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The Bunker – News without the nonsense

Brady Gaga: The weird world of the 1922 committee

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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News, Government, Politics, Society & Culture

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The 1922 committee is the secretive, unofficial voice of the Conservative party. Who are these Tory ‘men in gray suits’? Former BBC politics correspondent and political editor of the New Statesman, and host of Rock & Roll Politics Steve Richards talks to Alex Rees about prime ministers being held to ransom, the 1922 mindset, and Graham Brady’s secrets. “Tory MPs are more rebellious than ever, so the 1922 committee gets ever more relevant.” “The 1922 committee represents ‘honesty’ for Conservatives – toothless messengers of political truths.” “Graham Brady loves the role, he sees his duty as being to the Party rather than factions.” www.patreon.com/bunkercast  Written and presented by Alex Rees. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Producers: Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic. Assistant producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Audio production by Alex Rees. Music: Kenny Dickinson. Group editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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photography but I turn it into earning a living at 60. I enrolled on a day course.

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Well college. I loved going to college. It's good you can retry. I'm enrolled on the day course. But college?

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I loved going to college.

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1:14.5

reportedly done substantial amounts of prep. She told the chamber she's a fighter, not

1:18.8

a quitter, but it might not be up to her. A seat projection in the telegraph left the Tories with just four seats if an election was held today,

1:25.3

which isn't enough for a five-aside football team, never mind enough to book out a room in the House of Commons

1:29.6

for the 1922 Committee. The committee is a secretive group of backbenchers that decides whether a Prime Minister has the support

1:35.4

of their MPs to govern.

1:36.8

But who runs it?

1:37.7

How much power does it really have?

1:39.4

Joining me today to discuss them is the former BBC politics correspondent and political editor of the new statesman

1:44.4

and host of rock and roll politics and the author of several books including the prime ministers we never had.

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