Politics Unpacked

Carole Walker, sitting in for Matt Chorley, speaks to former International Trade Secretary Liam Fox about the US election, and journalists Robert Crampton and Andy Silvester pick over the day’s news. To subscribe to The Times visit thetimes.co.uk/timesredbox Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt is joined by Times columnists Alice Thompson and John Kampfner as well as Sir Christopher Meyer, Britain's ambassador to the US from 1997 to 2003, and Lewis Lukens, Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Londonfrom 2016 to 2019. Plus, Patrick Maguire stops in to take on today's PMQs as it happens. It's a very busy show. To subscribe to The Times visit thetimes.co.uk/timesredbox Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley is joined by Henry Zeffman to talk though his comprehensive guide to the US election for Brits (and idiots). Plus Times columnists David Aaranovitch and Danny Finkelstein to talk about the big news of the day. To subscribe to The Times visit thetimes.co.uk/timesredbox Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley and Times Deputy Political Editor Steven Swinford reveal what Conservative MPs and Ministers really think about the new lockdown measures, off the record. To subscribe to the Times go to thetimes.co.uk/timesredbox Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley and former Number 10 pollster James Johnson convene a special Times Radio focus group with swing voters from Pennsylvania ahead of the Presidential election next week; plus: are there ghosts in Downing Street? To subscribe to the Times go to thetimes.co.uk/timesredbox  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks to the former Labour cabinet minster Ed Balls about leaving politics, making documentaries, the Labour party and Strictly Come Dancing. To subscribe to the Times go to thetimes.co.uk/timesredbox Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley sits down with the UK's first black cabinet minister Paul Boateng, plus pollsters Chris Curtis and Deborah Mattinson give us the latest low down on the polls. To subscribe to the Times go to thetimes.co.uk/timesredbox Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 70th anniversary of the House of Commons' post-war reconstruction, Matt Chorley speaks to Speaker Lindsay Hoyle, and SNP MP Kirsten Oswald makes the case for a chamber revamp in the style of European semi-circular parliaments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is the UK dealing particularly badly with the second wave of Coronavirus? Matt Chorley speaks to Times correspondents from Europe, Asia and the US to find out how governments are dealing with new outbreaks, and whether it's damaging their leaders' support. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley and Sunday Times Political Editor Tim Shipman pause the action to explain the exchanges between Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer at Prime Ministers' Questions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks to playwright James Graham about why he loves dramatising politics, we hear from former Home Secretary Amber Rudd and actor Justin Edwards about having your job written up for the big screen and what it's like to play a lacklustre MP; Times TV reviewer Hugo Rifkind and Deputy Books editor talk through their favourite fictional politicians; plus, the winner of the World Cup of Fictional Politicians is announced. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley and former Number 10 Pollster James Johnson dissect the latest Times Radio focus group, featuring voters from London, Birmingham and Liverpool talking about the new Coronavirus restrictions, and whether they'll follow the rules. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From Excel spreadsheets to the Brexit negotiations, former Cabinet Office Minister under David Cameron, Lord (Francis) Maude, speaks to Matt Chorley about the machinery of government - and why it can make their big ideas fail. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley and Sunday Times Political Editor Tim Shipman pause the action between Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer to explain what's happening at Prime Minister's Questions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks to veteran broadcaster David Dimbleby about his new podcast on the Iraq war, public trust, Question Time, and why he doesn't have a knighthood. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks to former Press Secretaries for every Prime Minister since Thatcher, who give their experiences of the job and advice for Boris Johnson's new spokesperson Allegra Stratton.Guests include:Thatcher: Sir Bernard InghamMajor: Gus O’Donnell Blair: Tom KellyBrown: Simon LewisCameron: Gabby Bertin May: Paul Harrison Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks to US pollsters Rachel Bitecofer, Jacob Rubashkin, Kyle Kondik, Professor Jason Reifler and the Washington Correspondent of the Times, Henry Zeffman, about the best moments of the vice-presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Mike Pence...and the fly that landed on his head.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley is joined by Sunday Times Political Editor Tim Shipman to pause the exchanges between Keir Starmer and Boris Johnson and explain what's happening at Prime Minister's Questions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rachel Wolf, the woman who wrote the 2019 Conservative manifesto, tells Matt Chorley the secret of Johnsonism. Plus the PM's biographer Andrew Gimson, Johnson's former researcher Rachel Wolf, the Spectator's Kate Andrews and Professor Tim Bale on whether he will fight the next election. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the day he gives his speech to the virtual Conservative Party Conference, Matt Chorley takes a look at the challenges facing Chancellor Rishi Sunak with the Times Oliver Wright, the Resolution Foundation's Torsten Bell and former Conservative advisor Salma Shah. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley is joined by Spitting Image creator Roger Law, as well as impressionists Matt Forde and Debra Stevenson, ahead of the show's return this weekend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley and Sunday Times Political Editor Tim Shipman pause the action between Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer's weekly dispatch box exchange, and explain what's going on. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley and Sunday Times Political Editor Tim Shipman pause the action at PMQs to analyse the exchange between Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley, YouGov's Chris Curtis and Deborah Mattinson from Britain Thinks take a look at where the numbers are headed for Boris Johnson, Keir Starmer, Rishi Sunak and more; plus Times Columnists David Aaronovitch and Daniel Finkelstein give their take on the day's news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Barrister Cherie Blair QC speaks to Matt Chorley about women in lockdown and Tony Blair's omelettes, then Dick & Dom from 'da bungalow' talk about what they'd do if they ruled the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley and former Number 10 pollster James Johnson convene Times Radio's September Focus Group, with participants from Scotland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley and Sunday Times Political Editor Tim Shipman pause the action at PMQs to analyse the exchange between Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley is joined by Red Box Reporter Patrick Maguire, head of the New Economics Foundation and former Ed Miliband Advisor Miatta Fahnbulleh, and former spinner for Jeremy Corbyn James Schneider to give their verdict on Keir Starmer's conference speech. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks to the President of Sinn Féin, Mary Lou McDonald, about the legacy of her party and what the future could hold for both sides of the border. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former Prime Minister David Cameron speaks to Matt Chorley about the "talent" of Jeremy Hunt, working in a food bank during lockdown, sacking Dominic Cummings twice...and those Sasha Swire diaries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley and Times Red Box Reporter Patrick Maguire pause the action at PMQs, and dissect the exchanges between Boris Johnson and Angela Rayner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks to Gordon Brown's former pollster, Deborah Mattinson, about attitudes towards the Labour Party through the years and what exactly is going on in the Red Wall today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With Brexit bringing splits in the Conservative Party back to light, Matt Chorley speaks to the Times' Deputy Political Editor Steven Swinford about who exactly the many competing factions are, and we hear from former Deputy Chief Whip Anne Milton and former Justice Secretary David Gauke about what being on the frontline of Tory tribal warfare is really like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks to the Times' Economics Editor Philip Aldrick; the Resolution Foundation's Torsten Bell; Paul John from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, and Times Money Mentor Georgie Frost to try and understand the staggering impact of the coronavirus on the economy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley is joined by Red Box reporter Patrick Maguire to watch this week's exchanges at the despatch box, pausing the action throughout to explain what's going on. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley takes a refreshers' class in Brexit vocabulary with Times Policy Editor Oliver Wright, Professor of EU Law Catherine Barnard, former adviser to Theresa May Raoul Ruparel and De Welt's Stefanie Bolzen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks to Times Columnists Libby Purves and Rachel Sylvester about the news of the day, and comedian Andy Hamilton about what he'd do if he ruled the world - all while eating some of Neil Kinnock's famous welsh cakes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The comedian who ran for Parliament, Al Murray, speaks to Matt Chorley about the politics of comedy...and the comedy of politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley is joined by Sunday Times Political Editor Tim Shipman to watch the first despatch box battle of the new term, and pause the action to explain what's going on. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley takes the show to Parliament to explore the Commons chamber; speak to one of the doorman, the Times' lobby team and Parliament's resident falcon (yes, the bird). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As part of Times Radio's World Cup of Best Prime Ministers We Never Had, Matt speaks to political historians Anthony Seldon and Steve Richards on the PMs that never were. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daniel Finkelstein - sitting in for Matt Chorley - speaks to former Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable, and gets the results of the leadership contest, live. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Red Box's very own Patrick Maguire and the Sunday Times' Gabriel Pogrund join Daniel Finkelstein - sitting in for Matt Chorley - to talk about their new book Left Out: The Inside Story of Labour Under Corbyn. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daniel Finkelstein - sitting in for Matt Chorley - speaks to former Chancellor George Osborne about the right age to enter politics, and whether Joe Biden is too old to run for President. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daniel Finkelstein - sitting in for Matt Chorley - speaks to authors Tom Chivers and Jamie Susskind about how data and algorithms are being used to shape politics and policy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks to the Times data team to recreate a government Coronavirus press briefing, and finds out whether or not we've got the virus under control. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt speaks to three 17-year-old budding politicians about political TikTok, General Election 'hype houses' and what it's like to be young and political online. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Times columnists David Aaronovitch and Danny Finkelstein join Matt to chew over government resignations and U-turns. Then, Matt speaks to two top pollsters - YouGov's Chris Curtis, and Deborah Mattinson from BritainThinks - about the continuing fallout of exam results...and what kind of car the public think the government would be. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Algorithms: what are they? And how can you use them to predict someone's exam results? Matt Chorley speaks to Timandra Harkness, journalist and author of 'Big Data: Does Size Matter?' to find out. Timandra's shortly followed by Theresa May's former spokesman, Paul Harrison, and former Liberal Democrat adviser Sean Kemp who tell Matt what it's like to be in the eye of a political storm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On A-level results day, former Labour Education Secretary Alan Johnson speaks to Matt Chorley about not going to university, the government's handling of education throughout the Covid-19 crisis and scrapping GCSEs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.