Nick Robinson

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

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Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · 'A bad start even before he starts' - Welsh First Minister on why trouble's brewing with Burnham · 26 Jun 2026 podcast

What's in it for him then? 'Cause he might think, Well you're the leader of a rival party. matched

You're one of the reasons Keir Starmer got driven out of office because you got rid of the Welsh Labour Party. matched

If he's to win a so general election, he's got to wind matched

Isn't there a danger when we're talking the day after you were in Dublin on your first foreign visit as First Minister of Wales? matched

Is there a danger that the focus is always on what London can give you? matched

In Ireland, different situation of course, independent country, uh you'd be the first to point that out. matched

In Ireland the focus has been how do we make ourselves richer as a nation? matched

And how do we cut taxes? matched

Do we get American corporations in? matched

What do we do to create what they call the tiger economy? matched

There's a risk here though for you, isn't there, as the leader for the first time for Plai Cumri, is that you spend the next few years saying, Well, if only we got more powers from Westminster, only we got more money, if only we could get back in the EU, look, it'd all be fine, but it's not 'cause we're not starting where we want to. matched

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is finding the money within the parameters you've currently got. matched

Now, you don't do a full budget for a while, but you're having some discussions at the moment about what they call a supplementary budget since you came to power. matched

And it's turns out it's not quite as simple as you thought in opposition, isn't it? matched

Your finance minister said the outlook for the budget was challenging, more challenging than I expected it to be. matched

Are you finding a bit of a struggle? matched

Now the big difference between you and Labour in Westminster is they've got a whopping great majority and you don't. matched

In fact, you haven't got a majority at all. matched

And there's never been a majority in the history of devolution. matched

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