New Gov – Michael Crick on the MPs of tomorrow

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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News, Society & Culture, Politics, Government

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

When there is finally a general election, what will the next batch of MPs look like? With parties deep into selection processes, who is going to be thrust upon us – and who’s being blocked? Journalist, author and Channel 4 legend Michael Crick, who runs Tomorrow’s MPs on Twitter, talks to Andrew Harrison about our future parliamentarians. “The left is doing appallingly within the Labour selections.” “Starmer can’t be seen to interfere too much – that can be the kiss of death for a candidate.” “There is a process of weeding people out on the grounds of their politics.” “When local parties are choosing members of Parliament, they’re also choosing potential future ministers.” Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Andrew Harrison. Lead producer: Jacob Jarvis. Producers: Alex Rees and Jet Gerbertson. Assistant producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Group editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:11.4	Who gets to be an MP?
1:14.0	Are we getting the right MPs?
1:16.0	How do the two main parties in England
1:18.0	balance the competing demands to get voters interested,
1:21.0	keep local parties happy, and manage their own internal factions
1:25.2	all up against the biggest imperative of the lot, which is to win.
1:29.1	We're two years at most, away from the next general election, and without jinxing it too much it's highly likely
1:33.9	there'll be more labour and Lib Dem MPs and an unseemly scramble amongst Conservatives to grab the
1:39.3	few Tory seats that are left.
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