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Politics Unpacked

Britain's Litter Problem

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Matt takes to the streets to find out about Britain's litter problem. He speaks to a listener who's found everything from sex toys to a sawn-off shotgun, a plogger - a jogger who picks up litter - and the leader of The Rubbish Party.


Plus Finkelvitch: Columnists David Aaronovitch and Daniel Finkelstein contemplate our changing attitude to the police, whether Rishi Sunak's latest climbdown is a sign of strength or weakness, and if adverts showing Keir Starmer in Mick Lynch's pocket are effective.




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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, this is Red Box Podcast, and on today's episode we're talking rubbish.

0:10.6

Yeah, there's loads of it about litter. Who's picking it up? Should we be picking it up?

0:14.9

What's the government doing about it? And who exactly found a bar in the bushes?

0:19.8

That's one of our listeners. That's coming up in just a moment. First though, on a Tuesday.

0:23.3

As ever, we kick off with...

0:25.6

...Fingalvich.

0:27.9

Meet the Cerberus of Colomists,

0:31.9

the Janus of Journalism,

0:34.9

and the ultimate political portmanteau of opinion.

0:42.9

Fingalvich, with Daniel Finkelstein and David Aronovich, on Times Radio.

0:50.5

Yes, they've alive, they've alive, they're here. Good morning to Danny Fickle, Simon and Danny.

0:53.9

Good morning, I'm actually in your seat, man.

0:55.9

You're in my seat. I don't know what that means.

0:58.9

You're going to just steer things through, and I'll...

1:01.9

If you play the role of me, David can play the role of you,

1:04.9

and I'll play David's role, which is undermining the entire premise of the conversation.

1:10.9

What a David. It's so weird. Where are you then?

1:15.9

So I'm at home, because my well-waid line has been... has fallen over.

1:21.9

Or something. There's a land slip, and all the mud from under the tracks has disappeared,

1:26.9

so they need to build it up again.

1:27.9

Is that why you're walking up and down your street picking up litter?

1:30.9

Yes, just making use of my time.

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