How To Hold The Line
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
4.1 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2024
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Heading into an election campaign, politicians can be asked to explain their party's position on absolutely anything - but it's not always easy to remember exactly what that is. Matt is joined by a panel of former spin doctors to find out how MPs are given the lines to take, and what happens when they forget them.
Plus: Manveen Rana and Matt Deegan discuss whether Keir Starmer's six pledges have made Labour's policy positions clear, whether the covid inquiry is worth £300k per day, and why radio's popularity is so enduring.
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| 1:09.3 | Coming up on today's episode, How to Hold the Line. line politicians are given lines to take all the |
| 1:15.2 | time you might have noticed stick with the plan turn the page they keep on using the |
| 1:19.6 | same lines today we take a look at the art of keeping politicians on message. |
| 1:24.6 | And it's not a new thing. |
| 1:26.1 | We even go all the way back to the 1979 election. |
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