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Politics Unpacked

Mr Sunak Goes to Washington

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News, Politics, News & Politics

4.11.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Rishi Sunak is off to meet Joe Biden at the White House for the first time and will hope to make a big impression (or at least get the President to pronounce his name correctly). Matt discusses the the diplomatic dos and don'ts in Washington D.C. with a former ambassador and hears from advisers who learned the hard way what happens when a trip goes wrong.


Plus Columnists Quentin Letts and Henry Zeffman discuss how to solve a problem like Ed Milliband, and whether George Eustice was right when he told Matt that Sunak shares David Cameron's ability to think on his feet in front of the media.


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0:00.0

Hello, this is the Webbox Podcast. I'm Matt Choulee, bringing the best of my times

0:07.6

ready. So don't forget you can listen live, weekdays, 10 till one on a DB radio on your

0:12.7

Spartan speaker or on the Times Radio app, coming up on today's episode. First of all,

0:17.7

thank you for all of your lovely messages about the exit interviews that are kicking off

0:21.5

with George Eustace this week. We have another one next week, Margaret Hodges could be on

0:24.0

next week, talking about her career in politics. So do post reviews, let us know on social

0:29.2

media, you can get in touch with me at times.radia. Right, coming up on today's episode,

0:33.5

Rishi Sunak is heading off to Washington for the first time as Prime Minister to meet Joe

0:37.7

Biden in the White House. So if I've got some handy listening for him while he's on

0:42.0

the plane, a guide to the do's and don'ts of going to America. For British Prime Minister's

0:48.2

and political leaders, that's coming up at just a moment. But first, we kick off with

0:51.5

today's columnist panel. The columnist on Times Radio. And normally on a Tuesday, we

1:02.9

would have Daniel Finkelstein in the Henry's effort, but Danny's off on a world book tour.

1:07.3

So Henry's here. Hello. And playing the role of Daniel Finkelstein is Quentin. Let's

1:12.5

call me my lord, please. You've not. It's only a matter of time. It's only a matter

1:16.8

of time. They'll let anyone in there. Yes. Good morning. Good morning. Welcome to you.

1:22.7

If you've been in here before, I've been here once. I came to see Stig Able to do his

1:27.8

electric radio program. He was very good at it. I think he's got a future. He survived

1:35.2

so far. He survived so far. It was nice to have you here. Nice to have you here. Let's

1:39.5

start with an interesting question. What should Keir Starma do about Ed Milibatt? Is sort

1:47.8

of the exam question, Henry, but the background being this 28 billion pound black hole that

1:52.6

is Ed Milibatt? Yeah, the 28 billion pounds is a battle ground for, I think, some sort

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