Politics Unpacked

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...

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...

History teaches us a lot. It allows us to understand how people and societies behave, understand how wars erupted and how pivotal moments in history have changed the world. Historian Dan Snow talks us through everything we should know about the subject. PLUS India Knight and James Marriott discuss how a double vaccination could soon allow travel freedom and 'hopeless' Matt Hancock. Hosted on Acast...

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.  PLUS Times Columnists Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton discuss Tory lockdown rebels and compulsory vaccinations.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After the G7 pledged 1 billion jabs for the developing world, Matt Chorley speaks to a panel of experts including Jane Halton, Lily Caprani, Mary Stephen, Achal Parabhala to find out what it takes to vaccinate the world from Covid. PLUS Daniel Finkelstein and City AM Acting Editor Andy Silvester discuss Lindsay Hoyle and taking the knee.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

This month the Times Radio focus group is chaired by legendary US pollster Frank Luntz, who speaks to swing voters about lockdown, taking the knee, Joe Biden's age and how Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer are faring.  PLUS Rachel Sylvester and Martha Gill discuss the day's news.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley is in Cornwall for the G7. He speaks to Esther Webber from Politico and Tom McTague from the Atlantic. And with remembrances of G7s past, former foreign secretary Lord Hague, former ambassador to Washington Sir Nigel Sheinwald, former UK permanent representative to the EU Sir Ivan Rogers and former Tony Blair aide Kate Garvey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

Matt Chorley speaks to Patrick Maguire, the Red Box Editor, who broke the story that US diplomats had issued an extraordinary rebuke to Boris Johnson's government over the impact of Brexit in Northern Ireland. We also hear from Sir Peter Westmacott, a former British ambassador to Washington, and Lewis Lukens, a former US diplomat in London. PLUS India Knight and James Marriott on how the cult...

Times columnists Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton pick over the day's news, then Matt Chorley and Tim Shipman pause the action at Prime Minister's Questions to explain the Commons exchanges between Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks to Barack Obama's Ambassador to the UK Matthew Barzun about his book, The Power of Giving Power Away, his time in London and what happened when he hosted a tennis match between David Cameron and Boris Johnson. PLUS The Atlantic's Tom McTague and the Observer's Andrew Rawnsley discuss the day's news.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One year since the toppling of the Colston statue, Matt Chorley tours the city with a long history of protests, and speaks to the mayor Marvin Rees. PLUS Columnists Libby Purves and Rachel Sylvester give their take on the news Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Luke Jones is sitting in for Matt Chorley and talks about long-covid after the ONS reveals around one million people in the UK have reported experiencing "long covid" in April. And another one of our pre-pandemic professors, British statistician Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter. Plus, Rachel Cunliffe and Josh Glancy give us their take on the news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...

Luke Jones is sitting in for Matt Chorley and hears about how the pandemic has made the courtroom virtual and what lies in store for the future of the legal system. PLUS Columnists India Knight and Jaems Marriott give us their take on the news and we hear the life and times Epidemiologist and government advisor Mike Tildesley and hear about the pressure on the government scientists when...

Luke Jones is once again sitting in for Matt Chorley and as the race to the 21st June is hotting up, hears about the situation in intensive care to find out is the rise in cases leading to higher hospitalisations?  Times Columnists Robert Crampton and Angela Epstein give us their take on the news and standing by in the four nations of the UK, four top hacks to tell us not just about the pande...

Luke Jones is in for Matt Chorley again and hears about the life and times of another 'Pre-Pandemic Professor', this time it's Professor of Immunology, Danny Altmann. And talking trade with expert Sam Lowe as well as Angus MacNeil MP, Chair of the International Trade Committee and Alexander Downer, Former Australian foreign minister and High Commissioner to the UK. PLUS Helen Lewis, Staff Writer a...

Luke Jones sits in for Matt Chorley and speaks to Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Kent Dominic Abrams and Former Chief Constable for Manchester Police Sir Peter Fahy to find out how the pandemic has changed our relationship with authority. Plus an interview with the first of our 'Pre-Pandemic Professors', Professor of Public Health at Edinburgh University Linda Bauld, to discus...

The Tokyo Olympics is to go ahead in July, Matt Chorley speaks to current and former Olympic and paralympic athletes Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, Tom Bosworth and Gail Emms about whether it should go ahead. Plus he speaks to Alex Massie and Rachel Cunliffe on the art of lying. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is the Green Party having a resurgence? Matt Chorley speaks to pollster Chris Curtis and Times Radio Political Correspondent Charlotte Ivers about how the Greens are doing across the country and Green co-leader Jonathan Bartley explains how the party can capitalise on the gains made in the local elections.  PLUS Times Columnists India Knight and James Marriott discuss the fallout from Dominic...

Times columnist Robert Crampton and John Stevens from the Daily Mail pick over the day's news. Then Matt Chorley and Red Box Editor Patrick Maguire pause the action at Prime Minister's Questions to explain the Commons exchanges between Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the first anniversary of George Floyd's death, Matt Chorley speaks to his school friend Jonathan Veal about his memories of Floyd and reflections on the year since his friend's death, and Labour's Shadow Justice Secretary David Lammy on systemic injustice in the UK today.  PLUS Daniel Finkelstein and David Aaronovitch discuss Islamophobia in the Conservative Party.  Hosted on Acast. S...

Ahead of Dominic Cummings' appearance at the Science and Technology Select Committee on Wednesday, Matt Chorley speaks finds out what select committees do, and why they're so important, with author of How To Survive A Select Committee Scott Colvin, Times Diary Editor Patrick Kidd and Labour MP Sioban McDonagh. PLUS Rachel Sylvester and Libby Purves discuss the BBC, Martin Bashir and education. Hos...

In his first interview since taking over the domestic spy agency, MI5's Director General Ken McCallum speaks to Matt Chorley, along with the head of counter-terror policing Neil Basu, about how being an agent handler works, what social media firms can do to prevent terror spreading online, and how spies have managed to do their job during the pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

Matt Chorley finds out what Red Wall voters really think with YouGov pollster Patrick English and the re-elected Conservative Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen.  Plus our columnists James Marriott and Katy Ball on nostalgia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Times columnists Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton pick over the day's news, then Matt Chorley and Tim Shipman pause the action at Prime Minister's Questions to explain the Commons exchanges between Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does home ownership mean about your politics? As parliament debate the housing element of the Queen's Speech, Matt Chorley speaks to property royalty Kevin McCloud, former Labour Housing Minister Margaret Beckett and the Resolution Foundation's Lindsay Judge about the politics of home ownership.  PLUS Times Columnists Daniel Finkelstein and David Aaronovitch talk about the easing of...