Politics Unpacked

PMQs: Stop Banging The Furniture

Tim Shipman and Kait Borsay join Matt Chorley to pause and unpack the action from the Commons chamber as Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak clash over pensions and how to fund them, and one Tory gets a ticking-off from the Speaker. Plus: Columnists Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton discuss <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/university-campuses-gaza-protests-israel-hamas-war-bcm8wv5zd" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the violence</a> on American University campuses, whether sports stars make good politicians and the policing of domestic violence.  Columnists (02:30)PMQs Unpacked (23:05) 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.