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Politics Unpacked

Times Radio's Quiz Of The Year

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Matt Chorley pits Times Radio against The Times against MPs for the title of 2020 Quiz Champions

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0:00.0

This episode of Red Box is brought to you in association with SSE, a leading clean energy champion,

0:06.8

accelerating the transition to net zero.

0:10.7

SSE is investing over 9 million pounds a day in cleaner, more secure home-grown energy.

0:17.0

That includes transforming networks across the country to connect renewable energy, households and businesses to a greener grid.

0:25.7

Pioneering low-carbon flexible technologies such as carbon capture and storage and

0:30.9

and building the world's largest offshore wind farm at Dogger Bank off the coast of Yorkshire.

0:36.0

When complete, Dogger Bank will be capable of powering over 6 million homes a year with clean renewable energy a major step towards the UK

0:46.2

achieving net zero carbon emissions and all this is creating thousands of

0:52.0

sustainable green jobs in communities right across the UK.

0:57.0

Find out more about what SSE are doing at SSE.com slash change. I'm Matt. dot com slash change.

1:02.8

I'm Matt Surely. Now on Times Radio it's time for the big political quiz of the year. Because if there's one thing that 2020 needed, it was yet another ruddy quiz.

1:18.6

Although at least this one isn't on Zoom with your Nan, your boss and your most recent Tinder Conquest.

1:24.4

We don't have an audience for obvious reasons, so this is the best I've got.

1:28.4

As we ask, do you know your R-rate from your elbow? Can you separate your witty from your pretty?

1:38.0

Let's meet our teams. We pitch Times Radio against the Times and a team of MPs.

1:43.8

First up on the MPs team, Deanna Davidson,

1:46.4

it's a conservative MP for Bishop Auckland.

1:48.0

I'm taking the seat in Boris Johnson's landslide,

1:51.1

which it's been held by Labour, for 135 years, which is now roughly how long it feels since it's been the 2019 election.

2:00.0

During Indiana, Bambos Chala Lambos has been the Labour MP for Enfield Southgate since a 2017 election,

2:06.5

which of course Jeremy Corbyn famously won.

2:09.0

He's currently the Shadow Minister for Crime, but more importantly he he's apparently very good at karaoke.

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