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Politics Unpacked

Times Radio Focus Group - May 2021

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Two days out from the local elections, Matt Chorley is joined by former Number 10 pollster James Johnson to convene the Times Radio focus group, this month with SNP voters. 


PLUS


Times columnists Daniel Finkelstein and David Aaronovitch discuss the day's news.



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slash change.

1:22.8

Rambling here in Snowdonia reminds me of my life living here in not London as I used to. Got

1:28.6

loads of photos of goats and things and mountains and water and it all looks very nice,

1:35.0

much nicer actually than the view out of the news building here, although that view is also quite

1:39.2

nice too. Right on with the episode coming up ahead of the super Thursday elections this week,

1:46.4

we had to Scotland for the latest times radio focus group today with people planning to vote for

1:52.5

the SMP who aren't too sure about independence. There's got a lot often about one in five people

1:59.2

who are planning to vote for the SMP opposed independence in 2014 and they could cause a bit of a

2:05.4

headache for Nicholas Sturgeon. That's coming up James Johnson joining me for that but first our

2:10.7

columnist palette it's Tuesday so it must be think of it. It's Danny Finkelstein and David

2:15.2

one of it. Meet the Cerberus of columnists, the Janus of journalism and the ultimate political

2:27.3

mentor of opinion. Finkelvich with Daniel Finkelstein and David Aronovich on Times Radio.

2:42.0

Doesn't get tired, does it? If it actually gets silly other more you hear me.

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