New Statesman Podcast Live: 2018 in review
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The New Statesman
4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2018
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
From Brexit, Windrush and an unending sense of political crisis at home, to Trump, civil war and the rise of the far right abroad, this year proved to be as surreal and terrifying as the last.
On the live podcast panel: our associate editor, Helen Lewis; our special correspondent, Stephen Bush; our political correspondent, Patrick Maguire; our senior writer, Anoosh Chakelian; and our online editor, Jonn Elledge, looking back on yet another tumultuous year in politics and discussing their predictions for the year ahead.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats. |
| 0:11.0 | So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's. |
| 0:15.0 | Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. |
| 0:20.0 | Check the Uber app. 2023 has been the deadliest year for natural disasters since 2010, with over 75,000 deaths, predominantly from earthquakes and floods. |
| 0:33.0 | That's according to the 2023 Q3 Global Catastrophe Recap report |
| 0:38.0 | from Global Professional Services firm Aeon, which is sponsoring the New Statesman Podcast. |
| 0:43.6 | These disasters also have a huge economic impact. |
| 0:46.7 | While global insured losses from natural disaster events had reached 88 billion by the close |
| 0:52.1 | of the third quarter, economic losses totaled 295 billion, |
| 0:57.3 | highlighting a considerable protection gap. Aeon provides advice and solutions to businesses in over 120 countries to help them navigate |
| 1:06.4 | volatility, enhance resilience and make better decisions. |
| 1:10.6 | You can access its research and reporting at AON.com. |
| 1:14.0 | Search AON Global Catastrophe Recap to get started. Please join us, Anisha Karelia, Patrick McGuire and John Elage. |
| 1:36.0 | So we thought we'd bring on some of our other regular podcast ease in order that you could get to see their faces as well as hear |
| 1:44.5 | their angelic voices. |
| 1:45.7 | John, let's start off. |
| 1:46.7 | Why don't you tell us who your heroes and villains of 2018 were? |
| 1:50.3 | Okay, I like that I get to go first because this means I can go the villain, my all-time favourite, Mr. Chris Grayling, |
| 1:56.0 | who miraculously still has a job. |
| 2:00.0 | Unlike a lot of the people reliant on the train network he's responsible for I suspect |
| 2:05.0 | but it's just like it's baffling isn't it how like what do you have to do to get fired |
| 2:09.2 | from this like trash fire of a government? That was an actual question, like please somebody tell me. |
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