NS#171: Affection, factions and fandom

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🗓️ 8 September 2016

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Anoosh once again joins to co-host this week’s podcast. Shadow cabinet elections and Brexit strategy are both up for debate as Parliament returns from recess. George Eaton discusses the latest thinking on grammar schools. And culture writer Anna Leszkiewicz explores the language of political fandom. You also ask us: Will the boundary changes help Corbyn? (Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian, George Eaton, Anna Leszkiewicz)

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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. Check the Uber app.
0:20.0	Do you hear that?
0:27.0	It might sound like nothing to you, but it's actually the sound of nuclear, wind and solar energy.
0:31.0	At EDF, we're busy generating more British zero carbon
0:34.9	electricity than anyone to help keep future energy costs down for
0:38.3	everyone and help cut UK carbon emissions to nothing. Sound good to you? Find out more about our
0:44.8	zero carbon generation at edf energy.com slash helping Britain. Hello I'm Stephen and I'm a no. Yes Helen is once again not here for the New
1:05.3	Statesman podcast but she will be back next week. Anush has very kindly
1:08.9	agreed to step in. Helen might not be back but Parliament is effortless segue there.
1:15.0	What's, you know, how's their first couple of days back gone?
1:20.0	Yeah, I was in Westminster yesterday and I don't. May I have your attention please.
1:25.0	You can now book your train tickets on Uber
1:31.0	and get 10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to walk
1:36.7	home in the rain again.
1:38.0	Trains now on Uber.
1:42.0	T's and C's apply.
1:43.0	Check the Uber app.
1:46.0	I don't know how you felt because I think you were also stalking its corridors as well,
1:50.0	but it felt like a very, very tense mood, I thought.
1:54.1	I mean, at least among some of the labor staffers
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