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Politics Unpacked

What Do The Local Elections Mean?

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Millions have had their say in elections across England, but what do the results tell us about the chances of Rishi Sunak or Keir Starmer ending up in Downing Street?


Matt presents the best analysis from Times journalists Henry Zeffman, Daniel Finkelstein and Lara Spirit, and interviews key figures from the poitical parties.


Plus Columnists India Knight and James Mariott on whether the Tories can win without building houseswhich mango chutney to put in your Coronation chicken, and whether James could be Taylor Swift's dream man.



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0:00.0

Hello, this is the Red Box Podcast, I'm Matt Chollie bringing you the best of my times

0:07.6

ready to show you can listen live, Monday to Friday, 10 till 1 on your DB radio on your

0:12.6

smart speaker or on the times radio. In fact, do join us live on Back holiday Monday when

0:17.8

we are playing Battle of the Bands. We've got politicians playing music, instruments

0:21.9

and singing and you can vote along and by the end of the show will have crowned the winner

0:26.8

of our political battle of the Bands. So to listen to that live, 10 till 1 on Bank holiday

0:30.4

Monday. Before that though, this means some other votes cast the local election results

0:34.8

are in, coming up on the podcast. What do they actually mean? How bad is it for Rishi

0:40.2

Sunak and is it good enough for Keir Starmer? That's coming up in our big thing. We'll

0:44.2

speak to Indianite James Mammy at just a moment to get their take on it all and we'll

0:49.4

talk a little bit of combination as well. But on times radio at 10 o'clock as the polls

0:53.1

closed, I had a very special local election night locking. So here's just a little

0:58.0

flavor if you didn't catch it of what you missed. Welcome to the local election night locking.

1:05.3

Some people say that politics is just a game. Well, we have actually got a political game

1:09.2

in the studio with us. It is Paul Eddinson's hilarious political send up. Okay, Sarah Jones,

1:14.2

Laborshadow policing minister, which non-driver was made minister of transport in Wilson's first

1:20.1

government. Oh, this is a good one. I should know this. I do not know that. I can't

1:24.7

make labor woman. I don't know. Barbara Kass. Barbara Kass, that's right. Wow, I did not know that.

1:31.2

I've learned something new. Oh, I got it. I got it. I got it. What's this? Paul.

1:35.6

You're yellow. You're the continuing STP. Pubs will be calling time shoppers. We're

1:39.6

going to go live to two pubs now. Amanda, you go first. Okay, you ready? Yeah.

1:45.9

That is quite a big bell. Like Georgine, you've got a lot to live up to, no?

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