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Politics Unpacked

Steve Hilton interview

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2016

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Matt Chorley talks to the former director of strategy for David Cameron, Steve Hilton, about his relationship with the Prime Minister, the practicalities of Governance, his stance on the EU referendum and his current business in California. www.thetimes.co.uk/redbox

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0:00.0

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0:11.0

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0:15.0

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0:20.0

Just imagine what your best Christmas ever would sound like.

0:23.5

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0:27.5

Yeah, I think I have. I should take a double check for the car wheel.

0:31.0

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0:35.0

Oh my word! Happy Christmas! Why do you know?

0:39.0

You have the best Christmas ever.

0:41.0

I got a hair thing.

0:42.0

This Christmas, it could be you. The National Lottery. Rules and procedures apply. Players must be 18 or over.

0:50.0

Hello and welcome to the Red Box podcast from The Times. I'm Matt Surely.

0:56.7

This week I'm joined by Steve Hilton, one of the architects of the Cameroon Project, who

1:00.4

left Whitehall for California. One of the inner circle who calls the PM Dave,

1:05.0

he helped craft the Hug-A-Hug-Hug-Hug-A-Hug-Hug-Huggy modernization

1:08.0

of the Tory Party, which helped David Cameron return them to power

1:11.0

after 13 years in opposition.

1:14.0

But two years in Downey Street proved too much for Hilton, who fled to California where his free thinking

1:18.0

was more appreciated.

1:19.5

As the referendum approaches, he's returned to Britain to plug his book, more more human and has caused some upset by

1:24.1

backing Brexit and claiming in an interview with the Times that David Cameron would

1:27.7

back Brexit too if he was still a backbencher. We'll talk about who is best to

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