Special: 2015 Review

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2015

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Host Philip Webster is joined by Ann Treneman, Stewart Wood and Daniel Finkelstein in this end-of-year special as each panelists picks a topic to debate from the past year.Ann Treneman:It's been a terrible year for getting it wrong. The Westminster Bubble called the election wrong, the Labour leadership wrong and it still can't quite believe what's happened in Scotland. But, just say, that Jeremy Corbyn is right and that he will increase Labour's vote, as happened in Oldham. Is Britain heading towards an American situation where half of the electorate passionately believe one thing, and the other half passionately believe the other? Is the Bubble capable of acknowledging that politics has changed, possibly if not forever, then for the time being?Stewart Wood:2015 was the year when politics changed fundamentally in Britain. It saw the rise & further rise of politics outside the traditional Westminster cartel – from the social movement that underpinned a triumphant SNP to the Corbynista movement that...

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0:00.0	Attention at all passengers. You can now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in Uber credits to spend on your next train journey.
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0:20.1	Just imagine what your best Christmas ever would sound like.
0:23.5	Thank you for calling National Lottery and I can see you calling about a winner today, is that correct?
0:27.5	Yeah, I think I have. I should take a double check for the car wheel.
0:31.0	Yeah, I can confirm that you have won the top prize 1.2 million.
0:35.0	Oh my word! Happy Christmas! Why do you know?
0:39.0	You have the best Christmas ever.
0:41.0	I got a hair thing.
0:42.0	This Christmas, it could be you.
0:44.0	The National Lottery.
0:46.0	Rules and procedures apply.
0:48.0	Players must be 18 or over.
0:50.0	Welcome to the Times Opinion Podcast. It's our review of 2015 and what a year it's been.
1:00.0	I'm Philip Webster, I'm editor of the Red Box Morning Bulletin, and today we have Anne
1:05.6	Trennerman, Stuart Wood, and Daniel Finkelstein.
1:10.8	It's been a terrible year for getting it wrong. The Westminster bubble called the election wrong, the
1:16.1	labor leadership wrong, and it still can't quite believe what happened in Scotland. But just say that Jeremy Corbin is right and he will increase their vote as
1:26.4	happened in Oldham. Is Britain heading towards an American situation where half
1:30.0	the electorate passionately believed one thing and the other have passionately believed the other
1:35.1	is the bubble capable of acknowledging that politics has changed possibly if not forever
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