The most powerful man in politics - who is Morgan McSweeney?
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🗓️ 11 October 2024
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Less than a week ago, the woman who was supposed to ease Labour's passage into government, Sue Gray, left her job as Chief of Staff following mounting pressure and rumours of fallouts behind the scenes.
Her replacement is Morgan McSweeney - now the most powerful man in politics that you've probably never heard of. The architect of Labour’s election victory, Starmer’s campaign manager, and now his main man in Downing Street. So, who is Morgan McSweeney? What motivates him? And what kind of power does he have in Number 10?
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:08.2 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:11.8 | Some breaking news to bring you now. |
| 0:13.4 | And it's coming from Westminster, Sue Gray, who has been the Prime Minister's chief of staff |
| 0:17.3 | since he came into power, has apparently resigned from her position. Sue Gray has resigned from Chief of Staff. he came into power has apparently resigned from her position. |
| 0:21.6 | Sue Gray has resigned from Chief of Staff. |
| 0:24.1 | She has been appointed instead the Prime Minister's envoy for nations and regions. |
| 0:29.0 | Over the last few days, it has become increasingly clear that number 10 has been unable to function |
| 0:35.4 | in the way it was set up by Kirstama when he walks into |
| 0:39.2 | Downing Street. Looks like she's being moved. I'm reading this for the first time out loud to you. |
| 0:44.2 | So Kirstama said, I want to thank Sue Gray for all the support she has given me both in opposition |
| 0:49.3 | and government and her work to prepare us for government. |
| 0:52.0 | We're nearly 100 days into this Labour government. |
| 0:55.4 | 100 days yearned for for 14 years by progressives in Britain. |
| 1:01.2 | Finally, a chance to govern, finally, a chance to set the terms. |
| 1:05.8 | Finally, an opportunity to serve. |
| 1:08.7 | But these early days, haven't, to put it gently, been easy. Less than a week ago, |
| 1:13.6 | the woman who was supposed to ease the passage to government, Sue Gray, left her job as Keir Stama's |
| 1:19.2 | chief of staff. Stama once more showing his steel. But more significant than the exit was the elevation, |
| 1:26.7 | the rise and rise of Morgan McSweeney. |
| 1:30.4 | Kier Stama's new chief of staff. |
| 1:33.0 | He is now the Red King of all he surveys, the architect of Labour's election victory, |
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