The Political Editors: Fred Emery
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
4.1 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2023
⏱️ 43 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.
First up is Fred Emery, who became political editor in 1977 after a series of foreign postings including covering the Vietnam War and Watergate. He tells Matt about getting the scoop that President Nixon was about to resign, the fall of the Callaghan government and what it was like to interview Margaret Thatcher.
Plus: Columnists Robert Colvile and Libby Purves discuss what the Lucy Letby case says about large institutions, whether older people really have it too good, and which European country has the best Parliament building?
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| 0:46.0 | Coming up on today's episode of the podcast, |
| 0:49.0 | we kick off a brand new series. |
| 0:51.0 | It's called the Political Editors. |
| 0:53.0 | Speaking to people who've written the first draft of political history |
| 0:57.0 | for the last half-century political editors of the times, |
| 1:01.0 | we kick off today with Fred Emory, |
| 1:03.0 | became political editor at the time in 1977 for the fall of Callahan. |
| 1:06.0 | The vice-attacher, before that, he reported from the Vietnam War |
| 1:09.0 | and Watergate, amazing interview coming up with him on today's episode. |
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