{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/92a301e1-443b-435f-b4e2-2e2dd1e37fc5/650d900c321d6c0010cf0ab5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Not Quite Prime Ministers","description":"<p>History is written by (and often about) the winners, but the lives and careers of Britain's political losers can be just as telling. Leaders of the Opposition was a long-running feature on Matt's Times Radio show, and now author and historian Nigel Fletcher has written the book explaining what they can tell us about modern politics.</p><p><br></p><p>Plus: Columnists India Knight and James Marriott on&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/plan-to-reform-alevels-british-baccalaureate-ttlvhl79r\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Rishi Sunak's&nbsp;plans for a British baccalaureate</a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/public-debate-dimmed-by-the-cult-of-personality-6rq2fmbrd\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">why we need more expertise in public debate</a>, and how to stop yourself being digitally re-animated once you're dead.</p>","author_name":"Times Radio"}