NS#211: Local Elections Special

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🗓️ 8 May 2017

⏱️ 23 minutes

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In this bonus edition of the podcast, Helen and Stephen review the results of last week’s local elections: what do they prophesy for the parties of the Left and what does Andy Burnham’s win mean for Labour? Plus: the many ways in which Emmanuel Macron’s victory in France is a good thing – even for Brexit.

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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.
0:11.0	So no excuses not to visit your in-laws this Christmas.
0:16.5	Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply check the Uber app.
0:20.8	Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you slide by, on track to your
0:35.0	there.
0:40.0	the care in the world as you simply lean back.
0:37.0	And before you know it, you're there.
0:40.0	This is how travels should feel,
0:42.0	and on our trains it does.
0:45.0	Avanti West Coast feel good travel. Hi, I'm Stephen. And I'm Helen.
0:53.0	And welcome to the New Statesman special edition
1:05.4	podcast we're going to talk about the local elections what else and the metro
1:09.2	mayor results we're going to talk about whether or not Emmanuel Macron is now the fissest president out there.
1:14.0	And Stephen is going to make a huge apology for all the times that he's implied that Andy Burnham might
1:18.1	be a little bit rubbish. Nino, Nino, emergency podcast.
1:29.6	Except it's not really emergency podcast,
1:31.2	even, it's just a kind of luxury
1:32.6	podcast because I wasn't here last week although I did enjoy all the Helen
1:36.3	substitutes but you know it was like how I got news for you after the coke and
1:40.5	hookers thing with Angustapen. Except of course I was in Finland, not with coke and hookers.
1:46.0	More for you.
1:47.0	Let's talk about the local elections then, because I watched them from Finland, which was quite interesting
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