The Neverending Backstory
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
4.1 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
As a new biography of Keir Starmer tells us more about the Labour leader's childhood, Matt takes a look at the importance of a backstory - does finding out more about a politician's past make a difference to how we view them now?
Then comedian Joe Lycett wades into the sewage scandal for his new TV documentary, and says he’d do a better job than Rishi Sunak if he was drunk.
Plus: A taster of the latest episode of How to Win an Election, where political masterminds Peter Mandelson, Polly Mackenzie and Daniel Finkelstein discuss how to win during a recession.
How To Win An Election (01:18)
Joe Lycett (05:29)
Focus Group (10:23)
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