Not Another Brexit Podcast
The New Statesman | UK politics and culture
The New Statesman
4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2019
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
On this week's New Statesman Podcast, Helen Lewis and Stephen Bush are talking about... Brexit. Sorry. But also the public policy issues that might have slipped your attention in You Ask Us, and Helen interviews author John Lanchester about his new book The Wall.
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| 0:00.0 | Attention at all passengers. You can now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in Uber credits to spend on your next train journey. |
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| 0:33.0 | 2023 has been the deadliest year for natural disasters since 2010, with over 75,000 deaths, predominantly from earthquakes and floods. 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. Hello I'm Stephen and I'm Helen and on this week's news station podcast we don't talk about Brexit that's a lie we do talk about the bits of the |
| 1:36.8 | public realm that are falling apart and I interviewed John Manchester author of |
| 1:40.5 | the war. Well if you don't want to hear about Brexit then you've come to the |
| 1:50.8 | wrong place because unfortunately it enters now it's nine |
| 1:53.9 | billionth year. Stephen I think the most useful thing that we can do apart from |
| 1:57.1 | ending this all in the sweet release of death is talk people through what are |
| 2:00.5 | going to happen with the amendments that are coming down next |
| 2:02.6 | week so tell me about it's the bill is coming back to the house this is plan B which is |
| 2:06.9 | appears to be plan A and a funny mustache. Theresa May's deal is coming back to |
| 2:11.7 | the house on the on Monday. |
| 2:12.8 | Yeah on Monday and the votes are on Tuesday night again. |
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