Sunak’s big fat Greek blunder, plus will COP28 be a COP out?
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🗓️ 30 November 2023
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Rishi Sunak’s decision to publicly snub the Greek Prime Minister in a row over the Parthenon Marbles, has left Nish and Coco wondering whether he possesses any of the skills to be a global statesman? Worrying then, that his next stop is the COP28 climate summit in Dubai. Politico’s Karl Mathiesen joins us to talk about the UK’s place in the climate debate, and the contradictions of a COP hosted by an oil-rich state.
Sunak, Cleverly, Braverman, Patel, Javid…the Conservative governments of the last few years have been the most diverse ever. But is that really something to celebrate? Kehinde Andrews, the UK’s first Professor of Black Studies, doesn’t think so. He talks to Nish and Coco about politics, black history, taking on Piers Morgan and much more in a fascinating chat about his book, The Psychosis of Whiteness.
Plus heroes and villains has a bit of an Indiana Jones vibe this week! And find out why it’s not a good idea to employ Nish to mind your shop.
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Guest:
Kehinde Andrews, Professor of Black Studies at Birmingham City University, and author of The Psychosis of Whiteness
Karl Mathiesen, Climate correspondent at Politico Europe
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Potset the UK. I'm Nish Kabar and I'm Coco Khan. |
| 0:15.6 | This week, Rishi Soonak continues to be the world leader we can all be proud of. |
| 0:19.2 | He started off the week by pissing off the Greeks. |
| 0:21.8 | And now he's off to COP28 to walk back some of the things he's recently said about climate |
| 0:26.2 | change. |
| 0:27.2 | We have a fascinating chat with Kayinda Andrews, professor of black studies at Birmingham |
| 0:31.4 | University, find out who he thinks will be Britain's first black prime minister. |
| 0:37.8 | Hi, Nish. How's your week been? |
| 0:39.9 | In my week's been good Coco. How's your week been? |
| 0:41.7 | Yeah, it's been good. I've been travelling around. I was in Liverpool just doing some |
| 0:45.6 | reporting. I was in focus then in Kent for a book festival. I've been around. |
| 0:51.0 | From Liverpool to Folkston. |
| 0:53.0 | Yeah, I've been from the Northwest to the South East. |
| 0:55.2 | I've been around the world and I still can't find my baby, you know, stuff like that. |
| 0:59.3 | And the most exciting news is that I saw a UK banknote when I was in Liverpool, administered |
| 1:06.1 | by the Bank of Ulster. And these notes, these northern Irish pounds don't have the queen |
| 1:13.0 | on it or the king or any royal. It's made me... |
| 1:15.8 | Who do they have on it? |
| 1:16.8 | Just bunnies. Bunnies and birds and... |
| 1:19.6 | Bunnies and birds. |
| 1:20.6 | Bunnies and birds. Yeah, that's the Britain I can get behind. |
| 1:24.8 | It might have been a special edition, but the idea that these notes exist, this currency |
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