"The Angry Centrists"
The Two Matts
The New World
4.2 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 23 June 2023
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
The Brexit Referendum is now 7 years ago, and Matt & Matt rake the coals searching for the glimmer of good news in amongst the procession of bad. Spoiler alert: They fail.
Also discussed: the incredible contrast between five rich people in a submarine and 700 poor people in a boat on the Med. And, is Matt K the worst parent on the planet? It's possible.
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| 0:57.4 | So Matt, here we are, the two mats. |
| 0:59.9 | And why? |
| 1:00.9 | Why are we here? |
| 1:02.1 | It's one of the mysteries, isn't it? |
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| 1:09.0 | seven years ago was founded it was you are the nick |
| 1:13.6 | fury you have to tell the super you know the founder of the offenders make you know you you have |
| 1:19.2 | to tell the superior origin story right okay well here's the origin story seven years ago on the 24th of |
| 1:25.6 | june i was walking through l through London on a beautiful day and everybody |
| 1:30.3 | was depressed. Why were they depressed? Because Britain had just voted to leave the European Union. |
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