Ian Leslie and Matthew Taylor analyse Theresa May’s final major speech as prime minister and Donald Trump’s latest racist statements, and try to predict what might happen in the first weeks of a new PM. Everything is unlikely, but something has to happen. So we grade some previous predictions and have a go at making some new ones.
Plus, a new theory: the four paths to polarisation.
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Matthew Taylor Ian LeslieProduced by James Shield.
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