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Hello and welcome to the political party daily the first ever daily edition of the show as part of this general election series

My guest today is Brandon Lewis the former chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister of State for Security

Now immediately on episode one the perils of doing a daily podcast have already struck because the moment Brandon left the studio

The Brexit party announced that they will not stand in Tory seats and what was the first thing we talked about whether he was worried about a Brexit party surge in his seat of great

Yarmouth so there you go that's the nature of these things I'm afraid but nevertheless the insight is still there and Brandon was a great guest talks about not just his own

Local seat of great Yarmouth and the politics of that someone who voted remain representing a seat that is very very strongly leave

About the Conservative Party messaging in this general election we talk about the report into the threats to UK democracy

Why hasn't been published before the election we talk about conservative claims about Labour spending plans and all sorts of other things in between including some brilliant tips for campaigning

Not just in terms of messaging but in terms of your health and well-being so as promised here's a discussion with Brandon Lewis which begins with arguably a partially futile discussion about the Brexit party threat in his seat of great Yarmouth

So with great Yarmouth it's quite a leave area

Oh fifth highest in the country I think that's right not quite leave doesn't do justice it was 72.5% so when I talk to colleagues of people who experience leave constituencies

When you come and do 70% plus then you know what leave feels and you voted remain I did yeah and how was that gone down locally is that been a problem?

No it's not actually and as I say I think since then my majority has gone up but I think because I was very clear I was quite a pragmatic remainder

I voted remain for a couple of reasons one was the energy industry based in great Yarmouth I felt it was important for them as so did those businesses

I was the housing minister at the time the entire housing industry was remained but that was predominantly around stability

and I was always concerned that leaving would tie government up for a very long time when we could be focused on domestic issues

But I have to say I mean if there was another referendum now I've said this openly before I would vote leave now for a couple of reasons again

One is I'd respect that referendum in 16 I'm passionate about democracy and I think my residents have always accepted the fact that I may have been on the wrong side of the argument from their point of view in 16

but I have respected that referendum as I'm passionate believe we must deliver on leaving the EU and also actually because since then I sat on the Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Trees may put me in the home office and I sat there for on the European Council and seeing how the commission work I have to become more and more of the view

that anything that gets us away from the commission and the bureaucracy and the way they work is probably a good thing for our country

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