Nick Robinson
speaker
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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These are simple slogans.
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Now, let's talk about your passion, because it's evident in your demeanour, but also in what you've done in your career.
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Where has this passion come from?
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Because when I look into your background, I find myself surprised to discover that your father's a Tory councillor.
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not just in Cardiff, but in South Glamorgan County as well.
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Yeah,
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Now, we know the famous cab rank principle, which is that lawyers take the people who come to them.
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But as your opponent and friend David Wilson pointed out in a lecture, all your cabs are always heading in the same direction.
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You always choose people who are taking on the country.
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judiciary.
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So when an opponent like Robert Jenrick
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Says you work for Britain's enemies.
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Uses that phrase, you may recall, it calls you a useful idiot for Britain's enemies.
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Nick?
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But to be clear, Downey Street Chambers were set up to represent this.
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The underdog.
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Now, your definition of the underdog included people who was the mother of a terrorist and Gerry Adams entitled to say that was a choice.
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That wasn't an obligation.
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to give you an opportunity, bearing in mind the limitations on what attorney generals can say, to answer the criticism that Gerry Adams, who you represented when you were his lawyer, you were then in some way involved in the discussion around what's called the Troubles Bill, which could have allowed Republicans like Gerry Adams to claim compensation for being unlawfully detained.
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Conflicts of
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