PMQs: The Next Lettuce?

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Kemi Badenoch goes on the offensive over the government's plans for growth, but Keir Starmer thinks she's going to be 'the next lettuce'.

Hugo Rifkind unpacks the action from the Commons chamber with the help of Tim Shipman and comedian Lucy Porter.

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0:00.0	PMQ's Unpacked on Times Radio, unpacking the politics and cutting through the crossfire.
0:07.2	I am joined by the Sunday Times' Tim Tim Schittman. Hello, Tim.
0:10.6	Frowning.
0:11.4	Frowning. Big, big frowning man. And also in my actual studio, the actual comedian Lucy Porter.
0:17.4	Hello, Lucy, how are you?
0:18.4	It's lovely to be here. I'm not going to bicker.
0:20.1	Wonderful. I haven't said anything yet.
0:22.6	I brought some biscuits in cake because I heard you saying you were hungry.
0:24.8	Oh, amazing. What's all?
0:25.9	Well, it's actually an M&S chocolate covered pretzel.
0:28.2	Right, okay, well that works. Yeah, that's good.
0:30.2	Nice. You can come back and you haven't even said anything yet. Are you, Lucy, a big fan of PMQs? Do you watch all the time? I absolutely never engaged with it whatsoever.
0:39.2	So this is a very exciting first for me.
0:41.2	Well, what's a dream booking for us?
0:42.7	I don't know what happens.
0:43.5	Is there like an opening ceremony?
0:45.6	Is there some sort of, you know...
0:47.1	They tell jokes, they do a little dance.
0:48.5	Sounds great, I can't wait.
0:50.0	And then we held up points at the end. I mean, you're familiar with the participants. So, Kirstarmer, I know you have a particular fondness for.
0:56.4	Well, do you know, I made the foolish mistake of admitting that I fancied Kier Stama when he was leader of the opposition.
1:01.6	And it's a rod for me back now because it's, you know, it's lovely to fancy a leader of the opposition.
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