Q&A general election special
The News Agents
Global
4.1 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 14 June 2024
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Emily and Jon answer your General Election questions.
Editor: Tom Hughes
Senior Producer: Gabriel Radus
Social Media Editor: Georgia Foxwell
Video Production: : Rory Symon, Shane Fennelly & Arvind Badewal
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.2 | This is a global player original podcast. Welcome to our Friday Q&A, roller drums, fanfare of |
| 0:17.1 | trumpets, all the rest of it. And we're going to start with a question from Pete. |
| 0:22.6 | Pete says, I love the show and try not to miss an episode. I'm especially loving the election |
| 0:27.6 | coverage. I'd like to ask if John, Emily and Lewis had to stand for high office and against each other, |
| 0:34.3 | who would win? And why? Asking for a friend? I had to stand against each other. |
| 0:40.5 | I'm trying to imagine what that election would be and it would be terrible. Well, definitely not me. |
| 0:46.2 | Because... Why? Oh, come on. That's such a girly answer. Oh, it would be one of you boys who'd win. |
| 0:52.1 | No, no, no. I have a margarita problem. |
| 0:54.6 | Right. |
| 0:59.5 | I have a penchant, poncho, for dressing up in colourful costumes. |
| 1:00.2 | A penchant? |
| 1:02.6 | I can't believe you just said penchant. |
| 1:05.0 | You speak French fluently. |
| 1:06.9 | And you have just said... I'd be very, very ill-suited to high office. |
| 1:10.2 | You, on the other hand, I think would be excellent because you are sociable enough to glad-hand. |
| 1:15.3 | I've seen you moving around the building. |
| 1:17.0 | You glad-hand anyone you can, everyone you can. |
| 1:21.0 | No, I'm going to go for a scorched earth policy. |
| 1:23.4 | If I'm running against you and Lewis, it's going to be one of the dirtiest election campaigns in history. |
| 1:29.5 | It is going to be muckraking. |
| 1:31.4 | It is going to be back to 1800 and John Adams against Vice President Thomas Jefferson, |
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