BBCNEWS Political Thinking with Nick... June 4, 2024 09:31:00
When you were last on this programme, you talked to me about how pleased you were to be on the backbenches. i'm very satisfied, you said. i feel free, i feel liberated. i mean, at the time, you were making those passionate speeches that you did on grenfell, on windrush and all the rest of it, does that now mean you feel sort of caged? not quite. i loved being on the backbenches, you know, i really did. i loved being in government, to the extent that you actually did something. i suppose i am now in the third act. i don't know how many acts there are going to be. but what would i say this time?...