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The Bunker – News without the nonsense

Gray matter – Start Your Week with Gavin Esler and Ros Taylor

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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News, Government, Politics, Society & Culture

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The news to look out for this week: Why did Sue Gray have to go and what will her departure mean for Starmer and his government? And the Tory leadership contest rolls on… should we care? Plus, is there any end in sight to conflict in the Middle East, one year on from October 7th? Ros Taylor and Gavin Esler discuss the stories to pay attention to in the week ahead.  • “Running a political campaign is not the same as running a government.” • “The Tory leadership contest is performative politics at its worst… the membership do not represent the 68 million of us.”  • “The situation in Gaza is one of the greatest human catastrophes of our time.” We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to Indeed.com/bunker for £100 sponsored credit. www.patreon.com/bunkercast     Written and presented by Ros Taylor with Gavin Esler. Audio production: Tom Taylor. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello and welcome to start your week from the bunker. I'm Ros Taylor and joining me this week is Gavin Euler. Hello, good morning. It's finally happened after weeks of anonymous briefings and

0:51.2

grumblings Sue Gray resigned as Kiea's chief of staff.

0:56.1

Did she have to go, Gavin?

0:58.1

I think so.

0:59.1

I think you know that old adage about when you become the story, maybe it's time to think about whether you should stay or go,

1:05.0

and she's probably done the right thing, and it seems like she has got a job as prime ministerial envoy for the nations and regions, which is a good fit for her because not only is she quite well respected by mayors in England and elsewhere.

1:20.0

In Northern Ireland, she's got a long track record.

1:23.0

She worked at the Storm and Parliament for a while.

1:25.8

She worked, in fact, with, among others,

1:28.2

Jerry Kelly, who was a minister there,

1:30.0

but also led the IRA escape from the May's prison.

1:33.2

So let's put it this way, she would be a good fit

1:36.2

because there will be a lot of bumps in the road

1:39.1

in Northern Ireland coming up.

1:40.8

Of course, she had to go, however, because you can't have all this in fighting and

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