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Where Politics Meets History

475. My Ding-A-Ling - with Thangam Debbonaire

Where Politics Meets History

Global

News, History, Politics

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2024

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

Iain and guest co-host Thangam Debbonaire discuss her defeat to the Green Party in the general election - and the need to accept that defeat gracefully - along with the job Wes Streeting has ahead of him in tackling the problems within the NHS, the toxic culture of politics and the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, plus Thangam's new tattoo and what she's learnt about football during Euro 2024.

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0:00.0

Katie Bolter.

0:01.0

Oh wow.

0:02.0

Tennis is full of noise.

0:04.0

Pressure.

0:05.0

Manifest.

0:06.0

Intensity.

0:07.0

But what really makes me feel alive?

0:09.0

It's the focus in that quiet.

0:13.0

A moment to breathe.

0:17.0

To reset.

0:18.0

To hydrate.

0:20.0

That's what really makes me feel alive.

0:23.6

Britta, the official water partner of the LTA. Pick up Britta's filtration range online or at your

0:29.2

local store. This is a Global Player Original podcast. Well, this is the first post-Jacky

0:49.7

of the For the Many podcast, which it already feels weird.

0:55.8

But I am in good company.

0:59.5

Thangham Debener is with us and she's going to take care of me for the next 90 minutes.

1:03.0

And we're both going to try not to cry, aren't we?

1:06.4

There's been too much of that recently.

1:08.7

Far too much.

1:09.5

And I'm in a very jolly moody.

1:47.0

And anyway, isn't it a special day today? No tears necessary? Well, it supposedly is, well, it is my birthday. It is your birthday. So do we get to sing happy birthday or shall I just do that in interpretive dance? Actually, Chris has just reminded me on screen. Of course, I have done one with Sheila Fogarty, so this is the second one. Which actually went down a storm. Yes, I heard it. She was very popular. Of course she was. She's fabulous. Yes, it is my birthday. So happy birthday. 62. Can you believe? Oh, no, not really. You don't look a day over 61. Thank you. But the day did not get off to a good start because I went to the osteopath, which is exactly what you want to do on your birthday, isn't it? Because I've got a bit of a back issue. Oh dear. Which has reoccurred. But it's very boring for other people. It's our time of life, isn't it? Well, no, I started when I was 20. Oh gosh. I jumped off my dad's Combine Harvester. Why? And literally went completely, I couldn't move for 20 minutes.

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