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Politics Unpacked

Are You Having a Laugh?

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Which party's supporters can take a joke, and which have a sense of humour failure? Matt looks at the league table of humourlessness with Private Eye editor Ian Hislop and comedians Geoff Norcott and Tiff Stevenson.


Plus columnists India Knight and James Marriott discuss Dominic Raab's resignation, the 'Oasis album' made by AI, and journalist Tom McTague explains the political power of 'Deano'.



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0:00.0

Hello, this is the Redbox Podcast. I'm Matt, surely bringing the best of my times

0:07.6

video show. You can listen live, Monday to Friday, 10 to 1, on your DAB radio, on your smart

0:12.1

speaker, or download the Times radio app. If you're ever want to get in touch and tell

0:16.3

us what you think about the podcast, what are the best things to do as you're supposed

0:19.1

to review on the Apple Podcast platform? Because apparently that helps. We need some

0:24.8

way with the mumbo jumbo charts. It's supposed to review, or if you want to get in touch

0:28.2

and mone privately, you can email me Matt at Times.com. Right, coming up on today's episode,

0:33.0

are you a thin-skinned, humorless supporter of the SMP or reform? According to some new

0:39.7

research we've been taking a look at, they are the most humorless. They take criticism

0:44.1

of their political party. As a personal insult, we'll find out more from the comedians, Jeff

0:48.4

Norcock, Antif Stevenson, and for private eye, Ian Hizzle. That's coming up in just a

0:53.6

moment. We'll also find out about the politics of Dino. But first, start with this.

0:58.2

The columnists with Night at the Marriott, India Night, and James Marriott, on Times Radio.

1:10.8

And he's in the studio. Say you go, very good morning, James. Morning, James. Good morning

1:13.8

to you. And joint beaming in live via the power of technology. It's India Night, morning

1:20.8

India. Good morning, Matt. Morning, James. Good to have you with us. So we need to start with

1:25.3

Dominic Rob. And this interesting question, I suppose, where bullying or inappropriate

1:31.2

behavior in the workplaces in the eye of the beholder, worth probably just looking sort

1:36.2

of directly at what Dominic Rob is actually said in his letter. I mean, because we have

1:39.8

to go on thus far. He confirms that he has been found to have bullied twice. He says

1:50.1

that all the other complaints were thrown out, but two of them have been upheld. He goes

1:54.6

on to say ministers must be able to give direct, critical feedback on briefings and submissions

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