Andrew Marr: "If I were Sunak, I'd be wailing under the table"
The Politics Show
The New Statesman
4.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Everything's been going so badly for the prime minister, one can't help but admire the fact that he's carrying on.
Hannah Barnes, associate editor, is joined by Andrew Marr, political editor, to discuss the developments in the betting scandal, how Nigel Reform lost the right, and why Labour failed to win over the Murdoch empire.
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| 0:30.1 | This is a story about a fugitive who's been on the run for more than 30 years. |
| 0:35.6 | A good American is a dead American. |
| 0:39.1 | And the special agent who spent decades trying to bring him to justice. |
| 0:43.0 | If he had hung himself, I wouldn't have lost no wink asleep. |
| 0:46.0 | It's about a man whose crimes appear to have simply drifted away. |
| 0:51.0 | Or have they? I'm Chloe Hadgemotho. From Tortoise, this is The Gas Man. |
| 0:58.0 | Listen wherever you get your podcasts. The New Statesman. |
| 1:07.0 | Statesman. |
| 1:11.0 | Hello, I'm Hannah Barnes, Associate editor at the New Statesman and you're listening to the New Statesman podcast. |
| 1:17.0 | During this general election campaign we're bringing you new episodes every weekday with updates on party policy |
| 1:24.3 | announcements reaction from around the UK and the latest polling |
| 1:27.8 | analysis from our experts. It's Tuesday that means I'm joined in the studio by the new statesman's political editor |
| 1:35.2 | Andrew Mob. Hello Andrew. Hello Hannah. Let's kick off with developing news on |
| 1:40.7 | Stop the Betts, Betting Gate, gambling, whatever we want to call it. |
| 1:45.9 | The Conservative Party have finally taken the action today to suspend the two candidates who |
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