Politics On The Stage
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
4.1 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2024
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
It's culture week here on the podcast, and today we're looking at the theatre - does politics still have a place on the stage?
Ed Vaizey hears from playwrights including David Edgar, who’s been writing for the theatre for 50 years, and discusses some of the best political drama including James Graham’s This House.
Plus: Columnists Manveen Rana and Matthew Bell talk about the pressure on the government to give big public sector pay deals, why there's a culture war over 20mph zones, and Keir Starmer's choice of crisps.
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| 0:00.0 | BP is working to bring more lower carbon energy to the UK, like developing offshore wind, |
| 0:06.1 | and we're keeping oil and gas flowing from the North Sea. It's and not all. That's how BP is backing Britain. Well today we're mostly in oil and gas. |
| 0:16.0 | We increased the proportion of our global annual investment that went into our lower carbon and other transition businesses from around 23% in 2023. |
| 0:27.2 | BP.com slash and not all. |
| 0:30.3 | Hi, I'm Adam Vaughan, Environment Editor for the Times. |
| 0:33.2 | At the 2024 Times Earth Summit, our discussion on the essential steps for a net zero transition |
| 0:38.6 | will be set against a backdrop of the biggest election year in history. |
| 0:42.3 | The governments voted in this year will face a crucial period for the sustainability agenda. |
| 0:47.0 | This transition will be theirs to accelerate |
| 0:50.0 | and all our futures will be affected by whether or not they do so. |
| 0:54.0 | To put your ticket to this year's summit, head to TimesEarth Summit.com |
| 0:57.4 | forward slash virtual. Hello and welcome to the politics without the boring bits |
| 1:08.0 | podcast with me Ed Basing. It's Culture Week here on the podcast and today we're |
| 1:12.4 | looking at the theatre. |
| 1:14.0 | Does politics still have a place on the stage? |
| 1:17.0 | We'll hear from some brilliant playwrights including David Edgar |
| 1:20.0 | who's been writing to the theatre for 50 years |
| 1:22.0 | and we'll talk about some of the best political drama |
| 1:25.2 | including James Graham's this house. First though it's time for this. |
| 1:40.0 | Manveen Rana and someone called Matthew on Times Radio. I'm now joined by Man Veen Rana who of course is the host of the story |
| 1:44.0 | podcast welcome to the show manveen and someone called Matthew that Matthew is |
| 1:49.5 | Matthew Bell welcome to the show Matthew I had you haven't got your bell out to |
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