The Exit Interviews: Dame Andrea Leadsom
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
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🗓️ 17 June 2024
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Matt sits down with the MPs leaving Parliament to find out their highs and lows, their best and worst bosses, and the lessons they've learned from politics.
Serving Conservative minister and former leadership contender Dame Andrea Leadsom reflects on her time in Westminster, her difficult relationship with former Commons Speaker John Bercow, and explains why she would work for a potential Labour government.
Plus: Columnists Sir Trevor Phillips and Rachel Sylvester discuss cross-party working, populist politicians, and whether Boris Johnson might make a comeback.
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| 1:11.6 | another exit interview today with the outgoing |
| 1:14.0 | Tory minister Andrea Ledson on how she'd work for the labor government. |
| 1:20.1 | She also delivers pretty dabbing verdicts on some of her former bosses and the former common speaker John Burco. |
| 1:25.6 | Before that in the columnist Trevor Phillips and Rachel Sylvester on how to deal with the populace |
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| 1:44.0 | And we start with news of a big spending commitment made by Kirstama speaking to the Camden New Journal. |
| 1:53.6 | I have just renewed my Arsenal season ticket you'll be pleased to know. |
| 1:57.6 | So I am not giving up on that. |
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