Failing Grayling, mask madness and an ice cream dream

The Two Matts

The New World

News, News Commentary, Government, Politics

4.4 • 523 Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2020

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Richard Porritt and Steve Anglesey return to shine a light on another week in British politics.

The pair discuss Chris Grayling's failure to win a rigged election, the Brexiteers refusing to wear masks, the government's latest advertising campaign and how Only Fools and Horses characters would have voted in the referendum.

Richard talks to Fredo Rockwell about his long campaign to find out the favourite ice cream flavours of the great and good.

And, of course, another Brexiteer of the Week is crowned.

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1:01.0	Hello, welcome to the New European Podcast. My name is Richard Porritt and I'm joined by Steve Anglesey.
1:06.9	Hello, Snowflakes. Hello, Richard. This is exciting, isn't it? Yes. We should probably tweet a picture out of something, you know, is the first time since I reckon March the 17th.
1:19.6	We're together again. We are back together. We are sat across a desk. Don't worry, there is enough social distancing in this new podcast studio, so we are not,
1:29.0	we're not infecting each other. But we are back and we can, and the vibe is so much better.
1:35.2	It's nice, isn't it? It's so much better, because I can see, I can see every wrinkle on your face,
1:39.1	Steve. And there are many of them, aren't there? I think you've had a good lockdown, actually. Somebody said I was tan the other day, and I did think, you know, is it just dirt?
1:51.4	Is it, have I just let personal hygiene slide during the lockdown?
1:56.0	Lockdown tan?
1:57.0	Well, I mean, I had that week off, where, of course, I didn't actually have a week off, because I still, dear listener, came to see you and did the podcast. But, yeah, I spent some time in the sun, and it was lovely. It was lovely. We did have some time in the sod. You're looking good. A little bit bronzed. Mainly in the bits you can't see. Good. Because I was doing proper sunbathing with tiny speedos. Oh, marvellous. Sexy Beast style.
2:18.3	Absolutely.
2:19.1	Yeah, yeah.
2:19.6	That was me for that week.
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