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The Politics Show

Grade A While the Sun Shined

The Politics Show

The New Statesman

News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.21.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

On this week's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush and Ailbhe Rea discuss the rest of the UK following Scotland in receiving a controversial set of A-level results. Then, in You Ask Us, they take some listener feedback on Priti Patel and ask what makes her a good political operator.


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There are around 48,000 new cases of lung cancer every year in the UK, but it doesn't affect everyone equally.

0:08.7

Incident rates are far higher in deprived areas, and there's too often a a postcode lottery when it comes to that

0:14.8

all important early diagnosis. The New Statesman podcast is sponsored by MSD, a research

0:21.0

intensive global bio-pharmaceutical company active in several key areas of global health

0:26.4

including immunization and oncology. They've recorded a special sponsored episode with the New Statesman Podcast in which thought leaders explore

0:34.7

how the UK can and must tackle health inequalities to deliver early diagnosis and treatment.

0:41.5

Listen to the episode now.

0:43.0

Look for lung cancer inequalities in the New Statesman Podcast feed.

0:48.0

The New Statesman Podcast is sponsored by the Center for Progressive Policy.

0:54.4

New Statesman Podcasts listeners are invited to their free annual conference which this year asks,

1:00.0

Can Labor deliver fair growth?

1:02.0

Labor has put economic growth at the Can Labour deliver fair growth?

1:03.0

Labour has put economic growth at the heart of its pitch for power,

1:06.6

but under tight constraints can the party deliver?

1:09.8

Join inspiring political and economic thinkers at the Royal Society in London on the 28th of November

1:15.8

for a day of debate and discussion with a keynote speech by Ed Miliband.

1:20.6

Search Inclusive Growth Conference to book your free ticket now. On today's new statement podcast we talk about exam results in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and you ask us why do you think

1:45.9

Pratypotels a good political operator anyway?

1:52.4

So exam results are out after a fashion in Wales Northern Ireland and England using a version of the

2:00.9

moderation process similar but different to the one used in

2:04.3

Scotland last week causing a great deal of pressure in particular on Gavin

2:08.6

Williamson, the Secretary of State for Education in England.

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