This week's Two Matts Q&A: Is charisma now a political party in its own right?

The Two Matts

The New World

News, News Commentary, Government, Politics

4.4 • 523 Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Matthew d’Ancona and Matt Kelly again respond to your queries. They discuss whether the enthusiasm for the new New York mayor Zohran Mamdani shows charisma is now a political party in its own right, if a Reform government would open the racist floodgates and whether a 2p income tax rise is enough to fix Britain’s problems. Plus they talk about whether anyone actually cares about the climate crisis anymore and if the future of AI is actually a lot brighter than we give it credit for.

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1:22.8	First question comes in from Maggie in Glasgow.
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1:29.5	New York Mayor Mandarney without actually knowing much about him. Is charisma now a political party in
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