The Times Red Box Podcast

Matt Chorley brings you an hour-by-hour account of an extraordinary day in Westminster, from rebels to PMQs, spending to voting, elections to deselections, and answering your questions. This is the story of Wednesday September 4 2019.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As the political stalemate continues, Matt Chorley talks to Salma Shah, former special adviser to Sajid Javid, and Times columnists Philip Collins and Iain Martin about the chaos in No10, the existential threat to the Tory party and Labour's election dilemma.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Chorley speaks to Charles Bremner, The Times Paris correspondent, about the G7 summit in southern France, how Brexit and Boris Johnson are viewed by the French, President Macron’s fortunes and the demise of the long lunch.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Red Box reporter Esther Webber talks to Baroness Evans, Baroness Smith, Lord Fowler and others about the future of the strangest part of the British constitution.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Esther Webber talks to Baroness Evans, Baroness Smith, Lord Fowler and others about how the strangest part of the British constitution works.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Chorley is joined by Tiff Stevenson, Konstantin Kisin, Steve Allen and Jena Friedman to discuss free speech, Twitter trolls and being better.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Chorley is joined by Matt Forde and Grace Campbell to discuss leaving Labour, writing worries and playing with Putin's kids.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Chorley is joined by Iain Dale, Lolly Jones and Dominic Frisby to discuss tax, talk shows and nipple tassels.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What does a special adviser (spad) do? Where does power lie? How do you tell the boss to change the clothes or their poll ratings are tanking?Matt Chorley speaks to three former special advisers who have just left government. Paul Harrison was Theresa May's political press secretary, having previously been an adviser to Jeremy Hunt. Salma Shah was a special adviser to Sajid Javid at the home office, ministry of housing and department for business. James Johnson was the Downing Street pollster from 2016. All three left government last week, and lift the lid on the dark arts of spin.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Chorley was in the room for the announcement that Boris Johnson will be the new Tory leader, and gets instant reaction from Francis Elliott, The Times political editor, and sketchwriter Quentin Letts.PLUS columnist Matthew Parris on whether we get “good Boris or naughty Boris”, Lucy Fisher, Times defence correspondent, on the international crises waiting in the in-tray, and Red Box’s Esther Webber on who might be in Team Boris.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A visit to the Queen, a speech in Downing Street, then what? In a special documentary Matt Chorley speaks to those who know what it is like to move into No10.Contributors include Tony Blair, the former prime minister; Anji Hunter, Blair’s former gatekeeper; Gus O’Donnell, the cabinet secretary to Blair, Brown and Cameron; Stewart Wood, foreign policy adviser to Brown;Gabby Bertin, press secretary to Cameron;and Katie Perrior, May’s director of communications.For more, read Matt Chorley’s feature in The Times Magazine or at thetimes.co.uk  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As May leaves No10, Matt Chorley asks Alice Thomson, Daniel Finkelstein and Anne Ashworth if her injustices are still burning.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

After going running with Jeremy Hunt last month, Matt Chorley wants to know how Boris Johnson exercises, his plans for Brexit and his other policies.*Rory Bremner helps provide the answers.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Chorley is joined by David Aaronovitch and Hugo Rifkind to discuss who are the members pulling the strings in the Labour and Tory parties.Plus Catherine Philp, The Times’ diplomatic correspondent, on what on Earth is going on in the White House.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this transatlantic special to Mark Independence Day, Matt Chorley is joined on the line from DC by David Charter, The Times US editor, who tries to explain the method in the Trump madness.Boer Deng, Washington correspondent, on the ones to watch in the Democratic race to take on the Republican President.And Ben Hoyle, US West Coast bureau chief, on America’s confused experiment with drugs.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Chorley is joined by Alice Thomson, Eleni Courea and Steven Swinford to debate why Lib Dems need more scrutiny. PLUS how to beat Boris and MPs' maternity pay.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Chorley is joined by Boris Johnson, Donald Trump, Theresa May, Lorraine Kelly and many more thanks to impressionists Jon Culshaw and Debra Stephenson.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Chorley is joined by Owen Bennett, author of Gove biography Man In A Hurry, to discuss the radical in the Tory leadership contest. Rachel Sylvester on the Tory problem with ethnic minority voters and Henry Zeffman on Labour's Brexit civil war.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Chorley sits down with John McDonnell to discuss worrying businesses, Rachel Sylvester quizzes Michael Gove on drugs and hate crime and Hugo Rifkind asks Sir Nick Clegg why he's changed his mind on Facebook.  All interviews were recorded at Times CEO Summit on June 11th.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Chorley joins the foreign secretary on his morning jog to talk Brexit, why he could do a better job than Theresa May, how Donald Trump is advising him on Twitter and his love of chocolate cake.WARNING: Contains huffing and puffing.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.