Emily Maitlis
speaker
4,121 appearances
30 recordings
5 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 25 Jun
Emily Maitlis’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And the trouble with being a prime minister is you don't.
You don't get to practice.
Not really.
You hit the ground and you have to know what you're doing.
And I agree with you, Lewis, that there was not enough preparation that went into that.
But I just really worry that people are looking at this now.
I mean, my son got texted by a sort of friend of his overseas who said, is it now illegal to complete your full term in office in the UK?
right?
This is the sort of, what we're projecting out onto the world, that nobody stays in their job.
And we do not give anyone time.
And two years is basically, you know, you're done or you're out.
And I do sort of think that we are demanding so much of these public figures, if we just mince them up, we just mince them up, having sort of
you know, brought them to a place where we're saying, we think you can do this.
We've all decided you can do this.
Oh, no, fuck off.
You can't.
Ten years.
Of course.
And we know his kids didn't want it.
You know, his daughter, I think it's no secret now, his kids were really nervous about him becoming prime minister.
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