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The UK in a Changing Europe Podcast

Matt Warman on the future of the Conservative Party, the Rwanda Bill and the next general election

The UK in a Changing Europe Podcast

The UK in a Changing Europe Podcast

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🗓️ 23 February 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

On this special episode of UKICE (I Tell), we have a live recording of our latest Unlocked event with Deputy Chairman of the Conservative One Nation group, MP for Boston and Skegness and former Technology Editor of the Daily Telegraph, Matt Warman. Matt sat down with Professor Anand Menon to discuss his views on the Government’s Rwanda Bill, if Rishi Sunak can ‘stop the boats’, his party’s chances as we head toward the next election, and whether the future of the Conservative Party lies in the centre ground of politics. You can watch the event on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG-fW18RI-o

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0:00.0

Hi everyone.

0:09.3

Welcome to this latest in our series of Unlocked.

0:13.0

And I'm delighted this evening to be joined by Matt Wormann,

0:15.6

Conservative MP for Boston and Skegness since 2015.

0:19.1

Yes.

0:20.0

With a majority, we should mention your majority, you have over 25,000, I believe.

0:23.6

At the moment.

0:25.6

You've been a Minister of State, you've been a parliamentary Under Secretary for Digital.

0:31.6

I've been told I have to ask you questions about digital because you were a technology editor

0:35.6

at the Daily Telegraph as well, but I mean, it doesn't matter what your answer is on the digital questions because I

0:40.4

will understand them.

0:41.1

So that'll be an easy bit we'll do towards the end.

0:43.2

Good to know.

0:44.0

And finally, because we have to say these things and know where people stand, you supported

0:47.5

Rishi Sunak Overlist Trust in the 2022 leadership campaign.

0:52.9

I'm never sure what questions to ask. You know, there should be

0:54.6

leave versus remain who you supported in leadership campaigns. You build up a picture. But just,

0:59.1

I mean, you're a prominent. I think you're one of the senior people in the One Nation group

1:04.1

of Conservative MPs. Just tell us what that group is, will you, for the record.

1:08.6

So I think I'd characterize One Nationers as the pragmatists in the middle ground of the party.

1:14.6

Like in terms of numbers, it's the single biggest block.

1:19.6

There's sort of 100 plus that are sort of more or less openly declared in that sense. And it's pragmatism that characterises

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