Politics Unpacked

Matt Chorley is joined by Sky News Deputy Political Editor Sam Coates to relive the drama of five years ago this week, when Boris Johnson pulled out of the Conservative leadership contest following the Brexit vote, and asks how his old frenemy Michael Gove has managed to get himself back in power.PLUS Sunday Times columnist India Knight and the Daily Mail's John Stevens discuss furlough and Britney Spears." 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 Times Columnists Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton discuss what Sajid Javid needs to tackle as Health Secretary.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley and former Number 10 Pollster James Johnson review the year in politics through the eyes of the Times Radio focus group to mark the station’s first anniversary.PLUSDavid Aaronovitch and Daniel Finkelstein pick over the day’s news.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley asks what's next for Hancock, Sajid Javid and the Department of Health. He speaks to The Times' Political Editor Steven Swinford, former Political Advisor at the Department of Health, Paul Harrison and Salma Shah, former advisor to Sajid Javid. And, he talks to two health think-tanks, Nigel Edwards, the Chief Executive at the Nuffield Trust and Helen Mckenna, a senior fellow at the King's Fund, to find out what would be on their policy wish-list.PLUS Matt Chorley dives into Monday's news with Political Columnist Rachel Sylvester and Libby Purves on the camera that caught Matt Hancock in action and a new Tips Bill that will force hospitality businesses to hand over all tips to their staff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks to Tanni Grey Thompson, Clair Fisher and Nancy Hey about how end of life care can be made better.PLUSThe Sunday Times Josh Glancy and the New Statesman’s Rachel Cunliffe discuss Matt Hancock’s affair and George Osborne’s new job.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt speaks to pollster and analyst James Kanagasooriam who coined the term Red-Wall in 2019 to describe areas in the North whose constituents tended to vote for Labour due to historical and cultural factors. PLUSHe dives into Thursday's news with Times Red Box reporter Mhari Aurora and Acting Editor at City A.M, Andy Silvester on junk food adverts being subject to a near total online ban by the end of next year and the changes for the green travel lists. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley and Sunday Times Political Editor Tim Shipman pause the action at Prime Minister's Questions to analyse the exchanges between Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer. PLUSTimes Columnists Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton discuss the challenges that the new head of the NHS has ahead of them and the problems of the Liberal Democrats. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

E-scooters, they're being trialled in over 30 areas in the UK, some say they're the future of green urban travel, whilst others say they're a disruptive fad. Matt Chorley speaks to the Head of Roads Policy at the RAC, Nick Lyes and Lindsay Coyle, the local campaigns manager at the Royal National Institute for Blind People, as well as Nick Freeman, aka Mr. Loophole, a traffic lawyer petitioning the government to require e-scooter riders to display a visible ID. And last but not least, he asks Kerry McCarthy, Labour MP for Bristol East about the success of e-scooters in Bristol.PLUS he dives into Tuesday's news with Times Columnists Danny Finkelstein and David Aaronovitch on Keir Starmer being uncharismatic and a report from the Pentagon detailing evidence on UFO's. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks to Times Radio's own Carole Walker about her new book 'Lobby Life' and speaks to Theresa May's Press Secretary Paul Harrison as well as former political editor of the Times Phil Webster and the current Political Editor Steve Swinford revealing how the lobby works.PLUS he dives into Monday's news with Political Columnist Rachel Sylvester and Martha Gill of the Evening Standard on Boris Johnson's row with his Chancellor Rishi Sunak. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks about the symbolic and surprising result of the Chesham and Amersham by-election where the Liberal Democrats took it from the Conservatives. He spoke to the leader of the party Sir Ed Davey, Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Grender, pollster Chris Curtis and the Times' Henry Zeffman.PLUS he dives into the day's news with the Sunday Times' Josh Glancy and Rachel Cunliffe of the News Statesman on the EU sausage row and the Euros.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.