The Political Editors: Sir Peter Riddell
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
4.1 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2023
⏱️ 25 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 the third episode, Westminster veteran Sir Peter Riddell tells Matt about his time charting the dramatic end to the Thatcher era, underestimating John Major, Labour coming back from the wilderness, and how the job of covering politics has changed over the years.
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| 0:00.0 | There are some things you'll never understand. Like, why did that person ghost me? When did |
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| 0:29.0 | check your score today. Hello, I'm Matt Chorley and this is Politics Without the Boring Bits, |
| 0:41.0 | revisiting our series, the political editors, which we brought you earlier this year. |
| 0:46.3 | This is episode three with Sir Peter Riddle, a veteran of Westminster Politics, |
| 0:50.8 | who became Times Political editor in 1991. |
| 1:00.1 | I don't think that other people in the world would share the view that there is mounting |
| 1:04.8 | chaos. |
| 1:05.5 | Where there is discord, may we bring harmony. |
| 1:09.2 | Without a raise! |
| 1:10.7 | It is time to put up or shut up. |
| 1:13.6 | A new dawn and broken, I don't know. |
| 1:15.6 | This is a decisive moment for the world economy. |
| 1:18.6 | Now the decision has been made to leave, we need to find the best way. |
| 1:21.6 | Nothing has changed. |
| 1:23.6 | Nothing has changed. |
| 1:25.6 | I have been repeatedly assured that there was no party. |
| 1:29.6 | Growth, growth and growth. |
| 1:32.4 | Some mistakes were made. |
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