ELECTION: Swinson on Prince Andrew and candidates failing to know their manifesto
Where Politics Meets History
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🗓️ 25 November 2019
⏱️ 32 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | LBC Election 2019. |
| 0:09.0 | I'm Eddie Mayer, welcome to LBC's Election 2019 podcast, speaking directly to those fighting for power. |
| 0:16.3 | In this episode, Lib Dem leader Joe Swinson shares her views on that Prince Andrew interview. |
| 0:21.6 | When he talked about that the act of having sex is a positive act for a man, |
| 0:26.6 | and I thought, well, do you not think it's a positive act for a woman? |
| 0:29.6 | Foreign Secretary Dominic Rab is confronted over the fake fact-checking account |
| 0:33.6 | adopted by CCHQ press office. |
| 0:35.6 | Isn't it slightly misleading? |
| 0:36.6 | I think it's quite right that we've got a mechanism for abutting some of the nonsense that's put out. |
| 0:41.5 | And not one, but two, LibDMMPs endure car crash interviews |
| 0:45.6 | when they fail to know the detail of their manifesto. |
| 0:48.5 | Have you worked it out? |
| 0:49.2 | Oh, yes, we have worked out what the entire childcare package costs. |
| 0:54.0 | I haven't got the exact number for the entire package. |
| 0:57.1 | I don't think it's fair comment to say that I've got no clue. |
| 1:00.7 | But you don't know the figures? |
| 1:01.8 | I don't know that particular figure, no. |
| 1:05.4 | First up, Joe Swinson joined my colleague Ian Dale in the studio, |
| 1:09.2 | where she's asked if revoking Article 50 is the best way to unite the country. |
| 1:13.7 | The Lib Dem leader was also happy to share her views on the Prince Andrew interview. |
| 1:17.5 | Simon's in Orpington. Hello, Simon. |
| 1:19.6 | Hello, good morning to you both. |
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