Will claims of Tory sleaze stick? Plus John Barnes on how to fix football
Calling Peston: The ITV News Politics Podcast
ITV News
4.2 • 177 Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2021
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Robert, Shehab and Dan look at accusations of sleaze against the government and assess whether Labour attacks are causing any damage.
Plus, special guest, Liverpool FC legend John Barnes shares his plan for fixing football after the collapse of the European Super League.
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| 0:00.0 | If there was a European Super League of Political Podcasts, calling Peston would surely be there or thereabouts. |
| 0:12.0 | But we aren't interested in breaking away from our rivals. We welcome competition on this podcast. |
| 0:17.0 | The threat of relegation from the Apple Top 100 only keeps us lean, mean and |
| 0:21.7 | raring to provide you with the best political analysis around. Welcome to this week's ITV News Politics |
| 0:26.6 | podcast with me, Daniel Hewitt, the steady defender of the calling Peston team. My colleague |
| 0:30.9 | Shihab Khan, very much the young, skillful winger. Hello. And of course, Robert Peston, the star |
| 0:35.9 | striker who will be joining us shortly. |
| 0:38.3 | Producer Lewis is also here, the engine room at the heart of the team. |
| 0:41.3 | How you doing, Lewis? |
| 0:42.3 | I'm good, yeah. |
| 0:43.3 | Does that mean I'm like the Roy Kine or the Patrick Vieira? |
| 0:46.3 | It's up to you, mate. |
| 0:47.3 | Or the Craig Hignett. |
| 0:48.3 | Very niche reference to Middlesbrough fans there. |
| 0:50.3 | And also we've got a special guest on the programme, continue the football theme. |
| 0:54.8 | Shihab, who's our special guest this week? We do indeed. Liverpool legend, footballer, |
| 1:02.1 | John Barnes, will be joining us on the podcast. For anyone who hasn't been watching the news, |
| 1:06.7 | the European Super League has been dominating the agenda, and he is very opinionated about it. |
| 1:12.2 | So it's worth sticking around to have a listen to what he has to say. |
| 1:15.4 | Yeah, and here's a little taster of it. |
| 1:17.6 | It really is a fight between elite people, the new ESL and UEFA, |
| 1:23.2 | the Premier League, Sky, stakeholders, so who can exploit football fans. That's what it's for. |
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