The Times Red Box Podcast

Matt Chorley talks about universities and what it will be like for students when they go back next term with the Office for Students's chief executive Nicola Dandridge, Director of the Higher Education Policy Institute Nick Hillman and Jo Johnson is the former universities minister.PLUS Melanie Reid and John Stevens talk through the day's news and whether we should get a bank holiday if England wins the Euros final.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Chorley is joined by former leader of the Scottish Conservatives Ruth Davidson on the union, indyrefs and why she's ruling herself out as Boris Johnson's next Scottish secretary. PLUScolumnists India Knight and James Marriott on the day's news and discussing why are we so patriotic  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Chorley and Times Red Box Editor Patrick Maguire pause the action to analyse the exchanges between Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions.PLUS Times columnist Alice Thomson and City AM acting editor Andy Silvester discuss why we all love England football manager Gareth Southgate so much.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Petrol prices are at an 8 year high - Matt speaks to the RAC to find out why and asks whether it's actually a good thing. And on Tuesday's its Finkelvitch! Danny Finkelstein and David Aaronovitch talk through today's news including the face-mask culture war.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Author Matt Speaks to two union general secretaries, historian Tim Bale and Times Red Box's Patrick Maguire to ask how the relationship between Labour and the Unions had changed.Times Columnists Libby Purves and Rachel Sylvester look forward to the end of covid restrictions.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Chorley looks at the Batley and Spen by-election results with analysis from the Times' Eleni Courea, pollster Chris Curtis, former Labour minister Lord Mandelson and Labour MP Diane Abbott. PLUS columnists Melanie Reid and Matthew Syed to go through the day's news including how politicians should pass the 'pub test' to see if they're fit to be leader.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Chorley is joined by Sky News Deputy Political Editor Sam Coates to relive the drama of five years ago this week, when Boris Johnson pulled out of the Conservative leadership contest following the Brexit vote, and asks how his old frenemy Michael Gove has managed to get himself back in power.PLUS Sunday Times columnist India Knight and the Daily Mail's John Stevens discuss furlough and Britney Spears."  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Chorley and Times Red Box Editor Patrick Maguire pause the action to analyse the exchanges between Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions.PLUS Times Columnists Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton discuss what Sajid Javid needs to tackle as Health Secretary.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Chorley and former Number 10 Pollster James Johnson review the year in politics through the eyes of the Times Radio focus group to mark the station’s first anniversary.PLUSDavid Aaronovitch and Daniel Finkelstein pick over the day’s news.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Chorley asks what's next for Hancock, Sajid Javid and the Department of Health. He speaks to The Times' Political Editor Steven Swinford, former Political Advisor at the Department of Health, Paul Harrison and Salma Shah, former advisor to Sajid Javid. And, he talks to two health think-tanks, Nigel Edwards, the Chief Executive at the Nuffield Trust and Helen Mckenna, a senior fellow at the King's Fund, to find out what would be on their policy wish-list.PLUS Matt Chorley dives into Monday's news with Political Columnist Rachel Sylvester and Libby Purves on the camera that caught Matt Hancock in action and a new Tips Bill that will force hospitality businesses to hand over all tips to their staff.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Chorley speaks to Tanni Grey Thompson, Clair Fisher and Nancy Hey about how end of life care can be made better.PLUSThe Sunday Times Josh Glancy and the New Statesman’s Rachel Cunliffe discuss Matt Hancock’s affair and George Osborne’s new job.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt speaks to pollster and analyst James Kanagasooriam who coined the term Red-Wall in 2019 to describe areas in the North whose constituents tended to vote for Labour due to historical and cultural factors. PLUSHe dives into Thursday's news with Times Red Box reporter Mhari Aurora and Acting Editor at City A.M, Andy Silvester on junk food adverts being subject to a near total online ban by the end of next year and the changes for the green travel lists.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Chorley and Sunday Times Political Editor Tim Shipman pause the action at Prime Minister's Questions to analyse the exchanges between Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer. PLUSTimes Columnists Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton discuss the challenges that the new head of the NHS has ahead of them and the problems of the Liberal Democrats.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

E-scooters, they're being trialled in over 30 areas in the UK, some say they're the future of green urban travel, whilst others say they're a disruptive fad. Matt Chorley speaks to the Head of Roads Policy at the RAC, Nick Lyes and Lindsay Coyle, the local campaigns manager at the Royal National Institute for Blind People, as well as Nick Freeman, aka Mr. Loophole, a traffic lawyer petitioning the government to require e-scooter riders to display a visible ID. And last but not least, he asks Kerry McCarthy, Labour MP for Bristol East about the success of e-scooters in Bristol.PLUS he dives into Tuesday's news with Times Columnists Danny Finkelstein and David Aaronovitch on Keir Starmer being uncharismatic and a report from the Pentagon detailing evidence on UFO's.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Chorley speaks to Times Radio's own Carole Walker about her new book 'Lobby Life' and speaks to Theresa May's Press Secretary Paul Harrison as well as former political editor of the Times Phil Webster and the current Political Editor Steve Swinford revealing how the lobby works.PLUS he dives into Monday's news with Political Columnist Rachel Sylvester and Martha Gill of the Evening Standard on Boris Johnson's row with his Chancellor Rishi Sunak.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Chorley speaks about the symbolic and surprising result of the Chesham and Amersham by-election where the Liberal Democrats took it from the Conservatives. He spoke to the leader of the party Sir Ed Davey, Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Grender, pollster Chris Curtis and the Times' Henry Zeffman.PLUS he dives into the day's news with the Sunday Times' Josh Glancy and Rachel Cunliffe of the News Statesman on the EU sausage row and the Euros.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

History teaches us a lot. It allows us to understand how people and societies behave, understand how wars erupted and how pivotal moments in history have changed the world. Historian Dan Snow talks us through everything we should know about the subject.PLUSIndia Knight and James Marriott discuss how a double vaccination could soon allow travel freedom and 'hopeless' Matt Hancock.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Chorley and Sunday Times Political Editor Tim Shipman pause the action at Prime Minister's Questions to analyse the exchanges between Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer. PLUSTimes Columnists Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton discuss Tory lockdown rebels and compulsory vaccinations.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

After the G7 pledged 1 billion jabs for the developing world, Matt Chorley speaks to a panel of experts including Jane Halton, Lily Caprani, Mary Stephen, Achal Parabhala to find out what it takes to vaccinate the world from Covid. PLUS Daniel Finkelstein and City AM Acting Editor Andy Silvester discuss Lindsay Hoyle and taking the knee.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This month the Times Radio focus group is chaired by legendary US pollster Frank Luntz, who speaks to swing voters about lockdown, taking the knee, Joe Biden's age and how Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer are faring. PLUSRachel Sylvester and Martha Gill discuss the day's news.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.