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The Bunker – News without the nonsense

Britain abroad – Why do we have such a bad reputation?

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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News, Government, Politics, Society & Culture

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Brits have a bad reputation abroad – but what about Britain as a whole? To discuss how other countries look at Britain, Rafael Behr speaks to FT journalist Michael Peel, author of What Everyone Knows About Britain (*Except the British).  • “Looking at Britain from overseas made Brexit easier to see coming.” – Michael Peel  Buy What Everyone Knows About Britain (*Except the British) through our affiliate bookshop and you’ll help fund The Bunker by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org’s fees help support independent bookshops too. We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to Indeed.com/bunker for £100 sponsored credit. www.patreon.com/bunkercast    Written and presented by Rafael Behr. Producer: Eliza Davis Beard. Audio editor: Simon Williams. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson and artwork by James Parrett. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Instagram | Twitter   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:17.0

Britain has been having a bit of a shocker in the last decade or so. Four prime ministers in five years

1:22.4

alone, a stagnant economy, public services

1:25.2

falling apart, and even the people who voted for Brexit struggle to see any upside.

1:29.2

That's what it's felt like, but what has it all looked like from abroad?

1:34.4

And if it looks different, why?

1:37.4

What are the people looking in from the outside see that those of us on the inside are missing. Do the non-British understand some things

1:44.4

about Britain better than the British themselves? One person who's well

1:48.9

qualified to answer that question is Michael Peel. He's a Financial Times journalist who has spent much of the past two decades

1:55.5

working as a foreign correspondence across Africa, Europe and Asia. But he's back now and he's

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