NS#267: The New John Major
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🗓️ 3 May 2018
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Helen and Stephen discuss the politics of the new home secretary Sajid Javid, yet more Brexiteer nonsense about the customs union, and whether it's possible for a Conservative to be progressive.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats. |
| 0:11.0 | So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's. |
| 0:15.0 | Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. |
| 0:20.0 | I go by Little Sims. I'm always listening to music. |
| 0:23.5 | It doesn't matter if I'm in a car on a plane. |
| 0:26.7 | I need to feel it. |
| 0:28.0 | Music gives me life. |
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| 0:35.4 | I can hear every beat right now in front of me. |
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| 0:45.0 | bows sound is power Hi I'm Stephen and I'm Helen and on this week's new states from podcast we look at |
| 1:02.0 | Saeed Javid the the new Home Secretary. |
| 1:03.7 | We talk about the Customs Union in perhaps excessive detail. |
| 1:06.5 | And we answer a question, can Conservatives ever be progressive? Before we talk about Brexit Stephen and I can feel it heading down the track |
| 1:19.7 | much like the Brexit process itself there's been news's been news, news has happened. I'm |
| 1:24.0 | living such a crazy rock and roll lifestyle that I was already asleep on Sunday night |
| 1:27.6 | before Amber Rudd resigned. That's because I know how to party. In my defence, |
| 1:31.2 | I had been traveling this weekend, but nonetheless |
| 1:34.0 | Amber Rudd resigned as Home Secretary about half ten on Sunday night. By the next day |
| 1:38.9 | Sa'Javid was installed as the first British-Pakistani origin person to hold one of the great |
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