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The New Statesman: politics and culture

NS#180: Resignation, runways and Dr Strange

The New Statesman: politics and culture

The New Statesman

News & Politics, Society & Culture, News, Politics

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2016

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

This week, Helen and Stephen discuss the decision to build a third runway at Heathrow: is it right that collective cabinet responsibility has been suspended? And what are Zac Goldsmith’s chances in a by-election? Helen then shares her thoughts on the latest Marvel movie (to which Stephen was not invited). And you ask us: if Labour had the same system that it had in the 1970s, who would have won the 2015 leadership race? (Helen Lewis, Stephen Bush)

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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 Helen and I'm Stephen and welcome to the New Statesman podcast.

1:05.0

Yep it is an exciting week because finally after 48 years

1:11.0

this one I you know Harold, who we will all know than I love,

1:16.0

once said when he was setting up a commission,

1:19.0

takes seconds, wastes years.

1:21.0

We haven't, what we haven't done is told people what he's taking years to do.

1:25.0

And that is a third run rate at Heath Row.

1:27.0

So the government has announced that's its preferred option two, I would say, massive, massive shock, huge shock, massive shock among people not and as

1:36.4

promised Zach Goldsmith the MP for Richmond Park has resigned and there will now be a

1:42.2

by election which costs a reason I didn't realize a by

1:44.8

election cost about £250,000.

1:46.8

Yeah, they're expensive things to run because I mean one, the thing people always forget is you don't

1:51.5

get economies of scale, right? So you don't get economies of scale right so you don't get oh we've got X number of ballot papers X Y Z.

1:57.6

You know they're costly, costly affairs.

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