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The Two Matts

The Two Matts Q&A: Kings good, zoos bad

The Two Matts

The New World

News, Government, Politics, News Commentary

4.2577 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The Matts answer listeners' questions, including whether or not the UK should use the King more; whether we bash Starmer too much; if zoos really are the front line of conservation; and what is the most astonishing object the Matts have beheld? Enjoy!


Produced by Matt Withers


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0:00.0

He was indeed very witty and charming, but it was also very, very sinewy and policy rich.

0:08.0

There was, you know, his mother would never have given a speech like that, ever.

0:13.0

Intrinsically, there's nothing wrong with Labour losing an election, but I don't think it would be great for the country if they lost it purely because the Prime

0:21.4

Minister was so unpopular, he couldn't carry the electorate.

0:26.3

If someone is stupid enough to pay 250 grand to Boris Johnson for a speech and God, you know,

0:32.3

God knows why people want to pay this trust anything to speak, but some of them do, I don't

0:37.0

know.

0:42.6

As long as they pay their tactics and stay within the rules, it's very hard to kind of stop them.

0:48.0

Hello and happy Sunday, everybody. Happy Sunday one and all.

0:53.0

Hope you're having a great weekend wherever you are. This is the two mats Q&A, brought to you by the wonderful subscribers of the New World magazine.

0:56.0

They're people who really know what media is all about because they've subscribed to the best magazine in the country and you should join them.

1:02.0

Exactly. Shouldn't they matter?

1:04.0

First question comes from Samantha in Sheffield.

1:07.0

And Samantha asks, should the king be wheeled out more often? He seems to have everything soft power calls for charm, wit, a deep sense of history and shared values. I'm no monarchist. But his performance in Washington, D.C. this week was worth every penny. What do you think? Well, I think a lot of people are thinking the same.

1:29.6

And I guess it goes, you know, it's like as Chuck Berry said,

1:32.7

you go to show you never can tell.

1:34.4

Because I was thinking it's only, it's less than 30 years,

1:38.4

about 97, just shy of 30 years,

1:40.8

since he was walking behind Diana's funeral cortege.

1:43.6

And they were so worried

1:44.6

that there was a genuine fear that he might be assassinated right so we've gone from there to

1:50.0

here okay um and he's kind of conquered that he you know last week he kind of conquered America

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