SHOW 130 - Anita Boateng (Election Special #18)

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🗓️ 4 December 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Former special adviser Anita Boateng explains the different pressures facing the Conservatives in this campaign compared to Labour and the differences in perception of the parties and leaders. She also takes us behind-the-scenes of Jeremy Hunt's leadership campaign and tells us what it's really like to work on Question Time. Oh and why food is the enemy of the statesman! Follow Anita on Twitter: @anitabeebee Follow Matt on Twitter: @mattforde Email your funny campaign stories to politicalpartypodcast@gmail.com Sign up to Matt's mailing list for free treats and goodies: http://mattforde.com/mailing-list Get tickets to Matt's 'Brexit Pursued by a Bear' which starts at the Salford Lowry on Tuesday 14 January here: www.mattforde.com/live BREXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR tour dates: 14 January - Salford Lowry 20 February - Crewe 21 February - Leicester 5 March - Darlington 6 March - Hexham 7 March - Bedford 10 March - London Southbank 18 March - Leeds 19 March - York 20 March - Alnwick 22 March - Southend 23 March - Cambridge 27 March - London Southbank 29 March - Brighton 7 April - Newcastle 8 April - Glasgow 9 April - Aberdeen 10 April - Chorley 12 April - Camberley 17 April - Corby 28 April - Exeter 30 April - Bristol 1 May - Gloucester 2 May - London Bloomsbury 7 May - Maidstone 13 May - Nottingham 20 May - Sheffield 21 May - Stafford 22 May - London Southbank 30 May - Edinburgh 31 May - Edinburgh

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Political Party, tell you this episode features Anita Boatang has
0:12.2	been a special advisor at so many different government departments for the Conservatives,
0:16.2	the MOJ, the DWP, the Wales Office, CCHQ, the Cabinet Office and as well as that had a very
0:23.7	successful career in broadcasting and working on question time and other TV shows.
0:28.3	She has already had an incredible amount of experience in politics and broadcasting.
0:34.5	She shares her expertise with us about this campaign, about different politicians and
0:38.8	the different advice she should give.
0:40.3	But I began by asking her what her assessment was of the Conservative campaign so far.
0:50.2	I think it's going well.
0:51.7	I really do think it's going well.
0:54.0	When you look at what's changed from 2015 to 2017 to now.
0:58.1	I certainly feel like in 2017 it was very much that the electorate had quite a shallow
1:03.1	view of both Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May.
1:06.3	So there was so much opportunity for voters to really change your mind and that's where
1:10.6	you saw so much of that churn.
1:13.7	But I think looking to 2019, Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson are very much established
1:18.6	figures in British politics.
1:20.7	People do know what they think about them.
1:23.2	So I think that because the Conservatives are already ahead, the key thing in this campaign
1:27.9	is don't mess things up.
1:30.1	You don't have to do a lot.
1:31.3	You just have to not confirm any fears.
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