#084 - Andrew Griffith - Restoring Trust, Growth, and Conservative Principles
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Peter McCormack
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2025
⏱️ 103 minutes
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Summary
Andrew Griffith is a Conservative MP and Shadow Cabinet member, with a background in business and government focused on driving economic growth, smarter regulation, and national renewal. With experience in both the private sector and public service, he brings a new perspective to the future of Conservative policy.
In this interview, we discuss housing, taxation, civil service reform, economic competitiveness, and the moral case for smaller government. Andrew lays out his vision for restoring trust in politics, unlocking growth, and making the Conservative Party fit to lead Britain through its next chapter.
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TIMESTAMPS
(00:00) – Introduction
(04:15) – Entering Politics
(09:50) – Business vs Westminster
(12:20) – Political Trust
(14:35) – Housing Crisis
(16:50) – Tax Burden
(22:30) – Wage Stagnation
(24:15) – Civil Service vs Growth
(32:15) – Regulatory Paralysis
(35:00) – Wasteful Government Spending
(37:20) – Hidden Debt Crisis
(44:00) – Welfare & Dependency
(46:10) – Hayek & Liberty
(48:20) – Centre-Right Opportunity
(55:25) – Deregulation & Risk
(1:00:50) – Radical vs Credible
(1:06:40) – Water & Regulation
(1:12:50) – Free Speech
(1:20:00) – Surveillance & Digital ID
(1:24:30) – Bitcoin & Innovation
(1:32:00) – Media & Ofcom
(1:34:00) – Rebuilding Conservative Trust
(1:37:00) – Closing Thoughts
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| 0:00.0 | Look, there is a significant amount that we need to reform the way that government operates. |
| 0:04.7 | So you've got to have a directional view about how much, you know, the government can simply afford. |
| 0:10.0 | And there will always be more demands on government, just as there are for your finance director, right? |
| 0:16.1 | You've got the sales guys want money in the advertising and the product guys have got any product. |
| 0:20.5 | There's always money. |
| 0:21.6 | There's always more demands. |
| 0:22.9 | But you learn to say no. |
| 0:24.2 | And you've got to be, you know, we need that the next generation of politicians will have to be steely because we can't. |
| 0:31.5 | We've been paying ourselves more than we can afford. |
| 0:34.3 | And so you've got to learn to say no. |
| 0:36.1 | You've got to have boundaries and you |
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| 1:28.3 | No, thank you for coming. |
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