The Dominant Species
The New Statesman | UK politics and culture
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4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2019
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
On this week's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush is joined by Ailbhe Rea to discuss whether Downing Street's new supremo, Dominic Cummings, is a genius or a charlatan. Then, in You Ask Us, they consider whether a deal is likely to return to the commons, and, finally, they wonder whether writing your dissertation over night is really something to be proud of.
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| 0:26.7 | epic film Napoleon, starring Wackeem Phoenix and Vanessa Kirby in cinemas now. |
| 0:33.2 | It's here at last folks. |
| 0:34.8 | It's a sumptuous, wild fantastical depiction of the life of Napoleon. |
| 0:40.0 | This genius commander who won victories from Portugal to the pyramids and the gates of Moscow. |
| 0:46.3 | The movie tracks the kind of relentless journey of Napoleon Bonaparte to the pinnacle of power. |
| 0:51.7 | Through the prism of his addictives his volatile relationship with his one true love Josephine |
| 0:56.7 | You get the politics you get the romance |
| 0:59.5 | But against the backdrop of some of the most extraordinary battle sequences I've ever seen film. |
| 1:04.7 | This movie is an event. |
| 1:06.3 | You're going to want to see it on the biggest screen possible. |
| 1:09.1 | Book tickets to see Napoleon in Cinemas and IMAX now. Hello and welcome to the New States and Podcast. |
| 1:33.0 | This week Anush is away, so I'm joined by Alveray to discuss |
| 1:36.0 | Dominic Cummings, is he mad, bad and dangerous to know? |
| 1:39.0 | The withdrawal agreement, is it really dead? |
| 1:42.0 | And the student who filed her dissertation in just one night. |
| 1:46.0 | So Westminster is full of stories about our new bolding overlord, Dominic Cummings. |
| 1:56.0 | And Albert you are writing a piece this week about the kind of idea of the political genius, staffer etc. |
| 2:05.0 | So you've been reading the collected works of Dominic Cummings. |
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