Hello, this is the Red Box Podcast. I'm Matt Chauley, big of the best to my Times

Radio show. You can listen to me live, Monday to Friday, 10 to 1. On your DAVY radio,

on your Smart Speaker, or download the Times Radio app, coming up on today's episodes

and off by election chat about what I'm last week. When is everyone else in the country

going to get to vote? When should wishy-soonak go to the country? Does he go early, like Theresa

May and Whisk all of that? Or, click on for as long as possible, like John Major and

Whisk all of that. That's coming up in our big thing in just a moment. But first, let's

take a look at what's going on in the news with today's Columnist panel.

The Columnists on Times Radio. And as we always are on a Monday, we're joined by the Times

Columnists Libby Pervis via Libby. Hello, we had a guest who once left a pig's

head on the train. I need more details. We were farming, and he was a sculptor staying

with us, and he was desperate to have a pig's head in order to improve a sculpture of his.

And we got him one, and he left it on the train on the way home. That's given somebody

a fright when they've peered into the carrier bag.

Bet it did. Oh, it's a fool. And we're also joined by a political journalist, Steve

Oh, it should present to the Rock and Roll politics podcast, Steve.

Hi, Matt. I didn't realise the opening we had to come up with a head equivalent, and

I'm struggling. Have you ever lost any train, Steve? I'm trying to think, what a start.

It's impossible to talk that at the moment, but I think a pig said a pig's head is pretty

good. Pig's head is pretty high bar. Let's move on and talk about Michael Gove. Why

not? Seemlessly, seamlessly. The levelling is actually Michael Gove's been speaking

this morning, setting out the government's plans to build more homes.

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