Jeremy Hunt
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first heard May 2026
last heard 3 Jun
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The News Agents · Did Farage incite violence with his call for 'pure cold rage'? · 3 Jun 2026
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In a way, yes.
But I suppose I put it differently.
If you can cast your mind back four years to that crazy moment in October when I became chancellor, inflation 11 percent, the economy heading into a big recession, huge black hole in the public finances.
And I had no background in economics and had never done a job in government with any responsibility for the economy.
And this is the book I wish someone had given me.
You know, and the truth is, everyone says, well, you recommend all these things.
Why didn't you do them?
Well, you learn on the job.
That is what happens in politics.
You don't know everything when you arrive.
In fact, sadly, there are some things you learn after you stop doing the job and you think back on your time in office and you reflect on it.
And so it was kind of therapeutic putting together these things, but also the discipline, which, of course, is the thing you can't do when you're a busy minister.
We're saying all these so-called good ideas.
What's the actual impact on annual GDP growth and which are the ones that actually work and which are the ones are really not worth the effort?
I mean, that is true.
Absolutely true.
And of course, in a democracy, it is right that, you know, the defence secretary is a civilian in charge of the uniformed services.
And as a non-doctor, I was elected and I was responsible for the NHS.
And I think there is something right about that, too.
But the big difference between politics and nearly every other profession, let's say you become...
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