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Politics Unpacked

Statecraft or Spineless

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Keir Starmer's strategy is to react calmly if Donald Trump imposes tariffs on British goods. Is it best way to handle the US president, and will it help his political opponents?

Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Patrick Maguire and Jane Mulkerrins.


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at risk, ISO rules apply in a subject to change. Hello, I'm Hugo Rifkin, and now we're going to be unpacking the politics of the day,

0:41.5

covering everything from Donald Trump's tariffs to why Gen Z are watching videos of people working in offices.

0:48.1

And joining me are two of my favourite unofficial workplace influences,

0:51.2

from the Times and the Sunday Times, and they are Jane Lairns,

0:54.2

Associate Editor of the Times Magazine. Hello, Jane. And the increasingly important

0:58.6

Patrick McIntyre, who is now Chief Political Commentator for the Times, Ler Patrick.

1:02.2

Good morning, Hugo. I'm just feeling the waves of influence coming off the pair of you.

1:06.6

Buffeted by influence sitting here. Buffeted, indeed. How are we both? Are we well?

1:12.1

I'm actually feeling a bit ropy.

1:12.6

Are you?

1:14.6

But not so ropy that I... Well, well done for struggling in.

1:15.9

Well, maybe actually you should say you shouldn't come in.

1:18.2

It's week two's new job, he's exhausted with the power.

1:21.1

The power is just breaking my body down, yeah.

1:23.5

How old are you now, Patrick?

1:25.0

29. Well, we're only roughly another, what, 40 years to go, and you can take some time off.

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