Welcome to that jelly pot with me, jelly pot, and I know I always say I'm excited about

this big special guest, but I am so, I'm, you know what, as the Americans say, I am super

excited to get Andrew Pritchin on the pod, because not least because A. Andrew is topical at the

moment, really topical, and that's very unlikely, B. He's about to fly off off to America, so I'm really

glad I've grabbed him before he goes, because this is going to be really important this chap we're

going to have. Andrew, I've got lots of questions to ask you, I'm going to grill you, I mean not, you know,

likely, you know, a bit like, who was the saint that got grilled, and then he said, right, I'm

toasted on that side, so turn me over. It's going to be a bit like that, you know, friendly grilling.

Just tell us who you are, and why we're talking to you.

My name's Andrew Pritchin, I'm the Conservative Member of Parliament for Northwest Lethbridge,

I've been the elected MP since May 2010, I'm considered to be on the right wing of the Conservative

Party, I'm an ERG member, the Brexit for East Midlands, I've increased my majority in my seats

every election since 2010, when I took it from Labour and now I've got a majority of on paper

of 20,400. My seats got the highest economic growth in the UK, from what was probably the poorest

seat in Leicestershire, it's the only seat in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland with above average

UK salaries now, it's one of the happiest places to live in the country, it's got the longest

council tax freeze in history of 15 years, since we took over the council from Labour, we've never

put council tax up at the district council, and it's a centre of population of the UK, we're

middleing them furthest from the CNA direction. And all that stuff would have been,

when I was like three years ago, four years ago, I used to come around and have a have a

smoke with you in the House of Commons, and you were definitely one of the MPs that I found

most simpatico, because you're a straight talker, you like smoking cigarettes, which is always a good thing.

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