89. David Davis: The danger of Farage and the battle for the soul of the Tory Party
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Does David Davis still think Brexit has been a success? Was he wrong on gay marriage and the death penalty? Is meritocracy in Britain now a thing of the past?
Alastair and Rory are joined by former Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, Davis Davis, to discuss all this and more.
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Received to hear that others had this experience too. I also couldn't finish listening. David has an odd manner of being jokey and even flippant, at the wrong times, and argumentative in a weird way.
This is the first time I've had to finish the podcast early. Pompous and worryingly out of touch with the reality of world security and trade
He came across as prickly and thin skinned. Treated everything as a game.