Show 374. Gavin Esler

The Political Party

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🗓️ 27 January 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Gavin Esler

What can Trump's opponents learn from him?

How should the BBC respond to Elon Musk?

What should Change UK have done differently?

All these questions and more are discussed with a true broadcasting titan.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the political party.
0:12.1	Today's guest is Gavin Esler.
0:14.3	What an absolute start.
0:16.3	This is class from start to finish.
0:18.9	We talk about Trump, the threat to legacy media, the challenge for politicians in the UK of all political parties,
0:25.7	about to handle his leadership.
0:28.3	His reaction as a newsperson to the way that news organizations cover politics and a politician like Trump
0:34.2	and the behaviour of people like Elon Musk.
0:36.5	Gavin's experience of standing
0:38.2	for election with Change UK and we talk about change and what they could have done, if anything,
0:43.2	to be more successful. It is absolutely superb. And he's got a great voice. And it's one of those
0:50.0	things for broadcasters and for presenters. there are certain voices that are just great to
0:55.4	listen to and his is one of them. And of course, it's what he does with it, which is the main
0:59.8	thing. And his analysis of modern politics and news is superb. This is, it flew by to record
1:08.5	it, prepare for it to fly by. The political party is returning to the stage, which I'm obviously very excited about.
1:16.4	The residency at the Duchess resumes.
1:19.4	I had to stop doing the shows there because I got cancer.
1:22.8	I'm obviously now back at work.
1:24.6	And my first guest on the 10th of February, just a few weeks away, is the
1:28.5	Chancellor Rachel Reeves. This is going to be incredible. What's her take on the Trump presidency?
1:34.8	And there's all sorts of things being announced, obviously now coming out, the Treasury that we'll
1:38.2	be talking to her about, as well as the long-term plan for the economy and everything else.
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