Jeremy Hunt

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643 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard May 2026 last heard 3 Jun

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being generous to pensioners at the expense of their children and grandchildren.
And I think I can make that argument now in a way that was more difficult in government.
And the more people like me do that, the more likely we are to win it.
Do you know, I...
was against the Australian compulsory voting for a very long time.
And then this year I met an Australian politician who talked to me about it and explained that the really good thing about compulsory voting is that it disincentivises politicians from speaking to a narrow sector of the population because they know come the general election, everyone's going to be voting.
So I think there are some arguments in favour of it.
So would you support that?
Well, I'm actually... This is a terrible thing to say to you guys, but I'm actually writing another book.
So we've got to invite you back again.
Called How to Fix Our Democracy, or something along those lines.
And I haven't finally formalised my thoughts, but it is something I'm really intrigued by, let me say that.
So you wouldn't be against it?
Well, you know, this is the most scary argument of all.
And this really worries me because increasingly, and you know, when you do books, you go around, you've both done this, you go around book festivals.
And increasingly, I get a question, which is, is the problem just democracy?
That we can't have leaders who are constrained by a timetable and an electoral timetable
And I profoundly disagree with it.
I want to disagree with that.
And I do actually disagree with it.
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