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A fortnightly look at the latest political news with Jacob Rees-Mogg. Brought to you by ConservativeHome.com

  1. 21/02/2023

    Episode 84 - Brexit Part 2

    The Protocol: "I don't know why Sunak has spent so much political capital without getting the DUP and ERG onside first" Plus: How a Remain win in the referendum would have given us Prime Ministers Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage - and why "Putin probably would have succeeded" in invading Ukraine.

    25 min

  2. 07/02/2023

    Episode 83 - Brexit Part 1

    Brexit - and how Corbyn saved Britain from "a government of all the non-talents" Rees-Mogg on Cameron, Vote Leave, No Deal, May's Deal, Johnson's Deal, Gove's leadership bid - and whether a Remain view of Britain shaped the reception of Kwarteng's mini-Budget.

    31 min

  3. 24/01/2023

    Episode 81 - The Boris Premiership Part 2

    NHS reform. The Conservatives should learn from Wes Streeting. And "we should encourage people to use private health." Plus: How the Tory "nimby tendency" killed housing reform. Why leadership contest this year would be "completely scatty". And those who "scribble" criticism of Johnson are "fundamentally dull".

    25 min

  4. 13/12/2022

    Episode 81 - The Boris Premiership Part 1

    In defence of Johnson’s premiership. Our interviewee says that a feature of one-to-one meetings with the former Prime Minister is that the other party would sometimes believe commitments had been made when they hadn't.

    31 min

  5. 29/11/2022

    Episode 80 - The Truss Premiership Part 2

    "These rebellions are ill advised...You don't help your own seat by making life difficult for the Government." Our interviewee on why he regrets the top rate tax U-turn, backs the radical abolition of tax reliefs, and thinks Chief Whips "can't resign, really" - as he recalls the fracking vote.

    20 min

  6. 08/11/2022

    Episode 79 - The Truss Premiership Part 1

    The Truss premiership, part one. Rees-Mogg on the alternative energy support plan he preferred. Our interviewee on what went wrong - featuring Boris Johnson, the Bank of England, the OBR, pension funds, Kit Malthouse, why the Covid and energy support schemes were justified... and where the Government didn't act urgently enough.

    28 min

  7. 12/07/2022

    Episode 78 - Leadership Contest

    Rees-Mogg says that Johnson should have the opportunity to stand again for the leadership if he wishes. Our interviewee on how he's "extremely unlikely" to stand for the leadership - plus the Sex Pistols, Sunak's failings, Gove, Zahawi's "mistake", why he opposes HS2, who he might vote for and how he would deliver tax cuts.

    30 min

  8. 27/06/2022

    Episode 77 - By-Elections

    Are these by-election defeats the prelude to a 1992 surprise - or a 1997 catastrophe? Plus: Rees-Mogg and Henry Hill discuss the proper limits of the Bank of England's independence.

    27 min
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  • Years Active
    2018 - 2023
  • Episodes
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