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Politics Unpacked

The Joy of By-Elections

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Times columnists Rachel Sylvester and Libby Purves discuss the day's news; then Matt speaks to Professor Tim Bale, Welsh Lib Dem Leader Jane Dodds, Times Radio's John Pienaar, the Telegraph's Chris Hope and former Conservative advisor Giles Kenningham about why by-elections are so important, and what it's like on the ground covering the action in marginal seats. 

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0:00.0

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0:06.8

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When complete, Dogger Bank will be capable of powering over 6 million homes a year with clean renewable energy a major step towards the UK

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0:52.0

sustainable green jobs in communities right across the UK.

0:57.0

Find out more about what SSE are doing at SSE.C. dot com slash change.

1:02.8

Hello, welcome to the Red Box Podcast.

1:07.2

I'm Matt Chorley, bringing you the best of my Times video show,

1:09.4

Monday to Thursday 10 till 1.

1:11.8

Thank you for all your nice messages about the podcast

1:13.6

of the last week or so. It would be a huge help. A little early Christmas

1:18.4

present if you posted a review on iTunes. It helps with the mumbo-jumbo charts. So yeah go to iTunes

1:24.4

post reviews that would be lovely. Well after all that speculation weeks,

1:28.8

months, if not years of wondering which way it was going to go. We finally got the answer.

1:34.0

Kieer-Stama is not the basis of Mr Darcy and Bridget Jones's diary according to Helen Fielding.

1:38.0

That's the big news of the day. On the other thing of Brexit, we await news. I think we just need to work out if the fish

1:44.6

can land on the level playing field is the bit still seems to be the main thing in the

1:48.9

absence of any progress on that we've been talking about by elections this year is only the second year in

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