PMQ's unpacked on Times Radio, unpacking the politics and cutting through the crossfire.

And I'm joined as is so often the way by the Times Chief Political Commentator Patrick.

Hello, Patrick.

Hello, Hugo.

How are you keeping?

I'm very well.

Had a fun week?

No.

I think it's the most honest and accurate thing to say.

Okay, and we're also joined as we so often used to be making a triumphant return to the Times Radio Studio, the political editor at the spectatement, Tim Shipman. Delighted to be here. Have you been having a fun week? I mean, it's been all right, hasn't it? I mean, it was slightly odd watching those exchanges. Someone contacted me after all the things we've heard about the Mandelson affair.

I said, well, the Prime Minister made a bad decision. The Prime Minister wants to blame somebody else, and the Prime Minister doesn't really know what's going on in his government, and nothing much really has changed. But it's kept us all occupied in the meantime. Well, look, for a lot of people, yesterday will have been the first time they heard Morgan McSweeney's voice, but Times Radio listeners had an idea of what to expect, thanks to Patrick's

impression of him on this show last year. I'd say Morgan McSweeney speaks a bit like this. He'd say, Hugo, I can't comment publicly on the radio. Well, let's check on how accurate that was, because this was the real Morgan McSweeney yesterday. I can't really comment on what happened.

Yeah, when you played that yesterday, I got a message from a former colleague of Morgan McSweeney in number 10 who just said, too deep. And I thought it was sort of a bleak comment on my journalism. And I said, what do you mean? I forgot now I did that impression. But actually, they were right. It was no too deep. Let's play them both together and just hear how they sound.

I can't comment publicly on the radio.

I can't comment publicly on the radio i can't really comment on what

happened see i got what he would say that's at least an octave though isn't yeah at least an octave

yeah well it's i made him sound more manly as i do in my journalism yeah look we're gonna go to

pmqs in just a moment uh just before we do, look, what are we expecting, right?

Because there's been a lot of drama over the last 10 days.

I'm sort of coming to an emerging view, I think maybe a bit like Tim's view.

Nothing's happened.

You know what I mean?

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