The Times Red Box Podcast

Patrick Maguire gets the low-down on Rishi Sunak and the team he is bringing to Downing Street, and James Johnson from the Times Radio focus group explains how the public's opinion of the new Prime Minister has changed over time.PLUS: David Aaronovitch and Isabel Hardman discuss Liz Truss' farewell speech and what to expect from Sunak's first week in charge. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patrick Maguire asks whether the new Prime Minister can rescue the Tory party from electoral defeat and what can actually be achieved by a government just two years from a general election. PLUS: Libby Purves and Rachel Sylvester on Boris' exit from the race and how the Labour party approach the new regime. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As Friday Night Live returns to our screens for a one off 40th anniversary special, Matt Chorley has a chat with compere Ben Elton about champagne socialism, Tory Prime Ministers, and why he's not on social media.PLUS Melanie Reid and James Forsyth on what follows Liz Truss' resignation.AND What we learned during the 45 days of Truss' premiership Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On a dramatic day at Westminster, Matt Chorley and Times Radio's Lucy Fisher tell the inside story of the events that led up to the resignation of Liz Truss.He speaks to three Conservative MPs who wanted her out of Number 10, and columnists Iain Martin and Helen Lewis discuss the end game. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley and Red Box Editor for The Times Patrick Maguire unpack the brutal exchanges at Prime Minister's Questions, as Liz Truss struggles to save her leadership and claims she's a 'fighter not a quitter'.Conservative MP Steve Double tells Matt that it's time for Liz Truss to consider her position after dropping most of her campaign promises. Plus columnists Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton discuss whether environmental protesters are 'tofu-eating wokerati', and why things go wrong in France too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley unlocks the secrets of the operation to monitor MPs' views, speaking to Siimon Burton, former whip special adviser under Theresa May and Boris Johnson and Nikki Da Costa, former No10 director of legislative affairs at Number, plus The Times' Lara Spirit on the latest in Westminster and data journalist Matilda Davies on how to excel at Excel. PLUS Finkelvitch (Daniel Finkelstein and David Aaronovitch) on what Tory MPs should do now.And Matt reports from parliament, grabbing chats with Conservative MP Charles Walker and party chairman Jake Berry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley presents live coverage and analysis of the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's statement, in which he put Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng's policies into the shredder one-by-one.PLUS: Matthew Parris and Libby Purves give their verdict on the Prime Minister. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the day Liz Truss performs another budget u-turn and sacks Kwasi Kwarteng, Times' Political Editor Steven Swinford speaks to Matt Chorley with news from Westminster.PLUS Andrew Neil on what it all means for the government. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Almost everyone seems to agree we're not building enough house, so today Matt looks at how a house is built, from planning through to getting what politicians like to call shovels in the ground. He speaks to a builder, a planner and Martin Roberts from Homes Under the Hammer as well as a Conservative MP who criticises the government's planning reforms, Theresa Villiers. Plus Patrick Kidd and James Marriott discuss the last ten days of Liz Truss and mediocre politicians. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley is joined by Times Radio's Lucy Fisher and Patrick Maguire from The Times Red Box live on stage at the Cheltenham Literature Festival, pausing the action to analyse the exchanges between Liz Truss and Keir Starmer at PMQs.PLUS: Alice Thomson and India Knight discuss the day's news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

James Johnson from J.L. Partners joins Matt Chorley to discuss the latest findings from the Times Radio focus group.PLUS: Finkelvitch on Sam Tarry's deselection and planning reforms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How likely is a second referendum in Scotland? Nicola Sturgeon has set out a timetable, giving the nation a year to decide whether they want independence. Matt Chorley speaks to two journalists in the thick of it, the Times' Kieran Andrews and Catriona Stewart, we also hear from the SNP's Stephen Flynn on why Sturgeon detests the tories and the polling legend Professor John Curtice crunching the numbers.Plus Rachel Sylvester and Libby Purves discuss Liz Truss in the tearoom and fixing childcare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After Liz Truss got into trouble for playing Moving On Up at her Tory Party Conference speech, Matt Chorley explores the relationship between politics and pop.He hears from Al Mackenzie from the band D:Ream, Dave Rowntree, who was the drummer for Blur and then became a Labour councillor in Norfolk between 2017 and 2021, Matt Charlton, Music Journalist for the NME and Rolling Stone and Lisa Verrico, Music Journalist at The Sunday Times.PLUS James Forsyth and Melanie Reid on the heavy cost of Kwarteng’s spending squeeze and young people's support for Ukraine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UK politics may be bonkers, but countries around the world have also lost the plot, changing Prime Minister every few years. Matt Chorley takes a trip around the world speaking to foreign correspondents about how quickly the leader get's the chop.PLUS: India Knight and James Marriott on Latin and Liz Truss' dress Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley and Times Red Box Editor Patrick Maguire take a forensic look at Liz Truss's first speech as party leader to the Conservative conference in Birmingham. PLUS Two former Times Political Editors Phil Webster and Francis Elliott delve into the audio archives to look back at the debut conference speeches of past leaders, from John Major and David Cameron, to Theresa May and Boris Johnson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the interview that caused Liz Truss's major headache on day 3 of Tory Party Conference. Matt Chorley speaks to Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt who says she hopes benefits will rise in line with inflation, a commitment the Prime Minister has not made.AND earlier this week Mordaunt joked about the bad communications strategy over the mini-budget, so Matt also convenes a crack team of government comms experts to advise on how the government can improve.PLUS: James Forsyth and David Aaronovitch on all the chaos. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michael Gove has been a government minister for the majority of the last decade but now he's heading back to the backbenches. He tells Matt Chorley what he thinks of the government's decision to abandon its plans to abolish the top 45p rate of tax, and even plays the quiz.PLUS: Alice Thomson and Rachel Sylvester discuss another difficult morning for the government Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Venetia Menzies, Data Journalist at the Times and Sunday Times takes Matt Chorley through baby name statistics. Find out which names are the most popular and which have fallen out of favour, and what happens when your name is the same is a frontline politician.PLUS: James Forsyth and Melanie Reid discuss where the Tories go next after that extraordinary poll for The Times put Labour 33 points ahead.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Description: Matt Chorley and The Times' Political Editor Steve Swinford reveal what Conservative MPs really think about the Chancellor's budget and the economic crisis.PLUS: Highlight's from Liz Truss' difficult series of interviews on local BBC radio stations.AND: Carol Lewis and James Marriott on property and the middle classes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley and Times Red Box Editor Patrick Maguire go through the Labour leader’s speech to the conference in Liverpool and whether this was his best one yet. PLUS Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton on economic meltdown and memoirs.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.