The GO'D One
Political Thinking with Nick Robinson
BBC
4.6 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 October 2017
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Gus O'Donnell, former top civil servant, on cabinet disunity and the problems of Brexit
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| 0:00.0 | This is the BBC. |
| 0:03.4 | I'm not a religious man, no wonder perhaps. |
| 0:06.1 | I'm a halacic Jew, a blood Jew. |
| 0:08.4 | It was brought up Church of England and married a Catholic. |
| 0:12.1 | But when someone says God's willing to come on your podcast, |
| 0:15.9 | you can't really say no, |
| 0:18.0 | particularly when God is a fellow, you're nice at firm. |
| 0:22.1 | There are times when you're trying to coordinate and be that nice, |
| 0:25.3 | kind of, |
| 0:26.6 | her air, a playmaker, |
| 0:28.1 | and then there's times when you do have to be a bit of the Roy Kean |
| 0:30.8 | and basically get people in line. |
| 0:33.5 | This God is Gossodon, Lord O'Donnell, |
| 0:37.2 | formerly the God of the Civil Service, |
| 0:39.8 | Britain's Cabinet Secretary, |
| 0:41.7 | a man who's very worried indeed about the Brexit negotiations |
| 0:46.4 | and the state of this government. |
| 0:48.9 | When you look at where we are now, |
| 0:51.4 | you know, the cabinet, you see differing voices coming out |
| 0:54.8 | on the same subject. |
| 0:56.4 | And it does make me think, for God's sake, |
| 0:59.2 | for your own good, collective cabinet responsibility, |
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