We can be a bit insular around these parts at times: banging on endlessly about transport in London or mayoral elections elsewhere in the UK.
So, this week, we’re crossing the channel. Marie Le Conte (@YoungVulgarian) is a London-based political journalist, originally from Nantes. Pauline Bock (@paulinebock) is the social media editor here at the New Statesman, and grew up somewhere in the vicinity of Strasbourg.
I got them to tell me about French cities: how they’re run, what they do, and what they’re known for and, most importantly, why they all hate Paris. While we’re on the subject, we also speculate about why it is the French capital manages to so often smell quite so bad.
That said, as I write, it’s Budget Day here in the UK. So before we get to France, I offer a quick run-down of what chancellor Philip Hammond offered to Britain’s cities (you can read more on that here)…
….and exactly why his housing policies remain bloody terrible. (More on that here.)
The episode itself is below. You can subscribe to the podcast on Acast, iTunes, or RSS. Enjoy.
Jonn Elledge is the editor of CityMetric. He is on Twitter as @jonnelledge and also has a Facebook page now for some reason.
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