Christmas Special: The IfG Fantasy Cabinet

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

News, Politics, Government

4.6 • 252 Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Have you opened all your presents and need something to lift your flagging festive spirits? Perhaps those in-laws are staying a little longer than you’d like and you’re looking for a little audio escape? Or maybe you need a political fix to get you through the holidays... but you’re not quite ready to reengage with the latest Westminster machinations? Then this is the podcast for you. For one Christmas only, the IfG team have been submitting their candidates for a fantasy cabinet – and the reshuffle has been recorded for this special edition of Inside Briefing. Will Hugh Grant’s Love Actually PM get the nod as prime minister? Is Graham Norton or C3P0 the best pick for foreign secretary? Which government job would suit the Spice Girls? And does Count von Count have the right skills for chief whip, or would Danny Dyer make sure no MP puts their trotters up when a big vote was happening in Westminster? Join Alex Thomas, Emma Norris, Alice Lilly and Joe Owen for an Inside Briefing like no other, as the team step into a parallel universe and argue for their Fantasy Cabinet selections. Produced by Milo Hynes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It was the night before reshuffle and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
0:15.0	The whiteboard was set by the chimney with care in the hope the Prime Minister soon would be there.
0:20.0	The MPs were snuggled up in their beds, while dreams of red boxes danced in their heads.
0:25.6	I hope that masterful reworking of a Christmas classic suitably matches your festive mood.
0:30.6	Happy Christmas and welcome to this deep and crisp and even edition of Inside Briefing, the podcast from the Institute for Government.
0:36.6	I'm Alex Thomas. And this episode of Inside Briefing is going to from the Institute for Government. I'm Alex Thomas. And this
0:38.0	episode of Inside Briefing is going to try to do something a little bit different. Much like our
0:42.4	feelings about Christmas sprouts or even time with the in-laws, we have a love-hate relationship
0:47.1	with reshuffles at the IFG. And we all spend a lot of time thinking about what it takes to be a good
0:52.2	government minister. So an exciting day is finally here.
0:55.8	There's been months of speculation in the press.
0:57.9	Briefings and counter-briefings consuming Westminster.
1:00.8	Today we are going to be picking our Institute for Government Fantasy Cabinet.
1:08.4	Here's how it's going to work.
1:09.9	I'm here in the IFG studio with my colleagues Alice Lily.
1:12.6	Hello. Emma Norris. Hello. And Joe Owen. Hello. Hello. Hello everybody. And for today, we are the IFG
1:18.5	WIPs, shaping the IFG fantasy cabinet with our preferred candidates. For the last week, our colleagues
1:24.5	all across the IFG have been sending in suggestions real people
1:27.6	fictional characters not repeat not politicians for cabinet jobs those suggestions
1:33.2	have been allocated to the four of us and over the next 40 minutes or so we're
1:36.5	going to be lobbying for our candidates to be included in the fantasy cabinet we've
1:40.4	all got our own shortlists for the big jobs and there are a few wild cards in there as well.
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