Why the British election is about so much more than who will be the next PM. It’s about the very fabric of British society - explained with FT chief political commentator Robert Shrimsley - one is the sharpest political minds covering the UK right now
The David McWilliams Podcast
David McWilliams
4.6 • 643 Ratings
🗓️ 10 December 2019
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
On Thursday the United Kingdom will vote once again - and its choice will have a drastic impact on the future of the country, most notably with Brexit hanging in the balance. Robert Shrimsley joins us to demystify what lies ahead and then we look at how Argentina can teach us lessons about bad management and how those lessons can be applied to the UK
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| 0:36.0 | Economic indicators. |
| 0:37.6 | Who knows where this is going to end up? |
| 0:39.6 | To understand the economy, you have to understand human nature. |
| 0:51.2 | How are you doing there? |
| 0:52.1 | It's David. It is the podcast, the weekly podcast. Bizarrely, the joys of technology are such that I am coming to you from Argentina, from Buenos Aires. The lads are in Dublin and on the line in this crucial, crucial week for British politics and not just politics, but for the British economy and the complexion of British |
| 1:11.9 | society. I have the fantastic Robert Shimsley, the chief UK political editor of the Financial Times. |
| 1:22.2 | Robert, good morning to you. Good morning, David. How are you? I'm flying form because I'm down in this |
| 1:27.1 | part of the world, which I'll tell you about again. |
| 1:29.6 | Robert, what is going on in the UK? |
| 1:33.7 | I know it's an open question, but it's one that listeners really want to figure out. |
| 1:37.8 | Well, the simple answer to your question, David, is that the entire future for quite a long time |
| 1:43.2 | is going to be settled by this time next week. |
| 1:46.7 | The election, as you know, is on Thursday. |
| 1:49.4 | And it marks a very severe fork in the road for the UK. |
| 1:53.0 | Either the country will vote to re-elect Boris Johnson, |
| 1:56.3 | in which case, Brexit will take place within two or three weeks, |
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