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Politics Unpacked

PMQs Unpacked: Back To School

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Matt is joined by Tim Shipman, Lara Spirit and the politics students of Vyners School to pause and unpack the exchanges at Prime Minister's Questions. Keir Starmer says the government's illegal migration bill won't deter channel crossings, while Rishi Sunak calls Starmer 'just another lefty lawyer'.


Plus columnists Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton discuss Gary Lineker, making flashing a criminal offence, and how to get children reading with author Anthony Horowitz.



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0:00.0

Hello, this is the Red Box Podcast. I'm Matt Charlie, bringing you the best of my Times

0:07.8

Radio show. Don't forget you can listen live to Times Radio on your DAB radio on your

0:12.3

smart speaker or on the Times Radio app. But I know that lots of you catch up with the

0:16.3

best bits on the podcast, lots of you around the world as well. We've just had an email

0:20.0

in from Harry saying just wanted to send you a quick note saying, how much I love the

0:24.4

Red Box Politics Podcast. I love following British politics and your podcast and the guest

0:28.4

you have, columnist conversations and the coverage of PMQs keeps this American up to

0:33.0

date on all the political happenings across the pond. Send you all my gratitude and respect

0:38.0

from San Francisco. And thank you for being a part of my morning routine. So good morning

0:42.2

to Harry, wherever you're listening. And on the subject of PMQs, we've got a very special

0:46.2

PMQs on Pat coming because lots of students listen to PMQs on Pat on the podcast as well.

0:53.4

And today we've got Mr. Beale and some students from Viner School in West London who listened

0:58.0

to PMQs on Pat and they fill in a bingo card. To be honest, they take it much more seriously

1:01.7

than Tim Shipman and I when we were doing it. And so we got them in the studio and so we're

1:06.2

going to get them to unpack PMQs on Pat with us as well with their bingo cards. So that's

1:10.9

coming up in just a moment before that though. As ever, it's time for the columnists.

1:15.3

The columnists with Aliburth, Alice Thompson and Robert Crampton on Times Radio. Yes, they're

1:22.5

both here at the studio. Very good morning to Alice Thompson, how Alice.

1:25.2

Nice to see you and Robert Crampton. Morning, mate. When are we going to find out when you're

1:29.6

so you had your hair dyed for a TV of photoshoots and a shave and a shave. Can you tell us

1:35.0

yet who it's for? No, it's for the most time in the magazine but it'll go up online on Friday.

1:38.6

I'm fired so we can talk about it next week. Yes, I'm excited. And we'll still be

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