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Politics Unpacked

The Worst Vice President Of All Time

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News, Politics, News & Politics

4.11.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

As Kamala Harris confirms she's chosen Tim Walz as her running mate, Ed Vaizey looks back on some of the best and worst vice presidential picks throughout US history.


Plus: Columnists Anne McElvoy and Tim Montgomerie discuss whether Keir Starmer is handling the riots badly, the trap of political nostalgia, and why the Olympics are a silver lining to a distressing summer. 


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0:00.0

So, so, so skin.

0:02.0

Get your morning mojo going with woolen-like Greek style.

0:08.0

Now with a new recipe, with Vitamin B-6 and Vitamin D. Let's have it!

0:17.0

Mull-a-light, get the good going.

0:19.0

B-P is working to bring more lower carbon energy to the UK, like developing offshore wind,

0:26.2

and we're keeping oil and gas flowing from the North Sea. It's and not all. That's how BP is backing Britain.

0:33.8

Well today we're mostly in oil and gas.

0:36.2

We increased the proportion of our global annual investment that went into our lower carbon

0:40.4

and other transition businesses from around 3% in 2019 to around 23% in 2023

0:46.8

VP.com slash and not all Hello and welcome to politics without the boring bits

0:58.9

podcast with me Ed Vasey on today's show who are the best and worst vice presidential picks in US political history?

1:05.2

And where will Kamala Harris's choice Tim Wool's rank among them?

1:08.8

First though, it's time for this. The Columnists.

1:17.0

So I'm joined by Tim Montgomery, the founder of Conservative Home who's in the studio.

1:22.0

Welcome to the show Tim. Lovely to here and Anne McElvoy the executive editor for

1:27.1

Politico Europe welcome to the show Anne.

1:29.1

Hi.

1:30.3

So nice to have you both on you can both mull in your heads as we have this

1:35.4

discussion what object you would name after what politician we might ask you that

1:39.4

at the end but obviously let's start with the riots it's, I mean we've been talking about the riots every single day and it's very interesting to see Times radio listeners reactions because quite a few people do still take the view that there is an explanation for the riots and the elites have to

1:54.8

wake up. I regard it as simple

1:57.3

thuggery, but anyway we have this U-G-Gov poll

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