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"I'm not sure he even knows whose side he's on." @KemiBadenoch tells #TimesRadio that Keir Starmer has failed to show leadership on the Iran war by "pretending that he made a decision" and avoiding clear alignment with allies.

Ed Vaizey doesn’t recognise an Alan Partridge joke in Alan Partridge’s own home town!

"We have to respect who we are and that is a Christian country." Nick Timothy’s tweet describing the Ramadan event in Trafalgar Square as an “act of domination” was “correct”, says Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice. #TimesRadio | @JPonpolitics

Business and trade minister Chris Bryant fails to comment whether the Scunthorpe blast furnaces will face job losses as he admits the UK will no longer be able to produce virgin steel under the move to electric arc furnaces. @RhonddaBryant | @StigAbell | @KateEMcCann

“I’ve got it in front of me…it's 22 pages long and it's got 56 wet stamps on it.” Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds expresses his frustration with red tape caused by Brexit, saying the forms businesses need to fill in are damaging trade. @KateEMcCann @StigAbell

“A lot of people are saying the economic situation has been created…your answer can’t be to throw money that you’ve already taken with the other hand.” @KateEMcCann and @StigAbell question why the government "doesn't seem to have an answer" to youth unemployment.

📢 Jane Mulkerrins and Ryan Tubridy are taking over weekend afternoons on Times Radio. Saturdays 1-4pm with @Mulkerrins Sundays 1-4pm with Ryan Tubridy Starts this weekend ➡️ thetimes.com/radio

“We've not sought to be protagonists in this war.” Work and pensions secretary Pat McFadden says the UK's close relationship with the US does not mean “we will always have to support" every American intervention and action. @PatMcFaddenMP | @KateEMcCann

"They're expecting around about 12,000." Thousands are expected at London's Al-Quds demonstration after authorities banned the planned march and restricted it to a static protest, with police closely monitoring the event, says Times Radio's political reporter @ProducerOllie.

“AI is taking the better jobs in translation.” Translators have been “losing their jobs already” as AI is stealing their “bread and butter” work, says The Times’s Tom Whipple. @WhippleTom | #TimesRadio

“Starmer, I felt, was taking a calculated risk. He thought that Trump’s Washington is a snake pit, and we’re going to hire Mandelson because he’s a bit of a snake.” The Times’s @MatthewSyed says Starmer did not hire Mandelson “to feather his own nest”.

“It does pose real questions as to how he's going to recover if he can't exercise decent judgment in fairly obvious circumstances.” The Mandelson files don’t bode well for Keir Starmer’s polling, says @Dannythefink. 🗳️ How To Win An Election 🎧 pod.fo/e/3a7548

"It's all about the stories, and these are the stories behind the rowers themselves." Clare Balding CBE lists her favourite aspects of the Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race. Listen to The Boat Race exclusively on Times Radio. Saturday, April 4.

Lilli and Mia Freischem will become the first sisters to compete against each other in the Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race since it began, reports Times Radio's Tom Nunan. Listen to The Boat Race exclusively on Times Radio. Saturday, April 4.

“He should, in my view, do the honourable thing, the decent thing and give that money to charity.” Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds calls for Peter Mandelson to donate his £75,000 severance pay packet to a charity for victims. @NickTorfaen | @StigAbell

“This is not a failure of the vetting process…the warnings were clear and they were ignored.” @KateEMcCann says No 10 “has nobody to blame but themselves” for the fallout over Peter Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador. @StigAbell | #TimesRadio

Finally, they named a restaurant after me. Shame it wasn’t a better one. thetimes.com/article/82201a…

"It's easy when they're women." Do we treat immigrants differently if they're women? Stig Abell says young men of colour produce different issues in people's collective minds to white or female immigrants. @StigAbell | @KateEMcCann

Chief secretary to the prime minister Darren Jones confirms the “first tranche” of Peter Mandelson files will be released after PMQs today. @KateEMcCann | @DarrenPJones

The Boat Race live on Times Radio. Tune in for exclusive coverage of the historic Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race. Hear exclusive interviews, special features and commentary of both the women’s and men’s races live from Putney. Saturday, April 4.