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Chopper's Politics

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🗓️ 1 September 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Ahead of finally finding out who the next Prime Minister will be, writer Matt Ridley joins Christopher Hope to give his 10 rules for the next Tory leader to live by, and, given the winter we have coming ahead, we're sure either Sunak or Truss would appreciate a how-to-guide. Matt warns Chopper about the dangers of 'crony capitalists' and people who claim to be able to predict the future, and hopes the next Prime Minister can learn a valuable lesson from lightbulbs.

Also on the podcast, the Telegraph's chief leader writer, Philip Johnston, delves into history (yes, the '90s now count as history, listeners) to illustrate why he thinks Keir Starmer is more Kinnock than Blair.

How to be PM: ten rules for the next Tory leader to live by, by Matt Ridley |

Labour heading for certain victory? This feels more like 1992 than 1997, by Philip Johnston |

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0:00.0	Coming up on Chopper's politics.
0:05.0	If something is so unpopular that you have to force it on people,
0:09.0	maybe it's a mistake.
0:11.0	Crumbs, I'm thinking poll tax, but but you got a different idea, haven't you?
0:14.5	Yeah, I'm thinking of the compact fluorescent light bulb.
0:19.3	Oh.
0:20.1	Welcome to Chopper's politics. I'm Christopher Hope, the Telegraph's Associate
0:27.2	editor for Politics. Chopper to my pals and listeners you'll be pleased to hear
0:31.3	that finally, finally, will soon be free of this
0:34.5	endless Tory leadership election. So today we're taking a look into what the
0:42.1	future may hold for Liz Truss or Ritchie Sunach.
0:46.0	Later in a podcast I'll be talking to the telegraph's very own Philip Johnston about whether their
0:51.9	lay opponent, Sir Kiea Starma, is more near. about whether their lay reponent,
0:52.8	Sir Kiir Starma, is more Neil Kinnock than Tony Blair.
0:58.1	But first, it's safe to say that whoever walks through the door of Number 10 Downing Street on September the 6th, they have quite a challenge
1:05.4	on their hands.
1:06.4	So I'm sure that I appreciate a rulebook, a how-to guide, if you will, on how to run the country.
1:12.4	Well, Torrey Pier, Lord Ridley, Matt Ridley,
1:16.0	has done just that in an article for The Spectator titled
1:19.0	How to be PM, 10 rules for the next Troy leader to live by.
1:24.0	Well, what are they?
1:25.0	Matt Ridley.
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