Red Box Politics Podcast

By The Times

News & Politics

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News Podcast of the Year: Matt Chorley presents the best interviews, analysis and panel discussions from his Times Radio show. Listen live 10am-1pm Monday to Friday. If you like what you hear, then read more at http://www.thetimes.co.uk/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Off The Record

06.27.2022

Matt Chorley reveals what's really happening inside the Tory party as he plays out off-the-record texts from Conservative MPs, voiced by actors. He and The Times' Political Editor Steven Swinford analyse and The Times' former Political Editor Phil Webster puts ...

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06.27.2022 Off The Record Matt Chorley reveals what's really happening inside the Tory party as he plays out off-the-record texts from Conservative MPs, voiced by actors. He and The Times' Political Editor Steven Swinford analyse and The Times' former Political Editor Phil Webster puts ...
06.24.2022 By-Election By Numbers Matt Chorley looks back on the by-elections results of Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton. Matt crunches the numbers with Times Radio's Chief Political Commentator Lucy Fisher, pollsters Sir John Curtice, Lord Hayward and Professor Paula Surridge. COLUMNISTS: Melanie Reid and ...
06.23.2022 Helen Clark Matt Chorley speaks to the former prime minister of New Zealand, former head of the United Nations Development Programme and now President of Chatham House, about a new commission looking at how to prepare every country for the health threats ...
06.22.2022 PMQs Unpacked 22-06-22 Matt Chorley analyses the exchanges between Boris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions. Pausing the action alongside the Sunday Times' Chief Political Commentator Tim Shipman PLUS: Robert Crampton and Carol Lewis discuss whether strikes were better in ...
06.21.2022 Channel Hopping As Jersey goes to the polls, Matt Chorley explores its significance alongside Guernsey and Sark. PLUS Danny Finkelstein and David Aaronovitch discuss strikes and the fall of Macron. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.20.2022 A funny thing happened on the way to the CHOGM Matt Chorley explores the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, taking place in Rwanda. He hears from Valentine Low, who writes on the Royals for The Times, Sue Onslow, Director at the Institute for Commonwealth Studies, Sir Simon McDonald, who was ...
06.17.2022 Gyles Brandreth Former MP turned national treasure Gyles Brandreth talks about keeping busy, why he would have voted for Boris Johnson in the recent confidence vote and his new podcast with the Duchess of Cornwall PLUS: James Forsyth and Melanie Reid discuss ...
06.16.2022 Citizens Advice Matt Chorley hears stories from the frontlines of the cost-of-living crisis, speaking to regional representatives for Citizens Advice to get a clear understanding of the hardships people in England and Wales are going through. PLUS: India Knight and Rachel Cunliffe ...
06.15.2022 PMQs Unpacked 15-06-22 Matt Chorley analyses the exchanges between Boris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions alongside Sunday Times' Chief Political Commentator Tim Shipman. PLUS Patrick Kidd and Alice Thomson discuss the Rwanda flight court order and obesity. See acast.com/privacy ...
06.14.2022 A Long Hot Summer of Strikes After a Times Radio investigation showed that nearly a million people are considering or have confirmed strike action this summer, Matt Chorley explores what this means for the industries affected. He hears from Paul Nowak, Deputy General Secretary of the ...
06.13.2022 What Is Starmer Waiting For? Matt Chorley and Times Red Box Editor Patrick Maguire have been hitting up their contacts books, speaking to some of the Labour leader's closest colleagues, who are getting increasingly jittery about whether he is the man for the job. PLUS ...
06.11.2022 Wine Times with Matt Chorley Today's episode comes courtesy of our sister podcast: Wine Times. Dabbling in wines from across the globe with Suzi and Will is the journalist and broadcaster Matt Chorley - who has an astute love for sauvignon blanc. As well as ...
06.10.2022 David Davis Studies This is the story of the senior Conservative MP, loyalist and rebel David Davis. Matt Chorley sat down with him to discuss losing out to David Cameron in a leadership race, bringing down Theresa May, and why he wants Boris ...
06.09.2022 Focus Group: Wakefield 09-06-22 Matt Chorley is joined by James Johnson from Kekst CNC who has convened the latest Times Radio Focus Group of people from Wakefield, who all voted Conservative for the first time in 2019. Find out what they think of Boris ...
06.08.2022 PMQs Unpacked 08-06-22 Matt Chorley is joined by the Times Red Box Editor Patrick Maguire to analyse the exchanges between Boris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions. PLUS Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton discuss train strikes, the NHS and why ...
06.07.2022 Behind the Scenes in Parliament Matt Chorley takes us behind the scenes in Westminster to see how yesterday's extraordinary day in politics unfolded. PLUS Patrick Kidd and Daniel Finkelstein discuss the future for Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out ...
06.06.2022 No Confidence Matt Chorley speaks to the Deputy Leader and Justice Secretary Dominic Raab and now the former anti-corruption tzar John Penrose on whether or not Boris Johnson should be removed from No 10. We also take a look back through the ...
06.04.2022 BONUS: Leader of the Opposition - Episode 5 Last year, to mark 300 years since Robert Walpole became Prime Minister, Matt Chorley learnt about every PM through history each week. This year, he's learning about each Leader of the Opposition with Nigel Fletcher from the Centre for Opposition ...
06.03.2022 Edward VIII Patrick Maguire explores what might've happened if Edward VIII had remained king. He hears from royal historian Andrew Lownie and political historian Sir Anthony Seldon. PLUS Melanie Reid and James Forsyth discuss Tory party woes and the future of the ...
06.01.2022 Disunited Kingdom: Jubilee Special Carole Walker sits in for Matt Chorley and speaks to journalists from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to get the news from the four corners of the UK. Also columnists Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton discuss ethics, nostalgia and ...
05.31.2022 The Chancellors What can Rishi Sunak learn from former chancellors? We speak to Sir Howard Davies, a British economist, the first chairman of the Financial Services Authority and now the chairman of the Natwest Group. Carole speaks to him about his book. ...
05.30.2022 The Ukraine Blockade Carole Walker sits in for Matt Chorley. She discusses how can the West break the naval blockade of Ukrainian ports? With the Times' Defence Editor Larisa Brown, Chair of Ukraine's biggest grain producer Dr John Rich, Chris Southworth, the General ...
05.27.2022 Tony! The Tony Blair Rock Opera Matt Chorley speaks to Steve Brown who co-wrote 'Tony! The Tony Blair Rock Opera" with Comedian Harry Hill, as well as the actors playing Gordon Brown and Princess Diana. PLUS: James Forsyth and Melanie Reid discuss Rishi Sunak's latest economic ...
05.26.2022 Taking Back Control? Immigration is on the rise. But is this a good or a bad thing? Matt speaks to Matt Dathan, Chief Exec of Ipsos Kelly Beaver, former Joint Downing Street Chief of Staff of Theresa May Nick Timothy and former journalist ...
05.25.2022 Sue Gray Day Live from College Green, Matt Chorley unpacks the much-awaited Sue Gray report with Lucy Fisher and Patrick Maguire picking through the 39 pages and nine pictures of several events that happened at Downing Street. We also head to the Commons ...
05.24.2022 Is the Red Wall a red herring? Matt Chorley explores whether politicians are too obsessed with the red wall. He hears from Professor Jane Green from Nuffield College at Oxford University and part of the British Election Study, as well as Dr Rose de Geusfrom the University ...
05.23.2022 Cost of schooling crisis Matt Chorley hears from headteachers to see how the cost of living crisis is hitting our schools. He also speaks to Anne Longfield, former Children's Commissioner and Robert Halfon, Conservative MP and Chair of the Education Select Committee. PLUS Carol ...
05.20.2022 Nadhim Zahawi on Education Matt Chorley speaks to Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi to hear about University fee refunds, how cost-of-living is affecting schools and whether we test too much. PLUS Melanie Reid and James Forsyth discuss the Tories losing in 2024 and Rishi Sunak ...
05.19.2022 Extra! Extra! Read All About It! Are hyperlocal newspapers on the rise? Matt speaks to Francesca Evans from Lyme Online, Joshi Hermann from the Manchester Mill and Phyllis Stephens from Edinburgh Reporter. Matt also speaks to the Independent Community News Network, News Media Association and the ...
05.18.2022 PMQs Unpacked 18-05-22 Matt Chorley is joined by Sunday Times' Chief Political Commentator Tim Shipman to analyse the exchanges between Boris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions. PLUS Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton discuss sustainable farming and he-peating See acast.com/privacy ...
05.17.2022 The Worst MPs Ever Is this batch of politicians the worst ever? Matt Chorley speaks to journalists Isabel Hardman and Elinor Goodman, Dr Will Jennings and father of the House Sir Peter Bottomley on the calibre of current crop against MPs of the past. ...
05.16.2022 How to Stop the NHS Killing People Matt Chorley hears from a panel of experts to see how the NHS can be fixed after Jeremy Hunt's new book claimed that 150 preventable deaths were occurring every week. PLUS Libby Purves and Manveen Rana discuss A Level Exams ...
05.13.2022 The NHS is Killing People Matt Chorley speaks to Jeremy Hunt about his new book 'Zero' where it explains how the NHS is causing 150 preventable deaths each week. They explore how culture within the organisation and leadership from the top can be changed to ...
05.12.2022 Focus Group: Tiverton and Honiton 12-05-22 Matt Chorley is joined by James Johnson from Kekst CNC who has convened the latest Times Radio Focus Group of 2019 Conservative voters in the constituency of Neil Parish, who recently resigned, triggering a by-election. Will they stick with the ...
05.11.2022 Disunited Kingdom 11-05-22 Matt Chorley gets reaction to the Queen's Speech as well as all the latest news from the four corners of the UK. PLUS: Patrick Kidd and Alice Thomson on Prince Charles, Keir Starmer and Eurovision. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and ...
05.10.2022 Queen's Speech 1952 Unpacked Matt Chorley and Patrick Maguire unpack Queen Elizabeth's first ever state opening of parliament, 70 years ago in 1952 to explain what has and hasn't changed in British politics during the reign of the Queen. Featuring Deadringers impressionist Jan Ravens ...
05.09.2022 Conserving the Union Following last week's election results, which saw success for the nationalists in Northern Ireland and Scotland, Matt Chorley speaks to a panel of politicians and commentators to ask whether the Conservative and Unionist Party has what it takes to keep ...
05.06.2022 In Conversation With Andrew Neil After our special documentary series, the Sunday Shows at 50, charting the rise and fall of Sunday political shows, Matt Chorley interviews broadcast legend Andrew Neil ahead of the launch of a new political TV show this weekend, discussing his ...
05.05.2022 Big Ben Back Again After almost five years near total silence, Big Ben is ready to bong again. Matt Chorley got exclusive access to the Elizabeth Tower to see how the restoration is going. He speaks to Keith Scobie-Youngs, from the Cumbria Clock Company ...
05.04.2022 Disunited Kingdom 04-05-22 Matt Chorley convenes the Disunited Kingdom panel to preview the local elections from the four corners of the UK. PLUS: Alice Thomson and Patrick Kidd discuss what voters in the South West really think, and French MP expenses. BONUS: MPs ...
05.03.2022 Northern Ireland Elections Unpacked Matt Chorley dives into this potentially historic Northern Ireland Assembly election including interviews with U105's News Editor Grainne McKinney, Bill White from the polling company LucidTalk, Dr Clare Rice and Lord Peter Hain who is a former Northern Ireland Secretary. ...
05.02.2022 Sexism in Parliament After a flurry of more accounts of sexual harassment and bullying within Parliament, Carole Walker speaks to those who've seen it first hand and people who have both tried and are continuing to try to improve political life for women. ...
04.30.2022 BONUS: Leader of the Opposition - Episode 4 Last year, to mark 300 years since Robert Walpole became Prime Minister, Matt Chorley learnt about every PM through history each week. This year, he's learning about each Leader of the Opposition with Nigel Fletcher from the Centre for Opposition ...
04.29.2022 Inside the '97 campaign 25 years after New Labour's landslide, Matt Chorley lifts the lid on the fears, egos and infighting among the party's grandees. He dives into the Times Red Box podcast archive so you'll hear the voices of Tony Blair, Peter Mandelson, ...
04.28.2022 Times Radio Focus Group 28-04-22 Matt Chorley is joined by James Johnson from Kekst CNC who has convened the latest Times Radio Focus Group to find out what they think about partygate, the cost of living and sexism in parliament. PLUS: India Knight and James ...
04.27.2022 PMQS Unpacked 27-04-22 Matt Chorley is joined by Sunday Times' Chief Political Commentator Tim Shipman to analyse the exchanges between Boris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions. PLUS Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton discuss the day's news. See acast.com/privacy for ...
04.26.2022 Grant Shapps Matt Chorley sits down for an exclusive interview with Transport Secretary Grant Shapps to discuss Planes, Trains and Automobiles.....and Ferries too. PLUS: Danny Finkelstein and David Aaronovitch on Elon Musk and the use of anonymous sources in political journalism. See ...
04.25.2022 French Presidential Election: Le Résultat A victory for Macron who secured a second term as French President. Matt speaks to the Times’ Charles Bremner, and Sylvie Bermann, France’s ambassador to London. PLUS Times reporters in Europe on their reaction to the result. See acast.com/privacy for ...
04.22.2022 The French Dispatch Matt puts France under a microscope and heads to the different regions of France to find out what voters are thinking and what issues really matter to them. Interviews with local reporters, exclusive polling from YouGov’s Patrick English and David ...
04.21.2022 Boris in India Matt Chorley speaks to one of Boris' former High Commissioners to the country and an Indian MP to find out what will be on the agenda for the PM's trip to India, PLUS: The Times' Carol Lewis and the Spectator's ...

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