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Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

The Greg Clark One

Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

BBC

Politics, News

4.62.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The Business Secretary on why Theresa May's address to the nation 'wasn't a great success', finding common ground on Brexit and whether his name is actually Greg.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:05.1

What on earth is going on into Rizamay's head?

0:09.6

What is she thinking?

0:11.5

Is she prepared to take Britain out of the EU with no deal?

0:17.5

That is the question that grips not just leaders in Europe,

0:23.0

not just the cabinet, but almost everybody

0:26.1

I speak to in politics.

0:28.4

After one of the most extraordinary and arguably one of the most ill-judged

0:33.7

Prime Ministerial statements I've ever seen.

0:37.9

You the public have had enough.

0:40.8

You're tired of the infighting.

0:43.0

You're tired of the political games and the arcane procedural rouse.

0:47.6

Tired of MPs talking about nothing else but Brexit,

0:52.0

when you have real concerns about our children's schools.

0:55.3

My guest on the political thinking podcast this week is someone who agrees that that was ill-judged.

1:02.5

What's remarkable is that he's a member of her own cabinet.

1:07.2

It clearly wasn't a great success.

1:09.5

I don't think it was helpful in resolving the matter,

1:12.3

but listen, none of us is infallible and even Prime Ministers sometimes don't get the tone quiet.

1:21.5

That's Greg Clark, the business secretary.

1:24.4

The son of a meltman from Middlesbrough will hear much more from him in just a moment.

1:30.3

The wags of Westminster believe that Theresa May has been channeling her President Meduro this week

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