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Secret Foreign Trips

Secret Foreign Trips

FromWhitehall Sources


Secret Foreign Trips

FromWhitehall Sources

ratings:
Length:
53 minutes
Released:
Jun 7, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Calum and Kirsty are joined by Stewart Wood, a former adviser to Gordon Brown both at the Treasury and in Number 10; and one of those who helped run Ed Miliband's Labour leadership campaign. We talk about foreign trips - Stewart tells us about arranging trips to the United States including a secret one for Gordon Brown; Kirsty tells us about a trip where everything went wrong for Theresa May when the crucial - and choreographed - photo op was about to happen. Plus, we work hard to dig out the top lines of Sir Keir Starmer's speech to the GMB union. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Jun 7, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (86)

Two top advisers to our most recent prime ministers analyse the successes and failures of today's politicians, sharing their experiences of working behind the world's most famous door. They are your Whitehall Sources. Kirsty Buchanan worked with Theresa May as PM, and Liz Truss when she was Secretary of State. Oscar Reddrop advised Boris Johnson through crises of our times, including the war in Ukraine and throughout his ultimate downfall. Journalist and broadcaster Calum Macdonald manages their in-tray of talking points, U-turns and crises.