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Political Currency

EMQs: Political Mishearings

Political Currency

Persephonica

Business, Economy, George Osborne, Westminster, Politics, News, Money, Ed Balls

4855 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

This week, George Osborne and Ed Balls consider: should economic decisions be confined to the Treasury and the Prime Minister? Or is the room for wider cabinet discussion? 


Meanwhile, Lyanne Nicholl, the CEO of 50:50 Parliament – an organisation dedicated to driving more female representation in government – asks Ed and George to share their most positive words of wisdom for someone weighing a career in politics. The pair reveal the women they’ve encouraged to go into the government game, and where they think barriers persist. 


They also mull the costs Britain would face were it to join the customs union – and is a Welsh referendum ever going to be a reality? 


Plus, they share when mishearing something has led to some political awkwardness all round … 


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