Focus Group: Donald Trump Of The UK
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
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🗓️ 6 June 2024
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
It's the Times Radio Focus Group, where Matt steps outside the Westminster bubble to hear the opinions of ordinary voters.
This month it's a group who all voted for the Conservatives in 2019 but are now thinking of backing Reform UK. They tell Matt and James Johnson of J.L. Partners that Nigel Farage is the "Donald Trump of the UK" and their advice to Rishi Sunak is to "pack your suitcase".
Plus: Columnists Manveen Rana and Tom McTague discuss whether lying is new in politics.
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| 1:11.8 | The Times Radio Focus Group returns in its new weekly |
| 1:16.2 | slot for the general election. |
| 1:18.6 | We'll be bringing you a Focus Group every week between now and Polling Day, |
| 1:22.6 | today kicking off with people who voted Conservative in 2019, |
| 1:26.9 | who now say they're backing reform, |
| 1:29.2 | is there anything that Ritchie Sunat can do to get them back. I might give this one a miss |
| 1:33.9 | Prime Minister. Before that in the columnist, Manbreen Rana and Tom McTague on this |
| 1:39.3 | brand new phenomenon in politics, lying. It's never happened before and everyone's |
| 1:44.5 | talking about it. And if you like what you're here on the podcast don't forget you |
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