Ex-deputy cabinet secretary on the inner workings of Cobra meetings | In The Room

As the US-Iran war rages on, Keir Starmer will spend his days popping in and out of several important meetings, including Cobra (the origin of the letter ‘A’, which actually stands for ‘cabin office briefing rooms’, remains a mystery).

In this clip Independent‘s politics podcast In The Room, former deputy cabinet secretary Helen MacNamara sheds light on how, why and when Cobra meetings took place. He also reflects on his own experience at the COBRA meeting for the 7/7 attacks in 2005.

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