The Struggling Ministers' Hall of Fame
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🗓️ 13 September 2018
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Helen and Stephen itemise the worst ministers and shadow ministers in politics at the moment and explain why these people are failing so badly at their briefs. Then, Helen talks to John Ridding, CEO of the Financial Times and chairman of the Room to Read charity, about literacy and activism. Finally, they answer a popular listener question: where are they going on holiday and why?
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| 1:31.8 | about which ministers we think are the worst, which |
| 1:34.2 | front ventures we think are the worst. And... |
| 1:36.7 | I interview John Ridding, CEO of Room to Read, plus a special holiday themed you ask us. Hello and welcome to a, I say a pre-potted episode of the New States and Podcast. |
| 1:53.2 | Steve and I are both on holiday this week, |
| 1:54.6 | so this is something we cooked up for you a week earlier. |
| 1:57.4 | I really hope there's not some, like, |
| 1:59.6 | we're gonna look so bad if trees and most government finally falls. |
| 2:02.4 | It suddenly occurs to me there are a couple of horrendous possibilities. |
| 2:05.8 | One is the government... |
| 2:06.8 | Well I think he's if the government falls, right, that ruins the holiday because we just |
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