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🗓️ 6 October 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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After Labour's decisive win in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election, Keir Starmer channelled Michael Caine and claimed the party had 'blown the doors off'. But does the result mean he's now on the way to Number 10? Matt talks to polling guru Sir John Curtice and Times Radio's Patrick Maguire.
Plus: Help, my mum's running the country! Matt speaks to Carol Thatcher to find out what life is really like for family members living behind the famous black door.
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0:00.0 | I'm Alex Dibble from the Times World in Ten Podcast. |
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0:30.0 | Hello, this is the Red Box Podcast. I'm Matt Shirley, bringing you politics. |
0:40.0 | Without the boy bits, as I always do, Monday to Friday, 10-till-one on Times Radio. |
0:44.0 | You can catch me on your DAB radio, on your smart speaker, or download the Times Radio app. |
0:48.0 | Coming up, help! My mum's running the country. We heard a lot this week about what it's like if your husband's running the country. |
0:54.0 | Thanks to Xartamurta, you introduced Wishi Sunak for his big speech. But what about if it's your mum? |
0:58.0 | I've been speaking to Kawa Thachar, a really fascinating, funny conversation about the weird family dynamics of basically having Margaret Thachar as your mum. |
1:08.0 | That's coming up in just a moment. But the big political story of the day, of course, is the Rutherglen and Hamilton West. |
1:14.0 | By-election result, Labour, securing a swing of more than 20% from the S&P. |
1:20.0 | The here's the result is at Kaiman. Michael Shanks, Scottish Labour Party, 17,850 people. |
1:28.0 | And I declare that Michael Shanks is elected to serve in the United Kingdom Parliament as a member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West Pinstituancy. |
1:38.0 | So, it's a big, big winner, 20.4 percentage points swing to Labour from the S&P. |
1:50.0 | But what does that mean for Keir Starmer's post-best of becoming a Prime Minister? |
1:55.0 | Joining me in the studio is Times Radio's senior political correspondent Patrick McGuire. |
1:58.0 | Good morning, Matt. |
1:59.0 | And on the line, we've got Professor Sir John Curtis-Polster at the University of Strathclyde. Hi, John. |
2:03.0 | Good morning, Tim. |
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