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Politics Unpacked

The Tories' problem with getting down wiv da kids

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News, Politics, News & Politics

4.11.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2017

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Still armed with his "Brexit Buzzer" Matt Chorley welcomes a panel to debate anything but the B-word. Times columnist, Rachel Sylvester asks if the Tories will ever be forgiven for taking a hardline on the big issue of the day by a generation that overwhelmingly supports Remain. (01:03)Roland Watson, foreign editor of The Times, ponders solving a problem like Korea. With the United Nations divided, where does that leave the balance of power in president Trump's first test of brinkmanship? (10:48)And Grant Tucker, Times diarist, questions why politicians think it's a good idea to make big decisions in the middle of the night? (22:47)

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0:00.0

Just imagine what your best Christmas ever would sound like.

0:03.4

Thank you for calling National Lottery. I can see you calling about a winner today, is that correct?

0:07.4

Yeah, I think I have. I'd just take to double check before I do a cartwheel.

0:11.1

Yeah, I can confirm that you have won the top prize 1.2 million oh my

0:15.5

what happy Christmas why do now you have the best Christmas ever this, it could be you.

0:24.0

The National Lottery.

0:26.0

Rules and procedures apply.

0:28.0

Players must be 18 or over. Hello and welcome to the Red Box Politics Podcast and The Times I'm Matt

0:38.2

Surely. Thank you to everyone who got in touch last week so much they

0:40.7

enjoyed our Brexit free episodes. Do get in touch red box at the

0:45.2

Times.co. UK find us on Twitter at Times Red Box. Or better still post a review on iTunes

0:50.6

and tell us what you think of this and future episodes.

0:53.5

Now I know it's important and we'll decide what sort of country we live in for years and decades to come.

1:00.1

But whisper it, my God, it's boring. So we're going to try and do the same this week.

1:04.6

If anyone mentions the B word, I'm going to use my Brexit buzzer.

1:09.3

And we will try and quickly move on. Joining me this week to discuss things which are much more interesting and probably just as if not more important,

1:17.3

Roland Watson, foreign editor of the Times on Solving a Problem like Korea.

1:21.3

Grant Tucker, Times Diarist and Gossip Getter on what MPs get up to late at night,

1:26.7

but first Times Colonist Rachel Sylvester on the Tories problem with getting down with the kids.

1:41.0

Theresa May is planning a charm offensive towards young voters in her party conference speech with number 10 frantically searching for policies that might

1:43.7

reverse the conservators catastrophic collapse in support among the under 40s. Tuition

1:49.0

fees and housing policy are top of the list but will the Tories ever be forgiven for taking a hard

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