“The biggest crisis in the public square since the 1930s” – with guest James Harding

Oh God, What Now?

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Politics, Government, News, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Can anything hold back Priti Patel’s assault on the great British tradition of noisy, disruptive protest? Plus: partisan or penniless: what’s the future of media in the coming age of news-mangling tech giants and GB News? Special guest James Harding – former Director of BBC News, ex-Times editor and now co-founder of Tortoise Media – joins us to examine the future of the news. And on the first anniversary of Lockdown 1, we look back on a moment when real life turned into John Wyndham novel. “The pivot to Asia is basically the ‘pivot to video’ of foreign policy, and will probably be about as successful.” – Ian Dunt “It’s really significant that even Theresa May, given her time at the Home Office, has serious misgivings about this bill.” – James Harding “Spot the Cop might be an intriguing game on nights out…” – Ros Taylor “I’m sure there are protests performed by mimes – but any others that make noise, the police can close down anything they want.” – Ian Dunt Presented by Dorian Lynskey with Ros Taylor and Ian Dunt. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers: Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic. Audio production by Alex Rees. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.0	Hello and welcome to O'God What Now.
0:36.0	Never mind the vaccines the government has given us all a grim reminder
0:38.9	that there are a bunch of wrong and zafrall.
0:41.6	I'm doing a scare and here's who's on wrong and patrol this week.
0:45.2	Ian Dunt is editor at largeforpolisics.co.uk.
0:48.1	Hello Ian.
0:48.8	Hi, mate.
0:49.6	First up, having decided there isn't enough money in the coffers to give NHS staff a decent pay rise.
0:54.4	The government's new defence review reveals that there's more than enough for good old nuclear warheads.
0:58.6	It's a long document about 100 pages, I'm sure you've read all of it twice.
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