Politics Unpacked

How To Perfect A Political Denial

Twenty five years after Bill Clinton infamously denied having an affair with Monica Lewinsky, Patrick speaks to Damian Whitworth, who remembers the chaos that gripped US politics while he was covering the story of The Times.  Boris Johnson's former Director of Communications Guto Harri, Andrew Gimson and Isabel Hardman analyse the best and worst denials made by UK politicians. Plus: Anoosh Chakelian from the New Statesman and former Number 10 advisor Jimmy Mcloughlin discuss the <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/uk-cancer-waiting-time-targets-nhs-hospitals-patients-2023-srnc7jdpv" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">government's latest policy week, </a>whether<a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/activist-teenagers-make-sociology-a-hot-topic-at-a-level-7kgz7kqnb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> schools should teach more sociology or more languages, </a>and whether the government should appoint a toilet czar - or even a 'Lenin of the loos'.  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.