Hugo Rifkind unpacks the the politics of the day - and the stuff that's even more important - with the brightest brains from the Times and Sunday Times.
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Matt Chorley looks at the link between GCHQ and Cheltenham and speaks to GCHQ's historian David Abrutat and former GCHQ director David Omand. Also Ed Balls pops in to chat about food, new labour and strictly. PLUS the Times' Carol Lewis and Jack Malvern discuss Covid in the city and eavesdropping. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Matt Chorley hosts a panel live at the Cheltenham Literature festival asking how important personality is to a politician's success. PLUS: An interview with Gyles Brandreth on his memoirs. AND David Sanderson from the Arts section of the Times and Manveen Rana of the Stories of Our Times Podcast dissect the days news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Matt Chorley and Patrick Maguire take a trip down political history lane and analyse their favourite PMQs exchanges in front of a live audience at the Cheltenham Literature Festival. PLUS Author Tim Marshall and the Cheltenham Literature Festival's Head of Programme's Nicola Tuxworth discuss the day's news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Matt Chorley speaks to the Irish Culture Minister Catherine Martin, Irish Ambassador to the UK Adrian O’Neill and visits a new exhibition showcasing negotiating documents to commemorate 100 years since the start of negotiations of the Anglo Irish treaty. PLUS David Aaronovitch and Daniel Finkelstein discuss party conference and Sally Rooney. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Matt Chorley speaks to legendary cartoonist Peter Brookes about satirising the cabinet. PLUS Libby Purves and the Atlantic’s Tom McTague discuss the energy crisis and Newcastle United. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In an exclusive first interview, former NATO ambassador now Parole Board member Sir Stewart Eldon, tells Matt how they decide who gets to come out of prison. PLUS columnists Knight at the Marriott, India Knight and James Marriott, go through Boris Johnson's speech and why we call people scum. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Matt Chorley dives into some analysis and reaction after Boris Johnson addresses Conservative delegates at their party conference in Manchester. Plus James Forsyth and Nadine Batchelor-Hunt go through the day’s news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Matt Chorley speaks to Nick Timothy, Theresa May's Chief Advisor in the Home Office and Number 10, about policing ahead of the Home Secretary's Conference speech. PLUS: Seb Payne from the FT and The Spectator's Kate Andrews discuss Rishi Sunak's speech and Michael Gove's plans for more local mayors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Live in Manchester Matt Chorley speaks to a panel of economic experts to analyse the PM's claims that wages are rising for the nation's poorest. PLUS: The Daily Mail's John Stevens and The Spectator's Katy Balls discuss the day's news and what to expect from the conference. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Matt Chorley dives into how the political system works with Tim Bale and Paul Webb talking about their new book, The Modern British Party System. PLUS Columnists Melanie Reid and James Forsyth discuss what we should expect from the Conservative Party Conference and the worst jobs they've had. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Matt Chorley remembers the Winter of Discontent in 1978/79 with people who were in government and the media at the time. Can we compare it to today's driver shortage? PLUS: India Knight and James Marriott pick over the news including the sentencing of Sarah Everard's killer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Matt Chorley looks back through history at the maiden conference speeches made by past Labour leaders. PLUS: Labour List's Sienna Rogers and The Spectator's Isabel Hardman discuss the day's top stories. AND: Times Red Box Editor Patrick Maguire joins Matt to analyse the 5 key takeaways from Starmer's speech Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Matt Chorley speaks to a panel of seasoned Labour journalists and aides about whether the ghost of Tony Blair still haunts the Labour Conference. PLUS: Janice Turner and Hugo Rifkind discuss the days big stories including a Labour frontbench resignation and Labour's troubles over trans-rights Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Matt Chorley speaks to the CBI Director-General Tony Danker about Labour's bid to become the party of business. PLUS Jane Merrick from the I and Times Red Box Editor Patrick Maguire discuss the hot topics around the conference and the petrol shortage Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Labour is heading to Brighton this weekend, kicking off the first party conference season in two years, we take a look at what can go wrong with the people who really know. PLUS columnists Melanie Reid and James Forsyth on the energy crisis and work outings gone wrong. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Legendary documentary maker and journalist Michael Cockerell speaks to Matt Chorley about what makes a good political documentary. PLUS India Knight and James Marriott on Keir Starmer's Labour essay and freshers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Matt Chorley and Sunday Times Political Editor Tim Shipman pause the action to analyse the despatch box exchanges at Prime Ministers Questions. PLUS Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton discuss the day's news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Matt Chorley speaks to former Ambassador to the US Kim Darroch about what Boris Johnson can expect when he sits down to speak to President Joe Biden on Tuesday. PLUS Daniel Finkelstein and David Aaronovitch pick over the day's news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Matt Chorley speaks to the editors of three of the UK's biggest political magazines including the Spectator and the New Statesman to find out what makes a good one, and why print is still popular despite the rise of digital. PLUS Libby Purves and Rachel Cunliffe discuss the day's news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Matt Chorley is live from a café in Chorley for the G7 Speakers Conference. The UK's speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle gives him a tour of the market and star of 'The League of Gentleman' Steve Pemberton explains which of his characters were based on Chorley residents. PLUS The Spectator's Political Editor James Forsyth and Associate Editor of the Lancashire Post Nicola Adam discuss the day's news including Michael Gove's plan for levelling up. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...
Matt Chorley and Times Chief Political Correspondent/DJ Henry Zeffman unpack what the new cabinet means for the country, and discuss whether or not they're all singing from the same hymn sheet. PLUS India Knight and the Daily Mail's John Stevens discuss the day's news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Matt Chorley and Times Red Box Editor Patrick Maguire pause the action to analyse the exchanges between Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions. PLUS: Crampon: Robert Crampton and Alice Thomson discuss the top stories of the day Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
As Boris Johnson prepares to host an awkward dinner party at chequers this weekend, Matt Chorley gets the best anecdotes from those who know the Prime Minister's country residence inside out, including Winston Churchill's grandson Sir Nicholas Soames, and former de facto Deputy Prime Minister, David Lidington. PLUS Daniel Finkelstein and David Aaronovitch discuss the day's news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Matt Chorley speaks to Financial Times journalist Sebastian Payne about his new book Broken Heartlands, which documents the key constituencies Labour leader Keir Starmer needs to win back in the next election, and hears from Andrew Adonis, a former Labour cabinet minister, James Meadway, a former advisor to John McDonnell and Sienna Rogers from Labour list about Starmer's standing with MPs. PLUS Libby Purves and Andy Silvester pick over the day's news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...
Matt Chorley looks back at the political response to 9/11 ahead of the 20th anniversary with those who were in the chamber, including Sir Bernard Jenkin and Louise Ellman. PLUS Columnists Melanie Reid and James Forsyth on the day's news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Matt Chorley goes to the Spitting Image studio to speak to some of the stars of the show ahead of its second series PLUS India Knight and the Spectator's Katy Balls discuss the Commons action last night Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Matt Chorley and Times Red Box Editor Patrick Maguire pause the action to analyse the exchanges between Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions. PLUS: Crampon: Robert Crampton and Alice Thomson discuss the top stories of the day Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Are we facing the end of cheap goods and services? Matt Chorley speaks to economists, industry leaders and people working at the sharp end of retail, food and logistics to find out whether consumers are looking at permanently higher prices. PLUS Former Social Care Minister Alistair Burt and Care England's Martin Green respond to the Prime Minister's Social care plan; and The Times' David Aaronovitch and the New Statesman's Rachel Cunliffe pick over the day's news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...
Matt Chorley is live from the House of Commons as parliament returns. He speaks to the chief political correspondent for The Times, Henry Zeffman, to find out who's up and who's down in the cabinet and hears from three MP's who've spent most of their career so far on Zoom. PLUS, The Times' Rachel Sylvester and The Telegraph's Lucy Fisher discussed the social care crisis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
It's been months since the governments last covid briefing so Matt Chorley steps up to the plate and has re-created it. Speaking to The Times data journalist Tom Calver and experts on the ground Dr Rachel Clarke and Rohini Mathur, epidemiologist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. PLUS The Times' Melanie Reid and The Financial Times' political editor Jim Pickard discuss the day's news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
