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Politics Unpacked

Tricks of the trade

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Luke Jones is in for Matt Chorley again and hears about the life and times of another 'Pre-Pandemic Professor', this time it's Professor of Immunology, Danny Altmann. And talking trade with expert Sam Lowe as well as Angus MacNeil MP, Chair of the International Trade Committee and Alexander Downer, Former Australian foreign minister and High Commissioner to the UK.


PLUS


Helen Lewis, Staff Writer at the Atlantic and Rosamund Urwin from the Sunday Times on Naomi Osaka and Carrie Johnston's wedding dress decoy plan.



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0:00.0

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in cleaner, more secure, homegrown energy. That includes transforming networks across the country

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to connect renewable energy, households and businesses to a greener grid, pioneering low carbon

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flexible technologies such as carbon capture and storage and building the world's largest

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offshore wind farm, a doggar bank off the coast of Yorkshire. When complete, doggar bank will

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be capable of powering over 6 million homes a year with clean renewable energy, a major step

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towards the UK achieving net zero carbon emissions. And all this is creating thousands of sustainable

0:52.8

green jobs in communities right across the UK. Find out more about what SSE are doing at SSE.com

1:01.5

slash change.

1:22.8

Wrapping up somewhat, but what else does she have to be thinking about? That US free trade agreement

1:27.2

when on earth is that happening? An upgraded Canadian trade deal? Is that on the cards? We'll

1:32.8

brief you ahead. Also, we've got some of our pre-pandemic professors as well. First, though,

1:37.5

our columnists today, Helen Lewis from The Atlantic and Rosamondale, for the Sunday Times.

1:42.3

Can I start with your recommendations of rubbish television plays, Rosamond?

1:54.7

Oh, well, it's not rubbish at all, but everyone who hasn't yet seen it should watch the whole

2:00.5

of call my agent. It's good fun. It's a bit rubbish. And it's witty. It has its moments of being very

2:07.3

silly, particularly towards the end of the third series and the fourth series. But it's not rubbish

2:12.7

really, but it's definitely light and escapism TV. I slightly bailed on what I did definitely bail

2:19.3

on it during series one when I wasn't enjoying it. And then someone in this office here said,

2:22.7

oh, it really gets good around sort of towards the end of series three. And it's like, I'm not

2:26.5

not spending that much time on it, to be honest. Helen, rubbish television for Rishie?

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