Politics Unpacked

After a grim week, Matt Chorley, Esther Webber and Daniel Finkelstein discuss how to cope at home, and glimmers of hope. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Holed up at home, Matt Chorley speaks to Times colleagues across Europe and the world to see what quarantine is like, including filling forms, dodging dog's mess and hamster shopping. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From the scorecard and Commons speech to the red box and wardrobe malfunctions, Matt Chorley speaks to George Osborne, Ed Balls, Norman Lamont and Poppy Trowbridge about how to avoid disaster on the chancellor's big day. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two weeks after Joe Biden was written off, he is now the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination. Matt Chorley asks Henry Zeffman, The Times Washington correspondent: What the hell is going on? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley is joined by ex-No10 adviser Will Tanner, who has new research on tears in our social fabric. Plus: columnist Rachel Sylvester on a warning for Downing Street from Aesop's Fables, and comedian Matt Forde on Labour's comic star, Richard Burgon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley is joined by ex-spad Jason Stein, who lifts the lid on the shadowy Whitehall unit which polices propriety, Matthew Parris explains why the government is like a Rorschach inkblot year where different people see different things, and Janice Turner on the left tearing itself apart on gender politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the Democrats struggle to find a candidate, Matt Chorley asks The Times' US team David Charter, Henry Zeffman and Ben Hoyle who has momentum, who could take the White House and what they miss from home. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley is joined by James Starkie, a former special adviser to Priti Patel, Dominic Raab and Michael Gove, who explains what is like inside government in reshuffle week. Plus Kieran Andrews, The Times Scottish political editor, on who might be Sturgeon's successor, and Esther Webber, Red Box reporter, on John Bercow not getting a peerage, which isn't funny at all. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How powerful is the PM’s adviser? Matt Chorley is joined by Steven Swinford, The Times deputy political editor, to assess the waning influence of Dominic Cummings. Plus Matthew Moore, the media correspondent, on crisis at the BBC and Alice Thomson on getting the railways back on track. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley and Tim Shipman revisit their predictions made on the morning after the Leave vote in June 2016, and reflect on what came next. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley asks Iain Martin why he now thinks Downing Street might know what it is doing, Lucy Fisher explains why the Huawei decision is so controversial, and Jenni Russell warns of the coming crisis in Universal Credit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley asks the comedy genius about bringing back The Thick of It, sneaking into the US State Department, and his new space tourism series Avenue 5. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley is joined by Rachel Sylvester who wonders if the Lords really will move to York, Hugo Rifkind warns Labour hating Tories is no vote winner, and Henry Zeffman prepares to move to the US by examining Trump's impeachment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley is joined by Lucy Fisher, The Times defence editor, on how President Trump avoided World War Three; David Aaronovitch wonders why everyone is so excited about Harry and Meghan; and James Marriott, the deputy books editor, examines the cultural hinterland of Labour leadership candidates, including the one who cites Toxic by Britney Spears as an influence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks to actor Robert Carlyle about playing the prime minister in new Sky One drama Cobra, and its creator Ben Richards explains that a solar storm is a real threat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley is joined by Lord O'Donnell, the former cabinet secretary, David Gauke, the former cabinet minister, and Polly Mackenzie, the former No10 policy adviser, to ask if Whitehall is broken, who really has control, and if Dominic Cummings is right that the civil service needs more weirdos. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley asks Francis Elliott, Times political editor, Steven Swinford, deputy political editor, and Lucy Fisher, defence editor, what the new year will bring for the Tories, Labour, and everybody else. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How did Matt Chorley end up embarking on a political stand-up tour? The tables are turned as he is interviewed by Alex Jacques about satire, reading an audience and the Two Ronnies.Matt Chorley is performing This. Is. Not. Normal. at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London on January 25 2020. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Forget the election, this is the big political battle of the year. Part two of the Red Box podcast 2019 Quiz of the Year.Will Patrick Kidd and Esther Webber make it four years in a row for the reporters' team? Can Daniel Finkelstein and Rachel Sylvester avoid the usual fate of the columnists coming last?Can MP Tom Tugendhat remember the names of his own colleagues and can Angela Rayner remember why Boris Johnson last used the NHS? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As another bizarre year in politics comes to an end, Matt Chorley poses the questions to see who has been paying most attention.The MP team has Tom Tugendhat, one of the only Tories not to run for leader this year, and Angela Rayner, one of the only Labour MPs left in Britain.Patrick Kidd, Times diary editor, and Esther Webber, Red Box reporter, return to see if the reporters’ team can win for a fourth year in a row.Daniel Finkelstein is joined by Rachel Sylvester on the columnists’ team.Let’s start as the PM would, by pulling a cracker... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the full scale of the election result became clear, Red Box assembled a stellar line-up of Times and Sunday Times reporters and columnists to explain what happened and why, and what happens next.Henry Zeffman talks through the key seats and swings.Columnists Camilla Long, Daniel Finkelstein, Alice Thomson and Matthew Parris discuss what kind of prime minister Boris Johnson will be now.Red Box reporter Esther Webber, Times deputy editor Emma Tucker, columnist David Aaronvitch and Henry Zeffman on an existentialist crisis in the Labour Party.And Tim Shipman, political editors of The Sunday Times, on Boris Johnson plans and the role of Dominic Cummings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley brings you everything you need to know, with Esther Webber’s guide to the key seats to stay up for, TV reviewer Hugo Rifkind on what to watch, Tony Turnbull on what to eat, and former May spokesman Paul Harrison and ex-Miliband aide Stuart Wood on what to do if you lose on the night. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Times invited people from swing seats across England and Wales to talk parties, policies and polls. Matt Chorley speaks to Emma Tucker, Oliver Wright and Ben Macintyre about what they said, and what it means for politics and the way we report on it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks to Times writers Janice Turner, Patrick Kidd and Robert Crampton about what they found during their election road trips, discuss voters really think of the party leaders, and reveal the secrets of the successful vox-pop. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley chats to Philip Bowern and Keith Rossiter from the Western Morning News about election prospects in Cornwali and Devon, then Kieran Andrews, Scottish political editors of The Times, reveals the seats to watch north of the border.Plus Esther Webber helps to round up the week Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As YouGov releases its seat-by-seat forecast for the election, Matt Chorley speaks to pollster Chris Curtis about how it works, and what could change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After Red Box listeners sent in questions about the election, Matt Chorley assembles a stellar panel to answer them. Henry Zeffman, The Times’ political correspondent, Katie Perrior, a former adviser to Theresa May and Boris Johnson, and pollster Matt Singh to explain the polls, Northern Ireland, the Queen and rosettes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley meets Alan “Howling Laud” Hope, leader of the Monster Raving Loony Party and veteran of eight general elections, and asks: what’s the point?PLUS: Esther Webber rounds up the week, including TV debates, manifesto muddles and an “impromptu rally”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley takes you behind-the-scenes with three people who know what it is really like trying to win the nation's vote.Polly Mackenzie was a policy adviser to Nick Clegg, and now runs the Demos think tank. She explains how a manifesto is written, and the pitfalls of party democracy.James Johnson was Theresa May’s Downing Street pollster and now runs JL Partners. He will explain what campaign bosses look out for in the polls, and how messages are tested before voters ever see them.And Theo Bertram, a former adviser to Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, discusses how things go wrong, from Bigotgate to a blue lizard riding a bicycle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley talks to polling guru Sir John Curtice about where the polls went wrong, whether they are right now, and how his election night exit poll works. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley examines what a Labour government would do. He speaks to Andrew Gwynne, the party's election co-ordinator, about what sort of PM Jeremy Corbyn would be. Alice Thomson and Rachel Sylvester unpick the policy programme on offer, and David Aaronovitch and Henry Zeffman examine the personnel who would be lurking in the corridors of power. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley heads to Leeds, where Yorkshire Post political editor Rob Parsons and ITV Political Correspondent Joe Pike warn it will be harder for the Tories to make gains in the north than they think.Plus Esther Webber casts a critical eye over the chaotically bad first week of the election campaign.Jacob Rees-Mogg clip courtesy of LBC Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

And they're off! MPs are leaving in Westminster, back to their constituencies in search of re-election. But not all of them: dozens of MPs of all parties and all ages are standing down, saying goodbye at this election.Matt Chorley speaks to three of them about their reasons for quitting, and the highs and lows of life as a politician. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the country gears up for some festive political fun, Matt Chorley asks YouGov's Anthony Wells what could go wrong for the Tories, Rachel Sylvester discusses the tensions in Team Corbyn, and Gabriel Milland explains whether Dominic Cummings is a genius or a menace.. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With Westminster in turmoil Matt Chorley heads back to his hometown to talk shops, Brexit and the long-trailed Lib Dem fightback. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley is joined in parliament by Henry Zeffman, Tim Shipman, Esther Webber, Iain Martin, Francis Elliott and Steven Swinford to watch Brexit history not unfold during the first sitting of parliament for almost 40 years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley talks to James Johnson, a former No10 pollster, about the Tory election strategy and why voters don’t reward politicians for what they’ve done.PLUS Lucy Fisher, defence correspondent, on the mess in Syria and Henry Zeffman, political correspondent, on what John McDonnell is up to. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley is joined by British Election Study authors Jane Green, Geoff Evans and Chris Prosser to explain why half of us are now floating voters and what that means for the next election. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley boards the 142 from Manchester to Didsbury with the Manchester Evening News’ Jen Williams to talk buses, Brexit and getting out of the Westminster bubble. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley is joined at the Tory conference by Daniel Finkelstein, Alice Thomson and Hugo Rifkind. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley sits down with International Trade Secretary, Liz Truss, to discuss brutal political rhetoric, crashing out with no deal and why she's beyond happy Sajid Javid is chancellor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As Labour conference is cut short for the recall of parliament, Matt Chorley talks to the shadow chancellor about the Supreme Court ruling, the timing of an election and why Labour is doing so badly in the polls. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley is in Brighton for the Labour Party conference, as delegates back Jeremy Corbyn’s policy to not support Remain or Leave in a referendum (yet) and Labour MPs Jon Ashworth and Anna Turley do their best to insist it is all going very well. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In part two of the exclusive interview, Matt Chorley asks David Cameron about his relationship with the Queen, his dread of PMQs and his biggest gaffe as prime minister. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In part one of a two-part special, Matt Chorley speaks to David Cameron about his Brexit regrets, the mistakes Theresa May made, and whether Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, David Davis and Dominic Cummings are "team players or w****". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley is joined by Esther Webber, who reports from a giddy Lib Dem conference in Bournemouth. Plus YouGov's Chris Curtis on what is really going on in the polls, and The Times' Daniel Finkelstein on his decade-long role in David Cameron's memoirs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley is joined by Jason Stein, who was Amber Rudd's spin doctor and reveals the politics of mobile phones and how Dominic Cummings is unwilling to compromise. Plus Rachel Sylvester on John Bercow's legacy and David Aaronovitch on the revival of the Lib Dems.Read more at thetimes.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley brings you an hour-by-hour account of an extraordinary day in Westminster, from rebels to PMQs, spending to voting, elections to deselections, and answering your questions. This is the story of Wednesday September 4 2019. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the political stalemate continues, Matt Chorley talks to Salma Shah, former special adviser to Sajid Javid, and Times columnists Philip Collins and Iain Martin about the chaos in No10, the existential threat to the Tory party and Labour's election dilemma. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks to Charles Bremner, The Times Paris correspondent, about the G7 summit in southern France, how Brexit and Boris Johnson are viewed by the French, President Macron’s fortunes and the demise of the long lunch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.