A leap of faith

Chopper's Politics

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4.2 • 864 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

All of Christopher Hope's guests this week are encouraging or have taken a leap of faith. Former Levelling Up Secretary Simon Clarke, now in the freedom of the backbenches, joins Chopper in the Red Lion to urge his fellow conservatives to rethink onshore windfarms and central housing targets and not fall for a "NIMBY's charter".

Also on the podcast, William Wragg, MP for Hazel Grove, discusses why he's made the leap into leaving parliament after the next election despite only being 34.

Plus former leader of the Lib Dems, Tim Farron, tells Chris why he thinks Christians should dip their toes into politics, and why he thinks the Church of England is compromised by being a "part of the furniture of state".

Britain is fast descending into chaos, and the Tories are powerless to stop it, by Allister Heath

A Mucky Business: Why Christians Should Get Involved In Politics, by Tim Farron

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0:00.0	Coming up on Chopper's politics.
0:04.0	This establishment of the Church of England is not something I call for because I want
0:08.3	Christianity to pixed out. I just think that it's not right to have a state religion. It's not the job of the state.
0:15.0	I also think it kind of pollutes the church.
0:20.0	Hello, I'm Christopher Hope, the Associate Editor for Politics at the Daily Telegraph and welcome to your weekly edition of Choppers Politics.
0:28.0	Well, I'm sitting here in the Red Line pub at my usual table amongst all the tinsel and decorations for Christmas,
0:34.3	reading the telegraph and it's not happy reading.
0:36.5	Britain is descending into chaos and the Tories are powerless to stop it,
0:40.4	says my colleague Alice Deheath in Thursday's paper. That's quite a good jumping off point for this
0:45.1	week's podcast. Coming up I've got Simon Clark, the former leveling up secretary, here to talk
0:51.0	to us about how the Tories can get back on the front foot.
0:54.4	Also William Ragg, Tory MP for Hazel Grove and chairman of a major House of Commerce
0:59.8	Committee who said this week he is quitting politics at 34 why and later on Tim Farron
1:06.9	the former Libem leader on why faith and politics can and maybe should mix.
1:13.8	But first up, Simon Clark was levelling up secretary in this justice government and served
1:19.1	in many roles under Boris Johnson before he resigned as Prime Minister.
1:23.7	Now back on the backbenches, Simon Clark is free to speak his mind, and he's got some real wake-up
1:29.9	calls for the Tories, not least on the need to bring back wind farms on shore, and also not
1:35.9	to get rid of these centrally set housing targets which have so upset some members in the South of England.
1:43.0	Simon Clark, welcome to Choppert Folletti.
1:45.0	It's a very festive Red Lion pub.
1:47.0	That you enjoy the decorations around us.
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