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Brexit, Media, And The UK In Trump Times

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4.66K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Virginia Heffernan talks to Guardian reporter Carole Cadwalladr, bypassing Trump’s UK visit to talk conservatism and Facebook, Nigel Farage, Julian Assange, Brexit, and much more. Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

For those mistakes made by the EU that cost the UK a lot of money and a lot of harm,

0:07.5

I would have put that on the table, whether it's in the form of litigation or the form of

0:13.2

a request, but they chose not to do that.

0:16.3

And I just think it's very hard for the UK to get a good deal when you go into a negotiation

0:24.8

that way.

0:26.2

At the same time, I can't blame the European Union because they had very little to lose.

0:32.4

They were willing to give so little, it was always so tough.

0:35.6

You talk about these protesters and they're what I call the usual suspects.

0:40.9

They're the people that tell off the protests that absolutely everything including my meetings,

0:44.4

of course, but among them, more significantly, was one Jeremy Corbyn.

0:48.8

I sort of have had to expect from 11-year-old, but it's for him to decide how he behaves,

0:52.1

not for me to respond and I like that.

0:54.4

I think it's beneath me to do childish tweets and then call them.

1:02.9

Hello and welcome to Trumpcast, I'm Virginia Heffernan.

1:05.4

I am a little too excited about my guest today, Carol Cadwalleter, the crackerjack reporter

1:11.7

for the Guardian on all things Brexit, election and referendum tampering,

1:17.3

Trump and Nigel Farage and that repacious empire of deceit, Facebook.

1:23.0

I was talking to my partner this morning about how brilliant and fantastic and stylish and brave

1:28.1

Carol Cadwalleter is and he took a look at her TED Talk from a couple of months ago and said,

1:32.8

well, that's because she looks and talks like you and she was born in 1969 when you were born.

1:39.4

Anyway, Carol is also Sui Generus, she spent the last two and a half years exposing the truth

1:45.0

of the Brexit referendum and how influence ops, often Russian, went into securing the Ilgatan

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