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Politics Unpacked

The Power of Proximity

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

With all the job changes in Downing Street, Matt Chorley speaks to Jack Brown, the former Historian in residence at 10 Downing Street and author of "Number 10 and hears from former advisers and permanent secretaries on why where you sit in No 10 really matters. Plus the Times' James Marriott and Carol Lewis talk about being envious and Labour's stance on defence.

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0:00.0

Hello, this is the Webbox Podcast. I'm Mac Chawley. We're heading out on the road in the

0:08.7

next couple of weeks. I'm going to Edinburgh, then Glasgow, then Exeter, coming to a cafe

0:14.3

near you. We're going to be doing the radio show, so come along and say hello. If you

0:18.0

want to, and you can obviously come and see me live, do a stand up, go to Mac Chawley.com

0:22.2

for all details. Right, coming up on today's episode is everyone's

0:25.5

Scrabbles for Desks in number 10, the new team, all seeing who can be as close to the

0:30.1

Prime Minister as possible. We're looking at the power of proximity. Why where you sit is

0:34.8

more important than your job title? That's coming up on the podcast in just a moment,

0:38.3

but first, as ever, we kick off with our culinary panel. Normally on the Thursday, it's

0:41.2

night at the Maui, but no India night today. So we've got James Maui and Deputy Property

0:45.4

Editor, Carol Lewis. Hello, James Maui. It's good morning. I bet you've never heard of

0:50.7

the taunt in times, or indeed, Ross Kemp. I have now. There we are. James Maui is here

0:56.2

for the Colourless panel. No Indian art today. So, don't we join by Carol Lewis? Morning.

1:00.6

Morning. Have you ever met Ross Kemp, Carol? I haven't sadly, but I do know who he is. I don't

1:06.5

know, but taunt in times. Well, you wrote a very nice piece about

1:10.3

taunt, and didn't you just the other day? I did indeed. In the, in the property section.

1:15.1

I can't, what was the hook for that? Is it, it's very popular? House for house prices

1:18.7

are booming in torches. House prices. House prices went up 20% in, in the last year, as

1:23.9

people flocked to live around Tornton. Imagine, imagine what happened to house prices, and

1:28.3

they finally put up the statue to me, the town centre. Absolutely booming. Now, James Maui,

1:39.6

let's talk about your column today. Online moral fury is often just envy in disguise. Explain

1:47.2

yourself. Yes. So, this is kind of one of the series of columns that I occasionally write

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