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The New Statesman | UK politics and culture

NS #101: Athens and airports

The New Statesman | UK politics and culture

The New Statesman

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🗓️ 2 July 2015

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

We talk about the financial crisis in Greece, its domestic ramifications, and ask whether the UK really needs another runway. (Helen Lewis, Stephen Bush, George Eaton, Matina Stevis, Caroline Crampton, Jonn Elledge, Anoosh Chakelian)

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Tees and sees apply. Check the Uber app. Hello and to Matina Stevis, he's currently in Athens. And finally, a new Shacadian, John Elage, and Caroline

1:14.8

Crampton talk about Heathrow Expansion and whether or not we need any new airports.

1:18.6

I'm joined into his studio, if we can call it by George Eaton our political editor and Stephen Bush,

1:26.6

the editor of The Staggers. George, I'm going to ask you first of all, because you've talked a little

1:30.0

bit in your column about how Cameron has kind of handled the Europe crisis that's ongoing.

1:35.0

How, you know, I mean he's in the lucky position I guess of not being a Eurozone leader, so it's Greece and its default or not his immediate concern but is this a

1:44.5

is this a crisis or an opportunity for him? Yes I think it is potentially an

1:50.1

opportunity because if Greece does leave the euro or even potentially the EU, then that

1:56.0

does strengthen the argument that you need a fundamental reconfiguration of the Union and

2:01.3

what it means, and that presents an opportunity for him to argue for far more

2:06.0

looser membership than he would achieve under his current

2:10.0

renegotiation proposals and of course inevitably when he delivered his

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