London mayoral race is a soup of consensus

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2016

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Matt Chorley is joined by Times Deputy Editor Emma Tucker, Chief Leader writer Giles Whittell and columnist Phil Collins.

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0:00.0	Just imagine what your best Christmas ever would sound like.
0:03.4	Thank you for calling National Lottery. I can see you calling about a winner today, is that correct?
0:07.4	Yeah, I think I have. I'd just take to double check before I do a cartwheel.
0:11.1	Yeah, I can confirm that you have won the top prize 1.2 million oh my
0:15.5	what happy Christmas why do now you have the best Christmas ever this, it could be you.
0:24.0	The National Lottery.
0:26.0	Rules and procedures apply.
0:28.0	Players must be 18 or over.
0:30.0	May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get
0:38.1	10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to walk home in the rain again.
0:45.0	Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply.
0:50.0	Check the Uber app. Hello and welcome to the Red Box podcast on The Times. I'm Matt Chorley.
0:56.5	He's an interesting fact to start this week. London has twice as many billionaires
1:00.4	as New York. Times columnist Giles Whatel.
1:03.0	We'll try to explain why.
1:04.5	As the Labour Party ties itself in knots about exactly when Hitler went bad,
1:08.0	Times columnist Phil Collins examines the conspiracy theorists who now run the party
1:12.0	will also find time for the hugely popular
1:14.2	EU referendum sweepstakes. But first ahead of Super Thursday's bumper crop of elections,
1:19.2	Times Deputy Editor Emma Tucker asks why one contest has been so disappointing.
1:24.4	This week London chooses a new mayor and the post Boris world is destined to be less colourful.
1:31.2	First Ken Livingston and then Boris Johnson took a role with limited powers and turned it into one of the biggest jobs in British politics.
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