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🗓️ 3 March 2023
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There’s been no official announcement, but the mood music suggests Joe Biden will seek a second term. If he does run in 2024, and if he wins, he would be 86 by the time he leaves office. Part of Biden’s appeal in 2020 was his electability, but that seems less assured now. Are Democrats making a mistake by not looking elsewhere?
The Economist’s Elliott Morris considers what the polls tell us about Biden’s popularity. We go back to the last time a president chose not to seek reelection. And Democratic strategist Lis Smith assesses the strength of the Democratic bench.
John Prideaux hosts with Charlotte Howard and Idrees Kahloon.
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0:00.0 | Thinking about spilling the tea? |
0:02.2 | WhatsApp has multiple layers of protection. |
0:04.6 | With enter-end encryption, no one but those in the chat can see it. |
0:07.8 | Which means you can spill the whole pot. |
0:09.8 | And with chat lock, you can password protect your most personal chats. |
0:13.3 | So you can spill the beans too. |
0:15.0 | And when all the features work together, |
0:17.1 | you can spill everything on the table without worrying about clean-up. |
0:21.0 | Because you can make it disappear at the press of a button. |
0:24.0 | So don't just spill the tea. |
0:25.6 | Spill it all. |
0:26.8 | WhatsApp message privately with multiple layers of protection. |
0:29.9 | On a sunny Manchester afternoon, in August 1996, |
0:39.9 | a young Norwegian footballer made his debut. |
0:42.9 | It was the 64th minute, |
0:44.9 | and searching for a goal to level the match, |
0:47.9 | the manager had turned to his bench. |
0:49.9 | The substitution worked, |
0:51.9 | and mere six minutes into his life |
0:53.9 | as a Manchester United player, |
0:55.9 | Oligana Solshar scored. |
0:58.9 | It was a fitting start to a career in which he would become known |
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