Gang Smashing & Queue Jumping
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 2 January 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
The government has begun 2025 by targeting people-smuggling gangs after channel crossings rose by a quarter last year.
Plus, as Starmer is booed for queue-jumping for a toboggan ride on holiday, is it the most offensive thing a Brit can do?
Ed Vaizey unpacks the politics of the day with Manveen Rana and Matthew Syed
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, here's the thing with you theater, artsy, liberal types, you think you know it all. |
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| 0:43.1 | It said Faisi, we're going to be unpacking the politics of the day and the stuff that's even more important than politics. Joining me now are two of the finest minds from the Times and Sunday Times. |
| 0:48.6 | Manvine Rana, welcome to the show. |
| 0:51.6 | Hello. Happy New Year. |
| 0:53.7 | Happy New Year. And Matthew Saeed, welcome to the show. Hello. Happy New Year. Happy New Year. |
| 0:55.0 | And Matthew Saeed, welcome to the show. |
| 0:59.8 | Manveen, Ed, how are you? |
| 1:01.9 | Happy New Year. |
| 1:03.0 | I'm just looking at my image in my Zoom camera. |
| 1:06.2 | I don't think I've shaved for a week. |
| 1:08.1 | So sorry if I look a bit scoffy here. |
| 1:11.3 | How best to start, 2025. |
| 1:13.9 | Exactly. |
| 1:15.7 | I went for a wet shave on Tuesday. |
| 1:19.2 | Oh, get you. |
| 1:20.0 | Yeah, because I don't shave over the holidays, and I thought I would treat myself. |
| 1:24.6 | It kept everyone in the barbershop waiting an extra 20 minutes while I thoroughly |
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