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The New Statesman | UK politics and culture

NS#226: Nish Kumar Special

The New Statesman | UK politics and culture

The New Statesman

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4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2017

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In this week's episode, Stephen and Anoosh touch on what makes a good political leader - from Emily Thornberry's impressive performance at this week's PMQs, to how Vince Cable is faring in his own leadership bid. They are then joined by the comedian and presenter, Nish Kumar, to discuss the racist outburst of Anna Marie Morris and the ethical choices behind satire. Plus, You Ask Us: which future Conservative leader should the opposition most fear? (You can catch Nish's new show, The Mash Report, next Thursday at 10pm on BBC2)

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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 Anush and in this week's news station podcast we talk about

1:04.3

Emily Thornbury's star turn at PMQs a Tory MP dropping the en bom

1:08.8

plus a special guest.

1:21.0

So we're joined by a substitute for Helen Lewis, our senior writer Anusha Kellyan. Hello.

1:22.0

And fittingly, at this week's PMQs we had a substitute for Theresa May

1:29.1

our interim Prime Minister because she was attending the visit of King Philippe of France so we had

1:35.2

Spain even don't worry you have not missed the restoration of the French

1:40.5

marquee although give Emmanuel Macron time, I'm sure.

1:44.0

But so we had an interim prime minister being filled in full by an interim

1:48.0

interim prime minister and Damian Green.

1:49.0

But of course the brilliant thing was that meant that we had Emily Thornbury time. I just love it when

1:55.2

the Prime Minister's away because you get someone filling in for the Prime Minister and

1:58.9

then you're like who is it going to be on the labor benches? I just remember it was always a bit you never knew if it was going to be on the labor benches. I just remember it was always a bit, you never knew if it was going to be Harriet Harmon or someone else. And this week we had Emily Thornbury, the Shadow Foreign Secretary, and she did an amazing job, I thought. All of her questions were about the consequences of walking away from the Brexit negotiations with no deal and what that would mean for Britain, but also what it would mean for the Tory party, which is extremely divided on the subject.

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