Politics Unpacked

PMQs: Tin-Foil Hat Brigade

Keir Starmer claims the Tories have become the 'political wing of the flat-earth society' for promoting conspiracies; Sunak says Starmer is just sniping from the sidelines. Matt Chorley, Tim Shipman, Ed Vaizey and Lara Spirit pause and unpack all the action from Westminster. Plus: Columnists Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton discuss <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mps-granted-31m-security-funding-over-safety-fears-9p0splm6x" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">where protests should be permitted</a>, <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/gen-z-need-life-lessons-more-than-therapy-c6xlp5pxx" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">life lessons for Gen Z</a>, and whether or not they'd have any <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/simon-cowell-beauty-surgery-tweakments-column-robert-crampton-m3c5vfrx0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">'tweakments'</a>.  Columnists: (04:00)PMQs: (23:40)  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.