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Join The New European's Matt Kelly and Matt d'Ancona plus occasional guests for weekly chat on politics and media with a side of cultural stuff. A podcast in the spirit of the award-winning New European newspaper - irreverent, witty, surprising, argumentative ... and annoying all the right people.
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The Two Matts The New European

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    • 4.5 • 35 Ratings

Join The New European's Matt Kelly and Matt d'Ancona plus occasional guests for weekly chat on politics and media with a side of cultural stuff. A podcast in the spirit of the award-winning New European newspaper - irreverent, witty, surprising, argumentative ... and annoying all the right people.
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    Q&A: Starmer EU optimism, Trump's Time and Prom hate backlash

    Q&A: Starmer EU optimism, Trump's Time and Prom hate backlash

    In this Sunday Q&A episode the two Matts explore whether a potential Starmer government bodes well for GB/EU relations, if we should be worried about a 2nd term of Trump and Matt Kelly responds to his criticism of the last night of the Proms.
    Thanks for all of your questions. You can leave them on Spotify or email 2matts@tnepublishing.com
    Trump in Time: https://time.com/6972021/donald-trump-2024-election-interview/


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    • 41 min
    Catastrophe for Sunak from the jaws of defeat

    Catastrophe for Sunak from the jaws of defeat

    Sunak is isolated and facing certain defeat in a General Election as this week’s local results make clear. What is left for the embattled PM as he states catastrophe in the face? Should he go to the country now, or tough it out even as his own party plots against him? And what of Starmer… how much of this week’s election results is down to his political brilliance or the political incompetence of his opposite number? All this and more as the Matts dissect the agitated state of British politics today… enjoy!
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    • 49 min
    Q&A: Rishi's Rwanda Bill, separation of powers and Sam Smith

    Q&A: Rishi's Rwanda Bill, separation of powers and Sam Smith

    In this Sunday Q&A edition of The Two Matts, the pair try to your questions on everything from Rishi's Rwanda Bill to Sam Smith and whether a new legal age needs to be set, to buy the Daily Mail.
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    • 33 min
    Is it really okay to be proud about being English?

    Is it really okay to be proud about being English?

    What is England? What is Englishness? The Matts are joined by Tom Baldwin and Marc Stears, authors of a fascinating new deep dive into the question of nationalism, called England - Seven Myths That Changed A Country And How To Set Them Straight. It’s a wide-ranging conversation on their journey from Runnymede to Hull via Plymouth, Wolverhampton, Oxford, Blackpool and Greenwich to discover the real England. Enjoy!
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    • 49 min
    Q&A: Honeytraps, comms and commissioners

    Q&A: Honeytraps, comms and commissioners

    Have the Matts ever been victim to a honeytrap? What is a 'Police and Crime Commissioner' and should we bin off first names for MP's? This and more discussed in this weeks Q&A.
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    • 42 min
    You can take our fags.. but you’ll never take our FREEDOM!

    You can take our fags.. but you’ll never take our FREEDOM!

    The Matts get philosophical about smoking and what a ban means for Britain. Whisper it… but has Rishi Sunak done something not completely crap for once? Or is his proposed age-related ban on smoking the start of slippery slope towards big government invading the rights of its citizens? Also … the magnificence of Salman Rushdie’s response to 27 seconds of madness which saw him lose and eye and almost die less than two years ago. This week he is back with a Knife of his own - the title of his book centred on that awful attack. It’s not just a triumph of the will to live, says Matt D’Ancona; it’s a remarkable love story. Plus a terrific offer to subscribe to the UK’s fastest growing newspaper title The New European.
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    • 47 min

Customer Reviews

4.5 out of 5
35 Ratings

35 Ratings

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Excellent. Informative and Entertaining.

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