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🗓️ 6 February 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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0:00.0 | The Spectator magazine is home to wonderful writing, insightful analysis and unrivaled books and arts reviews. |
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0:29.9 | Hello and welcome to the edition podcast from The Spectator. |
0:34.4 | Each week we shared a little light on the thought process behind putting the world's oldest weekly magazine to bed. |
0:36.8 | I'm William Moore, the Spectator's Features Editor. |
0:39.2 | And I'm Laura Prendergast, the Spectator's executive editor. |
0:42.9 | In this week's episode, |
0:44.4 | who is the Irish insurgent behind Starman's premiership? |
0:48.2 | Can the rise and rise of Germany's AFD be stopped? |
0:52.0 | And is there joy to be found in the obituary's pages? |
1:04.6 | First up, the insurgent. That's the label our editor Michael Gove gives to the Prime Minister's |
1:10.3 | Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney |
1:12.5 | in his cover piece for the magazine this week. |
1:15.5 | McSweeney is widely credited as the mastermind behind Labour's landslide victory last year, |
1:20.5 | but who is he? |
1:21.9 | What's his driving philosophy behind his politics? |
1:24.9 | Michael writes that despite achieving such a historic victory, he has rumoured to be |
1:28.8 | frustrated with Labour's first six months in power. What's his relationship with Kirstearner really |
1:34.7 | like and are there signs of tension on the horizon? Michael joined me earlier to discuss, along with |
1:40.6 | Kirstarmer's biographer Tom Baldwin. For listeners who might not be aware of McSweeney, |
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