What's the cost of political chaos?
The News Agents
Global
4.1 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 28 October 2022
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
After weeks of political chaos, the real cost of the crisis is beginning to reveal itself. Lewis is joined this week by New Statesman columnist Martha Gill. They speak to Tim Durrant, Associate Director at the Institute for Government, about the staggering bill to the taxpayer, caused by an unprecedented number of ministerial redundancies over the summer.
They look to Northern Ireland, and a grid-locked Stormont. Belfast-based journalist Amanda Ferguson talks to them about the quickening decline in relations there, and the possibility of fresh elections in December.
And finally, Lewis is joined in the studio by Jon Livesey and Edward Keeble from the Daily Star, to hear about the runaway success of 'Liz the Lettuce’.
Production: Gabriel Radus
Executive Producer: Ellie Clifford
Deputy Editor: Tom Hughes
Editor: Dino Sofos
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.1 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:12.8 | We've spent a fair bit of this week talking about Leaky Sue. |
| 0:16.9 | But of course, occasionally our new Prime Minister has been called his own name, Slick Rishi, |
| 0:21.9 | famous for his highly polished, highly produced government paid for, videos and branding. |
| 0:27.8 | And funnily enough, his first Prime Ministerial one went out earlier today. |
| 0:34.3 | I will work day in and day out to deliver for you. |
| 0:41.1 | Hello, Joe Biden here. Mr. President, it's Rishi, Sunak. How are you? |
| 0:46.3 | Now, you may think you recognize the music. Unfortunately, this led to the PM's official spokesperson, |
| 0:53.1 | having to deny on Friday that the music used was that of |
| 0:56.8 | disgraced pop star and convicted paedophile Gary Glitter. So reminiscent was it of one of his tracks. |
| 1:04.2 | Instead, apparently we were assured it was stock audio, but it is a reminder that the difference between polished |
| 1:10.7 | and chaos can be a |
| 1:12.7 | slender one. As the PM discovered earlier today, on a visit to a hospital when talking to a |
| 1:18.2 | patient. And they've looked after you really nicely? Yeah, they always do. Yeah. It's a picture you |
| 1:22.7 | don't pay them all. Well, we are trying. No, you're not trying. You need to try harder. |
| 1:27.3 | Right, I will take that away. |
| 1:28.8 | The public, you've got to love him. |
| 1:30.2 | But, you know, I was watching that, and it really reminded me of something. |
| 1:33.4 | And of course, like The Simpsons and pop culture, or Donald Trump and a tweet, in British politics, in 2022, there is always a thick of it scene. |
| 1:42.6 | Hello. |
| 1:42.9 | Do you know what it's like to clean up your own mother's piss? |
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