The Esther McVey One

Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

BBC

Politics, News

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

The former Cabinet Minister on deciding to back May's deal, ensuring a 'dignified' exit for the PM and her Liverpudlian roots.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.8	What does it mean to be Prime Minister,
0:08.4	to be first amongst equals?
0:11.0	It means that your party, that your cabinet,
0:14.8	that Parliament follows your lead,
0:18.4	Theresa May has found it increasingly difficult
0:21.2	to carry out any of the normal functions of a Prime Minister.
0:26.4	Discipline in her cabinet never mind in Parliament
0:29.6	has almost entirely broken down.
0:32.4	She's failing to persuade people in her party,
0:36.0	never mind Parliament, to back her ideas.
0:40.0	And her key role as an international negotiator for the country
0:44.2	is something that MPs are still threatening
0:47.2	to try to take away from her.
0:49.2	No wonder then that leading conservatives
0:52.0	are talking openly now about the end of the may era.
0:56.8	She had a very difficult pack of cards.
1:00.2	The lady has to leave in a dignified manner.
1:04.2	We have got a thanker for everything she has done.
1:06.6	It has been a thankless task and she has worked 24-7.
1:10.4	That's Esther McVey, the former work and pension secretary
1:14.2	who quit the cabinet rather than backing to Theresa May's Brexit deal.
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