Prime Ministers and the Favourite Special Advisers

Rock & Roll Politics with Steve Richards

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News, Politics, Society & Culture

4.7 • 909 Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Is Dominic Cummings the most powerful Number 10 special adviser of modern times? I reflect on the relationship between PMs and their favourite special advisers. From Harold Wilson and Marcia Williams to Johnson and Cummings...the most illuminating relationships in politics.

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