NS#231: It's (New) Party Time
Helen is joined by Anoosh to consider whether a new political party would have any chance of success in the UK. Then they discuss the TV shows everyone really likes to watch but doesn''t admit to. Finally, a bumper You Asked Us section.
August 17, 2017
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Episode 231 · August 17, 2017
NS#231: It's (New) Party Time
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<p>Helen is joined by Anoosh to consider whether a new political party would have any chance of success in the UK. Then they discuss the TV shows everyone <em>really</em> likes to watch but doesn't admit to and analyse why the quality of <em>Don't Tell The Bride </em>has declined. Finally, a bumper You Asked Us section including listener questions on social care, punching Nazis, the Tory economic agenda and more.</p><br /><p>Follow Helen on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/helenlewis" target="_blank">@helenlewis</a> and Anoosh <a href="http://www.twitter.com/anoosh_c" target="_blank">@anoosh_c</a></p><br /><p>Further reading:</p><p><a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/2013/04/did-left-win-twentieth-century" target="_blank">The NS centenary debate from 2013 - did the left win the twentieth century?</a></p><p><a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/annehelenpetersen/meet-the-ivanka-voter" target="_blank">Meet the Ivanka Voter by Anne Helen Petersen on Buzzfeed.</a></p><p><a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2017/04/picture-edl-might-have-gone-viral-white-nationalist-group-fading-away" target="_blank">Anoosh on the EDL.</a></p><p><a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/tv-radio/2017/07/why-love-island-so-tory" target="_blank">Why is Love Island so Tory?</a></p><p><a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/tv-radio/2017/08/how-did-don-t-tell-bride-lose-its-spark" target="_blank">How Don't Tell the Bride lost its spark</a></p><p><a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/helen-lewis-hasteley/2012/02/women-feminism-damion-white" target="_blank">Take Me Out and the failures of feminism by Alan White.</a></p><p><strong>LISTEN AD-FREE:</strong></p><p>📱<a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2022/06/newapp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Download the New Statesman app</a></p><br /><p><strong>MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:</strong></p><p>❓ <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/2022/10/you-ask-us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ask a question</a> – we answer them every Friday</p><p>⏰ <a href="https://morningcall.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Get our daily politics newsletter</a> every morning</p><p>✍️ <a href="http://saturdayread.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Enjoy the best of our writing</a> via email every Saturday</p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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