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Quitting The Cabinet For Not Being Up To The Job
On Throwback Thursdays Matt speaks to the politicians of the past to find out lessons for the present.
Estelle Morris was Education Secretary under Tony Blair, and famously resigned from cabinet because she felt she wasn't up to the job. She tells Matt about leaving her job in teaching to become an MP, why it was bittersweet being elected for the first time during Labour's general election defeat in 1992, and the moment she knew she had to resign.
Plus: Manveen Rana and Matthew Holehouse discuss Labour's u-turn on its £28 billion pledge and Rishi Sunak's defence of making a trans joke at PMQs.
Columnist Panel: (03:30)
Throwback Thursdays (25:05)
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