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🗓️ 24 May 2022
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Matt Chorley explores whether politicians are too obsessed with the red wall. He hears from Professor Jane Green from Nuffield College at Oxford University and part of the British Election Study, as well as Dr Rose de Geusfrom the University of Reading who released a report called Red Wall, Red Herring.
PLUS Patrick Kidd and Daniel Finklestein discuss Boris Johnson misleading Parliament and the Chelsea Flower Show.
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0:42.4 | episode is the Red Wall of Red Hearing, a really interesting conversation about a new report |
0:49.2 | out which basis suggested politicians were too obsessed with the Red Wall or at least everyone's |
0:53.8 | idea of the Red Wall is slightly different and it might mean that they're missing out on the |
0:57.1 | voters who really counts. That's coming up on our big thing at just a moment. Before that, of course |
1:02.0 | it's our columnist panel. No David O'Brien of one of which this week is offering a sparrowside. |
1:06.3 | So instead Daniel Finkelstein was joined by Patrick Kidd. The columnist on time's radio. |
1:16.4 | Yes, and normally at this time we'd be joined by Finkelvich, but David O'Brien of one of which is |
1:21.8 | I don't know what he's doing. I assume it's some sort of sparr break. |
1:25.1 | Maybe he's climbing that ladder he keeps behind him when he comes in on the Zoom. |
1:28.8 | So we are joined by Daniel Finkelstein. Hello, morning. |
1:31.8 | And Johnny's in the studio, Patrick Kidd. Morning, Matt. Morning, nice to have you both here. |
1:35.2 | Finkel Kidd. Much better rolls off the top, rolls off the top. I'm afraid Kidd is a Scottish name |
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