Can Oasis bring back Cool Britannia?
The Politics Show
The New Statesman
4.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Noel and Liam Gallagher have managed the impossible. They've apparently buried the hatchet and announced that Oasis is coming back in 2025. Is this the return of Cool Britannia?
Rachel Cunliffe, associate editor, is joined by George Eaton, senior editor, to answer listener questions about ex-MP's jobs, SPADs, and the politics of Britpop.
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| 1:08.0 | Hello George! |
| 1:09.0 | Okay, so the first is from Sam Wise, and they ask, have any Tories taken any jobs of note since losing their seat recently? |
| 1:18.0 | Are there any jobs that an ex-MP should not be going into due to being controversial or otherwise? |
| 1:23.6 | Well, this is a really interesting question. |
| 1:25.6 | I'm assuming that Samwise, great Lord of the Rings reference by the way, |
| 1:30.2 | is talking mostly about conservatives MPs who lost their seats in July and we're |
| 1:37.6 | recording this at the end of August and for the most part I think that particular |
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