Show 236 - Chloe Smith
Matt Forde's Political Party
The Political Party
4.7 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 July 2021
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Once the youngest MP in the Commons, Chloe Smith is now Minister of State for the Constitution and Devolution. Chloe explains what the new Elections Bill will mean for Voter ID, expanding the franchise and online campaigning. Chloe reflects on some of the big moments in her life and career, including her recent announcement that she is clear of breast cancer. Chloe and Matt discuss some of the big questions in UK politics: where should power lie in the UK? Why is English devolution not done at a national level? Did Chloe ever try and get a job at North Norfolk Digital?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Political Party. Today's guest is Chloe Smith, Minister of State |
| 0:13.2 | for the Constitution and Evolution. So some very topical conversations to be had, including |
| 0:19.2 | about the new elections bill that Chloe is guiding through Parliament before I come |
| 0:24.0 | onto that. Don't forget you can email the show, Political Party podcast at gmail.com, particularly |
| 0:31.0 | with any stories where you've had an embarrassing encounter with the politician or if you've seen |
| 0:35.2 | them in an unusual place or indeed an email like the one that Brynn has sent me. He says, |
| 0:41.4 | I'm a student studying A-level politics. Excellent Brynn, good luck with all that. I'm |
| 0:45.8 | sure you're doing very well. He says, in your episode with Keir Starmer, I thought I'd |
| 0:51.5 | write to let you know that Keir Starmer is not the only politician with a cardboard cutout. |
| 0:55.9 | In my politics classroom at college, we have a Tony Blair cutout, brackets, pre-irac |
| 1:01.4 | photo. Oh boy. Okay, I think everyone understands what you mean by that, Brynn. Standing in the corner, |
| 1:09.6 | observing every lesson in a rather ominous fashion. Brynn, I'd love to see a picture of this |
| 1:14.0 | actually. He says, we also had a Nick Clegg one, but it was taken down after it got on the |
| 1:18.8 | wrong side of a presumably disgruntled lid-dent student and a pair of scissors. Brynn, I wouldn't |
| 1:23.8 | narrow that to just the potential for it to be a lid-dent student. Poor on Nick Clegg. So you |
| 1:31.3 | can get a Tony Blair one and you can get a Nick Clegg one as well as Keir Starmer. I mean, it |
| 1:36.8 | feels like if there is a huge marketplace for these things, you as an audience would be the |
| 1:41.8 | primary target. So I mean, I just bought that Keir Starmer one on Amazon. They're available |
| 1:49.0 | through a few websites. Brynn, send us a couple of pictures. If you have any of you, a life |
| 1:54.9 | size cardboard cutout of any politician, let me know politicalpodcast at gmail.com. As always, |
| 2:00.3 | of course, you can leave a review for the podcast. It just helps other people find it. And it's |
| 2:05.4 | just a small way for you to acknowledge that you've enjoyed it. If you haven't, perhaps |
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