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Jimmy's Jobs of the Future

Political Journalist of the Year - Rachel Sylvester

Jimmy's Jobs of the Future

Boxlight Creative Studio

Technology, Business, Careers

51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Follow Jimmy: Twitter Substack Instagram Youtube Jimmy's Jobs Website Recorded live from the Tony Blair Future of Britain Conference we are joined by esteemed political journalist Rachel Sylvester. Rachel is renowned for her seismic interview with Andrea Leadsom which led to her pulling out of the Tory leadership race and Theresa May becoming Prime Minister a matter of days later... Rachel also co-hosts the groundbreaking podcast What I Wished I'd Known for the Times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Imagine being able to change the course of history just by interviewing someone.

1:04.0

Rachel Silvester started at the Daily Telegraph in 1992.

1:09.0

Then worked at the Independent and the Times.

1:12.0

Then in 2015 she was named political journalist of the year at the British press awards.

1:18.0

In the 2016 leadership election, Rachel held a seismic interview with Andrea Ledson,

1:25.0

which led to her pulling out the Tory leadership race and Theresa May becoming Prime Minister,

1:30.0

a matter of days later.

1:32.0

After back of that she was named 2016 journalist of the year by the Political Studies Association.

1:37.0

She now has her own podcast, which is called What I Wish I Know, with guests like Tony Blair.

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