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Politics Unpacked

Finishing Brexit could be bad for Boris

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Matt Chorley talks to James Johnson, a former No10 pollster, about the Tory election strategy and why voters don’t reward politicians for what they’ve done.


PLUS Lucy Fisher, defence correspondent, on the mess in Syria and Henry Zeffman, political correspondent, on what John McDonnell is up to.



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0:00.0

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

0:08.3

slide by on track to your

0:15.0

there,

0:20.0

to care in the world as you simply lean back.

0:17.0

And before you know it, you're there.

0:20.0

This is how travels should feel,

0:22.0

and on our trains it does.

0:25.0

Avanti West Coast feel good travel. Hello and one of the Red Box Politics Podcast on The Times I'm Matt Chorley.

0:39.2

Loads of stuff happening in politics this week, not least on Brexit, but until we actually know what's

0:44.2

going to happen, there seems a little point in actually discussing it.

0:46.8

So we're going to touch on some other things which are happening in politics right now.

0:49.7

We'll be asking what on earth is going on in Syria? We're asking what on earth is

0:52.8

John McDonnell up to and what on earth is going to happen as and when we get a

0:56.6

general election. I'm delighted to be joined by a stellar panel on this

0:59.7

episode, the Red Box podcast. Lucy Fisher, the Defence Correspondent on on the Times will try and explain what is going on in Syria.

1:05.3

Henry Zefman political correspondent for the Times will try to explain what is going on in the Labour Party,

1:09.2

in particular what the Shadow Chancellor is up to.

1:10.9

But first, former Polster for Theresa May when she was in

1:14.0

down the street this is James Johnson are you working class are you in the north or the

1:18.6

Midlands are you a mom did you vote leave but are a little bit bored of Brexit?

1:23.0

If so, then the Tory love bomb campaign is coming for you.

1:26.0

That's the group that Number 10 thinks is key to this election.

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