Show 288 - David Gauke
Matt Forde's Political Party
The Political Party
4.7 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2022
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
What better time to interview a moderate former Tory MP who spent 7 years in the Treasury?
David Gauke does not disappoint and is fully uncorked in this entertaining analysis of the Tories' current economic policy and the people driving it. David's story is fascinating. He went from leading Cabinet minister to ex MP within just a few months and now considers himself politically homeless. How did this happen to one of the Tories' most prominent and capable performers? It's probably not that hard to figure out but David tells his story with typical wit and warmth. He also reminisces about the coalition years, including the political legacy of austerity.
Follow David on Twitter: @DavidGauke
See Matt's completely rewritten stand-up show Clowns To The Left Of Me, Jokers to the Right on the following dates:
Tues 18 Oct - Leicester Square Theatre
Fri 21 Oct - Bloomsbury Theatre
Fri 28 Oct - Bloomsbury Theatre
Tickets: https://www.mattforde.com/2022tour
Buy tickets to The Political Party, live at The Duchess Theatre here: https://nimaxtheatres.com/shows/the-political-party-with-matt-forde/
Forthcoming guests include:
3 Oct: Mick Lynch
17 Oct: Grant Shapps
7 Nov: David Dimbleby
14 Nov: Matt Hancock
5 Dec: Rachel Reeves
Read David's New Statesman piece: https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2022/09/conservatives-lost-fantasy-world-danger-country
Read David's ConservativeHome piece on Kwarsi Kwarteng's Budget: https://conservativehome.com/2022/09/26/david-gauke-after-last-weeks-budget-in-all-but-name-its-clear-how-brave-the-government-is-or-in-other-words-foolhardy/
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the political party. Today's guest is David Gork, the former Tory MP, |
| 0:15.3 | and of course for many years one of the most visible members of the Cameron and May years |
| 0:19.8 | uncork the Gork as the government often did. One of their most able and capable performers |
| 0:27.3 | was always on TV, always on the radio and is still very visible at writing phenomenal articles |
| 0:32.9 | like the ones he's written in the new Statesman. I've put a link to that and his conservative home |
| 0:37.0 | article the last couple of weeks is new Statesman piece. The Conservatives have lost an |
| 0:41.2 | fantasy world and are danger to the country which is a phenomenal read and his conservative |
| 0:47.8 | home piece on the budget is a really good analysis as well and we start by talking about that but |
| 0:53.9 | before that I mean David spent seven years in the Treasury under George Osborne he was there |
| 1:00.0 | from the very first day as ex-Jekker Secretary to the Treasury then financial Secretary to the |
| 1:05.2 | Treasury and then Theresa May made him chief Secretary to the Treasury seven years as a minister |
| 1:10.9 | and as a cabinet minister inside the Treasury as well as holding other government positions as well. |
| 1:15.2 | He is uniquely placed to critique Quasiqua Tang's budget and oh boy does he do that and but before |
| 1:23.0 | we come on to it's just a fantastic conversation with David Gork and as you'd expect really very |
| 1:29.6 | honest very funny and very thoughtful and but before we come on to that I can announce my next |
| 1:34.8 | few guests at the live shows of the Duchess Theatre obviously they are every fortnight and the guests |
| 1:41.2 | are as follows and there've been a couple of tweaks to these but anyway I can now announce the |
| 1:45.1 | full lineup until the Christmas special so I'm Monday the 3rd of October that is the next live show |
| 1:50.5 | I'll be joined by Mick Lynch the General Secretary of the RMT who of course I mean many |
| 1:56.0 | made you interviews but particularly the one you're lying you're lying was probably the TV |
| 2:01.8 | highlight of the year two weeks after that on Monday the 17th of October my guest is Grant Shaps |
| 2:08.2 | someone who has played a large part in my last tour thanks to his decision as then transport |
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