Three Old Hacks

Mihir Bose – former BBC Sports Editor, David Smith – Economics Editor of the Sunday Times and political commentator Nigel Dudley have been friends since they first met while working at Financial Weekly in 1980s. They have kept in touch regularly, setting the world to rights over various lunches and dinners. With coronavirus making that impossible, what do journalists do, deprived of long convivial lunches over a bottle of red wine or several? Why, podcast of course.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we’d love to hear from you!

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Things Can Only Get Worse

September 03, 2024 • Mihir Bose, David Smith, Nigel Dudley • Season 1 • Episode 47

Tony Blair's anthem was Things Can Only Get Better. Keir Starmer's appears to be Things Can Only Get Worse says David Smith, Economics Editor of the Sunday Times in this week's Three Old Hacks podcast, following on from the Prime Minister's speech this week warning they will have to raise taxes to fill the black hole left by the last government, in order to be able to do any of the things they want to do.

Former Sports editor of BBC News Mihir Bose, political analyst Nigel Dudley and Economics Editor of the Sunday Times David Smith, aka the Three Old Hacks, discuss the week's news. Listen to their podcast on The Chiswick Calendar website or on any of the usual podcast platforms.

Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we’d love to hear from you!