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Hello, you're listening to the Times Red Box Politics podcast. I'm Patrick McGuire.

Matt Shirley is still somewhere in the mid-North Atlantic, more updates from him as we get them.

But in his absence, we had a packed show today. For our big thing at 11 o'clock, we're talking about

diplomacy at sporting events and what the Qataris really want to get out from those big crowds

of foreign dignitaries. But before then, we had our columnist panel and it was a cracker today.

Libby Purvis, Rachel Silvesta and Paul Johnson from the IFS, talking Labour's plans to reform

the lords and new Labour-Marcus statistics.

The columnists with Libby Raichee, Libby Purvis and Rachel Silvesta on Times Radio.

Yes, it's time for our all-star columnist panel with Rachel Silvesta with me in the studio,

Morning Rachel. Morning, Patrick.

And Libby Purvis, who joins on the line now, Morning Libby. Morning.

How are you, Libby? Fine, well, good.

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