The Steve Barclay One
Political Thinking with Nick Robinson
BBC
4.6 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2019
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
The Brexit Secretary on his Lancastrian roots, the 'challenges' facing the new PM and his days as a scrum-half
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | And the winner is... |
| 0:07.0 | Michael Gove. |
| 0:08.0 | And, Sajid Jaford Andrew, Resture, for that matter, |
| 0:11.0 | they at least will now not face mission impossible. |
| 0:16.0 | Michael Gove, 75. |
| 0:20.0 | Jeremy Hunt, 77. |
| 0:25.0 | Boris Johnson, 160. |
| 0:30.0 | We therefore declare that Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson |
| 0:34.0 | are going forward to a vote of the qualifying membership |
| 0:38.0 | of the Conservative and Unionist party. |
| 0:41.0 | Thank you very much. |
| 0:43.0 | Poor Boris Johnson, poor Jeremy Hunt. |
| 0:46.0 | Both can hear what the EU are saying. |
| 0:49.0 | The deal is the deal is the deal, and we're not reopening it. |
| 0:53.0 | Both can see what Parliament has done |
| 0:56.0 | and look set to do again if they get the chance. |
| 0:59.0 | Rejecting any deal, rejecting no deal as well. |
| 1:04.0 | Both can read the calendar and know there are painfully few days left |
| 1:08.0 | to get anything sorted out before that October 31st deadline. |
| 1:13.0 | And both will have had the chance to read with amazement |
| 1:17.0 | and no little alarm, I suspect, the poll of Conservative members |
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