Five other things to worry about
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2019
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Nevermind Brexit, there are plenty of other crises to keep us awake at night.
Matt Chorley is joined by a bumper panel of Times reporters and columnists to discuss the issues not being discussed enough.
Columnist Rachel Sylvester is worried about poverty; Lucy Fisher, the defence correspondent, is worried about Nato; Graeme Paton, the transport correspondent, is worried about the railways; Chris Smyth, health editor, is worried about almost all of the NHS, and columnist Kenny Farquharson is worried about SNP infighting.
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| 0:08.3 | slide by on track to your |
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| 0:17.0 | And before you know it, you're there. |
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| 0:41.9 | It's very nice to be here, Matt. It's not quite where I thought I'd be spending my honeymoon. |
| 0:46.0 | I've probably got greater expertise in losing elections than in winning them. I have lost elections too Danny don't. |
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| 1:15.2 | forward slash red box and sign up now. So after all the excitement of last week's |
| 1:21.5 | Brexit drama, absolutely nothing of any real interest has happened since. |
| 1:25.8 | So until the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition, or anyone else in Westminster, |
| 1:28.8 | because there's reason to talk about Brexit again, we are declaring this week's episode of Brexit free zone because frankly |
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