The Andrew Adonis One

Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

BBC

News, Politics

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The Labour peer and self-proclaimed 'Remoaner' on why he thinks Brexit should be stopped, his ambition to become an MP and losing contact with his mother.

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0:00.0	This is the BBC.
0:03.6	So, this was the week of the big resignation,
0:06.8	a resignation which increased nerves inside number 10.
0:17.8	The editor of the Daily Mail, Paul Daker,
0:20.2	has announced he is stepping down after more than 25 years in charge,
0:24.0	ending one of the most influential and at times controversial rains in British journalism.
0:28.6	He was almost the only figure in what we used to call Fleet Street,
0:32.4	who was championing the Prime Minister herself.
0:36.0	So, even if the positioning of the paper on Brexit and politics doesn't change,
0:41.8	she will lack the backing of a very powerful voice.
0:46.6	Think of that generation, he's the greatest editor actually Fleet Street that ever known.
0:53.6	Mm.
0:54.6	Polly.
0:57.0	What do you mean by great?
0:58.6	Is he immensely influential?
1:00.6	Yes, I'm afraid so. He is the national.
1:03.2	It is a measure of Paul Daker's significance in politics
1:07.4	that the news that he was simply stepping back,
1:10.2	moving upstairs at the HQ of the Daily Mail,
1:14.2	provoked a ferocious argument about his impact on British national life.
1:19.8	He is the poisoner of British politics.
1:23.8	Beyond anything you would expect.
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