Steve Hilton
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3,771 appearances
18 recordings
14 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 3 Jun
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And one of the main reasons that we, yeah, we all never achieved the pledge, yeah.
Yeah, hundreds of thousands to tens of thousands.
So one of the reasons that that was never met, and it was very clearly explained to me, this was a policy commitment.
So of course, you're there once you became prime minister, you're in 10 Downing Street, you're really focused on delivering your promises.
One of the things we kept looking at, why we said this, is it happening?
making, you know, checking on progress.
On this particular one, I remember a meeting where the officials, the bureaucrats came in and said, look, basically said, you're never going to achieve this target as long as you're in the EU.
Impossible.
Because of the free migration rules within the EU.
Never going to be delivered.
It's one of the reasons that I was in favor of Brexit.
That's when we really fell out.
I'd left the UK by then.
We moved here in 2012.
Brexit was in 2016.
That was one of the main reasons because he'd made this commitment and his own government official said, you can't meet this commitment as long as Britain remains in the EU.
Now, the really crazy thing
which I just don't understand.
I wasn't there.
2016, Brexit was voted on.
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