The Chris Philp One

Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

BBC

News, Politics

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The Shadow Home Secretary joins Nick in the Political Thinking studio to reflect on mistakes of the last government, humility in opposition and his anger at the new government.

Chris Philp also opens up about the impact of caring for his premature baby twins and what he has learned from success and failure in business.

Producer: Daniel Kraemer

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.
0:05.0	Shocking and unacceptable, shameful, vindictive and destructive.
0:08.9	My guest on political thinking this week sounds pretty angry.
0:12.8	Well, I'm pretty angry with the new government.
0:14.6	That's the Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Philp,
0:16.7	a man who's been very visible and very vocal in the media recently.
0:21.1	I've just been talking to him.
0:23.5	And what's striking is I've heard him speaking away and about things I've never heard
0:29.8	before.
0:30.8	And I think you won't offer either.
0:32.6	I voted Lib Dem.
0:33.5	It was actually a tactical vote against the Conservatives.
0:35.5	I was effectively wanting Tony Be Bell to become Prime Minister.
0:38.3	Yes, that is the same man who lines up to do a dozen interviews repeating his attack lines against the Labour government.
0:47.2	He'll sound pretty different if you stay tuned.
0:51.3	Have a listen now.
0:53.2	Chris Fult, welcome to political thinking. Hello, Nick, it's great to be here.
0:57.0	Shocking and unacceptable, shameful, vindictive and destructive, a scandal. Is that fair? Are you very
1:03.6	angry at the moment? Well, I'm pretty angry with the new government. I mean, Kirstama presented
1:08.3	himself to the electorate last year as this sort of reasonable semi-blerite character.
1:13.5	But the way he has governed subsequently has not been that at all.
1:16.7	He has hiked taxes on everybody.
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