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Politics Unpacked

Testing The Schools Minister

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Nick Gibb is one of Britain's longest-serving ministers, in office (almost) continuously since the Conservatives came to power in 2010. Matt quizzes him about subjects including strikes, Ofsted, mobile phones in classrooms and appearing in an episode of the Simpsons.


Plus columnists Manveen Rana and Matthew Paris discuss whether Rishi Sunak has caved in to his backbenchers, what happens if the Poles return to Poland, and whether any of the MPs running the London marathon can beat Matthew's record.




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0:00.0

Hello, this is the Red Box Podcast. I'm Matt Cholley, thinking the best of my times

0:07.4

video show you can listen live for free on your DAB radio, on your Smart Speaker, or on

0:11.8

the Times Radio app. Coming up today as we hurdle into exam season, we turn the tables

0:18.0

and put some questions to the school's minister, Nick Gibb, we taught tests, we taught teachers,

0:22.4

we taught Zoom, parents evenings, and much else besides including how he ended up in an

0:27.5

episode of The Simpsons, all that's coming up in just a moment. But first, as ever, we kick

0:31.1

off with the columnist panel.

0:34.5

Manvine Rana, and someone called Matthew on Times Radio.

0:42.5

Yes, let me say a good morning to Manvine Rana, morning, morning. Hello.

0:46.5

And this week, someone called Matthews. Of course, Matthew Parris, morning, Matthew.

0:49.5

Good morning. Let's start with the Government's Illegal Immigration Bill. Judges will no longer

0:55.8

be able to deport migrant, migrant, migrant to board. After Vichy, oh no, let me start

1:01.8

that again. Judges will no longer be able to block migrant deportations. After Vichy

1:05.8

soon had caved in to Conservative MPs, he'd threatened to rebel over his legislation to tackle

1:10.8

small boats. Matthew, what's interesting about this is it's an appear he needed to caving

1:16.1

because there were enough of them. So what's going on? Yes, but then he would probably

1:21.0

had to rely on a few labour votes, a bit of labour support as well, which he wouldn't

1:26.2

have got. No, there weren't enough of them, but I think Rishisunak's whole instinct,

1:31.2

I'm not sure I agree with him, but I think his whole instinct is not to divide the party

1:36.3

and try to keep people together. And if by means of a couple of concessions, and there

1:41.7

were concessions that he didn't make, a couple of concessions, he can get the party all

1:47.8

voting in the same lobby, think the headlines we might have given it if there had been a

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