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Politics Unpacked

What the hell is going on? Again.

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2018

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

On the most extraordinary day in Westminster since, well, yesterday Matt Chorley watches Jacob Rees-Mogg call for a leadership challenge with The Times' Sam Coates and Patrick Kidd; Kate Devlin explains why Dominic Raab quit; and Henry Zeffman, Esther Webber and Oliver Wright try to explain what is happening, before admitting nobody knows.

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0:00.0

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0:11.0

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0:16.5

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0:21.1

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0:27.0

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0:35.0

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0:40.0

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0:45.2

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0:48.4

And I firmly believe with my head and my heart that this is a decision which is in the best interests of our entire United Kingdom.

1:03.0

Well, I felt the proposed deal with the EU suffered two fatal flaws.

1:07.0

As what my right honourable friend says, and what my right honourable friend does no longer match,

1:12.0

should I not write to my right-honable friend does no longer match?

1:12.7

Should I not write to my right-honable friend,

1:15.3

the member for Altringham and Sale West?

1:18.0

Not for the first time, we're asking what the hell is going on. I'm Mat Chorley.

1:26.4

This is the Red Box Politics Podcast from The Times. It's been another extraordinary day in

1:32.2

Westminster. The most extraordinary day since, well since yesterday.

1:36.4

Nobody quite knows how things are going to pan out.

1:40.0

Nobody can really see a way through it.

1:42.3

I've spent the day speaking to the Times

1:44.4

political team. Do bear with us because I've been speaking to them at different times of

1:47.8

the day and things have been moving very fast, but pour yourself a big drink.

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