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Lessons From A Dying Government
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Length:
45 minutes
Released:
Nov 2, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
What can Rishi Sunak learn from the final days of the Major government, when the prime minister was behind in the polls with a party mired in sleaze and infighting? Matt talks to Howell James, John Major's political secretary in the lead up to the 1997 election.PLUS: Columnists Manveen Rana and Matthew Parris discuss whether the prime minister's's AI summit can help him escape his domestic political troubles, whether King Charles should have apologised to Kenya for colonial-era abuses, and whether height matters in politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Nov 2, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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