George Parker
speaker
126 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 9 Sep
George Parker’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And since I've just got my 60 plus bus pass, I think he'll be reassured that it's not going to be a whole load of 20 year olds running around.
exactly he's obviously very competitive but i mean yeah i do know andy burnham um quite well i've known him since um he was a special advisor back and back in his 20s actually so for 30 odd years and um
Look, he's a very congenial person.
You get on well with him.
A couple of years ago, I went to watch Crystal Palace, my team, play Everton, his team up in Liverpool.
We went to the pub for a few drinks beforehand.
Very sort of congenial person.
He's very natural.
You'll speak to everyone in the pub.
It's not affectation.
But the criticism of him is whether...
Being nice is enough.
When you're in number 10 Downing Street, you're having to take some really tough decisions almost every hour.
It's not the same as being mayor of Greater Manchester, which is, of course, the job he's been doing for the last 10 years or so.
And that's the question.
Is he able to make tough decisions, upset people, make enemies, which is the inevitable fate of a prime minister?
Yeah, it is.
I mean, the economy is not growing very fast and there are big demands on the public finances from an ageing population.
We need to spend more on our
defence capabilities, Andy Burnham wants to fix the social care crisis in Britain as well.
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