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🗓️ 29 October 2025
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Sir Keir Starmer refused to rule out a U-turn on his manifesto tax pledges in the budget, while blaming the Tories for the country’s economic woes. Kemi Badenoch accused him of playing the blame game.
Calum Macdonald unpacks the action with Josh Glancy and Jon Harvey.
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| 0:00.0 | PMQ's unpacked on Times Radio, unpacking the politics and cutting through the crossfire. |
| 0:07.7 | It's one of the last PMQs before the, well, awesome slash winter budget, and Kemi Badernock should have plenty of ammunition on two of the really important issues for voters, the economy and migration. |
| 0:19.9 | Will they come up over the course of the next half hour? With me to unpack and analyse and assess, we've got Associate Editor and Columnist for the Sunday Times Josh Glancy. Hello. Good to see you. And comedian John Harvey's with us. Hello. Hello. Lovely to be here. Lovely to see you. I was told you might have a dog with you, John. No, thankfully not. No, I had to sort out dog care. |
| 0:38.2 | Isn't this terrible middle-class problems |
| 0:39.7 | because of our completely mad cockapoo in order to be here today? But that was sorted, and so, you know, I'm here for the main event. Well, we're very glad to see you. Thank you for coming in. Josh, let's ask you, first of all. what would be good, what would be bad for Kemi Badenock to go for today, do you think? |
| 0:56.5 | Well, I think she'll... ask you first of all, what would be good, what would be bad for Kimmy Beidonok to go for today, do you think? |
| 0:56.6 | Well, I think she'll certainly look to explore some of the themes that came up last week. |
| 1:02.0 | So the grooming gang scandal she went for last week, it's now in worse shape than it was last week. |
| 1:06.9 | Because the lead candidate to lead it has pulled out. |
| 1:11.8 | So I don't think Starmo will have clear answers on that. |
| 1:16.0 | The Home Office, more broadly, is quite a good theme for her. |
| 1:22.4 | And, you know, they're now talking, using army bases to put migrants on. |
| 1:28.3 | Well, |
| 1:28.4 | you know, |
| 1:29.1 | have they been consistent on that policy? |
| 1:30.9 | Isn't this just picking up where the Tory's left off? |
| 1:33.0 | You know, |
| 1:33.2 | there is this sense of groundhog day on the immigration debate. |
| 1:36.4 | Uh, |
| 1:36.6 | she'll have to be a bit careful because he will obviously come back and say, |
| 1:39.4 | well, |
| 1:39.5 | hang on, |
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