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Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

The Rob Halfon One

Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

BBC

Politics, News

4.62.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2017

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Rob Halfon MP tells Nick why Conservatives need to radically reconnect with the people

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the BBC.

0:03.6

So there I was on that patch of grass outside the House of Commons.

0:07.6

About to go live on the 6 o'clock news about George Orlsbourne's first austerity budget.

0:12.4

And a man came up with a sign on a pole saying something like, stop the cuts.

0:16.8

I asked him to move back a bit, I asked him to get out of my way,

0:20.1

but he wouldn't do it. I even thought I'd cracked it.

0:24.0

There were two cameras because it was a big day.

0:26.4

And at the very last minute, I moved from one to the other to try and confuse him,

0:30.7

but he still spotted what I was up to.

0:32.7

And at the end of the broadcast with this sign right behind my head,

0:36.5

really putting me off, really putting the audience off,

0:39.3

I turned round and grabbed it.

0:41.3

I was off air by then,

0:42.8

what I didn't know was that I was being videoed.

0:45.4

And I was showing off to the cameraman,

0:47.4

and I got the sign, and I smashed it over my knee and grinned.

0:52.0

Until this man with the video came up and said, you proud of what you've done.

0:56.1

I'm reminded of that embarrassment.

0:57.9

Almost every week, you can get it on YouTube if you want to watch it.

1:02.0

Because things in the past that you think are funny at the time

1:05.8

can come back and haunt you.

1:07.9

Please note potential parliamentary candidates.

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