The Lady IS for Turning

The News Agents

Global

Politics, Daily News, Government, News

4.1 • 5.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Somewhere between the hours of 10pm and midnight, on the opening day of the Conservative conference, a screeching U-turn was made. The Prime Minister, who’d insisted just yesterday her top rate tax cut was here to stay, decided… it wasn’t. By 7am this morning the whole policy had been ditched. Changes in unpopular policy can be a good thing. But if Liz Truss and her chancellor thought this would end the conversation, they’re in for a shock. Today, the questions are coming faster than ever: is Liz Truss still in charge? Who’s really wielding the power? And can Kwasi Kwarteng survive this? We ask the Business Secretary, Jacob Rees-Mogg. Also - the Brazil election was looking like a shoe-in for the opposition candidate and former president Lula de Silva. Until it wasn’t. The populist incumbent Bolsonaro is performing better - at least in the first round - than anyone predicted. Why are pollsters still not getting the true picture from those who vote for populists? Producer: Gabriel Radus Planning: Melissa Tutesigensi Deputy Editor: Tom Hughes Executive Producer: Dino Sofos For exclusive daily videos from The News Agents visit Global Player: https://www.globalplayer.com/videos/brands/news-agents/the-news-agents/ The News Agents is a Global Player Original and a Persephonica Production.

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0:00.0	This is a Global Player original podcast.
0:05.0	To those waiting with bated breath for that favourite media catchphrase, the U-turn,
0:12.0	I have only one thing to say.
0:15.0	You turn if you want to.
0:29.2	The ladies not for turning.
0:37.8	But it turns out, this lady, Liz Truss, our present Prime Minister, is for turning.
0:50.7	180 degrees, U-turn this morning, where we heard that quasi-quarteng, the Chancellor who scrapped that 45P top rate of tax, has now decided it was a bad idea.
0:57.8	Screech of tyres, burning rubber, black scorch marks in the tarmac, and the Benny Hill theme tune here in Birmingham as delegates arrived for the conference.
1:03.5	The ladies not for turning, right? Yeah, right. Gotta thank the Tories for handing the next ten elections to Labour.
1:15.2	Welcome to the newsagents.
1:21.6	The Newsagents, with Emily Maitliss
1:28.4	Why would you remember our Pizza Express birthday
1:30.8	And being at home?
1:31.4	Because going to Pizza Express in Woking
1:34.0	is an unusual thing for me to do
1:36.5	A very unusual thing for me to do
1:38.8	John Soapel
1:40.3	Would you accept that that was a good example
1:43.3	Of the smooth running a government?
1:45.6	Yeah, I do, I do. Let me tell you about the job. Wait. I know who you are. Just wait.
1:51.3	And Lewis Goodall, the news agents.
1:55.2	This is John. This is Emily. And this is Lewis.
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