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...
The Three Old Hacks talk political memoirs this week. Were they always as salacious, and as quickly turned round post-administration as they are now? Barely has the imprint of the politician's backside faded from the leather of the despatch box before somebody is telling all. Former BBC Sports editor Mihir Bose, Economics editor of The Sunday Times and political analyst Nigel Dudley discuss Sarah Vine's book How Not to be a Political Wife. She and her then husband Michael Gove were close to D...
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...
