Shock Waves
The Politics Show
The New Statesman
4.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2020
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
On this week's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss the prospect of a second wave and Ailbhe gives the team an update on the situation in Belfast. Then, in You Ask Us, they take your questions on the chances of Boris Johnson (politically) surviving another round of covid-19 shutdown.
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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 | There are around 48,000 new cases of lung cancer every year in the UK, but it doesn't affect everyone equally. |
| 0:31.0 | Incident rates are far higher in deprived areas and there's too often a post-code lottery |
| 0:36.1 | when it comes to that all-important early diagnosis. |
| 0:40.0 | The New Statesman Podcast is sponsored by MSD, a research intensive global bio pharmaceutical company |
| 0:46.2 | active in several key areas of global health, including immunization and oncology. |
| 0:51.8 | They've recorded a special sponsored episode with the New Statesman |
| 0:54.9 | podcast in which thought leaders explore how the UK can and must tackle health |
| 0:59.8 | inequalities to deliver early diagnosis and treatment. |
| 1:04.0 | Listen to the episode now. |
| 1:05.6 | Look for lung cancer inequalities in the new states and podcast. You're listening to the New States and Podcast with me, Alva Ray, my |
| 1:26.7 | colleague Stephen Bush and Anush Herkelion. This week we talk about whether the |
| 1:31.5 | UK is heading for a second spike and you ask us |
| 1:35.5 | whether Boris Johnson could survive a second spike politically rather than you |
| 1:41.0 | know materially. |
| 1:43.0 | So, welcome back to me, I suppose, |
| 1:48.0 | back from my holiday, bringing this to you from my back room at home in |
| 1:56.0 | Belfast. So while I've been away things have gone a bit quiet on the Westminster |
| 2:01.3 | front in lots of ways. |
| 2:03.4 | Parliament has not gone on recess and it's sort of the beginning of city season |
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