William Hague talks to prime minister Rishi Sunak about being a dad, AI, and a terrible political inheritance
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 28 March 2024
⏱️ 42 minutes
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In our new monthly series of interviews, former foreign secretary and Times columnist William Hague speaks to his first guest, prime minister Rishi Sunak in Downing Street about juggling work and life as a dad, the threats and opportunities of AI, and inheriting ‘the worst hospital pass in many decades.’
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Guest: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Host: William Hague.
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| 0:56.8 | This is not financial advice and when investing capital is at risk. Hello I'm William Haig, welcome to the story and I'm going to be talking to the Prime Minister. |
| 1:16.0 | This of course is not a normal political interview. |
| 1:20.0 | I can't pretend to be impartial. |
| 1:22.0 | I've been leader of the Conservative Party, the job that our Prime Minister Rishi Sunak now does. |
| 1:27.5 | He took over the seat in Yorkshire that I represented for 26 years and I like him and he's a friend of mine. But I'm also going to |
| 1:36.5 | ask him about some of the very serious problems that he faces along with the |
| 1:40.9 | Conservative Party and the country. |
| 1:43.0 | So earlier this week the team and I went to Downing Street to meet him |
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