The Week in 60 Minutes: Harry's 'truth' and the case for Keir

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🗓️ 15 January 2023

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Summary

On the show, journalist Petronella Wyatt and historian David Abulafia discuss Prince Harry’s new book, Spare, journalist Owen Matthews explains why Putin’s plan to freeze Europe failed, Spectator editor and academic Matthew Goodwin discuss whether a Keir Starmer government is something to be afraid of, political editor Katy Balls and Financial Times journalist Stephen Bush discuss Sunak's plan to save the Tories, and critic John Maier says Quentin Tarantino’s writing isn’t quite as good as his directing.

00:00 – Welcome from John Connolly
01:42 – Why fear Keir? With Fraser Nelson and Matthew Goodwin
13:52 – Can the Tories stop the boats? With Katy Balls and Stephen Bush
26:24 – What on earth his Prince Harry thinking? With Petronella Wyatt and David Abulafia
41:24 – Why Putin's plan to freeze Europe failed, with Owen Matthews
52:09 – Can Quentin Tarantino write? With John Maier

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the week in 60 Minutes, brought to you on Thursday the 12th of January.
0:16.1	I'm John Connolly, the Spectator's News Editor and your host this week. Coming up on the show, Who's Afraid of Kirstearner?
0:24.4	Fraser Nelson writes in this week's cover piece that the Tories will find it hard to demonise the Labour leader in the same way as his predecessors.
0:31.0	Fraser will be on the show with Matthew Goodwin.
0:33.7	Does Rishi Sunak have a plan to stop the small boats crisis?
0:37.0	Katie Balls asked whether
0:37.8	fixing the problem could be key to helping the Conservatives win back voters. Katie and Stephen
0:42.3	Bush will join me. Prince Harry's new memoir, Spare was released this week. Harry describes
0:48.2	doing drugs, losing his virginity and falling out with his brother. What nirf was he thinking? I'll speak to Petronella
0:53.6	Wyatt and David
0:54.5	Abelofia. In this week's magazine, Owen Matthews explains why Putin's plan to freeze Europe this
0:59.9	winter failed. Russia risks a repeat of the 1990s, he says, with it becoming a failed state. He'll
1:05.8	join the show. And finally, Tarantino can make films, but can he write? John Mayer reviews the director's new book, Cinema Speculation, in this week's magazine, and will be on the show to tell us what he thought.
1:17.4	Before we get going, thank you to Can Accord Genuity Wealth Management for sponsoring this episode of the week in 60 Minutes.
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1:41.3	First up, would Kirstama be such a bad Prime Minister?
1:46.0	Fraser Nelson, the Spectator's editor, wonders if there's really any difference between him and Rishish Sunak.
1:50.0	The Tories, after all, seem to have completely run out of ideas.
1:54.0	To explain, Fraser joins me now alongside Matthew Goodwin, the academic and Polster.
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