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Politics Unpacked

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Hugo Rifkind unpacks the the politics of the day - and the stuff that's even more important - with the brightest brains from the Times and Sunday Times.You can listen to Hugo on DAB, smart speaker or app 10am-1pm Monday to Friday. If you like what you hear, then read more at http://www.thetimes.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

The Burnham Coronation

about 17 hours ago

33m


Is Shabana Mahmood Burnham's Chancellor?

Jul. 16

34m


PMQs: Starmer's Journey Comes To An End

Jul. 15

53m


How Safe Are Our Politicians?

Jul. 14

34m


Burnham's Countdown, Farage's Gifts and Labour's Bros

Jul. 13

34m


Burnham, Binface & Posh Boy Summer

Jul. 10

30m


Is Burnham Too Soft?

Jul. 9

29m


DPMQs: Don't Talk About Farage

Jul. 8

46m


Burnham's Gamble & Starmer's Substack

Jul. 7

30m


Is Farage In Serious Trouble?

Jul. 6

34m


Kemi Takes Advice (Except From Truss)

Jul. 3

30m


Kemi Tells Labour Women To 'Stop Moaning'

Jul. 2

30m


PMQs: Starmer's Not So Lucky DIP

Jul. 1

42m


Starmer's Farewell Tour

Jun. 30

33m


Burnham Addresses The Nation

Jun. 29

20m


Has Labour Left The Country In Stasis?

Jun. 26

33m


Burnham v Trump, Tackling Welfare and SNP Accents

Jun. 25

38m


PMQS: Kemi Gets Personal

Jun. 24

44m


Did Anyone Notice Starmer Resigned?

Jun. 23

22m


Keir Starmer Resigns

Jun. 22

34m


Starmer's Goodbye Election

Jun. 19

29m


Is Trump's Deal A 'Humiliation'?

Jun. 18

32m


The DPMQs Before The Storm

Jun. 17

43m


Starmer's Final Summit

Jun. 16

33m


Starmer's Last Hurrah?

Jun. 15

36m


Starmer Fights On

Jun. 12

30m


John Healey Resigns

Jun. 11

38m


PMQs: The Sun Sets On Starmer's Premiership?

Jun. 10

44m


Is Burnham Ready To Be Disliked?

Jun. 9

29m


Starmer Enters The 'Legacy Era'

Jun. 8

32m


Burnham Makes It Official

Jun. 5

31m


Starmer, Musk & The Politics Of Division

Jun. 4

31m


PMQs: Starmer v Farage

Jun. 3

44m


Is Starmer's Labour the Welfare Party?

Jun. 2

34m


Labour's Trade Union Problem

Jun. 1

34m


Burnham, Body Doubles & Boozy Lunches

May. 29

31m


All's Blair In Love And War

May. 28

34m


Blair Slams Labour

May. 27

34m


Is Social Media The New Smoking?

May. 26

34m


Will Restore Britain 'Split The Right'?

May. 25

32m


Is Burnham Really A Man Of The People?

May. 22

30m


Falling Immigration: The Political Impact

May. 21

36m


PMQs: Starmer Looks Demob Happy

May. 20

47m


Do Political Backstories Matter?

May. 19

31m


What If Burnham Loses?

May. 18

32m


Burnham Makes His Move

May. 15

30m


Labour's Wild Wes

May. 14

29m


Gyles Brandreth: Whips, Plots & PMs

May. 13

18m


The Psychodrama Is Back

May. 12

34m


Was Starmer's Speech Enough?

May. 11

31m


A Historic Shift in British Politics

May. 8

35m


Can Labour Match The Tories For Plotting?

May. 7

30m


Polanski, Heckling, and Internet Relics

May. 6

31m


Focus Group: Is Andy Burnham A 'Saint'?

May. 6

23m


Labour MPs "Doomscrolling Through Leaders"

May. 5

31m


The Endless Labour Leadership Drama

May. 4

32m


Terror Threat Rises

May. 1

30m


Focus Group: Reform Voters

May. 1

24m


Have Politicians Been Weak On Antisemitism?

Apr. 30

23m


PMQs: No More Mandelson

Apr. 29

45m


McSweeney: What We Learned

Apr. 28

12m


Keir Starmer's Week Of Peril

Apr. 27

32m


Trump Falklands Threat

Apr. 24

30m


Is Donald Trump "Deranged"?

Apr. 23

32m


Focus Group: Wavering Tories

Apr. 23

26m


PMQs: The Robbins Files

Apr. 22

44m


Olly Robbins Fires Back at Starmer

Apr. 21

26m


Judgement Day For Starmer

Apr. 20

34m


Starmer's Mandelson Crisis Deepens

Apr. 17

29m


Is The UK Ready For Shortages

Apr. 16

31m


PMQs: Defending The Undefendable

Apr. 15

44m


The AI President

Apr. 14

29m


Hungary, The 'Boriswave', And Trump vs The Pope

Apr. 13

32m


Starmer "Fed Up" With Trump

Apr. 10

30m


Are The Fringe Parties Still The Fringe?

Apr. 9

30m


Has Trump Won The War?

Apr. 8

29m


Kanye West, Strikes and 90s Nostalgia

Apr. 7

34m


Trump's Foul-Mouthed Diplomacy

Apr. 6

33m


Trump Mocks Starmer (Again)

Apr. 3

30m


Trump's 'Stone Age' Threat

Apr. 2

32m


How Is Britain Handling Trump's Taunts?

Apr. 1

33m


The Battle For Big Ideas

Mar. 31

35m


Energy Shock Leaves Starmer Powerless

Mar. 30

34m


Has Trump Run Out Of Options?

Mar. 27

29m


Starmer's Fuel Fiction

Mar. 26

31m


PMQs: It's Ed Miliband's Decision

Mar. 25

42m


Is Ed Miliband In The Driving Seat?

Mar. 24

29m


Trump, The Cost Of Living And Corbyn In Cuba

Mar. 23

36m


The Global Energy Crisis

Mar. 19

32m


PMQs: Starmer Swerves Mandelson Questions

Mar. 18

41m


Can Farage Out-Stunt Ed Davey?

Mar. 17

31m


Starmer To The Rescue?

Mar. 16

31m


Iran, Mandelson, and Farage Fighting The Polls

Mar. 13

34m


Did Starmer Mislead MPs Over Mandelson?

Mar. 12

30m


PMQs: The Mother of All U-Turns

Mar. 11

44m


Trump's Words Of War

Mar. 10

32m


Will Ministers Have To Act On Energy Bills?

Mar. 9

37m


What Is Trump Trying To Achieve In Iran?

Mar. 6

33m


Starmer Playing Catch-Up Over Iran

Mar. 5

33m


PMQs: "A Sea Of Orcs And Goons"

Mar. 4

50m