Matt Chorley

Matt gets another Spin Class, and speaks to Piers Morgan. Plus Lord Blunkett on policing and the man behind the 'Laffer Curve'. Text 85058 (charged at your standard message rate)

Matt takes Miles Jupp to PMQs, speaks to the woman fined for pouring coffee down a drain and hosts another Budget Bingo Club. Text 85058 (charged at your standard message rate)

Matt celebrates 80 Years of 'Today in Parliament', explores the debate over ID Cards and does 'All the Small Things'. Text 85058 (charged at your standard message rate)

Baroness Jacqui Smith on V-levels, an Americast Q&A and why Liz Truss's lettuce is being kept for posterity. Text 85058 (charged at your standard message rate)

Matt travels back in time to the politics of 2005, investigates spooky MMP coincidences and the politics of eggs. Text 85058 (charged at your standard message rate)

Where are the new episodes?

Hey there!

I just wanted to quickly explain why this podcast stopped updating.

This is an unoffical podcast feed that relies on BBC Sounds and is hosted outside the UK. Back in July, the BBC cut off international users from Sounds. You can read about that here. This feed wasn't affected because the block was pretty soft. But on Monday, they unexpectedly rolled out hard blocks and changed the metadata structure, which broke the script that runs the feed. I’ve fixed the metadata issue, but the VPNs and proxies are still a bit unreliable. I’m working on making the script more robust, and I expect it will take a few more days to be production ready.

Sorry for the inconvenience. It's not ideal. I listen to these podcasts myself, so I have every motivation to get them back up as fast as possible!

I just wanted to let you know that the project isn’t dead!

If you have any questions feel free to email me at [email protected].

I'll only put updates like this one in this podcast feed if they are critical. For more frequent updates on the status of things, visit bbcsoundsrss.media.

Note: The audio file for this episode is just a placeholder. It's silent.

Matt Chorley asks the Chair of the Treasury Select Committee about the Chancellor's choices at the budget next month. Text 85058 (charged at your standard message rate)

Matt looks at job opportunities for former PMs, speaks to Penny Mordaunt, and deals with the 'Small Things' that wind you up. Text 85058 (charged at your standard message rate)

Matt hosts an Americast Q&A on the Gaza ceasefire deal plus coverage of the SNP Conference. Text 85058 (charged at your standard message rate)

Matt speaks to Ben Elton, hears from Plaid Cymru's conference and investigates who has had the most government jobs? Text 85058 (charged at your standard message rate)