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Politics Unpacked

Hugo Rifkind unpacks the the politics of the day - and the stuff that's even more important - with the brightest brains from the Times and Sunday Times.You can listen to Hugo on DAB, smart speaker or app 10am-1pm Monday to Friday. If you like what you hear, then read more at http://www.thetimes.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is Your Council Going Bust?

44 mins; July 13, 2023

DPMQs Unpacked: A Teachable Moment

64 hours 52 mins; July 12, 2023

Finkelstein & Zeffman: Crazy Politics, Crazy Golf

46 mins; July 11, 2023

Can The Tories Hold The Red Wall?

48 mins; July 10, 2023

Boris Johnson, One Year On

46 mins; July 07, 2023

Could The Tories Lose Four By-Elections?

43 mins; July 06, 2023

DPMQs Unpacked: Game, Set and Match

58 mins; July 05, 2023

Sunak's 5 Pledges, 6 Months On

44 mins; July 04, 2023

The Exit Interviews: Ian Blackford

41 mins; July 03, 2023

Behind The Scenes At Parliament TV

47 mins; June 30, 2023

Margaret McDonagh

42 mins; June 29, 2023

PMQs Unpacked: We've Got The X-Factor

49 mins; June 28, 2023

Focus Group: Martin Lewis For PM

43 mins; June 27, 2023

The Exit Interviews: Ben Bradshaw

46 mins; June 26, 2023

Falklands, Robin Day and Peppa Pig

39 mins; June 23, 2023

Keir Starmer Does The Quiz

49 mins; June 22, 2023

PMQs Unpacked: Jane & Fi Take On Rishi & Keir

52 mins; June 21, 2023

The Johnson Defence

40 mins; June 20, 2023

The Exit Interviews: Gary Streeter

44 mins; June 19, 2023

Blackadder Goes Fortieth

45 mins; June 16, 2023

What Next For Boris Johnson?

59 mins; June 15, 2023

PMQs Unpacked: Peer Pressure

61 hours 37 mins; June 14, 2023

Boris vs Rishi

45 mins; June 13, 2023

The Exit Interviews: Margaret Hodge

44 mins; June 12, 2023

Donald or Ron or Nikki or Mike or Tim or Chris or Doug vs Joe

48 mins; June 09, 2023

Escaping Hitler and Stalin

52 mins; June 08, 2023

DPMQs Unpacked: Dire Punchlines

58 mins; June 07, 2023

Mr Sunak Goes to Washington

45 mins; June 06, 2023

The Exit Interviews: George Eustice

45 mins; June 05, 2023

How (Not) to Write a Manifesto

43 mins; June 02, 2023

Down Under Take Over

42 mins; June 01, 2023

Running The Numbers For Thatcher

27 mins; May 31, 2023

Should Johnson's WhatsApps Stay Secret?

41 mins; May 30, 2023

How Call of Duty Became Britain's Post-Brexit Battleground

27 mins; May 29, 2023

Sex, Lies And Boris Johnson

47 mins; May 26, 2023

Focus Group: I Haven't Heard Of Him

43 mins; May 25, 2023

PMQs Unpacked: You Owe Me Dinner

63 hours 16 mins; May 24, 2023

What Is The Point of the Points-Based System

41 mins; May 23, 2023

Can Starmer Win Without Scotland?

39 mins; May 22, 2023

Photographing Five Prime Ministers

41 mins; May 19, 2023

The Biggest Threat to the West

42 mins; May 18, 2023

DPMQs Unpacked: Olive v Ange

55 mins; May 17, 2023

Stuck In The Middle With You

48 mins; May 16, 2023

Turkey's Turning Point

37 mins; May 15, 2023

Is It 1974 All Over Again?

44 mins; May 12, 2023

How To Interview A Politician

45 mins; May 11, 2023

PMQs Unpacked: Zippy's Rainbow Coalition

61 hours 17 mins; May 10, 2023

Why Are Tory Voters Switching To Labour?

47 mins; May 09, 2023

Battle Of The Political Bands

35 mins; May 08, 2023

What Do The Local Elections Mean?

48 mins; May 05, 2023

Penny Mordaunt: How To Carry A Sword

43 mins; May 04, 2023

PMQs Unpacked: They're Going To Need a Bigger Note

61 hours 49 mins; May 03, 2023

Sue Gray, Simon Case And Surviving Politics

43 mins; May 02, 2023

The Swing Voters Who’ll Decide The Next Election

29 mins; May 01, 2023

Rock Against Racism

44 mins; April 28, 2023

Focus Group: He's A Snake

45 mins; April 27, 2023

PMQs Unpacked: Zippy and George

55 mins; April 26, 2023

Corbyn Won In 2017. No He Didn't.

46 mins; April 25, 2023

Sir Softy or Keir Hard-y

44 mins; April 24, 2023

Are You Having a Laugh?

42 mins; April 21, 2023

Testing The Schools Minister

45 mins; April 20, 2023

PMQs Unpacked: Arise, Sir Softy

59 mins; April 19, 2023

Is Rishi Too Rich?

47 mins; April 18, 2023

The Reagan Question

45 mins; April 17, 2023

The Death of TV Satire?

51 mins; April 14, 2023

When to Hold a General Election

53 mins; April 13, 2023

Difficult Days For Humza Yousaf

35 mins; April 12, 2023

Does Negative Campaigning Work?

49 mins; April 11, 2023

Good Friday Agreement 25 Years On: Inside the Negotiations

37 mins; April 07, 2023

Focus Group: Hugh Grant vs. Desperate Dan

43 mins; April 06, 2023

The Battle for Waterlooville

40 mins; April 05, 2023

Killing Thatcher

44 mins; April 04, 2023

Clever Things to Say About Polling

39 mins; April 03, 2023

The Day The Times Was Bombed

40 mins; March 31, 2023

VAT's Life

44 mins; March 30, 2023

PMQs Unpacked: Thugs and Scum

56 mins; March 29, 2023

'Putin of The Labour Party'

44 mins; March 28, 2023

Oh, Doctor Beeching!

40 mins; March 27, 2023

Secrets of the Red Box

45 mins; March 24, 2023

Focus Group: Tories Turning the Tide?

42 mins; March 23, 2023

PMQs Unpacked: Get Out of Westminster

54 mins; March 22, 2023

Food Fight

43 mins; March 21, 2023

D-Day for Boris Johnson

42 mins; March 20, 2023

David Owen: Labour, Limehouse and “hubris syndrome”

62 hours 27 mins; March 17, 2023

Get Off The Golf Course

44 mins; March 16, 2023

We're Going On A Jeremy Hunt

54 mins; March 15, 2023

3 Dads Walking

44 mins; March 14, 2023

Chorley's Budget Airline

34 mins; March 13, 2023

Strong Message Here

43 mins; March 10, 2023

Happy Birthday, Sir Humphrey

42 mins; March 09, 2023

PMQs Unpacked: Back To School

59 mins; March 08, 2023

Rishi, parlez-vous français?

38 mins; March 07, 2023

The Next Spymaster

42 mins; March 06, 2023

'I Haven't Felt Happy Since Brexit'

48 mins; March 03, 2023

Frank Field

44 mins; March 02, 2023

PMQs Unpacked: Do Widzenia, Pet

56 mins; March 01, 2023

Final Finkelvitch

40 mins; February 28, 2023

Remembering Betty Boothroyd

41 mins; February 27, 2023

Floella Benjamin

44 mins; February 24, 2023

Focus Group: Labour Switchers

45 mins; February 23, 2023

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