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Rock Against Racism
45 years ago, tens of thousands of people marched through London for the Rock Against Racism concert featuring some of the biggest names in music at …
2 years, 10 months ago
Focus Group: He's A Snake
Undecided voters in Scotland who previously backed the SNP give their verdict in the Times Radio Focus Group. Humza Yousaf is 'unremarkable', but whi…
2 years, 10 months ago
PMQs Unpacked: Zippy and George
While Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer clash over the cost of living, Matt Chorley and Tim Shipman pause and unpack the exchanges - and do a passable imp…
2 years, 10 months ago
Corbyn Won In 2017. No He Didn't.
Matt talks to American academic and author Noam Chomsky about the conflict in Ukraine, the end of the world - and who won the 2017 general election.
P…
2 years, 10 months ago
Sir Softy or Keir Hard-y
Keir Starmer keeps talking about his record as Director of Public Prosecutions, arguing it shows he was tough on crime - but the Conservatives think …
2 years, 10 months ago
Are You Having a Laugh?
Which party's supporters can take a joke, and which have a sense of humour failure? Matt looks at the league table of humourlessness with Private Eye…
2 years, 10 months ago
Testing The Schools Minister
Nick Gibb is one of Britain's longest-serving ministers, in office (almost) continuously since the Conservatives came to power in 2010. Matt quizzes …
2 years, 10 months ago
PMQs Unpacked: Arise, Sir Softy
Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer trade personal attacks over crime at Prime Minister's Questions, as Sunak dubs Starmer 'Sir Softy'. Matt is joined by Ti…
2 years, 10 months ago
Is Rishi Too Rich?
Matt is joined by Daniel Finkelstein and Henry Zeffman to discuss whether Rishi Sunak's wealth is a problem after it was revealed he's being investig…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Reagan Question
In the 1980 presidential election, Ronald Reagan asked "Are you better off than you were four years ago?"
With the economy likely to define the next g…
2 years, 10 months ago