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Politics Unpacked

Do May, Corbyn and Trump know what they're doing?

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2017

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Do our political leaders know what they're doing?The question of competency is the topic up for discussion on the first Red Box podcast of the new year. Matt Chorley is joined by The Times' deputy editor Emma Tucker, columnist David Aaronovitch and Oliver Wright. Discover more at www.thetimes.co.uk/redboxemail

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0:48.6

Hello and welcome to the first Red Box Political Podcast on the Times of 2017, I'm

0:57.2

Matt Chorley. As we begin a new year, there were big complex problems facing

1:00.6

the government, the country and the world.

1:02.6

Today though we're going to keep it simple and ask do our political leaders actually

1:06.7

know what they are doing.

1:07.9

This week I'm joined by Emma Tucker, Deputy Editor of The Times, Ollie Wright,

1:11.7

policy editor of the Times, and Davidie Wright, Policy at Editor of the Times and David Wronovich at Times

1:14.8

Colonist.

1:15.8

So welcome to you all, happy new year.

1:17.4

Happy new year.

1:18.4

Let's start with the obvious then.

1:20.8

Does Theresa May know what she is doing?

1:23.7

And she embarks on 2017 is going to be a big year triggering Article 50.

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