The End of an Era
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4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2019
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
On this week's New Statesman Podcast, Helen Lewis and Stephen Bush are together for the final time. They discuss Brexit, the Tory leadership race and the problems facing all the major parties, before Helen interviews comedian Ahir Shah about race, politics and his new show Dots. Then, finally, in You Ask Us they tackle two questions: should parties trash their own records? And what's wrong with political journalism?
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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. |
| 0:20.0 | Check the Uber app. 2023 has been the deadliest year for natural disasters since 2010, with over 75,000 deaths, predominantly from earthquakes and floods. |
| 0:33.0 | That's according to the 2023 Q3 Global Catastrophe Recap report |
| 0:38.0 | from Global Professional Services firm Aeon, which is sponsoring the New Statesman Podcast. |
| 0:43.6 | These disasters also have a huge economic impact. |
| 0:46.7 | While global insured losses from natural disaster events had reached 88 billion by the close |
| 0:52.1 | of the third quarter, economic losses totaled 295 billion, |
| 0:57.3 | highlighting a considerable protection gap. Aeon provides advice and solutions to businesses in over 120 countries to help them navigate |
| 1:06.4 | volatility, enhance resilience and make better decisions. |
| 1:10.6 | You can access its research and reporting at AON.com. |
| 1:14.0 | Search AON Global Catastrophe Recap to get started. Hello I'm Helen and I'm Stephen and welcome to the new statesman podcast this week we talk about the conservative |
| 1:34.1 | leadership election I interviewed the comedian a hearshar about race Brexit and the Tory party |
| 1:38.8 | again and you ask us well two things this First of all, how is political journalism broken? |
| 1:44.9 | And second of all, should parties trash their own records? Stephen, do we have to talk about Brexit? Oh God, this, it's on, you said that and I actually |
| 1:59.3 | felt really sad. This is actually the last time that we... Well, I was like to the last time that we... |
| 2:03.0 | Well, it's the last time we have to talk about Brexit. |
| 2:06.0 | Now I feel sad for another reason. |
| 2:08.0 | Of course... |
| 2:09.0 | It's not the last time I will have to talk about Brexit on this podcast. |
| 2:12.0 | Although actually I guess we've kind of got the... Not the last time I will have to talk about Brexit on this podcast. |
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