Return to centre: David Gauke wages war on Tory populism

The Bunker

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🗓️ 27 September 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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For a few years now the Tory party has been drifting further and further right and it’s not gone well… at all. David Gauke is the former Justice Secretary under Theresa May and has edited a book titled The Case for the Centre Right which highlights the desperate need to reverse the direction of his party back to the centre. But is there a real case for the centre right anymore? Marie Le Conte sits down with him in The Bunker to listen to his argument. The case for the centre right: https://www.wiley.com/en-us/The+Case+for+the+Centre+Right-p-9781509560837 “Arguably this is a case that should’ve been made much earlier.” – David Gauke “Now I think is the time to say let’s not go further down the line of pursuing populism.” – David Gauke. “I think when you look at it Boris Johnson should not have been facilitated by the Conservative Party… they knew what they were getting.” – David Gauke www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Marie Le Conte. Producer: Chris Jones. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production: Robin Leeburn. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:08.0	It's fair to say that the Centauride hasn't had a great time recently.
1:12.0	Even though David Cameron gained power in
1:13.9	2010 by dragging his party back towards the center, the past few years have seen
1:17.8	the Conservatives drifting further and further towards the right. Why did it
1:21.5	happen? How can the centrist in the party gain power again?
1:24.8	Actually, why should they gain power again? In order to try and answer these questions,
1:29.3	a group of Conservatives led by David Gork has released a book called The Case for the
1:33.0	Sentorite. The former MP in Cabinet Minister, Gawk is here with me today to
1:37.2	discuss the new book. Hi David. Hello. So why decide to make that case now?
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