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In The Room (opens the original)
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Kemi Badenoch has been making some major changes to her shadow cabinet. One which caught particular attention was the appointment of Claire Coutinho, who is currently pregnant, to shadow business secretary. The move was dubbed ‘woke’ by Labour MP Harriet Harman, triggering backlash from both sides of the political spectrum. In this clip from the latest episode of In The Room, Helen and Cleo discuss: “On any measure, the Conservatives are better at having women in more senior roles than the Labou
In The Room | What happens when the PM meets Trump and Putin (opens the original)
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Being prime minister can be a lonely job. Everyone wants your attention, your approval and a say in the decisions you make. But when the fanfare dies down, it’s you holding the pen and making the biggest calls. Fortunately, every prime minister has one person at their side: their principal private secretary. Peter Hill was Theresa May’s PPS from 2017 to 2019, as well as her sherpa for the G7 and G20 summits. As the most senior civil servant in No 10, he was there for the private conversations, d
Lessons from No 10: When government comms go badly wrong | Lee Cain (opens the original)
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“It's a comms problem” is the diagnosis politicians, pundits and the public often reach for whenever a prime minister flounders. It was arguably Keir Starmer’s biggest undoing. From the beginning, he failed to articulate what kind of prime minister he would be. In the end, nobody really knew what he thought about anything. For today’s guest Lee Cain, Starmer was a “political vacuum” – but he believes his successor Andy Burnham is ripe with rhetorical promise. Cain was director of communications
Count Binface says royals should give up Buckingham Palace: ‘They don’t even like it’ (opens the original)
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In his manifesto, Count Binface has pledged to build “at least one affordable house”. It might sound like the political jibes that the satirist has become known for, but the issue of homelessness sits close to Count Binface’s heart – or, rather, his “central fluid-pumping organ”. In this clip from the latest episode of In The Room, he explains why he’s such an avid supporter of the anti-homelessness charity Shelter, and how he thinks the royal family could help ease the UK housing crisis. Listen
In The Room | Count Binface vs Farage: Flakes, Ferraris and the Clacton by-election (opens the original)
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With the Clacton by-election just days away, In The Room welcomes perhaps Nigel Farage’s most unusual opponent: Count Binface. The intergalactic candidate joins Helen MacNamara and Cleo Watson to defend his manifesto, from capping 99 Flakes at 99p and building “at least one” affordable home to tackling Britain’s badly positioned hand dryers. He explains why housing and homelessness sit behind some of the jokes, reveals what he’d do with Buckingham Palace and offers Nigel Farage some advice shoul
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