The Inside Story of Election 19
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BBC
4.1 • 885 Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2020
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
What lies behind Boris Johnson's overwhelming election victory? In this programme, Anne McElvoy talks to the key figures across the political spectrum about how the 2019 general election was fought and lost.
To what extent was this a 'Brexit election' and how did the Conservative Party reach out to voters in places that it had not won for decades and in some cases generations? Why did the Opposition Parties agree to holding the election in the first place? What led to Labour's worst defeat since 1935 and why did Jeremy Corbyn's campaign fail to make the impact he had made in 2017? Why did the Liberal Democrats struggle to make the breakthrough that they had hoped for and what difference did the Brexit Party's decision to stand down in Conservative held seats make to the result.
Producer: Peter Snowdon
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| 0:00.0 | This was an impregnable fortress. The only way you get out was in a wooden box. |
| 0:05.0 | The controversial maximum security prison impossible to escape from. |
| 0:09.0 | And one of the duties of a political prisoner is the escape. |
| 0:12.0 | The IRA inmates who found a way. of a political prisoner is the escape. |
| 0:12.5 | The IRA inmates who found a way. |
| 0:14.5 | I'm Carlo Gableer and I'll be navigating a path |
| 0:19.5 | through the disturbing inside story of the biggest jailbreak in British and Irish history. |
| 0:25.0 | The narrative that they want is that this is a big achievement by them. |
| 0:28.5 | Escape from the maze, listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:35.0 | BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:40.0 | What are you interested in? |
| 0:42.0 | And I mean really interested in. Really into box certificates. |
| 0:46.8 | Pencils. |
| 0:47.8 | Crenolin mania. So much so that if you see it or hold it or just think about it then everything stops. |
| 0:57.0 | And then one day it just vanished. |
| 1:01.0 | Each week in the Boring Talks podcast join me James Ward as I introduce a guest speaker to share their own fascination for a very niche subject. |
| 1:10.0 | But what could it possibly be? |
| 1:13.0 | From the personal joys of pencils and teletext |
| 1:16.0 | to the expectant sounds of old computer games loading, |
| 1:19.0 | every talk is a varied and surprising treat. |
| 1:22.0 | You hear that? |
| 1:24.0 | Lovely. |
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