With the Prime Minister in hospital, Christopher Hope is joined for an extra episode of Chopper's Politics by the Telegraph's Deputy Political Editor Anna Mikhailova and Leader Writer Tim Stanley, to discuss what this means for how the country is run.

What do we know about the Prime Minister's condition? What powers does Dominic Raab now have? And when might everything return to normal? All is revealed within.

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Please note that this podcast was recorded before the worrying news that the Prime Minister was admitted to Intensive Care.

The man who deals in controversy makes a rare concession. Former government advisor Toby Young tells Christopher Hope why he accepts the outcry over comments he made about the economic impact of saving lives at a time of crisis.

Plus Senior Clwyd West MP and Tory Brexiteer David Jones on pandemic policing and wandering goats, the Prime Minister's biographer Andrew Gimson on how Boris Johnson will have fared in quarantine and comedian Matt Forde on the Labour Leadership race... yes, that old thing!

Toby Young - I was 'cancelled' for criticising the lockdown – but now more than ever we must hold the government to account: https://bit.ly/2X54mLl |

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The outgoing Labour leader joins Christopher Hope for his first and last interview with the Telegraph during his time in the post, before the new head of the party is revealed this weekend. 

He tells us why a national government isn't the way to get the UK through this crisis, whether taxes will have to increase to pay for the bailout and if he'll revert back to being a backbench rebel. And of course... whether his allotment is benefitting from the lockdown. 

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The Red Lion is out... and Chopper's front room is in. 

Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick joins Christopher Hope to discuss the vital food parcels set to be delivered to 1.5 million vulnerable people, and the importance of biscuits. 

Plus, Theresa Villiers, former Environment Secretary, on the government's unprecedented reaction to the pandemic so far, Lord Fowler on how a the Lord Speaker self-isolates, and our most exclusive guest yet... Mrs Chopper makes an appearance!

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Social distancing means the Red Lion is sadly out of the question, but the show goes on - Christopher Hope speaks to the Telegraph's Political Editor Gordon Rayner about how the outbreak will affect Brexit, and the true impact of the emergency Coronavirus Bill. 

Plus Labour MP Bambos Charambalous on whether MPs should be working from home, and Tom Tugendhat, Conservative Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee on the UK's reaction so far and his at-home exercise regime...

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These are unprecedented times - a Chancellor in post for just four weeks and a Budget dominated by response to a pandemic. Christopher Hope invites the new Chairman of the Treasury Select Committee, Mel Stride MP to the Red Lion to make sense of the situation. Plus, economist Gerard Lyons explains the true cost of Covid-19 on the economy and former adviser to Philip Hammond, Poppy Trowbridge weighs in on Rishi Sunak’s performance, and tells us why the most difficult thing about budget day isn’t necessarily standing up in the Commons…

Gerard Lyons - Rishi Sunak's first Budget will surely stand the test of time: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/03/11/rishi-sunaks-first-budget-will-surely-stand-test-time/ |

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It’s a notoriously tough gig, but the last ten days have been tougher than most for Home Secretary, Priti Patel, amid allegations of bullying. Salma Shah, a former adviser to ex-Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, tells Christopher Hope what’s likely to be going on behind the scenes at the Home Office and why the department faces a unique level of pressure.

Also on the podcast: Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Paul Johnson on the risk of recession if Coronavirus spreads and what to expect in the UK’s first budget in 18 months.

Plus Washington strategist Gerry Gunster talks Joementum as he takes us through the runners and riders in the narrowing Democratic race. 

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Theresa May’s former Brexit adviser, Raoul Ruparel and The Telegraph’s Europe Editor, Peter Foster give Christopher Hope the inside line on next week’s Brexit trade talks. With two competing visions for the UK’s future relationship with Europe, which side will triumph?

Plus, Chopper invites two Tory MPs back to the Red Lion pub to find out how they’re getting on after ten weeks in office. Richard Holden and Joy Morrissey reveal the reality of life in the Commons, which party is the most hostile and how the party will hold the Red Wall now that Brexit has happened.

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In this gripping new Telegraph podcast, our US Editor, Ben Riley-Smith unravels Britain’s involvement in the Trump-Russia scandal. In Episode One, 'The Bomb', you'll hear how the Russia investigation only began thanks to a pair of London meetings. One saw a Trump adviser meet a mysterious professor. The other involved an Aussie diplomat. Those present reveal what happened, including someone who has never been heard before...

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It’s the most public of sackings, but what happens in private? And what's in store for cabinet ministers shown the door? Former Head of Press at Number 10, Giles Kenningham takes Christopher Hope behind-the-scenes and reveals the Government’s most embarrassing reshuffle blunders.

Also on the podcast: veteran Irish journalist, Ruth Dudley-Edwards with her reaction to the shock Irish election result and what it means for Brexit, and Lucy Morrell of Britain Thinks tells us if the UK’s Brexit divisions are healing. 

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