Could “abrasive” Kemi Badenoch ever be Prime Minister?
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David Gauke reveals his pick for the Tory leadership “not without reservations”.  As Labour deliver “hard decisions” in their first budget in 14 years, a listener asks if Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are reliving Nick Clegg’s 2011. David Gauke, who served with Nick Clegg in government, gives his take. He joins Rachel Cunliffe and Hannah Barnes on our weekly listener questions episode, in which they also discuss the Conservative leadership election and David Gauke reveals who he, reluctantly, voted for. 📚 READ Why Tory centrists are hopeless at leadership elections https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/10/why-tory-centrists-are-hopeless-leadership-elections Would Kemi Badenoch be worth the risk for the Conservatives? https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2024/10/would-kemi-badenoch-be-worth-the-risk-for-conservatives 🙋‍♀️ ASK a question We answer listener questions every Friday. Submit yours at www.newstatesman.com/youaskus 📧 FREE get our daily politics email https://morningcall.substack.com 💷 SAVE Become a New Statesman subscriber: Get access to all our reporting at newstatesman.com and receive your copy of our weekly magazine. Podcast listeners can get the first two months for just £2 at https://www.newstatesman.com/save Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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