Weird Westminster: new MPs get lost in corridors of power

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2017

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Matt Chorley is joined by three new MP's to discuss the quirks of adjusting to life in parliament. On the panel: Douglas Ross (Conversative), Luke Pollard (Labour) and Wera Hobhouse (Lib Dem) They discuss the pain of sorting your office, getting lost in the giant building, what they hope to achieve in their terms and what's been the strangest part about the job so far.

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0:00.0	This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats.
0:11.0	So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's.
0:15.0	Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app.
0:20.0	Just imagine what your best Christmas ever would sound like.
0:23.5	Thank you for calling National Lottery and I can see you calling about a winner today, is that correct?
0:27.5	Yeah, I think I have. I should take a double check for the car wheel.
0:31.0	Yeah, I can confirm that you have won the top prize 1.2 million.
0:35.0	Oh my word! Happy Christmas! Why do you know?
0:39.0	You have the best Christmas ever.
0:41.0	I got a hair thing.
0:42.0	This Christmas, it could be you.
0:44.0	The National Lottery.
0:46.0	Rules and procedures apply.
0:48.0	Players must be 18 or over. Hello and welcome to the Red Box Politics Podcast on The Times, I'm Matt
1:00.2	Julie. I've escaped from the studio this week. We are in Parliament in Port
1:04.4	Colis House just overlooking Big Ben and I'm joined this week by three brand new
1:09.6	MPs who've just arrived in Westminster in the past couple of weeks to find out their experiences,
1:15.4	what it's been like, what's the weirdest thing that they've come across.
1:18.0	I'm joined by Labors Luke Pollard, who took Plymouth Sutton and Devonport from the Conservatives,
1:23.2	Douglas Ross, the Conservative MP who defeated the
1:26.4	SMP's Westminster leader Angus Robertson in Murray,
1:29.9	and Vera Hobhouse, who's the Lib Dems who won in Bath. Welcome to you all.
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