Focus Group: Attack Of The Clones
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
4.1 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 July 2023
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
A group of people from across England who voted for the Conservatives at the 2019 election, but now say they plan to vote for Labour give their verdict on Rishi Sunak, who they describe as a "clone", and Keir Starmer, who they think is "smug". Matt is joined by James Johnson of J.L. Partners to find out why they're switching, and what might bring them back.
Plus: Manveen Rana and Matthew Parris discuss whether MPs should be banned from drinking in parliament if they behave badly, if it matters that the government's plan to move civil servants out of London isn't working, and compare their worst travel experiences to Prue Leith's on the Caledonian Sleeper.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, this is the Redbox Podcast. I'm Matt Chollie bringing the best of my Times Radio |
| 0:07.8 | show. You can listen live, Mother to Friday, 10 to 1. On your DAB radio, on your Smart |
| 0:12.4 | Speaker, or download the Times Radio app. Coming up on today's episode is another classic |
| 0:18.1 | Times Radio focus group we ask. Real people, what they think about politics rather than |
| 0:22.9 | all those talking heads from Westminster. Today we've got people who voted conservative |
| 0:27.6 | in 2019. Now say they're going to vote Labour, they're in Birmingham, Southampton and |
| 0:31.8 | Roller of the Valley. And we will try to get under the skin of what they don't like about |
| 0:35.2 | the Tourist. And actually what they don't like about Kirsten, I'm really either. That's |
| 0:38.6 | coming up in just a moment. But first, as ever, all of all, it's time to take a look at |
| 0:42.6 | the news with the Colour Bists. |
| 0:47.1 | Manvine Runner. And someone called Matthew on Times Radio. Yes, as ever, we say hello |
| 0:56.6 | to Manvine Runner. Hello, Manvine. Hello. Good to have you with us. And a rotating cast |
| 1:01.9 | of partners called Matthew. We are joined by Times College of Matthew Powers. Hello, |
| 1:06.0 | Matthew. Hello, Matt. Let's talk about what we should do to punish MPs. How do we |
| 1:12.3 | best polish politicians? Yesterday, I spoke to the Parliamentary Commission for Standards, |
| 1:16.4 | Daniel Greenberg, who is responsible for investigating them. I asked him, first of all, |
| 1:21.1 | if alcohol should be banned in Parliament? It is one of the things that clearly many |
| 1:26.3 | members of Parliament are thinking about for themselves. I think the behaviour, I think |
| 1:32.6 | the attitude to alcohol in the workplace has changed throughout, as you say, throughout |
| 1:37.7 | all workplaces. It has changed over the decades. When I joined the public service about 35 |
| 1:44.4 | years ago, it was common for wine to be served at internal lunches. It was a very common |
| 1:50.0 | thing, and it doesn't generally happen today. What do you think, first of all, Matthew, |
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