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Three Old HacksAuthor: Mihir Bose, David Smith, Nigel Dudley
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, wed love to hear from you! Language: en-gb Genres: News, News Commentary Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Could we see Count Binface MP taking his seat at Westminster?
Episode 68
Friday, 10 July, 2026
The Three Old Hacks are old enough to remember the serial candidacies (all 39 of them) of Screaming Lord Sutch and his Monster Raving Loony Party. He held the distinction of winning more votes than the leader of the Social Democrat Party David Owen at the Bootle by-election in 1990, and of standing for election the most, losing his deposit every time.In their latest discussion The Three Old Hacks consider whether Count Binface could beat Nigel Farage in the Clacton by-election in August. (Surely as a Count he’d have to sit in the Lords or renounce his title and become plain old Jonathan Harvey MP).Of course they talk about the World Cup and the odds on England winning, and Andy Burnham and the odds of him setting off to a good start in the job of Prime Minister.And they discuss The Chiswick Calendar’s story of the riverside pubs at Strand on the Green who were told to take their tables in or face fines for not having a licence.Have we become altogether too French? asks Mihir, with all this café culture?Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we’d love to hear from you!
