Why every day at Conservative conference is Johnson day
This week we analyse this year’s Conservative party conference. First, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s speech: how credible was it? Can low-skilled immigration be simply replaced without a big inflation risk? Political editor George Parker and chief pol...
An episode of the Political Fix podcast, hosted by Financial Times, titled "Why every day at Conservative conference is Johnson day" was published on October 9, 2021 and runs 36 minutes.
October 9, 2021 ·36m · Political Fix
Summary
This week we analyse this year’s Conservative party conference. First, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s speech: how credible was it? Can low-skilled immigration be simply replaced without a big inflation risk? Political editor George Parker and chief political commentator Robert Shrimsley analyse.And then, we look at the other main theme of this year’s conference: levelling up. Did we gain any extra insight from Johnson and Michael Gove on what it means, how it can be delivered and what success looks like? Two special guests will explore: Rachel Wolf of Public First and Paul Swinney from the Centre for Cities think-tank.Audio source: BBCProduced by Howie Shannon. The sound engineers were Breen Turner and Sean McGarrity.-Read the latest on https://www.ft.com/world/uk-Follow @Seb Payne, @Robert Shrimsley, @George Parker-Subscribe to https://www.ft.com/newsletters Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode Description
This week we analyse this year’s Conservative party conference. First, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s speech: how credible was it? Can low-skilled immigration be simply replaced without a big inflation risk? Political editor George Parker and chief political commentator Robert Shrimsley analyse.
And then, we look at the other main theme of this year’s conference: levelling up. Did we gain any extra insight from Johnson and Michael Gove on what it means, how it can be delivered and what success looks like? Two special guests will explore: Rachel Wolf of Public First and Paul Swinney from the Centre for Cities think-tank.
Audio source: BBC
Produced by Howie Shannon. The sound engineers were Breen Turner and Sean McGarrity.
-Read the latest on https://www.ft.com/world/uk
-Follow @Seb Payne, @Robert Shrimsley, @George Parker
-Subscribe to https://www.ft.com/newsletters
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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