Banks, Boris and the "blob"

Chopper's Politics

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Brexit, Political, News, Uk, Coronavirus, Politics, Parliament

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🗓️ 22 June 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Treasury minister Andrew Griffith MP hot-foots it across the road to the Red Lion pub to tell Christopher Hope that he thinks banks should help families who are seeing their mortgage costs spiral, and face the awkward question of how he'd deal with a business that had three CEOs in the space of a year (Conservative Party, take note).

Also on the podcast, Joy Morrissey MP, one of only seven Conservative MPs who voted against the privileges committee report into Boris Johnson, and a whip no less. She tells Chopper why she put her head above the parapet and how the "crucifixion" of the former Prime Minister has cause a "crisis" in her party.

Plus Tim Knox, editor of the Effective Governance Forum on the changes needed to make the Civil Service and ministers work in perfect harmony.

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0:00.0	Coming up on Chopers Politics.
0:04.0	Can he come back?
0:06.0	Does he want to come back?
0:08.0	Can you ask the question? You know, he has so many opportunities.
0:10.0	He could be in America, he could technically run for president if you wanted to. I mean because he's American
0:15.8	born and everyone forgets that.
0:16.8	Hello and running above me here in Westminster but storm clouds are gathering.
0:34.0	Millions of us are feeling the cost of soaring interest rates and the effect on our mortgages.
0:40.0	Added to that, the Toy Party is reeling from the abrupt exit from frontline politics
0:45.8	of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson it's a difficult political backdrop.
0:51.5	With me this week we have Tim Knox, a former think tank boss who has ideas
0:56.1	about how to get Whitehall to work for the politicians and one of the seven Tory MPs
1:01.2	who voted against the party gate report, government whip Joy Morrissey joins
1:06.0	me for a rare interview to discuss why she stood up for Boris Johnson when so few of a
1:11.8	colleagues did. But first, the economy. Bank bosses are due to meet
1:16.9	with Jeremy Hunt on Friday to discuss spiraling mortgage rates and what they can do to help.
1:24.0	And with me now in the Red Line pub, hot-footed from his desk in the Treasury is Andrew Griffith,
1:29.2	Economic Secretary of the Treasury.
1:30.8	Andrew, welcome to Chobb's Politics Podcast. Great to be here. Over the Treasury. Andrew, welcome to Chobos Politics Podcast.
1:33.0	Great to be here.
1:34.0	Over the road.
1:35.0	Thank you for my mug.
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