{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64fb2b0f977e5a001226cb16/6793dbf4de7c597e478d9d85?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"EMQs: Should David Beckham be knighted?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/64fb2b0f977e5a001226cb16/1737742922063-0eab1265-4e9d-47d0-9562-eff3108f1710.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>A somewhat sporty one this episode, as in the wake of a Davos meet, George Osborne and Ed Balls consider: Why hasn’t David Beckham been knighted yet? <em>Lady</em> Posh Spice would just sound so good.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Meanwhile, Former Minister for Sport Tracey Crouch asks if there’s any way to keep politics out of sport under Trump’s presidency. With a World Cup and an Olympics games in the US this year, what will be at stake under the new administration?</p><p><br></p><p>And, the pair slip into professor mode to break down a few lessons of the Chancellor. What is the oft-discussed bond market? And while they are at it,what actually is Downing Street’s “The Grid”?</p><p><br></p><p>You could have been listening to this episode of EMQs early and ad-free! And not only that… join Political Currency’s KITCHEN CABINET to enjoy early and ad-free listening, access to live EMQs recordings, and exclusive Political Currency merch.</p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe now: patreon.com/politicalcurrency</p><p><br></p><p>Production support: Caillin McDaid</p><p>Technical Producer: Oliver Geraghty</p><p>Producer: Rosie Stopher and Miriam Hall&nbsp;</p><p>Executive Producers: Ellie Clifford&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Political Currency is a Persephonica Production and is part of the Acast Creator Network.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Persephonica"}