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Oh God, What Now?

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News, Politics, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 26 August 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Levelling up goes down the drain as its champion Gove vanishes. Whatever happened to the Tory pledge to the re-grout the Red Wall? Plus, as sewage on the beaches turns us into the dirty man of Europe, is the case for nationalising utilities now unanswerable? This week’s guest is Anand Menon, director of The UK in a Changing Europe think tank. “If the Tories have a plan, they are not sharing it with us yet… and that is causing a lot of anger.” – Ros Taylor “There's not much space for levelling up when you're in full crisis mode." – Ros Taylor "Did Tory MPs vote for shit to be pumped into rivers? No. Did they stop it? No." – Alex Andreou www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Dorian Lynskey with Alex Andreou and Ros Taylor. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Producers: Alex Rees, Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic. Assistant Producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:02.7	Hello and welcome to O-God What Now. I'm Dorian Linske. Let's meet the people who would
1:11.5	be wading through politics dirty water this week. Ross Taylor is a writer and commentator
1:16.0	currently working on her first book on the future of Trust Hi-Ros. Hello, Dorian.
1:20.6	Liz Trust has said that she won't need an ethics advisor. Why on earth would she say
1:24.6	that? Given the damage done by Sleeve scandals this past year? Yeah, this is just extraordinary
1:29.7	because it seems to me this is a very easy win for her trust. She can even decide who it's
1:34.7	going to be. It's not as if some independent committee appoints the ethics advisor. The
1:39.2	prime minister appoints the ethics advisor to advise them on the ministerial code. She
1:44.2	could adopt some yes-man or woman if she wishes to. And just don't do any bad ethics.
1:48.8	Yeah, I know. But you know, she explained that there are already too many independent
1:53.3	bodies and rules and regulations in this country. And that was why she wouldn't. And
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