Sun, sea and Lib Dems

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News, Politics, News & Politics

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🗓️ 19 September 2017

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In this special episode, Matt Chorley takes a trip to the seaside to cover the Lib Dem conference in Bournemouth. He encounters former special advisors, James McGrory and Vannesa Pine, who share the tribulations of preparing a leader for a major speech.Matthew Parris and Henry Zeffman, try to work out if the Lib Dems have a message for the general public whilst on a cliff top. And Times sketch writer Patrick Kidd tells us the mood of conference and how a change in membership has upended traditional drinking habits. There's also mini golf at the end.

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0:00.0	Just imagine what your best Christmas ever would sound like.
0:03.4	Thank you for calling National Lottery. I can see you calling about a winner today, is that correct?
0:07.4	Yeah, I think I have. I'd just take to double check before I do a cartwheel.
0:11.1	Yeah, I can confirm that you have won the top prize 1.2 million oh my
0:15.5	what happy Christmas why do now you have the best Christmas ever this Christmas it could be you. The National Lottery. Rules and procedures apply. Players must be
0:28.3	18 or over. Hello and welcome to the Red Box Politics Podcast and The Times I'm Matt Chorley.
0:41.5	That's how you can hear in the background is the sea. I'm in beautiful
0:44.5	sunny Bormuth for the Lib Dem annual conference. In this week's episode I speak to Patrick Kidd the time sketch writer about the mood of conference to former Lib Dem spin doctors
0:55.6	James McGour, you worked for Nick Clegg and Vanessa Pine who was an advisor to both
0:59.3	Vince Cable and Joe Swinson now Lib Dem leader and Deputy Leader of course.
1:03.3	I'll also ask Matthew Paris and Henry Zeffman whether or not the Lib Dems have got a message
1:09.0	for the general public and why anyone bothers coming to their annual conference.
1:14.4	Don't forget you can sign up to my morning email briefing, the Times.
1:18.1	UK forward slash red box and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and on your Android device and if you want to join us at a live recording of a future
1:27.8	podcast just go to My Times Plus.co. UK. We've got events in Brighton for the Labour Party Conference
1:34.7	and Manchester for the Conservatives.
1:40.5	So I've ventured outside now. I'm joined by two former Lib Dem spin doctors.
1:45.2	James McGraw he's been on the podcast before, former spin doctor for Nick Clegg and
1:48.3	Joey five years in government. Vanessa Pine, former special advisor to Vince
1:52.3	Caywin, his business secretary and Joe Swinson
1:54.2	when she was a business minister.
1:57.2	W Won't you both?
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