Another fine mess for No10?

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

News, Politics, Government

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🗓️ 1 April 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Boris Johnson reckons he is now more popular in parts of Kyiv than parts of Kensington, so how worried should the prime minister be as Partygate returns to the frontpages? With the UK at the heart of the West’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the podcast team weigh up Chief of Defence Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin’s comments at the IfG on UK defence priorities. And if it wasn’t for crises – of very different natures – we might be talking more about policy, so was the government’s new education white paper worth the wait? Former Department for Education adviser Sam Freedman joins the podcast to discuss another eventful week in British politics. Bronwen Maddox presents, with Alex Thomas and Tim Durrant. Produced by Candice McKenzie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Inside Briefing, the podcast from the Institute for Government.
0:14.4	I'm Bronwyn Maddox.
0:15.9	Boris Johnson joked this week that he was probably more popular in parts of Kiev than in parts of Kensington.
0:21.8	So as PartyGate returns to the front pages with the MEP issuing fines, we'll discuss what it
0:26.5	means for the Prime Minister. And how should we weigh up the UK's role in the West's response
0:31.9	to the war in Ukraine? This week at the IFG we hosted the UK's Chief of Defence Staff and discuss
0:36.9	the future of the armed forces and the threats facing the UK. We'll comment on that. If it weren't
0:42.3	for crises at home and abroad, then we might be talking more about the government's policy ideas.
0:46.9	This week, it published a new education white paper. We might have missed it. So what was
0:51.6	in it? And why does that matter? All that coming up. I'm joined today
0:55.9	by the IFGs Alex Thomas, who leads our civil service work and is, like so many of us, recently
1:00.6	recovered from COVID. How are you doing? Hi, Bronwyn. Yes, much better. Thank you. A lingering
1:05.8	cough, but no longer infectious and feeling much better. Okay. Our man on the top floor with the cough suites.
1:11.8	I'm delighted to be joined by Sam Friedman, IFG Senior Fellow and a former special advisor at
1:16.2	the Department for Education.
1:18.0	How are you, Sam?
1:18.9	Thank you very much.
1:20.0	Great.
1:20.5	Great to have you here in the studio.
1:22.8	Okay, let's return to the story that never really went away, and that's PartyGate. And we're joined for this particular topic as well by Tim Durrant, the IFG Associate Director,
1:31.4	who's been tracking all of this. Hi, Tim.
1:33.5	Hi, Bromwin. Great to be back.
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