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Politics Unpacked

There's Someone In Reception

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Every local journalist has had a member of the public pitch them a news story by turning up to the newsroom reception. Sometimes these can lead to national headlines, but often they're funny, bizarre or plain mad. Matt speaks to Alex Morrison who has collected his favourite stories in a new book, and friends of the podcast send in their most memorable experiences too.


PLUS: As Conservative ministers all but give up on winning the general election, Matt asks John Major's former Political Secretary Howell James how he kept fighting for every vote in the face of a Labour landslide in 1997.


Tories Fighting On (02:44)

There's Someone In Reception (13:52)



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0:00.0

BP is working to roll out EV charging hubs in the UK and we're keeping oil and gas

0:06.0

flowing from the North Sea. It's and not all that's how BP is backing Britain.

0:11.8

While today we're mostly in oil and gas. We increased the proportion

0:15.8

of our global annual investment that went into our lower carbon and other transition businesses

0:20.6

from around 3% in 2019 to around 23% in 2023.

0:25.8

BP.com slash and not all.

0:28.6

At three business we know the importance of keeping your business connected.

0:34.5

Whether you're doing emails on the 730 to Paddington,

0:37.8

or taking a video call on site,

0:40.4

our multi-simplans will come with unlimited calls, texts and data.

0:45.0

Plus with 99% UK coverage you can do your best work wherever you are.

0:50.0

Head in store or search three business.

0:54.0

Unlimited UK only, 99% outdoor population coverage.

0:59.0

Terms apply. Bye. Coming up on today's episode, we celebrate the local news and the interesting stories that just walk into reception.

1:17.5

And I think for the first time ever on the podcast, I tell the story of how I ended up a few feet away from Michael Jackson.

1:25.2

Before that in the week that Grant Shaps warned that labour on course for a

1:30.1

super majority we ask did the Tories give up in 1997 and don't forget if

1:36.0

you like what you hear on the podcast you can join me for politics at the

1:38.4

boy bits live on Times Radio on your DAB radio on your smart speaker or download the Times Radio app that's Politics Without

1:45.3

the Boring Bits, weekdays from 10.

1:48.9

But first as we always do on the podcast on a Friday, let's take a look at what we learned this week.

1:55.2

We learned again what Kiestama's dad did.

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