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

radio show you can listen live Monday to Friday, 10 till 1 on your DB radio, on your Smart

Speaker, or download the Times radio app and we're talking a lot about radio on the

podcast today. Ultra local radio, community stations where volunteers put it all together,

where one show is just the recording of a hedge. We'll be finding out why they do it, how

they do it, and whether they're plugging the gaps left by the BBC as they retreat

from very local radio, so that's coming up at just a moment. We'll do the Connors panel

as well, but first, as we always do on a Friday, let's take a look at what we learn this week.

We learn that Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves loves the chess metaphor, but even she could

tell when it had run out of steam. Well, I'll describe it as we're a Rookahead after

about 30 moves, but we're playing an opponent that usually beats us. So this is not in the

bag, but we are determined to offer to the country the hope that it needs. Really straining

for that metaphor. We are determined to... We learn that Liz Chas has got a new growth

commission. Among those sitting on it is former US Treasury official, Christine McDaniel.

Well, you know, I'm probably not the right person to ask about that. I don't really follow

UK politics very much, but... You might have missed her being Prime Minister. She was there

very long. That's the sound of someone wondering what they've signed up to. We learn what

Donald Trump thinks of Italians. Those Italians, I love the Italians. We learn that

former Tory chairman Jake Berry can't name all five of Wishing Soon-Ax pledges. Cut that.

Economic grave. NHS waiting times. Stop the boat. Grow the economy. No, grow the economy

for you said that. We learn that things can get lively in the cost of an parliament. Here's

an opposition politician throwing a glass of water over the Prime Minister, sparking a

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