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Matt Forde's Political Party

Show 164 - Mark Drakeford

Matt Forde's Political Party

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4.72.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

The First Minister of Wales shares his personal experience of leading a country through a crisis, covering the practical, personal and political elements of the crisis as well as of what comes after. The FM also ponders the differing political forces within the UK, particularly of what makes the experience of Labour in Wales so different to that of Labour in Scotland. This is a packed hour of top-level leadership insight and political wisdom. Follow Mark on Twitter here: @MarkDrakeford Follow Matt on Twitter: @mattforde For the latest Welsh Government advice on coronavirus go to: https://gov.wales/coronavirus For the latest UK Government advice on coronavirus go to: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus *** IMPORTANT TOUR UPDATE *** NEW REARRANGED DATES INCLUDE: 2 October - Corby Cube 4 October - Brighton Komedia 9 October - Chorley Little Theatre 18 October - Leeds Hyde Park Book Club 25 October - Newcastle Stand 3 November - Camberley Theatre 13 November - Alnwick Playhouse 15 November - York Crescent 19 November - Cardiff Sherman Theatre 29 November - Glasgow Stand 3 December - Southend Dixon Studio 6 December - Sheffield Leadmill

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0:00.0

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0:05.2

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1:08.6

Hello and welcome to the political party. Today's guest is the first Minister of Wales, Mark

1:21.8

Drakeford. And he's brilliant to talk to the leader of a country anyway, but to talk

1:27.4

to the leader of a country at a time when they're managing this crisis was absolutely fascinating

1:33.7

to talk to someone who's making the decisions, who's the top person making the decisions

1:38.6

in Wales is great. So there's loads of detail about the Welsh Government's response to

1:44.9

the coronavirus. There's some really good stuff about Welsh politics and Welsh Labour politics.

1:49.8

And this is about the implications of the crisis in a personal, in a political, in a pragmatic

1:58.4

way. It's about all the different strands that being a leader of a country involves at

2:03.0

a time like this. I began by asking Mark what it was like for him having to lead a country

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