Ian Hislop's Wild Year
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
4.1 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 8 December 2023
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
From Rishi Sunak being fined for not wearing a seatbelt, to David Cameron's surprise return to the cabinet, to Nigel Farage's trip to the jungle, 2023 has been a wild ride in news and politics. Private Eye editor and Have I Got News For You team captain Ian Hislop joins Matt to sprint through the best, worst and weirdest moments of the past year.
Plus: Columnists James Marriott and India Knight discuss the Conservative Party using a rude meme, whether it's okay to make fun of vegans, and help James improve his flexibility.
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| 0:00.0 | Just imagine what your best Christmas ever would sound like. |
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| 0:41.0 | So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's. |
| 0:46.5 | Trains now on Uber. Tees and sees apply. Check the Uber app. Hello, this is the Red Box Podcast. I'm Matt Shorty bringing you politics without the boring |
| 1:00.7 | bits you can listen to me live on Times Radio, weekdays from 10 on your |
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| 1:09.5 | episode. It's that time of year. We're almost at the end of 2023. So I look back over the last 12 months with Ian Hislop editor of Private Eye, team captain and I got news for you. We also talk about the controversial for eye cover which sparks a massive backlash for what it's said about Israel and Gaza and |
| 1:28.5 | and more excitingly he reveals he was asked to go into the I'm a Celebrity Jungle. |
| 1:32.8 | I mean I was invited to go on I'm a Celebrity get me out of here this year. |
| 1:36.8 | Were you? |
| 1:37.8 | This year? |
| 1:38.8 | And there was a moment I thought would I like to be round the campfire with Nigel? |
| 1:43.4 | With Nigel Farage. |
| 1:45.0 | So I'm asking why that didn't happen. |
| 1:46.1 | That's coming up in just a moment. |
| 1:47.3 | The first is we are still on a Friday. |
| 1:48.5 | Let's take a look at what we learned this week. We learn that the Tory MPs to Lane Saxby has learned where her Nash has come from. |
| 2:01.2 | Whilst I recognise money does not grow on trees, neither do teeth. |
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