Mitch Benn on the end of Truss

The Two Matts

The New World

News, News Commentary, Government, Politics

4.4 • 523 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In this week's episode, comedian Mitch Benn joins Steve Anglesey, Eleanor Longman-Rood and Matt Withers to discuss the fall of Liz Truss and what comes next. Should there be a general election? Where are they hiding Kwasi Kwarteng? And what job could Truss do (badly) next? Plus Nadine Dorries and David Frost join the Hall of Shame this week. Enjoyed this episode? Let us know by tweeting @TheNewEuropean

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Before we go any further, I realise that many of you must have been listening to this podcast thinking,
0:05.2	I really like this. I really like the sound of the New European, but I'm not quite sure I want to
0:10.4	spend loads of money to find out if I do like it. So I have got a proposal for you, a whole month
0:17.2	of the New European for one pound. If you like it, you can carry on paying five pounds a month.
0:23.1	That's a little more than a pound a week. But if you've been sitting there thinking I'd like to get
0:28.1	the New European, but I'm not sure I really want to spend the money, now's the time to go for it.
0:33.9	Just one pound and it's yours for a month. Go to the new European.com.ukuk
0:40.2	forward slash two mats. This offer is the best you'll get anywhere and it's exclusive to two
0:47.1	mats podcast listeners. And you can cancel any time you like. So it's an unrepeatable offer to
0:53.5	dip your toe into a whole new world of
0:56.5	journalism. Hello, this is Steve Anglesey, the editor of the New European. We recorded this podcast
1:02.0	shortly before Liz Truss confirmed what we all suspected that she was going to resign as the leader
1:07.5	of the Conservative Party and that she wouldn't be Prime Minister for very much longer.
1:11.9	And there was much rejoicing.
1:14.4	Here's the podcast. We hope you enjoy it.
1:20.9	Hello Snowflakes and welcome back to the New European podcast.
1:24.7	My name is Steve Anglesey. I'm the editor of the New European. Who's the Prime
1:29.0	Minister as you're listening to this? Who knows? Joining me today in momentous political times from
1:35.0	the tofu eating walkerati, Eleanor Longmanrood. Hello, Ellie. Hello, Steve. And from the
1:41.2	Anti- Growth Coalition, it's Matt with us. Hello, Matt. Hello there. Coming up on the New European podcast, comedian Mitch Ben on the last days of Liz Truss and what comes after. And of course, we will be putting more malignant ministers, bogus backbenchers, poisonous pundits, all going into our hall of shame.
2:00.2	Before that, if you enjoy what we do at the New European,
2:03.0	there really is no better way to support us than by subscribing. To make that decision easier,
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The New World, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The New World and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.