The Edition: Trump's comeback, Labour's rural divide, and World of Warcraft
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🗓️ 7 November 2024
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Summary
You can’t ignore what could be the political comeback of the century: Donald Trump’s remarkable win in this week’s US election. The magazine this week carries analysis about why Trump won, and why the Democrats lost, from Freddy Gray, Niall Ferguson and Yascha Mounk, amongst others. To make sense of how Trump became only the second President in history to win non-consecutive terms, we’re joined by the journalist Jacqueline Sweet and Cliff Young, president of polling at Ipsos (00:58).
Next: is Labour blind to rural communities?
The changes to inheritance tax for farmers are one of the measures from Labour’s budget that has attracted the most attention. In the magazine this week The Telegraph’s Simon Heffer argues that it needs to be seen as part of a wider attack on rural communities. But is it intentional, or simply a blind spot Labour has to the countryside? Simon joined us alongside Ed Barker from the Agricultural Industries Confederation (16:42).
And finally: what makes World of Warcraft so addictive?
The Spectator’s literary editor Sam Leith joins the podcast to talk about the gaming phenomenon that is World of Warcraft. In just two decades, it has now made more money than three times the most successful Hollywood film ever. Why is it so successful and what makes it so addictive? And, as the landscape of gaming has changed over the decades, should parents still really be worried about their children spending time online or has gaming opened new areas for kids to socialise? Sam joined us to discuss and reveals the inspiration behind his avatar’s name… (27:37).
Hosted by William Moore and Lara Prendergast.
Produced by Patrick Gibbons.
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| 0:31.9 | Hello and welcome to the edition podcast from The Spectator, where each week we shed a little light on the thought process behind putting the world's oldest weekly magazine to bed. |
| 0:37.0 | I'm Laura Prendergars, the Spectator's Executive Editor. |
| 0:40.2 | And I'm William Moore, the Spectator's Features Editor. |
| 0:43.3 | This week, we're going to take a look at Trump's remarkable political comeback, |
| 0:48.5 | ask whether Labor is waging war on the countryside, |
| 0:52.1 | and explore the addictive world of warcraft. |
| 0:58.6 | Well, Lara, we're recording this in the aftermath of the US election, and Donald Trump's |
| 1:04.2 | thumping victory has come as a surprise to many people, including many podcasters in this country, but not to Lara Prendergast. |
| 1:13.1 | I just want to remind our listeners that, Lara, you correctly predicted a Trump landslide last week. |
| 1:19.0 | I'm going to go for a big Trump win, Will. |
| 1:21.3 | Big Trump win. What landslide? Yeah, landslide. Something in the planets is telling me that. |
| 1:26.1 | Something in the planets. I sort of feel like I have to |
| 1:28.5 | now say, Camilla, just say we have a bit of healthy competition. Though actually, I think it probably is |
| 1:33.0 | going to be Trump. So I did. Well, it was all written in the stars well, so it shouldn't be obvious to anyone |
| 1:38.2 | looking at the planetary alignment last week. Well, as you predicted, Trump has now become the |
| 1:43.5 | second president in history to win |
| 1:45.1 | non-consecutive terms. And despite the polls in advance showing very close margins, he's won all the |
| 1:51.5 | swing states, he's won the popular vote, and it looks as though he's going to achieve majorities |
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