Dyslexia, digital and Ronnie Wood's pick-me-up: in conversation with Matt Hancock
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 3 October 2018
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Matt Chorley meets health minister Matt Hancock in the last of the party conference podcasts.
They talk about his dyslexia, why he accepted a demotion to remain in a minister in 2016, what he plans to do with the billions allocated for the NHS and what Ronnie Wood handed him to get through the Brit awards.
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| 0:00.0 | May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get |
| 0:08.0 | 10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to walk home in the brain again. |
| 0:16.5 | Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. |
| 0:19.9 | At Speck Savers if we said you can choose a free lens option with a pair of glasses from our 69 pound range or above, how would that sound? |
| 0:27.0 | Well, like this, very vocals to help you see near. |
| 0:31.0 | And four. |
| 0:32.0 | Reactions which darken in sunlight. |
| 0:34.0 | Oh nice, thin and light lenses. |
| 0:38.0 | Um... |
| 0:39.0 | Or ultra clear, super clean. |
| 0:41.0 | We don't have a sound for that. Let's just say they help your glasses stay cleaner for longer. So you're better off with Spexavers. Offers can't be combined. Terms and conditions apply, ask in store for details. |
| 0:52.0 | Hello and welcome to the very special episode where I'm |
| 0:55.0 | Matt Chorley and this is a very special episode where I'm interviewing |
| 0:58.7 | Matt Hancock the Health Secretary live in Birmingham. So Matt will come on to your day job later later but normally when I do these things we've |
| 1:13.8 | done the previous party conference it's good to talk to the politician but you know the |
| 1:17.1 | person in their their background I wanted to speak to you particularly because |
| 1:20.0 | everyone says they you know they want a backstory and yours from the toy party is extraordinary. |
| 1:25.2 | You were privately educated and then you went and did PPE at Oxford. |
| 1:28.0 | Which will come in hugely useful when the inevitable leadership |
| 1:35.0 | but just talk to us a bit about... |
| 1:38.0 | Anyway, it was really nice to see that. |
| 1:41.0 | Talk to us about your upbringing and way... I know you've talked before about you know |
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