

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Oct 12, 2018 • 55min
DUP loom over PM, Gove goes to the tip and Geri plays piano
Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and Geri Scott return to bring you bang up to date with another bonkers week in Brexit.The team discuss the DUP's threats, the changing face of the Daily Mail and ask 'Is Boris finished?'And they crown another Brexiteer of the Week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 5, 2018 • 40min
Dancing Queen PM sends an SOS but will Boris be the winner who takes it all?
Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and Geri Scott return for another run-down of the week on Planet Brexit.The team focus on Conservative party conference and those twinkle toes but ask "where was the Brexit policy?"And, of course, there is another Brexiteer of the Week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 28, 2018 • 1h 5min
Keir Starmer on Labour and the People’s Vote… plus will Theresa May dance at Tory conference?
Fresh from his standing ovation, the shadow Brexit secretary joins us. The Conservatives go to war in Birmingham and there’s a Doctor Who connection in our Brexiteer of the Week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 21, 2018 • 52min
Chequers goes pop, Justine Greening and Labour conference preview
Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and Geri Scott return for another round-up of Britain's Brexit madness. The team preview Labour conference and analyse the fall-out from Theresa May's disastrous trip to Austria. Also Geri chats to Justine Greening who backs a People's Vote.And there is another Brexiteer of the Week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 14, 2018 • 56min
Boris being Boris, Lib Dem conference preview and Progress' Richard Angell
Richard Porritt, Geri Scott and Steve Anglesey are back to untangle another bonkers week in Brexit Britain.The team preview the forthcoming Lib Dem gathering and Richard Angell, the director of Labour's centre left movement Progress, is on the Brexit Blower.And, of course, there is another Brexiteer of the Week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 7, 2018 • 1h 7min
Listeners' questions and the Brexit Blower
Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and Geri Scott return to tackle another week of Brexit madness. This week the team open the mailbag to answer your questions and journalist Gavin Esler joins Richard on the Brexit Blower.And, of course, there is another Brexiteer of the Week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 31, 2018 • 45min
Twinkle toes Theresa and a momentous moment for Labour
Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and Geri Scott are back to tackle another wild week on Planet Brexit.The team discuss the African trade deal as well as the potential for Momentum members to back a People's Vote. And Geri picks her favourite embarrassing political moments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 24, 2018 • 1h 8min
Best for Britain, Raabbiting on and Donald Trumped
Richard Porritt and Steve Anglesey return for another dose of Brexit news and analysis. This week they are joined in the studio by Gary Marshall from Best for Britain who talks about why a People's Vote is the most democratic option.And, as always, another Brexiteer of the Week is crowned. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 17, 2018 • 36min
More scandal for Jeremy and fantasy politics
Richard Porritt is joined by Steve Anglesey and Geri Scott to analyse another week of Brexit madness. The team ponder how Jeremy Corbyn can survive lurching from one row to the next, Geri and Richard pick their fantasy political teams and Steve crowns another Brexiteer of the Week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 10, 2018 • 43min
Boris Johnson plays the race card and the Brexiteers dig for victory
The New European editor Matt Kelly joins Steve Anglesey to discuss the former foreign secretary’s Bannon-inspired burka-bashing. They also unpick the no-deal Brexit scenarios which threaten to send Britain back to the 1940s. Geri Scott attacks Twitter’s disgraceful pandering to Infowars’ Alex Jones, and asks whether it’s time to boycott the social network. And as ever, we crown the worst Brexiteers of the week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.