Politics Unpacked

It's Not Just The Economy, Stupid

Matt sits down with US political scientist Lynn Vavreck, author of 'The Message Matters', to find out whether the Clinton-era cliche - 'It's the economy, stupid' - really holds true. Plus: Columnists Manveen Rana and Matthew Parris discuss the Tory mood after a poll for The Times had the party at its lowest level of support since Liz Truss' mini-budget, <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rishi-sunak-very-small-minority-of-mps-plotting-against-me-j86s83pt6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">banging tables</a> at the 1922 committee, and whether <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/suds-law-says-the-shampoo-brigade-will-never-give-up-nhgqpv99v" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">shampoo is a scam.</a> Columnists (03:01)It's Not Just The Economy, Stupid (21:31) 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.