478. The Handy Bookshelf - with Jo Phillips

Where Politics Meets History

Global

News, History, Politics

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Iain's co-host this time is political commentator Jo Phillips, who first got Iain into radio. As well as discussing their friendship and how they met, they tackle the enormous news of Biden dropping out and whether Kamala Harris could win in November. Also, the Leeds riot, whether the government will spend big on public sector pay, universities pleading poverty, anti-tourist protests in Europe, what next for the Conservatives and loads more too!

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0:00.0	This is a Global Player Original podcast.
0:15.9	Hello and welcome to another edition of the For the Many podcast.
0:19.8	It is PJ.
0:21.9	Or somebody who sent me an email the other day saying it should be BJ.
0:25.9	I can't remember what the beast would follow.
0:29.4	No, not that.
0:32.3	PJ plus four now because we've done Sheila.
0:36.2	We've done Thangham and we've done Harriet.
0:38.2	And today it is the turn of Joe Phillips. Hello.
0:41.6	Hello, PJJP.
0:43.5	Indeed. Oh no, that was me being very unprofessional and not having silenced my laptop.
0:48.6	Now, for those people who don't know who you are, I can't imagine there can be many.
0:54.0	But who are you?
0:55.5	Well, you have known me for a very long time, Ian, way before you were a broadcaster.
1:00.5	You and I go back to the days of Politico's bookshop, which was the place to be in Westminster.
1:06.6	I worked for Paddy Ashton.
1:08.0	I was his press secretary during the 90s and have knocked around Westminster for a very long time.
1:14.5	Knocked around being the...
1:15.5	Well, yes, quite. Let's draw a veil over that.
1:19.0	But it was very handy having that bookshelf at the back, you know.
1:22.5	Anyway, so...
1:24.2	We didn't get any of that from Harriet Harmon.
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