mean, I may only be a former Home Secretary, but I thought one of the things that the police did was gathered evidence in order that they could bring a case against people. But what do I know?
1:26.3	Well, quite. Most of our listeners have been asking that for
1:30.1	300 episodes jackie what what oh it's good oh dear I'm we're going to have to apologize in advance
1:40.9	because I am going to cough through this episode and I can't pause it every time I'm about about to so um I'm sorry about that in advance because I am going to cough through this episode and I can't pause it every time
1:44.7	I'm about about to so I'm sorry about that in advance but yes we are 300 episodes old which
1:51.9	means that on average I think our episodes are probably about 90 minutes long so that's 450 hours
1:59.1	oh my goded by 24.
2:02.6	That means that if you've listened to us right from the beginning, and I know many
2:06.2	people have actually gone through the back catalogue, you've spent 18.75 days of your life
2:11.8	listening to us Witter on.
2:14.3	Don't you feel proud of that?
2:16.5	We've spent, and I've spent 18 plus bits, days of my life,
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