The Political Editors: Francis Elliott
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
4.1 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
The Political Editors is half a century of politics told by the people who wrote the first draft of history for the Times.
Over the festive period we're re-releasing the entire series.
In episode six, Francis Elliott, who became The Times' Political Editor in 2013 and covered an extraordinary period that saw the end of the coalition, the slow downfall of Theresa May, and how Boris Johnson tried to get first Brexit and then Covid done.
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| 0:00.0 | Next. |
| 0:01.3 | One cheesy beef patty, please. |
| 0:03.5 | No cheesy beef. |
| 0:05.0 | Okay, just beef there. |
| 0:07.0 | No just beef. |
| 0:08.7 | Jerk chicken? |
| 0:09.7 | That done. |
| 0:10.7 | Salt fish? |
| 0:11.6 | Fresh out. |
| 0:13.3 | Kalaloo? |
| 0:14.8 | Right. |
| 0:15.9 | What do you have then? |
| 0:17.5 | Pumpkin. |
| 0:18.8 | Last one. |
| 0:20.4 | You can't always get what you want around here. |
| 0:22.8 | But HIV prevention, that's always available. |
| 0:25.8 | Get free condoms, prep and tests. |
| 0:28.4 | Just search, Do It London. |
| 0:35.9 | Hello, I'm Matt Chorley, and this is Politics Without the Boring Bits, revisiting our series The Political Editor. |
| 0:42.8 | Today, Francis Elliott, who is the political editor of the Times from 2013 till 2021. |
| 0:52.3 | I don't think that other people in the world would share the view that there is mounting chaos. |
| 0:57.0 | Where there is discord, may we bring harmony. |
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