Paul Novak
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 1 Jul
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I think any transfer of power is difficult, isn't it?
Particularly when you're talking about a prime minister.
And I suppose Keir Starmer's counterpoint to that would be, I've left you £22 billion worth of headroom in the economy.
But, you know, an incoming prime minister is going to face lots of difficult choices.
Choices going into that first budget in the autumn as well.
But, I mean, think about the defence investment plan in particular.
It's been long overweighted and probably long overdue.
I was up in a defence manufacturer in the North East a couple of months ago.
They were really worried about the fact that the plan hadn't been produced.
What does that mean for jobs, for investment decisions?
So, you know, the business of government can't just stop and grind to a halt because there's a transition of power.
So I suspect...
Any incoming Prime Minister is going to be picking up lots of stones and finding things under them that will be difficult.
That's the nature of the job.
Well, there's a difference, isn't there?
Because there's a difference between thinking yourself into the job and actually being the Prime Minister.
He will be getting briefings from civil servants, and I think his team will be across lots of these issues.
But there's a difference between waiting to be Prime Minister and actually walking through the doors of Number 10.
And so these are the big challenges, as I say, that Andy or any new Prime Minister is going to face, and that's the nature of government.
Well, listen, there's lots of criminology.
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