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‘Wright on the Nail’ is a podcast hosted by music industry entrepreneur Chris Wright. Each week, he is joined by those in-the-know to discuss politics, media, business and lots more. Our episodes a
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In this week’s episode Chris Wright is joined by:
Nick Blackburn to help us shine some light on the mass chaos around Oasis’s new tour tickets. A former director at Ticketmaster, chartered accountant in the music industry, having worked for Chrysalis and Decca records. He is also the founder of See Tickets, the international ticketing services company based in Nottingham, England.
Green Party Peer, Natalie Bennett who led the party in the years up to and through the 2015 general election. She released a book this year entitled ‘Change Everything’ which proposes complete reform to how British society and the economy works, especially in relation to food and the environment. We hear her thoughts as Chris and panel discuss the government’s proposed outdoor smoking ban, and the wider topic of government intervention in our lives, including in tackling obesity.
Jean-Monnet Professor of European Integration at the National University of Ireland Maynooth, John O’Brennan. Following on from the health issues of smoking and obesity, John’s recent research work encompasses a focus on the societal impact of gambling in Ireland and Europe, a subject he speaks about today.
We hope you enjoy this episode and feel free to get in touch with messages, comments or feedback at [email protected]
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WOTN Team
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In this week’s episode Chris Wright is joined by:
Jean-Monnet Professor of European Integration at the National University of Ireland Maynooth, John O’Brennan. John, among his many academic and journalistic accolades is a member of the Institute for European and International Affairs' 'Global Europe', Ireland's leading international affairs think tank.
We also have Edward Hardy, an accomplished journalist across a range of subjects, but for our interest today, a prominent commentator on US as well as UK politics.
We welcome back Eric Schurenberg, a long-time journalist and media executive, former CEO of Inc. and Fast Company, and now the founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media.
We also welcome Matt Malone, the former President and Editor in Chief of America Media, which covers religion, society, politics and culture from a Catholic perspective in the US.
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We hope you enjoy this episode and feel free to get in touch with messages, comments or feedback at [email protected]
Many thanks,
WOTN Team
'I Hit The Nail Right On The Head' by Billy Bremner.
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In this week’s special debate episode, Chris is joined by the Conservative MP for Shipley since 2005, who is currently standing for re-election, Sir Philip Davies, Reform UK parliamentary candidate for Great Yarmouth, Rupert Lowe, conservative and Brexit supporting political commentator, Lee Harris.
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The fight for conservatism, or rather the fight for the right? All three guests hold similar views on immigration, the role of the state, sovereignty, individual freedoms, Brexit… to mention just a few. However, Sir Philip and Rupert are standing to be MPs from two different parties, and Lee, who is historically a diehard Conservative, is now debating which man’s party to vote for on the 4th July.
Does voting Reform make it more likely that Labour will win? What will come of Nigel Farage’s reentry into politics? Does the Tory party need to be broken before it can be fixed? How conservative really is Britain?
We hope you find this episode interesting, where leading voices from the right-wing of British politics come together, acknowledging what they agree on, and fascinatingly, disagreeing on many things too...
We hope you enjoy this episode and feel free to get in touch with messages, comments or feedback at [email protected]
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WOTN Team
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This podcast is published by New Thinking: www.newthinking.com
In this week’s News Roundtable episode, Chris Wright is joined by Labour National Executive Committee Member Jess Barnard, Labour & Co-operative London Assembly Member representing Merton and Wandsworth Leonie Cooper, Labour Councillor and Cabinet Member for Environment & Community Safety at Preston Council Freddie Bailey, and former political editor of the The Mirror, which made him Britain’s longest serving political editor Nigel Nelson.
What can one say… the conversation this week is Labour, Labour, Labour, just like the panel, plus our esteemed regular commentator Nigel Nelson. The questions they tackle:
We hope you enjoy this episode and feel free to get in touch with messages, comments or feedback at [email protected]
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WOTN Team
'I Hit The Nail Right On The Head' by Billy Bremner.
© Fridens liljor/Micke Finell.
Rock around the clock productions AB.
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This episode was produced by Sound Sapien
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This podcast is published by New Thinking: www.newthinking.com
In this week’s News Roundtable episode, Chris Wright is joined by political commentator, Marina Purkiss, Managing Editor of Local Government Studies and Co-Convenor of the UK Political Studies Association's Specialist Group on Local Politics, Dr Peter Eckersley, Communications Officer at the Institute of Economic Affairs, Reem Ibrahim, and Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration at the National University of Ireland Maynooth, John O’Brennan.
Chris introduces with a scintillating monologue reflecting on the student protests in the US in the late 1960s, which he was a part of. He asks the panel whether today's re-engagement of the young through protest will translate into the polling booth across the Atlantic in the UK in the upcoming local elections and onwards.
The conversation centres on the UK local elections and how much they will indicate the general election result. They discuss Sunak’s evermore controversial Rwanda rabbit hole (lately causing the migrants to escape the UK into Ireland); the practicality and the politics of the scheme.
They dig back into the pro-Palestinian campus riots across the US that began at Columbia State University. Whether or not their branding by the media as anti-semitic is representative of the majority of anti-Israel protesters, and the UK’s diplomatic tone compared to the US’s towards Israel.
They circle back to the local elections this Thursday 2nd May and whether the Tories would dare oust Rishi Sunak after what may be a disastrous result for his party.
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WOTN Team
'I Hit The Nail Right On The Head' by Billy Bremner.
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This podcast is published by New Thinking: www.newthinking.com
In this week’s News Roundtable episode, Chris Wright is joined by:
The panel provide the historical context for the beginnings of the current crisis in the Middle East, looking beyond the 7th October attack back to the Israeli disengagement of 2005 and The Arab Peace Initiative of 2002. They paint the picture of the political misopportunities on the behalf of the Israeli and Palestinian leadership that led to the last six months’ vast acceleration in violence. They discuss the relations between all the countries in the region including Egypt, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.
They move onto what’s happening on the ground in Gaza, the military capabilities of Israel, analysing the reality of their proclaimed aim to eliminate Hamas. They turn their focus to Iran’s attack on Israel over the weekend. Whether it was a mistake, and whether is was a true display of Iran’s full military capabilities. Led by Sharon, they turn to the reality of Iran’s nuclear capabilities, and set out a vision for how peace can truly be achieved in the whole region of the Middle East.
Many thanks,
WOTN Team
'I Hit The Nail Right On The Head' by Billy Bremner.
© Fridens liljor/Micke Finell.
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This episode was produced by Sound Sapien
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This podcast is published by New Thinking: www.newthinking.com
In this week’s News Roundtable episode, Chris Wright is joined by writer, journalist and broadcaster, Christina Patterson, Communications Officer at the Institute of Economic Affairs, Reem Ibrahim, UK and US political commentator Edward Hardy, and Chief Economic Adviser at the Centre for Economics and Business Research, Vicky Pryce.
The conversation kicks off with an in-depth analysis of the Conservative Party’s scheme to tear itself apart. They turn to the economic legacy of Thatcher and discuss whether privatisation, such as of Water and the Railways, is the foundational cause for Britain’s dire problems today. They also pick apart the housing crisis and the tendency of our politics to pit the young and old against each other. They turn to the topic of the ageing population, the pension system and the kind of policies we need to bring real change.
Each of the panellists offers their views on whether they are optimistic or pessimistic about the economic future of Britain.
Economist Vicky Pryce joins the conversation to offer her thoughts on this issue, what Labour will and can do should they come into power, and how geopolitics is affecting the economy.
Finally, they turn to Donald Trump's newfound wealth and the potential world consequences of his ability to get away with everything - with expert analysis from Edward and Vicky.
Many thanks,
WOTN Team
'I Hit The Nail Right On The Head' by Billy Bremner.
© Fridens liljor/Micke Finell.
Rock around the clock productions AB.
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This episode was produced by Sound Sapien
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This podcast is published by New Thinking: www.newthinking.com
In this week’s episode, Chris Wright is joined by Richard Spencer, the China correspondent at The Times, formerly the Middle East correspondent from 2016 until August 2023, but brought back to cover the war in Gaza since Hamas’s attack on Israel on the 7th October. He was previously news editor, China correspondent, Middle East correspondent and Middle East editor at The Daily Telegraph.
The focus quickly turns to Israel-Palestine where Richard cuts to the chase, outlining the different ways the conflict may end, and what these scenarios would mean for the citizens on the ground. Questions are raised, such as whether the West is hypocritical to criticise Israel’s campaign in Gaza, considering their relatively recent campaigns in Iraq and Syria. Richard later explains the geopolitics of conflict for the UK and the US, and the power dynamic in the Palestinian West Bank.
They turn their gaze to Ukraine - what is the status of the war and how the American election will impact it, and therefore, the future of Europe. Chris also asks Richard for his views on the possibility of China invading Taiwan.
We’d love to hear what you think of the episode at [email protected].
Many thanks,
WOTN Team
'I Hit The Nail Right On The Head' by Billy Bremner.
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This episode was produced by Sound Sapien
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This podcast is published by New Thinking: www.newthinking.com
In this week’s News Roundtable episode, Chris Wright is joined by the Founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media, Editor-in-chief of Amplify Publishing Group, and former CEO of Inc. and Fast Company, Eric Schurenberg, the first woman to run a US presidential campaign, the youngest woman to have tenured at the Harvard Law School, and prominent US political commentator, Susan Estrich, and journalist, US and UK political commentator, and regular Wright on the Nail contributor, Edward Hardy.
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'I Hit The Nail Right On The Head' by Billy Bremner.
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This episode was produced by Sound Sapien
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This podcast is published by New Thinking: www.newthinking.com
In this week’s News Roundtable episode, Chris Wright is joined by writer, journalist and broadcaster, Christina Patterson, Communications Officer at the Institute of Economic Affairs, Reem Ibrahim, and former Political Editor of the Sunday Mirror, Nigel Nelson.
Chris kicks the conversation off with Rishi Sunak’s seemingly desperate electoral ploy to push through the Rwanda scheme, passing the Safety of Rwanda Bill through the House of Commons on Wednesday night. The panel analyse whether the public is as concerned with the issue of immigration as the government have convinced themselves they are, and how Britain should be addressing legal and illegal immigration. Reem argues that immigrants on average are less of a burden and contribute to the economy more than ‘native’ Britons…
They then focus on Sunak: does he have a vision for the country behind the veil of party politics? Will the Conservatives lurch even further to the right after his likely election defeat?
Chris then asks each panellist what story is catching their interest right now:
- Nigel takes on the post-office scandal and the impact of ITV’s drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office
- Christina’s is the expansion of the Israel-Gaza conflict in the Middle East to the Red Sea
- Reem’s is the government’s historic bill to ban the sale of tobacco products to anyone born on or after 1 January 2009 – she thinks the attack on vape products doesn’t make sense
We’d love to hear what you think of the episode at [email protected].
Many thanks,
WOTN Team
'I Hit The Nail Right On The Head' by Billy Bremner.
© Fridens liljor/Micke Finell.
Rock around the clock productions AB.
www.rockaroundtheclock.co
This episode was produced by Sound Sapien
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This podcast is published by New Thinking: www.newthinking.com
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