Keirnocchio: When You Wish Upon A Starmer
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
4.1 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2023
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
'Tis the season and Matt has a new pantomime.
This is the story of Keirnocchio, a wooden MP who desperately wants to become a real boy politician.
When you wish upon a Starmer your dreams come true, and even if it means changing your mind, your poll lead will grow faster than your nose.
Plus: Some of our favourite Times columnists join a festive focus group and debate the best Christmas song, and tell us their Christmas day traditions.
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| 0:59.8 | rounding off Christmas week with a very special episode. |
| 1:03.6 | We've got the final installment of the columnist's focus group, |
| 1:06.3 | our favorite Times writers, on their Christmas traditions. |
| 1:10.0 | On the subject of traditions, |
| 1:11.0 | we've got the Times Radio Panto, |
| 1:13.2 | Kyinocchio, when you wish upon a stama. |
| 1:16.9 | And just to flag coming up over the Christmas period |
| 1:20.0 | while other podcasts might be taking a break, |
| 1:21.7 | none of that nonsense here, we are going to bring you the political |
| 1:26.1 | editors series where I spoke to every time's political editor for the last half century. |
| 1:31.9 | And then all next week |
| 1:33.4 | we'll bring you some of the highlights of the year in case you missed them |
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