Behind The Scenes At Parliament TV
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
4.1 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 30 June 2023
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
It's been a century since the broadcasters first asked to record what goes on in Parliament, although cameras didn't make it into the Commons chamber until 1989. Matt goes behind the scenes to see how it all works, and to hear about some of the speeches and debates that have defined political history.
Plus: Columnists India Knight and James Marriott discuss whether more politicians should take a long-term view, what India takes to a barbecue, and whether Britain is becoming too obsessed with America.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, this is the Red Box Podcast. I'm Matt Chordy bringing the best of my time to |
| 0:07.6 | show you can listen live Monday to Friday, 10 till 1 on your DAB radio, on your Smart |
| 0:11.7 | Speaker, or on the Times Radio app. And if you do listen live, you'll know that Resignation |
| 0:18.3 | Friday has become quite the thing. Dominic Royal resigned on a Friday, Boris Johnson resigned |
| 0:22.9 | on a Friday, Richard Sharp resigned on a Friday, and we're on another one. So that Goldsmith |
| 0:27.2 | resigning on a Friday, accusing Richie Soonack of being completely uninterested in climate |
| 0:32.5 | change. So we'll reflect on that a little bit. Coming up on today's episode, I've been |
| 0:38.0 | behind the scenes at Parliament TV. I made sure I didn't break anything or stop pressing |
| 0:43.6 | any buttons. But we're looking at the history of the Commons being broadcast, and we've got |
| 0:48.5 | some great archive. I tell you what, we'll count down my top 10 moment, televised moments |
| 0:52.9 | in the Commons as well. That's coming up in just a moment. Do the columnists within |
| 0:56.4 | the United James moment. But first, as we always do on a Friday, as well as keeping |
| 0:59.6 | an eye out for resignations, let's take a look at what we learned this week. |
| 1:08.8 | We learned that the Tories hadn't really thought through turning up to welcome Keir Starmer |
| 1:13.1 | to Selby. We learned that whatever Laura Coonsburg asked Richie Soonack about the Russian |
| 1:21.7 | movement, it was going to say the same thing. Here's two of his answers. |
| 1:25.7 | We've been monitoring for a while now the potentially destabilizing of Russia's illegal invasion |
| 1:30.4 | in Ukraine, the U.K. and U.D. stabilizing. We're keeping a close eye on the situation. |
| 1:33.8 | You see the situation has a great impact. We'll have to actualize and face the situation |
| 1:38.3 | involved later today to some of them. The most important thing I'd say is for all |
| 1:42.2 | people supporting us to be responsible, to be responsible, to be responsible, to be |
| 1:46.4 | responsible, and to much like and say the least. We learned that Tories and P. Lee Anderson |
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