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Politics Unpacked

Can we now trust the polls? Is the Scottish political landscape about to shift again?

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2017

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

This week Matt Chorley is joined by Jenni Russell, Anthony Wells and Hamish Macdonell.On the agenda: hear how pollsters have changed their methodology after poor accuracy in recent years, why the Scottish political map should shift yet again with the Tories benefitting, and why Jenni is feeling depressed by an election for the first time in her life.

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0:00.0

Just imagine what your best Christmas ever would sound like.

0:03.4

Thank you for calling National Lottery. I can see you calling about a winner today, is that correct?

0:07.4

Yeah, I think I have. I'd just take to double check before I do a cartwheel.

0:11.1

Yeah, I can confirm that you have won the top prize 1.2 million oh my

0:15.5

what happy Christmas why do now you have the best Christmas ever this, it could be you.

0:24.0

The National Lottery.

0:26.0

Rules and procedures apply.

0:28.0

Players must be 18 or over.

0:30.0

Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you slide by, on track to your

0:45.0

there,

0:50.0

the care in the world as you simply lean back.

0:47.0

And before you know it, you're there.

0:50.0

This is how travels should feel,

0:52.0

and on our trains it does.

0:55.0

Avanti West Coast feel good travel. Hello and working with the Red Box Politics Podcast on the Times, I'm Matt

1:10.0

Surely. Here we go then, a general election, everyone. Are you excited? I am.

1:15.0

Jenny Russell, Times columnist isn't. We'll be talking about that shortly.

1:18.0

We're joined by Anthony Wells, Director of Political Polling at UGov, who will explain what we should be looking out for in the polling that comes out in the next few weeks,

1:25.2

plus Hamish McDonnell, the new Scottish political editor of the Times to give us an idea of what's happening north of the border. Jenny, I'm very excited about the election, but you're not.

1:39.4

For the first time my life, Matt, I have to say I think you're lying to me, but I hope I'm wrong.

1:44.0

I see what it is because I've had a holiday. I've come back from a holiday, infused by all was that people who haven't

1:48.5

had a holiday for months and months are still tired from the Brexit referendum.

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