Show 293 - *Jake Berry LIVE*
Matt Forde's Political Party
The Political Party
4.7 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 November 2022
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
The former Chair of the Conservative Party doesn't hold back in this revealing and heartfelt interview. He tells the inside account of both recent Conservative Leadership Elections and what he told Rishi Sunak about certain members of the government. Clearly concerned about the direction of the government, Jake explains his own brand of conservatism and why 'levelling up' is so important to him and his constituents. Jake also tells the hilarious story of when Boris Johnson jilted the Northern Research Group of Conservative MPs to go to Ukraine instead, leaving them all waiting at Doncaster Racecourse. Despite that, could Boris come back..?
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5 Dec: Rachel Reeves
19 Dec: Christmas Special with Emily Thornberry and music from MP4
23 Jan: Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel
6 March: Eddie Izzard
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the political party. This episode features Jake Berry until recently |
| 0:16.4 | the chair of the Conservative Party. And oh boy, Jake does not hold back. This contains |
| 0:21.6 | some phenomenal stories from very, very recent British history. This is incredible before. |
| 0:28.4 | You come on to this marvelous interview. I can announce some future guests. So my next |
| 0:34.3 | guest on the show on Monday the 5th December is Rachel Reeves, the current shadow chancellor. |
| 0:40.4 | If the polls are correct, perhaps the next chancellor. Then it's the Christmas special on |
| 0:44.0 | the 19th of December with live music from MP4. And I can real one of my guests very excited |
| 0:48.2 | is Emily Thornbray. Emily is always brilliant when she's on the show. One of the most fun |
| 0:53.3 | people I've ever had on. So that will have a real end of turn field and I will be able |
| 0:57.4 | to reveal my second guest very, very soon. Then the first show back in the new years, the 23rd |
| 1:02.4 | of January. And my guests are Emily, make this and John Cypher together. That will be exceptional. |
| 1:07.4 | A couple of guests in February that can't announce yet. But as soon as I can, just follow me |
| 1:11.7 | Matt Ford on Twitter. On the 6th March, my guest will be Eddie Azad and I'm booking |
| 1:16.8 | more guests for next year. They're all phenomenal. So I get tickets. I've put the link into |
| 1:21.7 | the blurb into the show notes. So yes, oh my word. Some very exciting shows ahead. But before |
| 1:27.2 | all then, a very exciting show today with Jake Berry. Who you may have seen in popping |
| 1:32.2 | up a bit. I do ask him by the way about that clip where Rishi Sina could just become |
| 1:37.2 | prime minister and there's Matt Angok and Jake Berry, a load of other MPs. But they're |
| 1:41.6 | the main ones in shot. And it looks like Rishi Sunaq deliberately doesn't shake Matt |
| 1:47.1 | Angok's hand but go straight to Jake Berry. So anyway, I ask him about that. So be prepared |
| 1:51.5 | for Jake's take on what happened. But my word on things like Gavin Williamson, Sir |
| 1:57.7 | Weller Braverman, the leadership of Rishi Sunaq. And just the inside story of Liz Trusser's |
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