ITV News UK Editor Paul Brand offers the hypothetical keys to Number 10 to a guest and asks them: What would you do now?
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35 min
LGBT+ campaigner Jayne Ozanne on surviving conversion therapy and getting it banned
Acting Prime Minister this week is LGBT+ campaigner Jayne Ozanne.The former government adviser opened up about what it was like to go through years of conversion therapy.From exorc…
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32 min
Labour is 'turning around the tanker', says frontbencher Rachel Reeves
Acting Prime Minister this week is Labour's Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Rachel Reeves.The frontbencher, who's been leading Labour's charge against Tory lobbying, a…
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30 min
Pimlico Plumbers boss Charlie Mullins on vaccine passports, sacking half the cabinet and marrying Margaret Tha…
Pimlico Plumbers owner Charlie Mullins is this week's Acting Prime Minister.He talks to podcast host Paul Brand about why he wants vaccine passports, who he'd sack from the cabinet…
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30 min
Who is Labour's shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds?
Labour's Nick Thomas-Symonds is this week's Acting Prime Minister.He talks to podcast host Paul Brand about how early conversations with his grandma first inspired him to get into…
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31 min
'I'd fire all the men': Amber Rudd on why she'd have an all female Cabinet
Former home secretary Amber Rudd is Acting Prime Minister in this week's podcast episode.She tells host Paul Brand why she thinks the government should not proceed with instating a…
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32 min
It's A Sin's Jill Nalder on what losing friends to AIDS in the 80s was really like
Jill Nalder, the real-life inspiration for character Jill on hit TV show It's A Sin, has opened up to the Acting Prime Minister podcast about what it was really like losing up to 1…
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35 min
Bim Afolami on why taking the knee is 'virtue signalling'
Acting Prime Minister this is Bim Afolami, Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Work and Pensions Secretary.In a wide ranging interview, podcast host Paul Brand and Bim discuss t…
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28 min
MP Tracey Crouch on battling cancer during Covid pandemic and why she’s coming off Twitter
Former minister Tracey Crouch opens up to the Acting Prime Minister podcast about what it's been like having cancer treatment during the coronavirus pandemic.She also chats to podc…
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35 min
Lisa Nandy on Brexit regrets and Labour’s red wall woes
Labour's shadow foreign secretary is the latest guest on Acting Prime Minister.The former leadership contender talks to us about Jeremy Corbyn, Keir Starmer, Brexit and what went w…
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28 min
Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross on keeping Scotland in the UK and his love for Atomic Kitten
Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross on keeping Scotland in the UK and his love for Atomic Kitten.Acting Prime Minster this week is Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross.H…
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36 min
Rory Stewart: 'Covid could spell the end of Boris Johnson's premiership'
Former prime ministerial candidate Rory Stewart has said the coronavirus pandemic could cost Boris Johnson his premiership, because grasping detail is his "greatest weakness".He al…
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32 min
Louise Haigh on Jeremy Corbyn’s 'appalling' behaviour and uniting the union
Louise Haigh on Jeremy Corbyn’s 'appalling' behaviour and uniting the unionActing Prime Minister this week is Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Louise Haigh.She chats to us about h…
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30 min
Laurence Fox has started a political party - here's what he'd do if he became PM
Actor Laurence Fox is launching his own political movement - the Reclaim Party - so what would he do if he was actually in power?He tells the ITV News podcast Acting Prime Minister…
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Laurence Fox has started a political party - here's what he'd do if he became PM
Actor Laurence Fox is launching his own political movement - the Reclaim Party - so what would he do if he was actually in power?He tells the ITV News podcast Acting Prime Minister…
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33 min
Get to know Lib Dem leader Ed Davey: His thoughts on Covid, care and fixing the party
Leader of the Liberal Democrats Ed Davey is the latest guest on Acting Prime Minister.The MP speaks to us about his life as a carer, first for his mum, then his grandmother, then h…
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39 min
Tory MP Caroline Nokes on Boris Johnson's potential 'regret' and how it felt being sacked
This week's Acting Prime Minister guest is Caroline Nokes.The former minister tells the podcast she believes Boris Johnson may live to regret his decision to ignore scientific advi…
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38 min
Tory MP Steve Baker attacks lockdown and admits Brexit divided Britain
This week's guest on Acting Prime Minister is Steve Baker.The Brexit-supporting Tory MP speaks to Paul Brand about coronavirus, Boris Johnson and much more.Remember to like, subscr…
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30 min
Prue Leith on coronavirus, politics, death, and filming Bake Off in lockdown
This week's guest is Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith.In a wide ranging interview, Prue spoke about her political persuasion, how she wished she'd gone into politics herself…
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33 min
Who is Anneliese Dodds? Shadow chancellor on coronavirus, Starmer and house music
This week's guest is the Labour's shadow chancellor, Anneliese Dodds.She spoke to Paul about the economy, Labour's new leadership and dealing with the coronavirus crisis while bein…
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34 min
Mark Drakeford on dealing with Boris Johnson's government during coronavirus crisis
This week's guest is the First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford.He spoke to Paul about dealing with the coronavirus crisis, how its raised his profile and how it's given some in W…