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The Times

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 http://www.thetimes.com/

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Politics Without The Boring Bits

JD Vance's holiday to the cotswolds continues, where he's been meeting with Tories, breakfasting with Nigel Farage, and having a barbecue with a former Apprentice candidate who says 'Bosh' a lot. 

Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton. 

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JD Vance's Unlikely BBQ

As the debate over legal and illegal migration continues, are politicians being too imprecise with the words they choose?

Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Libby Purves and James Marriott.

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Is Political Language Too Loose?

As the government makes another announcement about deporting foreign criminals, Hugo Rifkind asks if they're pursuing tougher policies than under Theresa May's 'hostile environment'. And with both the Conservatives and Reform UK campaigning hard on migration, has the 'Overton window' in British politics moved?

With Times columnists Seb Payne and Charlotte Ivers.

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Is Labour Trying To Create A Hostile Environment?

The journalist who gave Trump the nickname Taco - Trump Always Chickens Out - for his strategy on tariffs says it should be updated to Waco - The World Always Chickens Out. Is he right? 

Harry Wallop is joined by Alys Denby and Michael Binyon to unpack the politics of the day. 

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Trump Goes from 'Taco to Waco'

Kemi Badenoch reveals she snitched on a fellow pupil for cheating during an exam when she was "about 14 or 15", resulting in him getting expelled - should the Tory leader have been praised for the move? 

Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Manveen Rana and Sarah Ditum. 

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Kemi The 'Snitch'

With a £50 billion gap in the public finances, it is looking increasingly difficult for Rachel Reeves to avoid raising taxes.

Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Janice Turner and Cindy Yu.

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The Chancellor’s ‘Impossible Trilemma’

The government's 'one-in, one-out' migrant deal with France is coming into force - but can the public be persuaded by technocratic solutions? And should Neil Kinnock stop advising Rachel Reeves to raise taxes?

Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Times columnists James Marriott and Libby Purves. 

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Will The UK-France Migrant Deal Cut Through?

Reform UK's new justice adviser doesn't agree with everything Nigel Farage says - does it matter? And can Farage keep tabs on his growing entourage? 

Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Seb Payne and Charlotte Ivers. 

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Farage's Growing Entourage

August is supposed to be a quiet time for politics but the Prime Minister has an array of thorny issues to contend with - from Heathrow's expansion plan, to foreign criminals and the fact that no one wants to name their baby after him.

Harry Wallop unpacks the politics of the day with Alys Denby and Phil Tinline.

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Not So Silly Season

Top lawyers are warning Starmer he'll be breaking international law if he follows through with the recognition of a Palestinian State, and Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch called the move a "knee jerk reaction" - does she have a point ?

Geoff Norcott is joined by Claire Cohen and Matthew Parris to unpack the politics of the day.

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PM's "Knee-Jerk Reaction" On Palestine

Recorded from the depths of Westminster, host Matt Chorley is joined by senior political correspondent Lucy Fisher and political reporter (and Brexit expert) Henry Zeffman. Discover more at www.thetimes.co.uk/redboxemail
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Parliament: demolish or sell-off?

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