A Hard Cain’s Gonna Fall

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

News, Politics, Government

4.6 • 252 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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What does the defenestration of Lee Cain from No.10 mean for the Vote Leave faction that got Johnson into power? Who are the Conservatives’ restive ‘Covid Recovery Group’ and what do they want? As the end of Brexit transition looms, does the PM have to choose between the economic damage of No Deal and the political damage of caving to the EU? And will government ever get out of London? This week’s special guest is Peter Foster, public policy editor at the FT. “People should be really clear: we’re going back to 1992. The big political calculation is, does Johnson want to own this deal?” – Peter Foster “Seeing through the fog, this is all about the Prime Minister’s authority… and he’s failed to make clear what his decision is.” – Peter Foster “If No Deal happens it’s a lot easier to blame disruption on the EU.” - Maddy Thimont Jack “If we’re heading towards No Deal, the Government will put extraordinary pressure on the Lords to let the clauses through” – Alex Thomas “Westminster still treats the regions like distant colonies” – Peter Foster Presented by Bronwen Maddox with Alex Thomas, Maddy Thimont-Jack and Sarah Nickson. Audio production by Alex Rees See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Inside Briefing. I'm Bronwyn Maddox. Good news. One of the coronavirus vaccines in development seems to work. It may even start to be rolled out in the UK before the end of the year. But the crisis is far from over.
0:22.2	We're going to look at what the latest developments mean for the government.
0:25.8	Bad news.
0:26.7	Just two weeks to go until the UK leaves the Brexit transition period.
0:30.0	And it still hasn't reached a deal with the EU.
0:32.6	We're going to talk about what might happen next.
0:35.5	And then for our final section, we're going to move on to talking
0:37.9	about moving out, the civil service moving out of London, that is. We've got a new report out,
0:43.1	which weighs up the government's plans to relocate civil servants out of the capital, and its author
0:48.0	is going to drop into the podcast to talk about her recommendations. Joining me in our virtual
0:52.9	studio today is a great lineup.
0:54.6	Welcome back to Alex Thomas, who leads all our civil service work.
0:57.6	Hi, Alex.
0:58.7	Hello, Bromwood.
0:59.8	We're joined again by Maddie Tumont Jack, Associate Director at the IFG, and who leads our Brexit work.
1:05.5	Hi, Maddie.
1:07.2	By getting to the crunch point, another crunch point.
1:10.0	Hi, Bromim.
1:13.5	And I'm delighted to be joined this week by Peter Foster,
1:15.6	public policy editor at the Financial Time.
1:17.0	Peter, always great to have you with us.
1:18.7	Thanks for having me, Bromyn.
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