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The Two Matts

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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Update frequency
every 2 days
Average duration
47 minutes
Episodes
560
Years Active
2017 - 2025
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Trumped, a lack of detail and a hopeful poll

Trumped, a lack of detail and a hopeful poll

Richard Porritt and Steve Anglesey return to dive into another week of Brexit madness. 

This week they look back on the mid-terms, poke fun at bungling Brexit secretary Dominic Raab and crown another …

00:41:05  |   Fri 09 Nov 2018
Financial deals, taking the (50) p and Budget fall-out

Financial deals, taking the (50) p and Budget fall-out

Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and Geri Scott return with a round-up of another week of Brexit madness.

The team tackle the Budget, Arron Banks and reveal listeners' suggestions for what should be on…

00:47:24  |   Fri 02 Nov 2018
May survives ... again, Budget preview and your mail

May survives ... again, Budget preview and your mail

Richard Porritt, Geri Scott and Jono Read are back with another review of the week on planet Brexit. 

This week the team tackle another Hell Week for Theresa May, an 'unholy alliance' going on a road …

00:52:48  |   Fri 26 Oct 2018
Kicking the can, the People's Vote march and fighting talk from Nigel

Kicking the can, the People's Vote march and fighting talk from Nigel

Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and Geri Scott return for another show delving into the madness that is Brexit.

This week the team discuss Theresa May's transition extension and Peter French, People's…

00:41:10  |   Fri 19 Oct 2018
DUP loom over PM, Gove goes to the tip and Geri plays piano

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 …

00:55:04  |   Fri 12 Oct 2018
Dancing Queen PM sends an SOS but will Boris be the winner who takes it all?

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 B…

00:40:00  |   Fri 05 Oct 2018
Keir Starmer on Labour and the People’s Vote… plus will Theresa May dance at Tory conference?

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.

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01:04:45  |   Fri 28 Sep 2018
Chequers goes pop, Justine Greening and Labour conference preview

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 …

00:52:29  |   Fri 21 Sep 2018
Boris being Boris, Lib Dem conference preview and Progress' Richard Angell

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 Labou…

00:55:47  |   Fri 14 Sep 2018
Listeners' questions and the Brexit Blower

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 o…

01:07:24  |   Fri 07 Sep 2018
Twinkle toes Theresa and a momentous moment for Labour

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 Pe…

00:44:41  |   Fri 31 Aug 2018
Best for Britain, Raabbiting on and Donald Trumped

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 V…

01:08:22  |   Fri 24 Aug 2018
More scandal for Jeremy and fantasy politics

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…

00:36:24  |   Fri 17 Aug 2018
Boris Johnson plays the race card and the Brexiteers dig for victory

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 …

00:43:16  |   Fri 10 Aug 2018
Brexit conspiracies, Hunt on tour and social media wars

Brexit conspiracies, Hunt on tour and social media wars

Richard Porritt is joined by Geri Scott to round up the week's Brexit news. 

And this week the pair also indulge in revealing their favourite Brexit conspiracy theories. 

Social media expert Jono Read …

00:45:32  |   Fri 03 Aug 2018
Hopes rising, potential turning points and wifi shrines

Hopes rising, potential turning points and wifi shrines

Richard Porritt is joined by New European Editor Matt Kelly and Geri Scott to round-up another week of Brexit madness. 

Matt discusses the changing tide on the question of a People's Vote while Geri a…

00:45:00  |   Fri 27 Jul 2018
Chaos in the chamber, Labour's shame and end of term reports

Chaos in the chamber, Labour's shame and end of term reports

Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and Geri Scott round up another wild week in Brexit.

The team tackle anti-Semitism in the Labour party, the pairing row and dish out grades for the political leaders.

An…

00:53:20  |   Fri 20 Jul 2018
Resignation fall-out, the Brexit White Paper and sausages wrapped in bacon

Resignation fall-out, the Brexit White Paper and sausages wrapped in bacon

Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and Geri Scott round-up another week of Brexit madness.

The news section includes all the fall-out from Boris Johnson and David Davis' resignations and the team ponders…

00:46:35  |   Fri 13 Jul 2018
EXTRA EXTRA chaos engulfs government

EXTRA EXTRA chaos engulfs government

In this special episode of the podcast Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and New European Editor Matt Kelly discuss the resignations and what happens next for Theresa May's Brexit proposals.

But don't f…

00:25:00  |   Tue 10 Jul 2018
Fake World Cup fever, NHS at 70 and favourite car parks

Fake World Cup fever, NHS at 70 and favourite car parks

Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and Geri Scott return to delve into another week of Brexit lunacy.

Richard and Steve discuss how every Brexiteer now seems to be football crazy and ask why Jacob Rees-M…

00:52:53  |   Fri 06 Jul 2018
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