Ben Elton
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2022
⏱️ 38 minutes
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As Friday Night Live returns to our screens for a one off 40th anniversary special, Matt Chorley has a chat with compere Ben Elton about champagne socialism, Tory Prime Ministers, and why he's not on social media.
PLUS Melanie Reid and James Forsyth on what follows Liz Truss' resignation.
AND What we learned during the 45 days of Truss' premiership
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| 1:20.4 | Hello, this is the Red Box podcast. I'm Matt Charlie and we've got to the end of the week. |
| 1:25.2 | Unless you're the Prime Minister. Coming up on today's episode there, |
| 1:29.1 | we'll slightly step away from all of that. Our big thing today is I've done a chat with Ben Elton. |
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