Show 271 - *James Cleverly LIVE*
Matt Forde's Political Party
The Political Party
4.7 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2022
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
One of the best guests in the history of the show returns. James Cleverly loves being a Foreign Office minister and tells Matt about the realities of the job and how the UK is perceived around the world. Regularly on the airwaves defending the government, James is a powerful advocate for the people and causes he believes in and he talks openly about why he's so keen to be publicly supportive. He also talks honestly about class, race and the impact of the job on his family and, in a more surprising theme of the show, which ministers are and aren't 'manscaped'. It's a classic.
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| 0:00.0 | MUSIC |
| 0:09.2 | Hello and welcome to the political party. |
| 0:11.5 | This episode features James Cleveley, the foreign office minister |
| 0:14.4 | who returns to the show. |
| 0:15.6 | He's last on about four years ago. |
| 0:17.0 | Obviously, a lot has happened since then. |
| 0:19.2 | Not just globally, not just nationally, |
| 0:21.5 | but James has become a far more prominent and visible member |
| 0:25.0 | of the government. We talk about that. |
| 0:27.0 | And this is a cracker. |
| 0:28.5 | Even perhaps even more fun than the last time he was on. |
| 0:30.9 | And James is one of my favorite guests in the history of the show. |
| 0:33.5 | So it's great to get him back on. |
| 0:35.3 | Before all that, don't forget you can email the show, |
| 0:37.2 | politicalpartypodcast.gmail.com. |
| 0:40.0 | Thank you for, I've had so many emails about the Tom Tugan hat |
| 0:45.6 | and the Neal Kinnick episode. |
| 0:47.1 | And I know people that always listen immediately |
| 0:49.1 | when the episodes come out. |
| 0:50.1 | So there's always a bit of a time lag. |
| 0:51.3 | Sometimes when people get in touch and a lot of tweets, |
| 0:54.4 | I think they were both very, very special episodes. |
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