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You, May, be excused: Boris Johnson ascends

You, May, be excused: Boris Johnson ascends

FromThe Intelligence from The Economist


You, May, be excused: Boris Johnson ascends

FromThe Intelligence from The Economist

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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Jul 23, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Britain has a new prime minister—who will inherit all the same problems his predecessor had. Good luck guiding a divided nation through Brexit with a paper-thin majority in parliament. Europe’s steel industry is getting hammered by tariffs and gluts, but one tucked-away mill in Austria has steeled itself for tumult. And, what single characteristic do Americans least want in their roommates?Additional audio "Fly" by Benboncan at Freesound.org. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Jul 23, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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Get a daily burst of global illumination from The Economist’s worldwide network of correspondents as they dig past the headlines to get to the stories beneath—and to stories that aren’t making headlines, but should be.