The B-word
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🗓️ 30 January 2020
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
On this week's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush and Anoosh Chakelian are joined by Ailbhe Rea and Patrick Maguire to discuss how Brexit (or B*****, as the government would have it known) has slipped off the parliamentary agenda. Then, in You Ask Us, they take your question on why Keir Starmer's coronation seems so inevitable, before, finally, turning their attentions to the dual infrastructure conundrums that are HS2 and the nation's 5G system.
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| 0:48.0 | for a day of debate and discussion with a keynote speech by Ed Miliband. |
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| 0:53.0 | Search inclusive growth conference to book your free ticket now. Hello I'm Stephen and I'm Anush and on this week's new states and podcast we'll be discussing Brexit Day and what it means. |
| 1:16.0 | You ask us why is everyone so convinced than a Corby Knight membership will elect Kiestarma? |
| 1:22.0 | And we discuss Huawei, HS2 and Northern Rail. |
| 1:25.0 | So this will be the last new statesman podcast we will be recording while we're still a member of the European Union because we are leaving on Friday at last. |
| 1:39.0 | So what does that mean? |
| 1:41.0 | What's the atmosphere like in Westminster? |
| 1:43.0 | Nobody is talking about Brexit, which I guess was, is very much the point of this majority government, |
| 1:49.0 | and it's how Boris Johnson would like it. |
| 1:51.0 | You have 20 majority that at the moment or not to preempt what will |
| 1:56.1 | follow in the rest of this episode but we'll vote for almost anything for the |
| 1:59.7 | foreseeable future, most importantly the withdrawal agreement which has been passed and |
| 2:04.8 | Friday is just another day. And it's also in the interest of you'd expect |
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