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The Reagan Question

The Reagan Question

Politics Unpacked · Anna Covell

April 17, 202345m 22s

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Show Notes

In the 1980 presidential election, Ronald Reagan asked "Are you better off than you were four years ago?"


With the economy likely to define the next general election here in the UK, Matt looks at who will win the voters' trust with former cabinet minister Peter Mandelson, Paul Johnson from the IFS, YouGov's Lukas Paleckis, and former Treasury adviser Poppy Trowbridge.


Plus: Columnists Rachel Sylvester and Libby Purves discuss the cost of harm in maternity care and the new name for the Brecon Beacons, before thinking of a number with maths legend Johnny Ball.


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