EMQs: Blunders, Bag Carriers and Biden’s Stammer
Political Currency
Persephonica
4.1 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2024
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Is the role of a PPS more than just a ‘bag carrier’ and when has it gone wrong? If Ed and George could have a cardboard cut out of any politician who would it be? And BBC Radio 4’s Amol Rajan asks Ed about Joe Biden’s stammer. Should the American President talk more openly about his speech impediment?
Plus, is the rise of the smartphone to blame for us all being less productive? And should 16 and 17 year olds have been allowed to vote in the Brexit referendum?
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