The Now Show - 21st April
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
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4.2 • 13.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:11.0 | Hello, I'm Steve Punts, and I'm Hugh Dennis. |
| 0:13.0 | With us, Andrew Doyle, Laura Smith, Daniel Barker, |
| 0:15.4 | Kiarra Goldsmith, and Jazzy Mune. |
| 0:18.7 | And this is... |
| 0:22.4 | Vanneau! |
| 0:24.2 | Sure! |
| 0:31.0 | APPLAUSE |
| 0:33.0 | Thank you. |
| 0:35.0 | Thank you very much indeed. |
| 0:37.0 | So, this week, the Prime Minister told us we should all be better at maths, |
| 0:41.0 | because the United Kingdom is ranked only 19th in the world for numeracy. |
| 0:46.0 | And we may be harming the economy by being stuck there between 21st and 24th. |
| 0:51.0 | We should be aiming to move up to 25th, at least. |
| 0:54.0 | It was pretty uncompromising stuff that PM said... |
| 0:57.0 | Adults who can't do basic maths should be embarrassed. |
| 1:01.0 | Now, two things. One, you'd never say that about adults who can't read. |
| 1:04.0 | And secondly, is this really the time to be having a go at Liz Truss? |
| 1:08.0 | LAUGHTER |
| 1:11.0 | He has also claimed that Britain has a cultural sense that it's okay to be bad at maths. |
| 1:17.0 | Yes, although two years ago, arts education spending was cut by up to 50% |
| 1:21.0 | with the money reallocated to STEM subjects, so there's also a cultural sense |
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