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9 Oct 2024 Conversations with Tyler Tom Tugendhat on Modernizing the UK and Political Reform
“I think when Theresa May came back after the 2017 election with not only a reduced majority, but actually a slight minority administration, I think George Osborne would’ve been prime minister within weeks had he stayed in Parliament.”
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- Tom Tugendhat
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- 9 Oct 2024
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…I’ve heard people say it was Denis Healey, Michael Heseltine, Roy Jenkins, others. Who’s your pick? Who should’ve been prime minister? All of those people are really interesting. I think Ken Clarke would’ve been very interesting as well. Actually, I think most recently, the one who would’ve been prime minister had he stayed in Parliament is George Osborne. I think when Theresa May came back after the 2017 election with not only a reduced majority, but actually a slight minority administration, I think George Osborne would’ve been prime minister within weeks had he stayed in Parliament. But he stood down, and so I think that’s one of those moments where sliding doors in the history is slightly different. Can the British system of government in its current parliamentary form — how well can that work without broadly liberal individualistic foundations in public opinion?…
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