EMQs: Should David Beckham be knighted?

Political Currency

Persephonica

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

4 • 855 Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

A somewhat sporty one this episode, as in the wake of a Davos meet, George Osborne and Ed Balls consider: Why hasn’t David Beckham been knighted yet? Lady Posh Spice would just sound so good.

Meanwhile, Former Minister for Sport Tracey Crouch asks if there’s any way to keep politics out of sport under Trump’s presidency. With a World Cup and an Olympics games in the US this year, what will be at stake under the new administration?

And, the pair slip into professor mode to break down a few lessons of the Chancellor. What is the oft-discussed bond market? And while they are at it,what actually is Downing Street’s “The Grid”?

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0:34.3	As a data center, I love talking networking.
0:37.7	So when Nokia dropped by the other day, we had a great conversation.
0:40.8	Nokia?
0:41.6	What?
0:42.1	Yes, Nokia's and data centers.
0:44.1	They have the entire networking portfolio.
0:46.4	Anyway, I said...
0:47.6	The Nokia?
0:48.9	Yes, the Nokia.
0:50.2	They connect inside, they interconnect outside.
0:52.2	So I said, can you help me be really AI ready?
0:55.7	And they just smiled.
0:57.0	Really?
0:58.1	Really.
0:59.7	Get your data center AI ready.
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