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Politics Unpacked

How To Interview A Politician

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Rob Burley has had a ringside seat at some of the biggest political TV grillings for more than a quarter of a century, working with interviewers including Andrew Neil, Jeremy Paxman and Andrew Marr.


He joins Matt to discuss his book, 'Why is This Lying Bastard Lying to Me?', and the secret to getting a politician to give a straight answer.


Plus: Columnists Manveen Rana and Matthew Syed discuss why more young people than ever are living with their parents, whether we've reached peak coalition speculation, and how a member of the Wurzels is marking Somerset Day.




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0:00.0

Hello, this is the Redbox Podcast, I'm Matt Chulie, bringing the best of my timeswaters

0:08.0

show, don't forget you can listen live Monday to Friday, 10th or 1 on your DAB radio, on

0:12.5

your smart speaker, on the Times Radio app. Thank you for all of the mixed messages about

0:17.8

the appearance of Zippy on yesterday's episode. Never let it be said that we don't surprise

0:22.2

you.

0:23.2

Right, coming up on today's episode, wise is lying bastard lying to me, Rob Burley,

0:27.8

who's worked in political interviews on TV for years and years with Andrew Neal and

0:32.4

Andrew Marmon, Jeremy Paxman and much else besides. He joins me to take me through the

0:36.9

art of the political interview and can you get your interview E to tell the truth? That's

0:41.9

coming up in just a moment, but first, as ever, we kick off with the columnists.

0:45.9

Manvine Rana, and someone called Matthew on Times Radio. And we say hello to Manvine Rana,

0:57.2

hello, Manvine Rana.

0:58.4

Hello.

0:59.4

And this week, someone called Matthew is Matthew Syed, hello, Matthew. Morning. Nice

1:06.0

to have you with us. Now, let's start with, we talk quite a lot about housing. This

1:10.4

is extraordinary. This more than half of adults age 24 under live with their parents in England

1:16.7

and Wales, according to the latest census figures. I also found that more couples are delaying

1:21.1

starting families due to economic stress. The biggest rise is in London. Manvine, how long

1:28.3

did you stay with your parents?

1:29.8

I mean, I didn't it was as bad as it is now, but longer than I intended to. I mean, you

1:36.3

really have to feel sorry for young people at the moment. I just think it's, especially

1:41.2

with sort of interest rates rising. It's just got harder and harder to get on the housing

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