The Two Matts

The New World

Join The New World'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 World newspaper - irreverent, witty, surprising, argumentative ... and annoying all the right people.

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Jun 22, 2018 · 38 min
Choo Choo ... all aboard the 100th issue party podcast
Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and Geri Scott return to digest another week of Brexit madness as The New European publishes its 100th issue. This week we do the news from a train, play Brexit bingo with Alastair Campbell, Andrew Adonis and Bonnie Gr...
Jun 15, 2018 · 55 min
Cuddles the Brexit monkey and more fudging from May
Richard Porritt and Steve Anglesey round-up another bonkers week on Planet Brexit.In this episode the team take a look back at a momentous week in the House of Commons, ponder what exactly Labour's role is in the Brexit debate and crown another Brexi...
Jun 8, 2018 · 52 min
Brexican stand-off, Corbyn is a cult and Super Tuesday preview
Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and Geri Scott return to review another wild week in post-common sense Britain.Richard and Steve tackle hard man David Davis and ponder 'exactly what is the point of Jeremy Corbyn?' ... answers on a postcard. And, as...
Jun 1, 2018 · 1 hr 10 min
Caroline Criado Perez, Jacob Rees-Mogg and playing real tennis on cobbled streets
Richard Porritt and Steve Anglesey tackle another week of Brexit madness and ask the question "who is Rees-Mogg trying to kid?" Matt Kelly is joined by New European guest Editor Caroline Criado Perez to chat about her feminist takeover of the paper a...
May 25, 2018 · 51 min
Daily Mail madness, cancelled holidays and the Irish question
Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and Geri Scott are back with another round-up of Brexity shenanigans.In the news the team discuss the looming return to the Commons of the Brexit Bill and whether Theresa May will call another snap election.Geri look...
May 18, 2018 · 39 min
Corbyn at the PLP, the White Paper and more procrastination
Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey, Geri Scott and Neil Perry deliver another round up of the week's Brexity madness.This week Neil chats to Richard about the promised Brexit White Paper and Geri ponders how long before the youth vote abandons Corbyn....
May 11, 2018 · 59 min
'Crazy' Boris, the Throbbing Gristle appreciation society and the pod is ONE!
Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and Geri Scott return to celebrate The New European podcast's first birthday.The team tackle the week's news including thrilling Lords' votes and Boris going rogue - again.Geri takes a look at how our politics has be...
May 4, 2018 · 1 hr 5 min
Local election fallout, Alastair Campbell chats and mutant 'Kippers
Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and Geri Scott round-up another week in post-commonsense Britain. The team look in-depth at a bad night for Labour, Sajid Javid's appointment and New European Editor-at-Large Alastair Campbell also pops in for a chat.
Apr 27, 2018 · 50 min
Amber Rudd's woes, racist Britain and microchips in your bum
Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and Geri Scott return to tackle the week's biggest stories.In this episode the team discuss the ongoing Windrush scandal, the Lords and crown another Brexiteer of the Week.
Apr 20, 2018 · 57 min
Lords take on government, Windrush scandal and Morrissey breaks hearts
This week Richard Porritt and Steve Anglesey talk Syria, the fallout from the Windrush debacle and ask what happens now after the Lords slap down the Brexit bill.And another Brexiteer of the Week is crowned - prompting the end of a beautiful love aff...
Apr 13, 2018 · 53 min
A silly man in serious times, the new centre and lending Betty Blue to a millennial
Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and Geri Scott are back to review another week in Brexit.This week the team discuss the new centrist party, bungling Boris Johnson and the pitfalls of lending DVDs to millennials.And, of course, another Brexiteer of ...
Apr 6, 2018 · 55 min
State of the parties with local elections looming, the SDP and Liam Fox’s magical socks
Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and Geri Scott round up another week in Brexit. The team take a closer look at where the parties stand as campaigning for the local elections begins and they ask if a new movement could rise from the unoccupied centre....
Mar 29, 2018 · 48 min
Cave dwellers of the world unite, whistleblowers and the NHS
Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and Geri Scott take on the madness of Brexit once again.This week the team discuss more claims about Cambridge Analytica, mark a year to go until Brexit and discuss the finer details of that NHS pay increase. And the...
Mar 23, 2018 · 35 min
Facebook, Eminem lyrics and should I stay or should I go?
Richard Porritt and Geri Scott delve in the the murky world of data mining, Steve Anglesey crowns a Brexiteer of the Week and Matt Withers reports back from the Should I Stay or Should I Go? conference.
Mar 16, 2018 · 40 min
The Corbyn question, Spreadsheet Phil's greatest hits and bonkers Brexiteers
Richard Porritt, Geri Scott and Steve Anglesey delve into the week's Brexit news, take a look back at the Spring Statement and crown a Brexiteer of the Week. And Editor Matt Kelly talks about Jeremy Corbyn.
Mar 9, 2018 · 38 min
Hope lies in the Lords, Cameron rules out boyband move and the Costa del Brexit
Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and Geri Scott tackle the week's Brexit news and crown another Brexiteer of the week. And in this episode Geri reports back after going deep undercover on the Costa del Brexit.
Mar 2, 2018 · 43 min
A Major intervention, bungling Boris and MPs on drugs
Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and Geri Scott tackle a blockbuster Brexit week. The team discuss the former Prime Ministers who are on our side, Jeremy Corbyn's watershed moment and crown a Brexiteer of the Week.
Feb 23, 2018 · 45 min
Corbyn interview, Norman Lamb and biscuits for the many
Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and Geri Scott return for another review of the week in Brexit. This week we have a chat with Jeremy Corbyn, Lib Dem Norman Lamb and crown another Brexiteer of the Week.
Feb 16, 2018 · 32 min
In the bath drawing pirate ships, Boris Johnson’s carrots and late-night tweeting
Richard Porritt is joined by journalist and broadcaster Neil Perry to discuss that Boris speech, Gavin Barwell’s phone habits and the pair choose their favourite political scandal. A Brexiteer of the Week is crowned and even holidaying Steve Anglesey m...
Feb 9, 2018 · 46 min
Musical chairs at the War Cabinet, impact shockers and the Scream Team
Richard Porritt and Steve Anglesey review another week of Brexit madness and take a closer look at what the hard Brexiteers have in mind for Jacob Rees-Mogg, and they crown another Brexiteer of the Week.