Nick Robinson

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1,535 appearances 8 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 9 Jul

Nick Robinson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · What went wrong for Starmer: Morgan McSweeney gives his side of the story · 2 Jul 2026 podcast

Why were people scared of you at the highest level of government? matched

I don't think people were scared of me. matched

Uh no I I think they were. matched

They said they were. matched

collaborative working environment. matched

But political rivals, I mean one newspaper said you'd risen to an astonishing level of power and influence with the government, not least through the brutally effective removal of internal rivals. matched

Another called you a latter day Thomas Cromwell. matched

They think you had not just the ear of the Prime Minister. matched

They thought he followed you. matched

And that you could simply end their careers with matched

With a word here or a word there. matched

I mean, let's take an MP like Ian Byrne on the Labour Left because you're a sectarian operator, said you wanted the left dead and eradicated. matched

I mean you did, didn't you? matched

I mean, you knew whose side you were on. matched

You thought the left had messed up the Labour Party, you thought the Corbett era was a disaster. matched

And you did want to marginalise these people. matched

He's not wrong in that, is he? matched

I get that. matched

But what I'm struck by when we're having this conversation is I thought, having had to quit your job, having had a few weeks, you might reflect and think, matched

Goodness, maybe I was the person in part that is described in those newspaper articles. matched

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