Alan Partridge on Liz Truss

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

On the day when the country’s attention turned to BBC local radio as Liz Truss did the morning interview round, we hear what Steve Coogan, and Alan Partridge, make of the PM. Also on with Adam, Chris and Jo is BBC broadcasting legend David Dimbleby, who has some choice words about the economic challenges people in the country are facing. And, Tory MP Bim Afolami explains why he’s still got full confidence in the prime minister and chancellor. Newscast was hosted by Adam Fleming, Political Editor Chris Mason and Politics Live presenter Jo Coburn. This episode of Newscast was made by Chris Flynn and Danny Wittenberg. The assistant editor was Alison Gee. The editor was Jonathan Aspinwall.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.9	Hello again, Joe. Adam, it's been a while.
0:08.3	Yeah, that's fine, but I want to know, what did you have for breakfast this morning?
0:11.8	I had a late breakfast, it was a brunch.
0:15.4	Oh, because you were listening to Liz Traster, Prime Minister, doing a series of local radio
0:19.6	interviews.
0:20.6	I would.
0:21.6	I would. It was gripping. I couldn't pull myself away.
0:24.5	Here she is talking to Rima Armed on BBC Leeds this morning.
0:28.2	Since Friday, since your Chancellor quasi-quarting's mini budget, the pound has dropped to a record
0:34.0	low. The IMF has said that you should re-value it your policies, and the Bank of England
0:39.0	has had to spend £65 billion to prop up the markets because of what they describe as
0:45.2	a material risk. Where have you been?
0:48.4	Well, I think we've got to remember the situation we were facing this winter.
0:55.5	In this episode of Newscast, we will be getting reaction to that from the imaginary godfather
1:00.2	of local radio.
1:01.2	Well, he starts dating a woman called Katrina, who he thinks is marvellous, and she has
1:07.0	beach-planned hair and drives a ranger over.
1:09.1	And Traster asks, well, he says, what she likes, and he goes, what she's a bit like,
1:13.9	Liz Traster. So I'm meeting a later.
1:17.1	That's it. That's it.
1:19.7	Alan Partridge and Liz Traster.
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