The Exit Interviews: Sir Bob Neil
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
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🗓️ 20 May 2024
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Matt sits down with MPs leaving Parliament at the next election to find out their highs and lows, their best and worst bosses, and the lessons they've learned from politics.
Conservative Sir Bob Neil reflects on the challenges of the job by saying he wouldn't recommend it to his younger self, why he feels it was good Liz Truss' time in office was so short, and his hopes for the future of the Tory party.
Plus: Columnists Rachel Sylvester and Iain Martin discuss whether the neverending group of public inquiries are proving value-for-money, whether our politicians are taking defence spending seriously enough and whether Jeremy Corbyn will run against Labour in the next election.
Columnists (04:02)
The Exit Interviews (26:36)
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| 1:10.0 | Coming up on today's episode, the exit interviews continue more than a hundred MPs |
| 1:14.7 | have said they won't stand at the next election. |
| 1:17.2 | Sir Bob Neil is one of them. I'll ask him why he's quitting and what he's made of |
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