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Jan 2021
40m 9s

"What Do Prime Ministers Do All Day?"

THE TIMES
About this episode
Times columnists Daniel Finkelstein and David Aaronovitch pick over the day's news; then Matt Chorley talks us through a day in the life of a Prime Minister, from Thatcher to Cameron, speaking to former aides and in their own words, including the revelation that Boris Johnson likes a power nap.

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