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Hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shaped our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. My guest today was told that he has a reading age ofjust eight. His dyslexia was so bad he had to return to school to study in his 20s for the exams that he simply couldnt pass when he was there the first time. He is now dr peter kyle, a close ally of keir starmer� s and the shadow Northern Ireland secretary, who, if labour comes t...

hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shaped our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. my guest today was told that he has a reading age ofjust eight. his dyslexia was so bad he had to return to school to study in his 20s for the exams that he simply couldnt pass when he was there the first time. he is now dr peter kyle, a close ally of keir starmer�*s and the shadow northern ireland secretary, who, if labo...

So even in the classroom, i was quite liked. i got on with teachers and i had lots of friends. its quite painful for me to reflect back on that time and think if i had actually been quite disruptive, if id been throwing chairs around the classroom, i probably would have got a lot more support. but the fact is i kind of blended in, but the one bit where i really just switched off from learning was where a teacher was reading shakespeare and then just stopped mid—way through a page and just said...

Seven years to finish it, we saw that he was a different person. he was ready to take care of his wife, kate. he was ready to take care of matthew who is five years old. how the rules of all thin each of the families, that was the amazing thing that i was able to both watch, film and ended in -- the two other families, to really understand what i was going to, personally, about my role changing. you know that, as you are a care giver. once a caregiver, always a caregiver, right? you will always ...

Immediately. you decided to wait. now youre certainly, your posture is far more forceful. why do you think you waited and do you think that might have been a mistake? >> well, look, it might have been a mistake if the world ended in, on january 3rd in iowa. but that was the beginning. ive described it as the opening treatment to the super bowl. i wanted it be positive and i ran a campaign being positive and i emerged out of nowhere being positive. at one point up to 37% gallup nationally and a h...