Transatlantic Trussonomics

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4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Liz Truss has signalled she will go ahead with her plan to lift the cap on bankers’ bonuses, in her first interview with Chris Mason as prime minister. Chris joins Adam from New York, where Truss is attending the UN General Assembly. 47 people have been arrested in Leicester over the last few weeks after clashes involving mainly young men from sections of Muslim and Hindu communities. BBC Correspondent Navtej Johal discusses the situation in the city, and the BBC's Zubair Ahmed describes the reaction from Delhi. And Spice Girl Mel C talks to Adam about the mental health struggles she has experienced. This episode was made by Chris Flynn with Clare Williamson and Miranda Slade. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:05.0	Hello, now that things are getting a bit back to normal
0:07.7	after our period of national mourning,
0:09.7	everyone sort of realizing we've got our third female
0:11.9	prime minister in Liz Truss and that's settling in.
0:15.0	And I know when I want to discuss feminist issues,
0:17.4	I want to discuss it with a former spice girl,
0:19.7	and we've got Melanie C, hello.
0:21.4	Hello there.
0:23.2	You probably weren't quite expecting that intro
0:25.3	because you've actually come to talk about your book.
0:27.9	Many, many intros in my life, non-quite like that.
0:31.6	Yeah, but actually I just think as a proponent of girl power,
0:35.0	what do you think it says about Britain
0:36.2	that we've now got our third female prime minister?
0:38.9	Well, wonderfully, culture continues to evolve.
0:43.5	You know, obviously we've had a very sad last but how we
0:46.6	can celebrate what that wonderful woman did for such a long
0:50.1	time.
0:51.4	And yes, now we are back in the hands of a woman in the
0:54.3	government so we will be interesting to see how she
0:56.9	does.
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