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Spectator Awards: Nigel Farage promises a 'political revolution'

Coffee House Shots

The Spectator

News, Politics, Government, Daily News

4.42.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Last night was The Spectator’s Parliamentarian of the Year Awards. Politicians of every stripe were in attendance, with Wes Streeting, Robert Jenrick and Stephen Flynn among those present. There were a number of notable speeches – including a fiery opening monologue from the Health Secretary – but none caused as much of a stir as Nigel Farage’s acceptance speech for Newcomer of the Year. He warned of a ‘political revolution the likes of which we’ve not seen since Labour after the First World War’. How did that go down in the room?

Also on the podcast, at PMQs today Kemi Badenoch and Keir Starmer seemed to have settled into a rhythm. Has the Wednesday ding dong become stale and predictable?

Oscar Edmondson speaks to Katy Balls and Isabel Hardman.

Produced by Oscar Edmondson and Cindy Yu.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:06.1

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0:12.9

Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shots, the Spectator's Daily Politics Podcast.

0:17.3

I'm Oscar Edmondson and I'm joined today by Katie Balls and Isabel Hardman.

0:21.5

Last night was the Spectators Parliamentarian of the Year Awards. I'm sure there are a few

0:25.9

sore heads around Westminster today. None on this podcast. None on this podcast. We're all

0:31.4

incredibly on it today. And professional. Katie, not that we do it for the news lines, but Nigel Farage did give an interesting speech

0:40.7

when he won Newcomer of the Year at the Awards last night.

0:43.1

Perhaps we can hear a little bit of it now.

0:44.4

But I've got a bit of a shock for you.

0:46.7

If you think that I and for other people, the newcomers into Parliament this year in the general election was a shock. I'm afraid,

0:57.8

I'm very, very sorry. But in my next election in 2029 or before, there will be hundreds of

1:04.4

newcomers under the Reform UK label. We are about to witness a political revolution, the likes of which we've not seen

1:13.6

since Labour after the First World War. I don't expect that to get any applause or any

1:21.6

claps or any cheers, apart from a few right-wing rebels over there.

1:29.2

But British politics is about to change in the most astonishing way.

1:34.6

The newcomers will win the next election.

1:37.6

Thank you very much.

1:39.2

So Katie, how did that go down in the room?

1:41.6

I think it's the speech that's got everyone talking from the awards.

1:44.9

Now, there were actually lots of speeches.

1:46.7

I'll just use some shameless plugging, I think.

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