Politics Unpacked

The Exit Interviews: Gary Streeter

Sir Gary Streeter started out in the SDP, defected to the Tories, was an aide to John Major after his general election defeat and was sacked by Iain Duncan Smith after telling him he was 'unelectable'. He joins Matt for the latest episode of the Exit Interviews - our series talking to MPs leaving Parliament at the next election. Plus columnists Rachel Sylvester and Iain Martin enter the 'no Boris zone' to discuss <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ignore-the-nimbys-and-push-green-energy-plan-blair-tells-starmer-57wk7kt6v" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Labour's green energy promises</a>, the <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/snp-labour-poll-next-general-election-nicola-sturgeon-07vxfqq9s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SNP slumping in the polls,</a> and has a mathematician invented a new swear word? Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Hugo Rifkind unpacks the the politics of the day - and the stuff that's even more important - with the brightest brains from the Times and Sunday Times. You can listen to Hugo on DAB, smart speaker or app 10am-1pm Monday to Friday. If you like what you hear, then read more at <a href="http://www.thetimes.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.thetimes.com/</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.