Good chaps, bad chaps - how British politics went bent
The Two Matts
The New World
4.2 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2024
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
The Matts are joined by Simon Kuper, FT journalist and author of Good Chaps - an extraordinary book exposing the collapse of morality at the heart of British politics. It’s a terrific conversation shedding light on how things got so bad so fast from Thatcher to Truss … and, as bit of a diversion, we also chat about Paris - another of Simon’s passions and subject of his book The Impossible City, described by Matt K as the second best memoir on Paris he’s ever read. The best? You’ll have to listen to find out. Enjoy!
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| 1:21.7 | But what did we talk about this episode? |
| 1:23.0 | We had the very brilliant Simon Cooper, who's just published a wonderful book about corruption in the system, which is kind of perfectly time for the election. |
| 1:31.5 | But we talked about other things too. |
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