Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government No Such Thing As A Free Relaunch
Nov 20, 2020
44:54
Can Boris Johnson make his reset stick? Will changing his advisors change his problems? Is No.10 getting nervous as the Brexit endgame looms? And what does the departure of Dominic Cummings mean for the use of digital data to revolutionise government? John McTernan, political strategist and former Director of Political Operations to Prime Minister Tony Blair, joins us to hack through the thickets of government.
- “This is Theresa May all over again. It wasn’t the advisors that were the problem. The Prime Minister is the problem.” – John McTernan
- “If you can’t reset your character, you can’t reset your government.” – John McTernan
- “Gordon Brown was right. The UK may not be breaking up but governance is definitely breaking down.” – John McTernan
Presented by Bronwen Maddox with Alex Thomas, Jill Rutter and Gavin Freeguard. Audio production by Alex Rees
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