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Where Politics Meets History

207. LibDem Advice Surgery

Where Politics Meets History

Global

Politics, History, News

4.5 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2020

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Iain Dale and Jacqui Smith dole out some well meant advice to the new LibDem leader Sir Ed Davey, scratch their heads about Chris Grayling’s resignation, talk local government reorganisation (don’t worry, not for long) and Jacqui wonders how on earth Iain’s partner John has put up with him for 25 years. Smut quota: Low.

Transcript

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0:00.0

you've only been back for one podcast and you've already got into your lazy habits again

0:14.3

you didn't you didn't put the tweet out asking for people's questions and you haven't even

0:19.8

sent me a list of subjects you

0:21.1

want to talk about. What's going on? I think it's rather more, not that I've got back into my lazy

0:26.5

habits, but I haven't got back into my hardworking habits yet. So you're right. I apologize

0:33.6

all of our listeners for not tweeting about the opportunity to ask questions and you're

0:39.9

going to you've tweeted so it's okay we have got Twitter questions and frankly on the list

0:45.3

well there's fuck all going on so I couldn't really I was I was uninspired about what we can talk

0:51.7

about you're still a disgrace to yourself a disgrace to your family and a disgrace to the podcast.

0:58.0

I've let everybody down and I apologize.

1:01.4

And I will try and make up for it by intelligent political comment and a modicum of smart during this the... During the course of this podcast.

1:11.7

I'm in quarantine.

1:13.0

My brain's gone to mush.

1:14.9

Is that what happens?

1:17.4

It is a bit boring.

1:19.6

I haven't been shopping for a whole week.

1:22.3

But you see, I've been...

1:23.7

I might as well have been in quarantine

1:25.0

because I've been in Norfolk now since, what, last Thursday

1:30.7

evening and I've probably been out of the house three times. No, that's not true actually.

1:37.1

I've been out more than that, but it's mainly to go to the local chemist or the, because I ran out of

1:41.8

my insulin and to the local londies to deliver my Hermes parcels.

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