The Exit Interviews: Mike Freer
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
4.1 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Matt sits down with MPs leaving Parliament at the next election to find out about their highs and lows, their best and worst bosses, and the lessons they've learned from their time at Westminster.
Conservative MP and minister Mike Freer talks about how threats and violence led to his decision to stand down, gossiping with the late Queen Elizabeth, and helping Boris Johnson get dressed.
Plus: Columnists Rachel Sylvester and Libby Purves react to Rishi Sunak insisting that flights to Rwanda will take off in the summer, and the row over the policing of pro-Palestinian marches in London.
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The Exit Interviews: Mike Freer (18:31)
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| 0:00.0 | Hmm, what's it over there? |
| 0:02.0 | Cheese, yummy? |
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| 0:06.0 | Why is it sitting on a wooden plank? |
| 0:08.0 | Especially when there's a tasty short-term yield on offer. |
| 0:11.0 | With that bit of wire on it. |
| 0:12.0 | But when it means sacrificing long-term growth, |
| 0:14.4 | but hey it's cheese. Those who do succumb, gotta go for it, end up regretting it. |
| 0:20.2 | Short-term temptation or yield with potential long-term growth. |
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