George reveals the election date!
Political Currency
Persephonica
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🗓️ 11 January 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
General election fever begins as George shares his insider tip on when the country can expect to go to the polls. But the new year has kicked off with new problems for political leaders. What do they need to get in order first?
How can they tackle a much older issue that’s been dominating politics this week? The ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office has captured the public’s imagination and led to demands for justice. Ed and George reflect on how they missed the story the first time round, and whether it will change the role of local MPs.
And as war rages on in Ukraine and between Israel and Gaza, Ed and George examine the Taiwanese election, which could have the potential to trigger more global conflict if the result doesn’t please China. What should you look out for as the island goes to the polls this weekend?
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| 0:00.0 | BP is working to bring more lower carbon energy to the UK, like designing two hydrogen plants, |
| 0:06.2 | and we're keeping oil and gas flowing from the North Sea. It's and not all. That's how BP is backing Britain. |
| 0:13.0 | While today we're mostly in oil and gas we increased the proportion of our |
| 0:16.8 | global annual investment that went into our lower carbon and other |
| 0:19.8 | transition businesses from around 3% in 2019 to around 23% in 2023. |
| 0:26.4 | BP.com slash and not all. |
| 0:29.1 | This episode is brought to you by G.S.K. |
| 0:35.0 | We're lucky to live in a time when many of us can access medicine when we become ill, |
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| 1:09.6 | Visit gsk.com to learn more. This is political currency with Edballs and George Osborne. So happy New Year, new year, we're back in the studio for the first time after the Christmas New Year. We're back in the studio for the first time after the Christmas New Year |
| 1:45.0 | break. But of course last week we had our special deep dive history session inside the room, |
| 1:51.7 | the Coalition Talks and we've had really good feedback. |
| 1:55.1 | Loads of people have clearly enjoyed listening to it and lots of people |
| 1:58.7 | suggesting different historical moments which we could deep dive into over the course of the year. |
| 2:04.0 | Yeah, I think what people liked was not just the history, but the fact that it might have some relevance to the future, |
| 2:10.0 | because we might have coalition talks in 20, who knows. |
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