Covid Inquiry Unpacked
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
4.1 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2023
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
This week at the Covid inquiry we've learned a lot about the way Boris Johnson's government worked - and didn't - during the pandemic. Matt is joined by the Sunday Times' George Arbuthnott and the Specator's Isabel Hardman to unpack the most important, and the most expletive-laden, exchanges.
Plus: Columnists Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton discuss whether MPs should be selected using US-style open primaries, and why Robert is determined not to retire.
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| 0:00.0 | This is what it sounds like when people win big with a national luxury. |
| 0:18.0 | Will you be next? |
| 0:22.0 | The national luxury. |
| 0:24.0 | Could be you. |
| 0:27.0 | This episode of Red Box is brought to you in association with SSE, a leading clean energy champion accelerating the transition to net zero. |
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| 1:39.0 | Hello, this is the Red Box podcast. |
| 1:41.0 | I'm Matt Shorty bringing the best of my times radio show you can listen live Monday to Friday, 10 to 1 on your DAB radio, on your smart speaker, or download the times radio app. |
| 1:49.0 | And while you're downloading things, make sure you download how to win an election. |
| 1:53.0 | Peter Madison, Danny Finkelstein, Polly McKenzie, every Tuesday taking you through how to an election they've advised winners, they've advised losers, they've won and lost millions of votes between them. |
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| 2:05.0 | It's going to be a must listen, find it wherever you're currently listening to this, it's called how to win an election. |
| 2:11.0 | Right, coming up on today's episode, no PMQs, because there's a little recess while they put the red carpet down for the kick speech next week. |
| 2:18.0 | But no shortage of people lining up to take pot shots at the Prime Minister. |
| 2:22.0 | So instead, we've got you COVID inquiry, unpacked Dominic Cummings and Lee Kane and party Marty and all the others. |
| 2:30.0 | What have we actually learned? Why does it actually matter? That's coming up in our big thing at just a moment. |
| 2:34.0 | But first, as we always do on a Wednesday, it's time for these two. |
| 2:41.0 | The columnists with Alibert, Alice Thompson and Robert Crampton on Times Radio. |
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