The Two Matts Q&A: A media scandal and a dementia hero
The Two Matts
The New World
4.2 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
The Matts answer listeners' questions including: will the smear against Misan Harriman work; what will it take to get the UK back in the EU; should the Tories defer to Reform in the Makerfield by-election; and why does Eurovision hate the UK so much? Enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | Misson Harryman is the chair of the South Bank Centre, is a photographer of global repute, |
| 0:10.0 | is a black man, I think that is relevant to say, is an Oscar-nominated filmmaker, and he stands accused |
| 0:19.0 | of quite heinous crimes on social media. |
| 0:24.1 | And the problem is that none of them bear any evidential support. |
| 0:30.6 | I think Bernard made a misstep by saying he doesn't want to reopen the Brexit debate, |
| 0:35.3 | because no one should be reopening the Brexit debate. |
| 0:37.9 | I mean, we were joking the other day that it's like saying, let's reopen the 1832 Reform Act. |
| 0:43.0 | I mean, you can't go back. |
| 0:46.8 | I do think Andy Burnham will win comfortably. |
| 0:50.0 | I don't know whether I've been overly swayed by his PR videos, |
| 0:54.7 | but there's a great PR video of him walking around Manchester |
| 0:58.0 | and being metered and greeted by people. |
| 1:00.1 | You know, there's a lot of love for Andy Byrd in Manchester. |
| 1:05.3 | Hello and happy Sunday. |
| 1:07.0 | Happy Sunday, one and all. |
| 1:08.6 | Hope you're all having a great weekend. |
| 1:10.2 | Hot weekend down here in London. |
| 1:12.9 | Yeah. |
| 1:13.1 | It's getting hot. |
| 1:13.6 | Let's go. |
| 1:14.3 | This is the two mats Q&A brought to you by the subscribers of the new world. |
| 1:19.4 | Do join them. |
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