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🗓️ 18 April 2019
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
On this week's New Statesman Podcast, Helen Lewis and Stephen Bush are joined by Anoosh Chakelian for an episode looking at politics beyond Westminster – firstly in Wales, and then discussing local elections in Maidenhead and Hartlepool. Then, in You Ask Us, they're recommending ways to enjoy your politics-free week as Parliament heads to recess.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there is Dan Snow. My podcast History is currently sponsored by Ridley Scott's new action |
| 0:06.6 | epic film Napoleon, starring Wackeem Phoenix and Vanessa Kirby in Cinemas now. |
| 0:13.2 | It's here at last folks. |
| 0:14.8 | It's a sumptuous, wild fantastical depiction |
| 0:18.2 | of the life of Napoleon. |
| 0:20.0 | This genius commander who won victories from Portugal to the pyramids and the gates of Moscow. |
| 0:26.4 | The movie tracks the kind of relentless journey of Napoleon Bonaparte to the pinnacle of power, |
| 0:31.8 | through the prism of his addictives his volatile relationship with his one true love Josephine |
| 0:36.6 | You get the politics you get the romance |
| 0:39.4 | But against the backdrop of some of the most extraordinary battle sequences I've ever seen film. |
| 0:44.6 | This movie is an event. |
| 0:46.2 | You're going to want to see it on the biggest screen possible. |
| 0:49.0 | Book tickets to see Napoleon in Cinemas and IMAX now. This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats. |
| 1:09.0 | So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's. |
| 1:15.0 | Trains, now on Uber. Tees and seas apply. Check the Uber app. Hello I'm Helen and I'm Stephen and welcome to this week's new states from podcast in In a special episode, we look ahead to be local and European elections with A noose Chicalion. |
| 1:36.5 | I talk about my trip to Wales. |
| 1:38.0 | A noose talks about her trip to Hartlepool. |
| 1:40.0 | And we answer, what can we do now that there's no Parliament for a week? |
| 1:43.0 | Hello and welcome to a special recess week version of the new |
| 1:53.7 | new sex and podcast we're recording this on Monday and we have lured into the |
| 1:56.8 | podcast bunker a new chakadian hello hello I want to start with you though |
| 2:01.3 | Stephen because your column in the magazine this week is |
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