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Politics Unpacked

The Man Who Invented The Red Wall

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Matt speaks to pollster and analyst James Kanagasooriam who coined the term Red-Wall in 2019 to describe areas in the North whose constituents tended to vote for Labour due to historical and cultural factors. 


PLUS


He dives into Thursday's news with Times Red Box reporter Mhari Aurora and Acting Editor at City A.M, Andy Silvester on junk food adverts being subject to a near total online ban by the end of next year and the changes for the green travel lists.



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1:49.6

Hello, this is the Red Box podcast. I'm Matt surely bringing the best of my times

1:53.3

video shows you can hear Monday to Friday, 10 till one. And in fact, if you have been listening

1:58.7

to the radio two times radio, it's our birthday next week. We've been doing this now for a year

2:04.8

next week. So if you have been listening and you like it, I mean, you can get in touch if you don't

2:08.8

like it. We just won't play on the radio. But if you have been listening and you like it,

2:12.4

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stick in your mind. There might be things that go wrong. We don't mind that. But we'd like to hear

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from you. Record yourself a little voice note or a video and email me Matt. Surely at times.

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radio. Have you been listening to my show or maybe sticking out of my own breakfast or

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