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Daily Politics from the New Statesman

The Prince and the PR

Daily Politics from the New Statesman

The New Statesman

News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

On today's episode of the New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea, somewhat reluctantly, give their takes on the explosive revelations from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's interview with Oprah Winfrey. Then, in You Ask Us, they answer your question on why the government keeps setting themselves up for U-turns.


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0:00.0

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0:56.2

Hi, I'm Anouche, I'm Alfa, and I'm Stephen.

0:59.2

And on today's New Statement Podcast, we discuss the latest Royal Rau and you ask us,

1:05.2

why does the government keep doing new turns?

1:12.2

So even on the New Statement Politics Podcast where we love to have 20-minute discussions about low traffic neighbourhoods,

1:18.2

we cannot ignore the biggest news of the day, which is an interview with Harry and Meghan

1:24.2

by a pre-wimp free that's scheduled for this evening.

1:27.2

Already we know some of the explosive things that have come out of it, most notably that Meghan said

1:33.2

that she felt suicidal when she was living within the Royal family.

1:37.7

And also that one of the figures in the Royal household expressed concern about what skin colour their child would end up having.

1:46.2

So there's a racism and mental health rau already going on

1:51.2

and Boris Johnson and Kirstama have both been asked for their opinions on it.

1:55.2

So Alva, what do you think this news means for British politics and how is it being received so far?

2:01.2

Yeah, so I feel like we should inform our listeners that before we began recording,

2:06.2

Stephen and Danish confessed that they don't know the differences between the Sussexes and the King Bridges.

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