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Music the world around you. Hello and welcome to the political party.

Today's guest is Wes Streeting, the Secretary of State for Health.

Obviously, Wes has been on the show in the past, but this is his first time as a cabinet minister.

We get a real sense of the mood at the top of government.

And Wes speaks, as always, with just such clarity and authority about his values, about where Labour needs to be.

The way he talks about the NHS is really interesting, but also it's the drive that he's got.

And you really see that, I think, obviously you see it in, for one of a better phrase, elite individuals.

You know, you see it in sports people.

You see it in all walks of life. And you see it in those politicians, you see it in, in walks of life,

and you see it in those politicians, there's that look in the eye that he absolutely has,

that total commitment to it to changing things.

So we also have a really good laugh as well about amongst other things.

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