The Ruth Davidson One
Political Thinking with Nick Robinson
BBC
4.6 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2017
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Nick discusses the implications of Theresa May's conference speech with Ruth Davidson
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| 0:00.0 | This is the BBC. |
| 0:03.4 | I've got a confession. |
| 0:04.9 | I actually listened to Theresa May's speech on the train back to see my mum. |
| 0:10.6 | And after it had gone so disastrously wrong, |
| 0:13.4 | I went to pick up a higher car, |
| 0:15.6 | and the guy said to me, |
| 0:17.2 | what are you all making such a fuss about? |
| 0:19.6 | She didn't have a cough last week, |
| 0:21.4 | and she probably won't have a cough next week. |
| 0:23.6 | Does it really, really matter? |
| 0:26.4 | And that's what I want to talk about this week. |
| 0:28.6 | What are we all going on about? |
| 0:31.0 | What we're really going on about is whether Theresa May's cold has produced a nervous breakdown in the Tory party. |
| 0:38.2 | The woman who thinks it has is Ruth Davidson. |
| 0:41.2 | I would tell my party to get its house in order, |
| 0:44.2 | get together, knuckle down, |
| 0:46.2 | and make sure that our first commitment, our last commitment, |
| 0:49.4 | and our only commitment is to the country that we are incredibly lucky to serve, |
| 0:53.2 | and we should never forget that. |
| 0:55.2 | As well as talking to her about the great Tory plot, |
| 0:58.0 | I've been talking to her about whether she might one day be Prime Minister, |
| 1:01.6 | and what makes her the person she is. |
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