The Three Old Hacks discuss the visit of Donald Trump and whether our Prime Minister's apparent fawning over him is the only way to treat someone so vain. "Flattery pays off with Trump", says David Smith, Economics editor of the Sunday Times. "You don't want to make an enemy of him". They note that Rupert Murdoch was on the guest list for dinner with the President of the United States, but Nigel Farage wasn't. "Farage is not as close to Trump as he makes out", says David. Also on th...
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The Three Old Hacks discuss the visit of Donald Trump and whether our Prime Minister's apparent fawning over him is the only way to treat someone so vain. "Flattery pays off with Trump", says David Smith, Economics editor of the Sunday Times. "You don't want to make an enemy of him". They note that Rupert Murdoch was on the guest list for dinner with the President of the United States, but Nigel Farage wasn't. "Farage is not as close to Trump as he makes out", says David. Also on th...
With a certain cynicism born of decades of political reporting, the Three Old Hacks look at the way in which the press have descended on the newly elected Labour government like a pack of ravening wolves over its approach to the Prime Minister receiving gifts.As gifts of everything from expensive clothing to seats to watch Arsenal have been revealed, they discuss whether it matters that politicians receive gifts, and how the Downing St machine has handled – or failed to handle the stories.Get...
Three Old Hacks
The Three Old Hacks discuss the visit of Donald Trump and whether our Prime Minister's apparent fawning over him is the only way to treat someone so vain. "Flattery pays off with Trump", says David Smith, Economics editor of the Sunday Times. "You don't want to make an enemy of him". They note that Rupert Murdoch was on the guest list for dinner with the President of the United States, but Nigel Farage wasn't. "Farage is not as close to Trump as he makes out", says David. Also on th...