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Where Politics Meets History

Elections, Home Secretaries & Willies…

Where Politics Meets History

Global

Politics, History, News

4.51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2018

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Jacqui Smith reveals what it’s like to be appointed Home Secretary, and for the first time tells the full, rather emotional, story of her own resignation from the office in 2009. She and Iain also discuss the political and electoral fallout from Thursday’s local elections. Have we reached Peak Corbyn? Where does the last week leave Theresa May? And they ask if Theresa May needs a ‘Willie’. Naturally, this is the cue for this week’s rational of full blown smut.

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0:00.0

Good morning, Ian.

0:03.6

Oh, you're sounding quite perky.

0:05.7

You must have had some sleep since we spent the night together.

0:09.7

I've had a little bit.

0:10.5

But you know, on Friday night, I did my normal show on Friday afternoon after a marathon six-hour overnighter.

0:17.4

And then I did news night.

0:19.0

And then I drove to Norfolk, believe it or not. You drove yourself to Norfolk? Well, no, then I drove to Norfolk believe it or not you drove yourself to

0:22.9

Norfolk well no I was driven to Norfolk good my partner met me um service station on the M11

0:29.7

sounds deeply how romantic and anyway it turned out that on a bank holiday Friday, they closed the M11, can you believe?

0:40.2

I mean, what planet does the highways agency behave like that?

0:43.6

And then they closed the A11 turnoff of the A14, effectively cutting Norfolk off,

0:49.6

which a lot of people in Norfolk would be quite appreciative of, I think.

0:53.1

But it took, we got into the house at

0:56.8

around 3am. So I got six hours sleep then and had a good kit last night. So I'm nearly recovering

1:06.6

my sleep. Well, we're all pleased to hear that. And I did see your very grumpy tweet and the

1:10.5

highways agency needs to do better. There is something about bank holidays because I've got to go

1:16.4

off to the airport today because I'm going to Jordan. And I mean, I do usually drive, but the train

1:22.7

is, I think, completely sort of cancelled into London today. So, you know, West Midlands cut off.

1:30.6

I've got to, I don't normally work on a bank holiday, but CNN don't really recognise

1:35.6

bank holidays because it's obviously an international thing. So I've got to do CNN tomorrow

1:40.3

lunchtime, so I thought, well, I might as well do my normal LBC show as well, so I'm doing that too. But I bet all the trains

1:45.6

are cancelled, and I don't actually

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