Politics Unpacked

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  rememb...

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...

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 Bo...

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...

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 inf...

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 inf...

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.