The former Downing Street spin doctor on the Tory leadership contenders, the need for political reform and Tony Blair’s legacy
best known for his role as former prime minister Tony Blair’s spokesman, press secretary and director of communications and strategy, and for his bestselling eight-volume series of diaries about the Blair years. He recently teamed up with former Conservative cabinet minister Rory Stewart to launch an odd-couple current affairs podcast,, which he will host with Sayeeda Warsi, the former Conservative party co-chair.
Your new podcast with Rory Stewart is presented as an argument across the political divide. But surely the divide now is between politicians who accept problems as complex, and those who will promise people any nonsense to get elected? I think Sunak would be good for Labour because you can pin the economy on him. I also hear he’s very thin-skinned and
. The second part was to show that this lot are unfit to govern. And the third part was to show Labour has a plan for the country. That’s where we are.Photograph: Men’s Health UKGenerally, I wake up and beat myself up that I’m not doing enough. I’m 65. For most of my life, I’ve felt the Tory party has been a curse on this country. Eton school has still produced three times more prime ministers than the Labour party. If you’ve got a voice, I think you’ve got to use it.
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