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Join us for the first one on Monday - we've got some of the cleverest, funniest people at the Times and we're stuffing them all into three hours... From 10am
From Monday Hugo Rifkind will be the voice of
@TheTimes
on Times Radio
Tune to 📻 free from 10am - 1pm to hear
@hugorifkind
's new show
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The verdict of
@CarolineFlintMP
on
@nick_clegg
... 'The same sort of arrogance and establishment speak' that lost remain the referendum
#bbcdp
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Peter has once again told an audience that the podcast is barely produced while I sit on the front row
The How To Win An Election team at the Podcast Show. If only they had something to discuss
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We're still here... joining
@BBCsarahsmith
for the PENULTIMATE Sunday Politics tomorrow, ERG chairman
@Jacob_Rees_Mogg
, Brexit minister
@WalkerWorcester
, shadow chief sec to the Treasury
@Peter_Dowd
and on the panel
@JuliaHB1
,
@jessicaelgot
&
@steverichards14
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Also on
#Marr
, the full League of Gentlemen -
@Markgatiss
,
@ReeceShearsmith
,
@SP1nightonly
and
@dysonjeremy
discussing their live tour, a bit of politics and
@AndrewMarr9
's quest for the 'special stuff'
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@RobBurl
You probably won’t miss me coming into your office to stare at the grid... but I’m going to miss working with you. I’ve learned so much and you should be justifiably proud of everything you’ve achieved with the shows.
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Matt isn't wrong, big news for me - after a decade working with the best producers and presenters at the BBC I'm really looking forward to getting started at his excellent show
Some big news for me (and him)
@andrew_alex
joins
#TimesRadio
as my new executive producer.
I’m still trying to persuade him to make a speech about the BBC to help promote the show.
Politics without the boring bits.
10am-1pm
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This is our director Claire Bellis in the gallery during the first
#PoliticsLive
back in September. She's leaving the BBC today (after nearly 40 years, can that be right?) and we'll be lost without her brilliance. And her extra strong mints.
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And joining
#marr
on Sunday to talk about their promenade production of
#JuliusCaesar
, London's
@_bridgetheatre
, and
@britannia_tv
- director Nicholas Hytner and
@davemorrissey64
(he's Mark Antony)
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Guests you will only see on pollng day when broadcasting rules prevent us talking about the election
#bbcdp
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Part of the (unofficial) build-up to
#ENGvPAN
on BBC One at 11am tomorrow...
@BBCsarahsmith
is joined by
@ChrisCEOHopson
,
@Femi_Sorry
,
@tnewtondunn
,
@DawnHFoster
and
@LowTaxChloe
, and
@nigelmp
meets the
@peoplesvote_uk
march...
#bbcsp
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Remembering to put their clocks forward this Sunday to review the papers on
#marr
- the journalists
@IsabelOakeshott
and, after a week when her reporting has made waves around the world,
@carolecadwalla
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We’ve devoted the whole podcast to the interview, and I can’t think when I’ve heard a politician speak so frankly. It’s also quite a tribute to his staffers and family.
RED BOX PODCAST
“I feel guilty all the time. I hate myself. I believe I look ugly. I would kill myself if I had the chance.”
The full-length interview with
@SteveBakerHW
on Boris, Brexit, depression and the moment his staff saved his life.
🎧LISTEN
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Completing the
#marr
line-up this Sunday morning, he's not been on for a while - Deputy Leader of the Labour Party & Shadow Culture Secretary
@tom_watson
- 9am on BBC One
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Joining
@BBCsarahsmith
for the Sunday Politics, 11am BBC One:
@Anna_Soubry
,
@BarryGardiner
,
@scullyp
and on the panel
@tnewtondunn
,
@MelanieLatest
and
@DawnHFoster
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Did you miss us last week?
@BBCsarahsmith
is back to talk about Brexit (& maybe even some not-Brexit) with housing minister
@DominicRaab
, Ken Clarke and Labour MPs
@CarolineFlintMP
&
@ChrisLeslieMP
. Ably assisted by
@tnewtondunn
,
@pollytoynbee
&
@JuliaHB1
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It's been great fun working on the first show. I think I speak for us all here when I say PHEW
It took a few weeks to build, but here's a speeded-up version of the BBC Westminster studio ready for
#politicslive
starting Monday, 12.15pm on BBC2
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The memories.
@adamfleming
teaching Jeremy Corbyn about Pokemon Go. Asking Bez if he was twisting our melon. That guy shouting while Andrew pulled faces. And lots of incisive interviews by
@afneil
and
@BBCsarahsmith
that wouldn't have been very funny in a montage. Bye bye
#bbcsp
Marking the last ever Sunday Politics - some highlights from the last six years on air
#bbcsp
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Also includes the revelation that Danny Finkelstein's father wasn't a toolmaker, but he was a 'theorist of tools'
“I want to go out there personally and back the Labour candidate and do everything I can to make sure Corbyn is defeated.”
Peter Mandelson is off to Islington North to campaign against Jeremy Corbyn.
🗳️ How To Win An Election
🎧
🎙️
@MattChorley
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As a graduate of the Daily Politics this is truly excellent news that
@afneil
is coming to Times Radio
Times Radio is delighted to announce Andrew Neil will be joining the Election Station in September to present a new, agenda-setting daily news programme covering the UK and US elections.
He is one of the UK's best-known and most-respected journalists and broadcasters, and his
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Again, this really isn't right
@mikegalsworthy
- the top spot on the Today programme is the 8.10 interview, it's the slot usually given to party leaders, cabinet and shadow cabinet. And today I believe it's Andy McDonald for Labour.
And then apparently
@BBCBreakfast
had Farage on immediately after Farage had been on their top radio spot.
Both BBC’s prime political spots for the morning.
Again: Labour won - but the new MP, or the Labour Party leader or a Labour rep don’t get the top BBC spots.
Farage does.
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Big if true,
@daily_politics
apparently really engaging/infuriating people on Twitter according to this morning's
@thetimes
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After a big week in Brussels, Brexit Secretary
@DavidDavisMP
joins the
@MarrShow
this Sunday morning... 9am on BBC One
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12 years after the death of her husband Alexander, Marina Litvinenko will be on
#marr
this Sunday to discuss the attempted murder of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia
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This lot will be brilliant, and we've got some surprises... including something for fans of election night back when they had a bit of light entertainment thrown in 🎺
Times Radio says it plans to broadcast "100 hours of non-stop live election programming" stretching from election night to the following Monday evening.
The programming will kick off with an eight hour overnight show fronted by
@MattChorley
:
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It appears Michael Gove may be stuck in the lifts (again) on the way to speak to Times Radio
At 845 this morning - Michael Gove will answer your questions on
@TimesRadio
- contact via email on studio
@times
.radio or Whastapp on 0333 003 2353.
#TimesRadio
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The How To Win An Election team at the Podcast Show. If only they had something to discuss
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Can’t think of a single reason why parties should be questioned about why they lost an election. Also will make election programmes much simpler to produce if we only have to interview the winner.
I ask
@BBCr4today
: is it normal to interview the loser in a by election? Why is Farage on AGAIN? Please retweet if you’d like an answer.
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How to spin an election defeat - the first time we’ve done the podcast in front of a live audience, and they were great
“MPs begin to think they could think up better lines than the ones that you provided them."
@Dannythefink
says it will be hard for the Conservatives to stick to the official lines in defeat.
🗳️ How To Win An Election
🎧
@MattChorley
|
@PollyMackenzie
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Last but not least in our recent series of interviews with the party leaders (and co-leaders), the Green Party's
@CarolineLucas
will be joining the
@MarrShow
this Sunday
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We’re not. It’s not correct to say it’s without challenge.
@Jo_Coburn
very clearly challenges the claim - with what the Electoral Commission has said about VL’s refusal to cooperate.
I don't understand why a BBC account is tweeting someone saying something untrue without challenge. Including "I understand" in front of it doesn't make it any better. It's not an opinion. It's a lie.
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Labour's
@SarahChampionMP
answers the "awful question": "I want us to leave, the country wants us to leave, and for our democracy we have to leave so therefore if it came to it I would take no deal"
#PoliticsLive
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We’re very proud of Times Radio’s election night coverage - from brass band to live knitting updates, with some of the best talent from across the station and the Times in between. Here’s me sounding enthusiastic about it
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We think
@hzeffman
has been on Times radio more than anyone else, and this is a typically brilliant final outing covering politics from 2017 to 2030…
RED BOX PODCAST
🗳️Crazy Politics, ⛳️Crazy Golf
The legend
@hzeffman
signs off after seven years at
@thetimes
and three years on
@TimesRadio
with a characteristically nerdy, smart, funny conversation with
@Dannythefink
.
A must listen.
🎧LISTEN
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@Trickyjabs
Andrew said "sorry" for cutting him off because it was the end of the show - he was being polite, and would say the same to all guests.
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IDS tells
@daily_politics
"If your chief negotiator wants to have some kind of defined end to this process then you probably have to give it to him"
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This is going to be great. Hugo is very funny and clever and the perfect person to take the show to new and interesting places, join us from 9th September
Really excited to be taking over from the great
@MattChorley
on weekdays in a few weeks' time! Matt leaves big shoes to fill, although I will not be wearing his shirts and novelty tailoring. His last show is on right now...
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@victorialine
There were multiple passenger alarms because we were stuck on the train and the driver couldn’t open the doors...
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How To Win An Election is a great listen this week - how to pull off a winning reshuffle, and keep the biggest news secret...
David Cameron is back, but Peter Mandelson is the “three-time comeback kid”.
He explains why it took a yoghurt to get him to return to the cabinet under Gordon Brown.
Listen to How To Win An Election with
@DannytheFink
,
@PollyMackenzie
and
@MattChorley
:
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I would say this wouldn't I, but this Tim Farron & IDS Brexit discussion had a bit of both heat and light
#bbcsp
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'There are some issues I've already spotted in the political declaration', says IDS, who is withholding judgement...
#PoliticsLive
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Spoiling the fun a bit here...
The famous
@sajidjavid
power pose turns out not to be a pose at all.
See for yourself…
#bbcsp
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The podcast is out, we're talking about the best and worst campaign slogans and songs...
➡ Why 'Labour Isn't Working' was so powerful
➡ Why didn't David Cameron like 'Are You Thinking What We're Thinking?'
➡ And who played D:Ream at their wedding?
How To Win An Election presents the all-singing, all-dancing Lord Mandelson.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts:
@PollyMackenzie
|
@DannytheFink
|
@MattChorley
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This is the first time we’ve done the podcast with live reaction to events on Lorraine, more as we get it
“I don’t want to go viral any more.”
Peter Mandelson on Starmer’s reaction to his suggestion he lose a few pounds.
How Labour aides told him to “zip it”.
And
@reallorraine
says he was “very rude”.
🗳️HOW TO WIN AN ELECTION
🎧
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Did the deputy chief whip say 'I'm f***ing furious and I don't give a f**k anymore?'(This is a family twitter account)
"Half an hour before the vote, the No 10 machine decided they were going to interfere."
Former whip
@CWhittaker_MP
reveals what really happened on the night a fracking vote became a confidence motion in Liz Truss.
💼 The Exit Interviews
🎧
@MattChorley
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@James7Holland
@adamfleming
I really don't think this is a fair account of Adam's reporting James - I've met people from both sides of the Brexit divide who single him out for his impartiality and accuracy. And he somehow manages to keep a sense of humour...
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And
@BBCsarahsmith
will also be joined by Commons culture committee chairman
@DamianCollins
ahead of this week's evidence from 's
@Arron_banks
. 11am on BBC One!
#bbcsp
Did you miss us last week?
@BBCsarahsmith
is back to talk about Brexit (& maybe even some not-Brexit) with housing minister
@DominicRaab
, Ken Clarke and Labour MPs
@CarolineFlintMP
&
@ChrisLeslieMP
. Ably assisted by
@tnewtondunn
,
@pollytoynbee
&
@JuliaHB1
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Kudos to
@PatrickBaker123
for this lovey edit
It's Andrew Marr's final programme on the BBC
Here's a look back at the last 16 years of Sunday mornings
#Marr
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We're very, very excited about doing this every Tuesday from October 31st. They're wise, funny, and don't like to sit out an argument. And
@MattChorley
is on it too.
🗳️ How To Win An Election
A brand new Times podcast, with political masterminds Peter Mandelson, Daniel Finkelstein, and Polly Mackenzie.
Hosted by Matt Chorley.
Launches on October 31 on all platforms:
@DannyTheFink
|
@PollyMackenzie
|
@MattChorley
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WOOP WOOP
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Shadow Chancellor
@johnmcdonnellMP
says the Government is blind to the impact of its policies - he'll be joining
#marr
from Dundee, where
@scottishlabour
is having its conference
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We've laughed, we've cried, we've been fair to Ed Miliband. Every Tuesday and Friday to the election and beyond
🚨How To Win An Election hits one million listens🚨
To celebrate this major milestone we have put together the very best bits from Matt Chorley, Polly Mackenzie, Peter Mandelson and Danny Finkelstein...
Listen to the podcast now:
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The
@timesredbox
studio looks much more professional than
#brexitcast
. And
@MattChorley
is wearing a tie
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Shadow minister
@JennyChapman
calls for an investigation into 'serious allegations' made by
@ClaireKober
- and says it should be carried out by the NEC.
#bbcdp
“Why is there sexism, bullying, undemocratic behaviour and outright personal attacks in today’s Labour Party?” asks
@afneil
“These are serious allegations” says
@JennyChapman
“I believe there ought to be an investigation and we ought to get to the bottom of this”
#bbcdp
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'I shouldn't think anyone could have a grip of the party at the moment because this is a very intense time,' says Francis Maude
#bbcdp
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The 7.10 interview is not the top radio spot on
@BBCr4today
. That's the 8.10 slot - when they're speaking to Andy McDonald.
Labour win in Peterborough!
Who is
@BBCr4today
interviewing right now? The winner?
No... they have Nigel Farage on.
This is *the* top radio spot. I’ve had enough of the BBC. They promote him when he wins. They promote him when he loses.
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Too hot to stay in the garden manning the BBQ? Come into the shade and listen
It might be a Bank Holiday but I'm on air...
📻1015🌹Momentum boss quits Labour
📻1030📰
@lib_thinks
@RSylvesterTimes
📻1100🚪Exit Interview:
@CWhittaker_MP
📻1130☕️
@edvaizey
📻1150 A-Z
@lara_spirit
📻Midday Update
📻1230
@andrewhunterm
rules the🌍
📻1250 Quiz
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Happy publication day
@MattChorley
, glass of warm white to celebrate? I’m halfway through and it’s a great read, it’s unexpected, funny, sort of politics without the boring bits? WHAT ABOUT GRANITA THOUGH
And it’s out!
Publication day for PLANES, TRAINS AND TOILET DOORS
An honour to fill the gaps between
@mortenmorland
’s genius illustrations.
And humble thanks to
@reallorraine
@edballs
@WilliamJHague
@joelycett
for the most eclectic group of reviews.
📗
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We've had lots of fun doing this, thanks to all the unsung Jeremys out there
RED BOX PODCAST
We’re Going On A Jeremy Hunt
I ask other Jeremys how their budgets are looking at a choir, rowing club and over-50s group.
@aliceTTimes
and Robert Crampton on worst interviews ever.
#PMQsUnpacked
with
@patrickkmaguire
🎧LISTEN
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Good thing you had that new desk put in
@RobBurl
#PoliticsLive
We’ve had technical problems at our HQ this afternoon and will be broadcasting the
#BBCNewsSix
from our Millbank studio. Engineers are working hard to resolve the issue fully.
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"I think Sajid Javid is coming through as somebody who is being taken very seriously as a potential leader but we don't want that yet, it isn't going to happen yet," says
@NadineDorries
#bbcdp
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BBC2 at 12.15 - and we'll be back on again at 3pm for live coverage of
@NicolaSturgeon
's speech to SNP conference
#PoliticsLive
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Finished and highly recommend this by
@RobBurl
- great storytelling about some of the totemic moments in political interviews. Flashbacks to Studio B on a Sunday morning with
@afneil
as a bonus. Also turns out Rob is rather good on camera, who knew
RED BOX PODCAST
The Art of the Interview
@RobBurl
on Day, Walden, Paxman, Marr and Neil.
PLUS
@ManveenRana
and
@matthewsyed
on boomerang kids.
And Tommy from
@TheWurzels
for Somerset Day
🎧LISTEN
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On Times Radio now,
@MattChorley
and
@patrickkmaguire
are all over this
📻 Listen live
BREAKING:
Tory MP for Dover Natalie Elphicke has defected to Labour
She says that the party has changed beyond recognition and 'looks to the future - 'to building a Britain of hope, optimism, opportunity and fairness'
She says Rishi Sunak's government is failing to keep
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Who says a board game doesn't make good radio
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Alan Duncan not warming up to the idea of a Boris Johnson leadership bid: "The last person on earth" who could renegotiate with the EU
#PoliticsLive
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This Today in Focus is excellent. Great idea well executed, wish we’d thought of it
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@MattChorley
If I were in charge
@adamfleming
&
@ChrisMasonBBC
would have to podcast in dinner jackets
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Julian was charming and fascinating in equal measure, and it was a real privilege to hear about his long career at Westminster
✍️The Political Editors
#2
Julian Haviland (1981-86)
His final interview before his death this month, he reflects on Douglas-Home, Heath, Callaghan, Wilson and Thatcher.
PLUS what the Queen thought of “awful” Orgreave.
🎧LISTEN
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This is a brilliant explanation of Rachel Reeves’ use of the word ‘gaslighting’
"Whether you like that word or not, that's a pretty acute, well-researched, well-polled message."
Why is Rachel Reeves saying the government is gaslighting us over the economy?
🗳️ How To Win An Election
🎧
@MattChorley
|
@PollyMackenzie
|
@Dannythefink
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@Jack_W_Fenwick
I hope the students weren't left with any sense that those trousers are normal in a BBC newsroom
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Starts tomorrow, who needs another remake of The Office
The Exit Interviews 📋
@MattChorley
sits down with quitting MPs and asks them for their best and worst bosses, and why they are leaving their job.
Mondays at 11am on 📻
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The story of Fitz's the New Labour bulldog's 'bits'
Peter Mandelson remembers how one Labour campaign photo op went from bad to worse.
How To Win An Election with Peter Mandelson,
@DannyTheFink
,
@PollyMackenzie
and
@MattChorley
launches October 31st.
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Here we go
happy HOW TO WIN AN ELECTION day
Months in the making, a real team effort led by
@andrew_alex
, but finally you get to hear it.
Join Peter Mandelson,
@pollymackenzie
,
@Dannythefink
and me.
📻10.15am on
@TimesRadio
🎧1pm on podcast
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But
@SteveBakerHW
decidedly not simmering down about 'childish nonsense' briefed ahead of Chequers, 'I could almost have resigned over the childishness of that briefing'
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The Sunday Politics has just been on
#gogglebox
. We may as well pack up and go home now, there's nothing left to achieve
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@jackcevans
@josephmdurso
College Green looks a bit more jovial than now. Interesting how little of the grammar has changed (except for that very Lord Privy Seal sequence at the top)
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Let’s all talk about the flextension! 1215 on BBC2
@Jo_Coburn
with
@toadmeister
@MazzucatoM
@rosskempsell
@GuardianHeather
and Professor John Curtice plus
@lizzieoutside
on her fight against plastic by paddle board. . .
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Coming up at 11am on BBC One
#bbcsp
We're still here... joining
@BBCsarahsmith
for the PENULTIMATE Sunday Politics tomorrow, ERG chairman
@Jacob_Rees_Mogg
, Brexit minister
@WalkerWorcester
, shadow chief sec to the Treasury
@Peter_Dowd
and on the panel
@JuliaHB1
,
@jessicaelgot
&
@steverichards14
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@afneil
This is really sad news for all of us at Millbank, but we’ll look back on all the shows & interviews - from the big ones that flew, to the others that you somehow managed to mine for gold - with huge pride.
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Some great stories from Gyles in the podcast, his diaries are up there with the best
“They don’t feel loved enough, they don’t feel wooed enough, they don’t see the future.”
Gyles Brandreth tells
@MattChorley
the recent Conservative defections to Labour are “the beginning of a little stream” of more to come.
@GylesB1
🎧
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