Is Britain really great? With Armando Iannucci | Westminster Reimagined
The Politics Show
The New Statesman
4.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2023
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
The writer, satirist and broadcaster Armando Iannucci returns to the New Statesman Podcast to co-host our fourth series of Westminster Reimagined. Across this season he is joined by co-host Anoosh Chakelian, Britain editor at the New Statesman, to explores parts of British public life he believes to be broken, and is joined by guests from inside and outside Westminster to work out how to fix them.
In this first episode of the season our hosts are joined by Alex von Tunzelmann, historian, screenwriter and author, and Ivan Rogers, former permanent representative of the UK to the European Union. In their careers they've both reflected on how Britain is seen on the international stage and the way its role in the world has been changing, and Armando and Anoosh want to know - is Britain really great, anymore?
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| 0:54.0 | Hi everyone, it's Anouche here. |
| 0:59.0 | Westminster reimagined is back with season 4. |
| 1:02.0 | In this series we'll be taking you out of the studio to find |
| 1:04.8 | out what young voters want, whether democracy is under threat, and we ask why don't |
| 1:09.6 | politicians care about happiness? Join us each Monday to hear the latest episode of |
| 1:14.0 | Westminster Reimagined on the New Statesman podcast or if you want to hear |
| 1:17.8 | previous episodes you can find them all on their own feed. Just search |
| 1:22.1 | Westminster Reimagined on your podcast app. Hello, I'm Anush. And I'm Amanda. |
| 1:34.0 | In this episode of Westminster Reimagined, we'll be joined by Alex von Tunselman, a historian, screenwriter, |
| 1:38.8 | and author, and Sir Ivan Rogers, former permanent representative of the UK to the European Union. |
| 1:44.8 | In their careers they've both reflected on how Britain is seen on the international stage and |
| 1:49.4 | the way its role in the world has been changing. |
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