Tom Baldwin
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210 appearances
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 28 Apr
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And, you know, he is, I think he's a toughie.
I think he has extraordinary reserves of resilience, but I don't think he has huge reserves of confidence at the moment.
And to go out and say, right, I'm going to like, you know, ring, you know, every member of the cabinet and I'm going to, you know, and, you know, bring them around.
I don't think he's got that kind of force in him at the moment.
He's not going to leave down the street, if he has anything to do with it, under this cloud.
for a decision which he never really wanted to take in the first place and he bitterly regrets taking.
He doesn't want to be defined by this one decision.
He wants to be defined by the things that speak to his values, like his position on the Iran war, like his position on opportunity for young people like his brother, like strengthening our defences and keeping this country safe.
That's what he's about.
And so I think I've...
The politics of this and making sure that Minister X and Minister Y are feeling great about themselves.
He needs to do a bit more of that, but I don't think he will.
I think he can actually get past that if he gives people something to unite around.
I think there's a will to unite.
There's a recognition.
But lots of people, you've spoken to them, I've spoken to them, say, OK, it's finished.
And then I say, so what do you want to happen next?
And there's a pause.
Because they can't tell you.
When Tony Blair was going, everyone said I was going to be Gordon Brown.
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