EMQs: Time to take Trump seriously?

Political Currency

Persephonica

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

4 • 855 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

George Osborne and Ed Balls are back for their first round of questions of the year, ready to mull the big conundrums of 2025! Craig Oliver, former director of Politics and Communications in David Cameron’s No 10, asks the pair to weigh in on the upcoming Trump Presidency. Do we need to take him seriously – and literally – this time around?

In the wake of our Inside No 10: David Cameron - The First Six Months series, should Labour have taken a leaf from the Cameron/Osborne era and painted a fuller picture of their economic approach while in opposition? And, Ed and George consider Keir Starmer’s national security adviser – is there anything amiss with the appointment of Jonathan Powell? Or does it make sense?

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0:00.0	Welcome to political currency.
0:02.0	Now, do you want to become a member of our special kitchen cabinet?
0:06.6	A kitchen cabinet to Ed and me.
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0:20.3	Plus, of course, early and ad-free listening, bonus content and the chance to support our work on political currency.
0:26.2	To find out how to subscribe, check out the details in the show notes.
0:32.2	The Chancellor of the Exchequer.
0:34.6	Getting a lesson from the Shadow Chancellor in how to balance the books, it's like getting a lesson
0:38.3	from Dracula and how to look after a blood back.
0:40.3	Ed Balls.
0:42.3	As steady as she goes, budget.
0:45.3	What kind of ship does he think he's on, the Titanic?
0:48.3	They're merry, Celeste.
0:49.3	Welcome to EMQs from Political Currency.
0:52.3	With Ed Balls and George Osborne.
1:04.6	Hello, welcome to ex-minister's questions, EMQs, our first question session of the new year.
1:07.1	Yes, we're just back from our Christmas New Year break.
1:12.0	And what we established, I think, before Christmas when we recorded one of our EMQ episodes,
1:16.9	is that you're really a conservative, aren't you? I mean, small, see you're conservative. And you like to spend Christmas a new year watching Where Eagles Dare and the first 30 minutes, I think it is,
1:24.4	of saving Private Ryan on New Year's Eve. And I just want, you're still a conservative.
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