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Oh God, What Now?

If I Only Had a Train

Oh God, What Now?

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News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.62.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

HS2 was greenlit over a decade ago and now the Manchester extension seems doomed. What does that say about Sunak’s priorities? Does he even have a mandate anymore? And even if he does, is it too late to make it make sense? Plus, hands up, who hates London? Will the UK ever sort out the North vs South debate? That’s Oh God, What Now? with Andrew Harrison, Alex Andreou and Marie Le Conte. “In the end it will just be two steam trains between two villages ironically named HS2.” – Alex Andreou. “A government has to follow through. There comes to a point where a debate has to come to an end.” – Alex Andreou. “If you take out finance and the oligarchs, London is as poor as anywhere else!” – Alex Andreou.  Thanks to this week's sponsors, the Disorder Podcast. You can listen here: https://linktr.ee/disorderpod We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVOIkIWUDtu7VrVcFs0OI0A  www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Andrew Harrison with Marie Le Conte and Alex Andreou. Producers: Chris Jones and Alex Rees. Social Media Producer: Jess Harpin. Audio production by: Alex Rees. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello, I'm Miranda Sawyer and I've got some news about the news.

0:03.8

By popular demand, paper cuts are brilliant podcasts

0:07.2

where we look at the madness and majesty of the daily press

0:10.4

is going five days a week.

0:12.6

That means you can hear my hilarious guests getting into the obsessions,

0:16.4

the weirdness and occasionally the triumphs of the Great British press

0:20.2

every day from Monday to Friday.

0:23.0

That's paper cuts now out mid-morning every weekday.

0:26.7

Follow us now on your favourite podcast app.

0:29.4

Paper cuts, we read the papers, so you don't have to.

0:40.9

Welcome to O God what now?

0:42.2

Here to take out the trash from this week's news,

0:44.2

but only after it's been separated into the correct bins.

0:47.2

I'm Andrew Harrison.

0:48.5

On today's show, as the backlash against scrapping HS2 grows,

0:52.7

we ask, what does Rishi Surak actually want?

0:55.7

Is it just a bang thing he doesn't like,

0:57.5

such as smoking and imaginary bins?

1:00.0

Does he have a vision beyond maths for everybody

1:02.4

and scrapping green policies that are supported by notorious eco-fascists

1:06.3

like the car industry?

1:07.7

With perhaps less than a year to go before the general election,

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