Chopper's Politics Podcast
1) The Lockdown Files: Episode 6, The Forgotten Victims
In January 2021, the first Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccines made their way into peopleâs arms. By mid-march, 11 million people had received the jab. After successive lockdowns, it felt like a way out. B...Show More
2) The Lockdown Files: Episode 5, The Fallout
In the face of major disasters, it is perhaps inevitable that there will be missteps. And when the dust settles, people are asked to account for their actions. How is history going to judge the gover...Show More
3) The Lockdown Files: Episode 4, Project Fear
Is it ever ok to scare the public? In this episode, the reporters dig into leaked messages which show a discussion between Matt Hancock and one of his team. They say âWe frighten the pants off everyo...Show More
4) The Lockdown Files: Episode 3, The Case on Care Home
Tens of thousands of care home residents died during the pandemic. Many people see it as the governmentâs biggest failure. Matt Hancockâs Whatsapp messages lifted the lid on conversations behind key d...Show More
5) The Lockdown Files: Episode 2, The Road to Lockdown
The Investigations team looks back on the early days of the pandemic. How prepared was the government? Was lockdown inevitable? But they hit a stumbling block - they may have 100,000 messages, but the...Show More
6) The Lockdown Files: Episode 1, The Leak
In January 2023, reporters at the Telegraph are called into a meeting. The newspaper has got something big. Matt Hancockâs Whatsapps from when he was the Health Secretary, during the pandemic: 100,00...Show More
7) BONUS: Richard Sharp's Exclusive Exit Interview from the BBC
In this bonus episode of Chopper's politics, former BBC chairman Richard Sharp joins Chris for his 'exit interview' to discuss the controversial events surrounding his departure. Over a round of blac...Show More
8) Cheerio... with Gove, Rees Mogg, Forde and Cox
Over 360 episodes, 8.2 million listens and one Red Lion Pub, welcome to the last edition of Choppers Politics Podcast. Joining the Telegraph's legendary political journalist Chris Hope in Westminster...Show More
9) School children identifying as Lions & Tigers & Bears, oh my!
Itâs been a week when the economic picture has worsened for millions of us and to discuss the government wrestling with the problem - and how Liz Truss was right - is Ranil Jayawardena, a former Tory ...Show More
10) Banks, Boris and the "blob"
Treasury minister Andrew Griffith MP hot-foots it across the road to the Red Lion pub to tell Christopher Hope that he thinks banks should help families who are seeing their mortgage costs spiral, and...Show More