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

So You mean you were shocked when you came to power because you've talked already about not being prepared for how the country was. matched

You'll know that a lot of people say matched

Why was he so blooming gloomy? matched

I mean you just get this massive majority. matched

You've done it on the basis of change. matched

And the first thing you say, or the Prime Minister says, back in August of twenty twenty four is things are gonna get worse. matched

Yeah. matched

And then the first policy you announce is we're gonna take winter fuel away from pensioners. matched

So looking back, would you have been better off being honest with the voters? matched

working this out before the election and saying, you know what? matched

The country's in a worse state than we want it to be. matched

We're gonna put your taxes up 'cause we're gonna have to put your taxes up. matched

Would you have been better off with a with a starker message? matched

I think we we said it would take ten years. matched

Uh yeah, but you didn't say we'll put your taxes up. matched

And everyone, literally everyone I knew matched

knew you were gonna put their taxes up, who was informed? matched

And Kia denied it. matched

He sat in a seat like you and I said, You're gonna put taxes up here and he said, No, no, we're only gonna do what's in the manifesto and I'm afraid matched

I at the time almost said that's complete nonsense. matched

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