The News Agents
Why did Burnham choose John Healey to be his chancellor? | The News Agents
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- Why did Burnham choose John Healey to be his chancellor? | The News Agents
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- 2:22
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- 1 month ago
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- There's a surprising buoyancy at Labour conference this year. For all the warnings of the grim economic backdrop and the myriad challenges facing Andy Burnham, his message of 'Hope Again' does seem to have registered, at least with the party faithful at Liverpool.
But John Healey couldn't really sell sunlit uplands in his speech today - he was at pains to point out that this is NOT the 1990s. And a potential diesel export ban from Donald Trump could make things a whole lot bleaker. Can Burnham sail through this conference on vibes?
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- Burnham’s first conference - is there really hope again? | The News Agents
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- 36:09
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- 1 month ago
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- There's a surprising buoyancy at Labour conference this year. For all the warnings of the grim economic backdrop and the myriad challenges facing Andy Burnham, his message of 'Hope Again' does seem to have registered, at least with the party faithful at Liverpool.
But John Healey couldn't really sell sunlit uplands in his speech today - he was at pains to point out that this is NOT the 1990s. And a potential diesel export ban from Donald Trump could make things a whole lot bleaker. Can Burnham sail through this conference on vibes?
And if his government is so keen on growing the economy, why can't they say where they stand on another runway at Heathrow? We speak to Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander.
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- Why can’t Transport Sec Heidi Alexander answer this one simple question about Heathrow expansion?
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- 2:31
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- 1 month ago
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- If Burnham's government is so keen on growing the economy, why can't they say where they stand on another runway at Heathrow? We speak to Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander.
Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/xrFxLdOdqzg
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- Has Pizza Express done more to look into Andrew's link to Epstein than the royals? | The News Agents
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- 3:00
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- 1 month ago
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- How the Royal family gets away with it | The News Agents
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- 36:53
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- 1 month ago
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- What if King Charles did tell Earl Spencer that "we’ll forget [Diana] soon enough" in the days after her death? It's one word against another but the public discourse seems pretty settled - that Diana's brother is at best misremembering, at worst lying.
How much has the Palace spin team forged that narrative? If you read the Palace statement closely, you'll notice that it never outright denies the claim, even if it does point out that "the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason".
"Never complain, never explain" is the motto associated with the Buckingham Palace media strategy. But they do complain. And they do explain - just not often publicly.
Andrew Lownie's bombshell biography of Andrew Moutbatten-Windsor - 'Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York' - shone a light on Andrew's relationship with Epstein before the release of the Epstein files. He has reported on and written about the Firm for years, but - unlike much of the Royal rota - they would much r...
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- Did Charles write to an ex-lover that Diana's death 'makes my life a lot easier'? | The News Agents
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- 2:38
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- 1 month ago
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- Trump’s media ban has gone from ‘they’re mean to me’ to 'national security breach’ | The News Agents
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- 2:17
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- 1 month ago
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- Is Tony Blair getting in Andy Burnham’s way? | The News Agents
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- 42:29
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- 1 month ago
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- On the eve of Andy Burnham’s first party conference as Prime Minister, Tony Blair has entered centre stage - to talk about rejoining the EU. Is he nudging Burnham towards his own goal? Or putting unnecessary hurdles in the new PM's way? And what is the state of the relationship between them? We talk to The New Statesman’s Tom McTague.
And, as a new mega MRP poll lands suggesting the current number of parliamentary seats each party would win if the election were held tomorrow, we analyse why a snap election is so unlikely.
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- In reopening the Brexit debate, is Tony Blair helping or hindering Andy Burnham?
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- 2:54
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- 1 month ago
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- Kamala Harris is teasing a 2028 presidential bid... but have the Dems moved on? | The News Agents
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- 3:00
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- 1 month ago
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- Is Burnham right to rethink plans for the Chagos Islands? | The News Agents
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- 2:53
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- 1 month ago
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- Are Republicans sick of Trump? | The News Agents
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- 47:18
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- 1 month ago
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- Has the GOP woken up to the drag anchor that Donald Trump is on their electoral fortunes? There are signs that MAGA is not the magnet it once was. A steady stream of Republicans have come out in recent days to criticise the President and his administration - on Iran, on beef prices, on Trump Jr's wedding, on ICE. The list goes on. It seemed for so long like diehard loyalty to Trump was an essential ingredient for the American Right - so why are so many hoping to enter Congress scrubbing mentions of him from their websites?
Later, the curious case of Susan Collins and an FBI investigation that Trump shut down. The Dems say that "the jig is up" for the Maine veteran. Could it swing the Senate?
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- Is Piers Morgan loving his fight with Earl Spencer - or as Jon puts it… | The News Agents
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- 2:26
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- 1 month ago
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- Will Piers Morgan make Earl Spencer pulp his own book? | The News Agents
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- 34:58
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- 1 month ago
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- "I made a small error and I've apologised and it will be put right in the second edition, but that's it." That's what Earl Spencer told Lorraine this morning. The error in question is about Piers Morgan. In his new book, Spencer claims that Morgan published a hidden camera photo of Diana in 1993 while working for the Daily Mirror. The big problem with that? Morgan didn't join the Mirror until 1995. He's launched legal action against Diana's brother - and speaks to Jon and Emily.
Later, Andy Burnham will be pleased that his first face to face with Donald Turmp went off without any major hiccup. Their meeting on the sidelines of the UN was actually pretty chummy in large part - so why is the UK now having to rethink its plan for the Chagos Islands as a result?
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- Piers Morgan on why “weird, mercurial” Earl Spencer should pulp his own book.
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- 2:31
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- 1 month ago
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- Inside the social media ‘game’ prompting a wave of murders in London gang warfare | The News Agents
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- 2:11
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- How Trump silenced himself | The News Agents
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- 37:43
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- It wasn’t meant to happen like this. When Trump decided to ban three news organisations from the White House in his latest iteration of an old man sulk, he didn’t expect the rest of the press to back them. But they have. No one took up the reins to lead the press pool - so last night went unfilmed. And various news outlets have decided not to take Trump audio either. Which is why, in a magnificent volte-face Trump ended up crashing socialist Mayor Mamdani's press conference in New York so he could find the cameras. He looks ridiculous. He knows he’s going to lose in the courts. So why are his enablers still pretending everything makes sense?
Later, why are London gangs creating their own video game out of real gang violence? An exclusive report from the streets of London by The Crime Agents Andy Hughes.
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- Has Trump stopped speaking to the American people & slipped back into ‘real estate developer’ mode?
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- 2:47
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- 2 months ago
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- Germany’s AfD are gaining ground - should voters be worried about links to Russia? | The News Agents
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- 2:50
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- 2 months ago
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- Has Trump's war on the press just spectacularly backfired? | The News Agents
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- 36:04
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Trump’s war on the media has been deepening for decades - whether it’s been litigation, doxxing, intimidation or simply a ban on access - we kind of feel like we’ve seen it all before. But today one thing happened that changed all that - the broadcast media joined ranks and fought back.
After three major outlets - CNN, MS Now and Politico - were shut out of the White House, other outlets pulled their participation from the pool team. They're refusing to cover his visit to New York. So has Trump’s move spectacularly backfired?
Later, why is the German chancellor calling his own ejection result a ‘disaster’? And does it mean he’s going to follow Keir Starmer out of his own job?
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- Why is Trump banning so-called ‘fake news' reporters from the White House? | The News Agents
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- 2:24
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- 2 months ago
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- A bogus poll infiltrated the US political system, but could that happen in the UK? | The News Agents
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- 2:13
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- 2 months ago
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- Could AI bots soon be predicting - and influencing - our politics? | The News Agents
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- 2:26
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- 2 months ago
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- After the Reform scandal - does anyone still trust pollsters? | The News Agents
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- 41:33
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- 2 months ago
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- Opinion polls are supposed to tell us what the public thinks. But what happens when the people commissioning, funding and promoting those polls have a political interest in the answer?
The latest controversy surrounding Reform UK has put the polling industry under an uncomfortable spotlight. Allegations that polling commissioned by Reform was funded through an overseas company and that the party's involvement was not disclosed when the results were published have prompted investigations. Reform denies wrongdoing, while two senior party officials have stepped down.
This Friday, Luke Tryl from More In Common joins us to explore the power that political polling has, if it can change the course of an election, and how much should we really trust the numbers?
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- Has the Reform scandal tainted trust in pollsters in the same way Trump has in US? | The News Agents
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- 2:30
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- With Trump’s trade war against Canada escalating, Carney looks towards the EU - and Trump is fuming
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- 2:20
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- 2 months ago
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- Is the King gaslighting Diana's brother? | The News Agents
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- 30:53
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- 2 months ago
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- Buckingham Palace has said it doesn't comment on book releases as a matter of principle. And yet it has commented on a new book - from Princess Diana's brother - in a way that has sparked off a news cycle.
Earl Spencer claims in his new book that in a heated row with Charles in the preparation for Diana's funeral, the then Prince spat out "Rest assured, we'll forget her soon enough". The Palace's response: "His Majesty is mindful that the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgment and colour memory in ways others do not recognise, even many years after such a loss."
Why has the Palace chosen to pick this public spat? Why are the Royal family unable to go a week at the moment without descending into some form of internecine warfare? And should this sort of family squabble even be published in the first place?
Later, the EU's love affair with Canada has caused Donald Trump to sit up and pay attention. He's threatening to stop trade with Euro...
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- Has Zack Polanski just been rinsed?
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- 1:19
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Rage, fury and a rare royal interaction. Could the King really have said it?
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- 2:28
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Trump Jr is ‘frigging loaded’ so why did an Oligarch pay for part of his wedding? | The News Agents
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- 2:57
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- 2 months ago
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- Why is Trump sending the Feds to polling stations in November? | The News Agents
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- 37:46
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- With the midterms approaching, President Trump has once again raised the stakes, with FBI Director Kash Patel saying he is open to sending federal agents into polling stations. The comments have sparked alarm among Democrats, who fear the Trump administration could take increasingly aggressive steps to assert control over the coming elections.
Just a week ago, Trump was offering every American adult $5,000 if Republicans won the midterms. So how have things escalated so quickly? And do dire poll numbers increase the chances of Trump taking even more drastic action as November approaches?
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- ‘Preposterous’ council chair compares Piddington’s referendum to Battle of Britain | The News Agents
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- 2:35
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- 2 months ago
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- Is Andy Burnham just Keir Starmer with TikTok? | The News Agents
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- 33:33
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Six weeks out from the budget some of the critics are already circling - warning the new Prime Minister not to play it safe as “a traditional tax and spend PM with better TikTok". Is Burnham in control of events? Or is the economy being thrown further off course by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea closing off?
Later, pussycat impersonator, and leader of the Workers Party George Galloway, is back and standing in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election. Will this split the Green vote?
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- Is anyone outraged by Sweeney’s ad or are women bored of being told they should be | The News Agents
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- 2:29
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- 2 months ago
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- Why are men in balaclavas descending on an Oxfordshire village? | The News Agents
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- 37:26
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- 2 months ago
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- It's referendum day in the Oxfordshire village of Piddington. A symbolic gesture that would see it "ceding from the UK" over their frustration with the setting up of of an asylum centre on their doorstep. They’ve argued that 1250 single foreign men is too much for their modest village of 350 to handle. But now - guess who’s coming to the rescue? Danny Tommo and his masked Patriot Platform - seemingly backed by Reform's Sarah Pochin, who's said protestors would "not be unwelcome" in the village. Is this what the people of Piddington wanted?
Later, Donald Trump has told us all not to worry about the myriad warnings coming out about AI and its potential to kill us all. He's got the ultimate guardrail. And it turns out, it's him. Should we all sleep easier tonight?
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- Is far-right "Tommo" fighting to defend grannies, or is it about making cash? | The News Agents
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- 2:24
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Scaramucci on how Trump’s “feeding funnel for his corrupt cronies” has damaged the fabric of society
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- 2:57
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Anthony Scaramucci on Trump, crypto and whether he will run for president | The News Agents
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- 32:19
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- 2 months ago
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- In an exclusive interview Anthony Scaramucci talks to Jon and Emily about how Trump is raking it in from crypto - and where American democracy has gone wrong.
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- Does £72m win you an election? | The News Agents
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- 49:32
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- 2 months ago
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- £36m donations are like busses for Reform - you wait ages for one and then two come along at once. Reform's £72m haul this weekend dwarfs the money raised by all the other parties - it is a simply unprecedented level of funding for British politics. There are complications. Are the donations within the rules? Could Labour change the rules to prevent them? And most importantly - can it actually make a difference? Could two crypto billionaires potentially swing an election for Nigel Farage?
Later, Anthony Scaramucci on how Trump is raking it in from crypto - and where American democracy has gone wrong.
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- Reform’s £72 million donation leaves a huge gap between those who pay for it & those who vote for it
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- 2:57
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- 2 months ago
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- How 9/11 changed everything | The News Agents
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- 55:05
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- 2 months ago
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- Is 9/11 the most consequential event of our lifetimes? It's hard to think of another moment that so completely turned the world on its axis and rewired the assumptions that a generation had come to take for granted.
The immediate human toll was unfathomably tragic - this was the most deadly terrorist attack in history, leaving thousands dead. But what came next - and how profoundly it changed politics, American foreign policy, global warfare, and civil liberties - has radically reshaped our world.
In this episode, 25 years on from that fatal morning in New York, Jon and Emily, along with Miles Taylor - who was spurred into US politics as a result of the events of that day - explore how we're still living in the world that 9/11 made.
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- If it walks like a bribe and quacks like a bribe…
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- 2:59
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- 2 months ago
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- Did Trump just try to bribe American voters? | The News Agents
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- 27:47
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- 2 months ago
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- “If the Republicans win, you win with us and you get $5,000”. That's what Donald Trump told an audience of Republicans in Dallas last night. The 'Trump dividend' would cost America more than a trillion dollars. Critics are already announcing that the offer is illegal, And Democrats are bragging that this is a sign of just how desperate Donald Trump is ahead of the midterms which are looking bleak. So why's he done it? Could it work? Or will Americans see through such a naked attempt to buy their voters?
Later, Nigel Farage has created the mother of all headaches for his hard right allies in France. Did he get them to agree to a migrant deal that contained a lot more than they bargained for by having two different versions of the agreement - one English, one French?
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- Has Andy Burnham stopped caring what Donald Trump thinks? | The News Agents
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- 41:22
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- 2 months ago
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- It’s easy to paint Britain as a post-industrial nation in decline, plagued by crime and high taxes. Indeed, many do.
But there’s a new power to Britain’s role on the world stage — as America abandons its former allies. Whether it’s Ukraine, security, or now sanctions against West Bank settlers, Britain is in the ascendant.
Have we decided that Trump is no longer important to our big decisions? Are we living in a post-American world?
Later, what Ed Conway can’t explain about world trade, the global debt market and the UK economy isn’t worth knowing. He’s with the newsagents to talk about Trade War and where the next economic crash will come from.
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- The Trumpapalooza tumbleweed: Why Republicans are staying away | The News Agents
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- 38:15
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- 2 months ago
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- In a characteristic break with US political tradition, President Trump is holding a two-day event in Dallas, Texas ahead of the upcoming midterms. The problem? No one seems to want to go. Dallas is a deeply red state. It's packed with reporters, activists and campaigners. So why aren't republicans turning up? And what does that tell us about what to expect from the midterms?
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- Britain doesn’t want to start a fight with Trump, but it will ‘quietly disagree’.
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- 2:43
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- 2 months ago
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- Donald Trump made his 9/11 memorial speech all about him, with a “complete fabrication” of his day.
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- 2:21
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- 2 months ago
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- Has Burnham just started his first row with Trump? | The News Agents
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- 37:03
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- 2 months ago
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- The Israeli government has reacted with anger to the British foreign secretary’s planned ban on products from Israeli settlements.
Ed Miliband described himself in the commons as a proud British Jew, but one unafraid to criticise the heinous behaviour of Netanyahu's government towards Palestinian communities in the West Bank.
Has the UK government gone too far? Or not far enough? And what will it do to relations with Israel’s closest ally, Donald Trump?
Later - why were Harry and Meghan hearing from the King's sources at the same time we were? Why can’t the royal family just text each other. And what does it all mean for relations in the monarchy?
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- Harry and Meghan are back - do you King’s and couple’s briefings show loathing, or just dysfunction?
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- 0:16
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- 2 months ago
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- Do Reform supporters really not believe the C4 sting? | The News Agents
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- 0:51
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- 2 months ago
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