NS#231: It's (New) Party Time
The New Statesman | UK politics and culture
The New Statesman
4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2017
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Helen is joined by Anoosh to consider whether a new political party would have any chance of success in the UK. Then they discuss the TV shows everyone really likes to watch but doesn't admit to and analyse why the quality of Don't Tell The Bride has declined. Finally, a bumper You Asked Us section including listener questions on social care, punching Nazis, the Tory economic agenda and more.
Follow Helen on Twitter @helenlewis and Anoosh @anoosh_c
Further reading:
The NS centenary debate from 2013 - did the left win the twentieth century?
Meet the Ivanka Voter by Anne Helen Petersen on Buzzfeed.
How Don't Tell the Bride lost its spark
Take Me Out and the failures of feminism by Alan White.
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| 0:21.1 | Anush you know the rules phones off in the studio. |
| 0:24.0 | Rachel, you too. |
| 0:25.0 | Spill the beans guys, what's so important you're having to read right now? |
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| 0:31.0 | It's like having a personalized news concierge. Really? the news |
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