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🗓️ 29 August 2018
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The clamours for a second referendum are growing. But are those calling for a ‘people’s vote’ really interested in what voters think? Or is this just a plot to stop Brexit?
In Sweden, voters go to the polls next weekend. The Swedish Democrats, once regarded as a sinister group of far-right cranks, could become the largest party. So what’s changed?
And the Soho of the eighties, a hotbed of debauchery, drinking and death, is now a vanished world. We hear from two of those who drank there regularly in the glory days.
With Rod Liddle, Tom Slater, James McGrory, Fraser Nelson, Fredrik Erikson, Christopher Howse and Michael Heath.
Presented by Lara Prendergast
Produced by Tom Goodenough and Alastair Thomas.
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0:00.0 | This podcast is sponsored by Seller Plan from Berry Brothers and Rudd, collecting fine wines for future drinking. |
0:11.3 | Hello and welcome to The Spectator Podcast. I'm Lara Prendergast. |
0:16.9 | The clamours for a second referendum are growing, but are those people calling for a people's vote really interested in what voters actually think? |
0:26.1 | Or is this just a plot to stop Brexit? |
0:29.6 | In Sweden, voters go to the polls next weekend, and the Swedish Democrats, once regarded as a sinister group of far-right cranks, could become the largest party. |
0:39.6 | So, what's changed? And Soho, what was it like in the 80s? Well, judging by the conversation |
0:46.1 | in this week's issue between Michael Heath and Christopher Howes, it was a hotbed of debauchery, |
0:51.3 | drinking and death. But that's now a vanished world. We hear from both of them |
0:56.6 | about what life was like there in the glory days. So first up, what do Tony Blair, Gary Lineker, |
1:03.0 | Rory Bremner and John Major have in common? The answer, they all want voters to have a second say |
1:09.0 | on Brexit. And they're not alone. |
1:11.9 | The campaign group seeking another referendum is growing in confidence, |
1:15.9 | and they think they're winning the argument. |
1:17.7 | But Rod Liddle isn't convinced. |
1:19.7 | The vote to leave the EU was unequivocal, he says, in this week's cover piece. |
1:23.8 | So, why won't the lovies just accept it and move on? |
1:28.1 | Joining us to discuss is Rod. James McGorry, the executive director of People's Vote and Tom Slater, |
1:34.6 | Deputy Editor of Spiked Online. |
1:36.9 | So James, you're involved in organising this People's Vote. Can you tell us a bit more about |
1:40.7 | what exactly it is? |
1:42.0 | Yes, so it's an umbrella campaign of a large number of different organisations who've come |
1:46.7 | together to demand a people's vote on the final Brexit deal. |
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