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The Moggcast

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A fortnightly look at the latest political news with Jacob Rees-Mogg. Brought to you by ConservativeHome.com

Episodes

The Moggcast: Episode Eighty Four, Tuesday 21st February 2023

The Protocol: "I don't know why Sunak has spent so much political capital without getting the DUP and ERG onside first" Plus: How a Remain win in the referendum would have given us Prime Ministers Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage - and why "Putin probably would have succeeded" in invading Ukraine.

Feb 21, 202325 minEp. 84

The Moggcast: Episode Eighty Three, Tuesday 7th February 2023

Brexit - and how Corbyn saved Britain from "a government of all the non-talents" Rees-Mogg on Cameron, Vote Leave, No Deal, May's Deal, Johnson's Deal, Gove's leadership bid - and whether a Remain view of Britain shaped the reception of Kwarteng's mini-Budget.

Feb 07, 202331 minEp. 83

The Moggcast: Episode Eighty Two, Tuesday 24th January 2023

NHS reform. The Conservatives should learn from Wes Streeting. And "we should encourage people to use private health." Plus: How the Tory "nimby tendency" killed housing reform. Why leadership contest this year would be "completely scatty". And those who "scribble" criticism of Johnson are "fundamentally dull".

Jan 24, 202325 minEp. 82

The Moggcast: Episode Eighty One, Tuesday 13th December 2022

In defence of Johnson’s premiership. Our interviewee says that a feature of one-to-one meetings with the former Prime Minister is that the other party would sometimes believe commitments had been made when they hadn't.

Dec 13, 202231 minEp. 81

The Moggcast: Episode Eighty, Tuesday 29th November 2022

"These rebellions are ill advised...You don't help your own seat by making life difficult for the Government." Our interviewee on why he regrets the top rate tax U-turn, backs the radical abolition of tax reliefs, and thinks Chief Whips "can't resign, really" - as he recalls the fracking vote.

Nov 29, 202220 minEp. 80

The Moggcast: Episode Seventy Nine, Tuesday 8th November 2022

The Truss premiership, part one. Rees-Mogg on the alternative energy support plan he preferred. Our interviewee on what went wrong - featuring Boris Johnson, the Bank of England, the OBR, pension funds, Kit Malthouse, why the Covid and energy support schemes were justified... and where the Government didn't act urgently enough.

Nov 08, 202228 minEp. 79

The Moggcast: Episode Seventy Eight, Tuesday 12th July 2022

Rees-Mogg says that Johnson should have the opportunity to stand again for the leadership if he wishes. Our interviewee on how he's "extremely unlikely" to stand for the leadership - plus the Sex Pistols, Sunak's failings, Gove, Zahawi's "mistake", why he opposes HS2, who he might vote for and how he would deliver tax cuts.

Jul 12, 202230 minEp. 78

The Moggcast: Episode Seventy Five, Tuesday 17th May 2022

Civil servants' "trade union seems to want them to be in Tuscany to call into work" The Cabinet Office Minister on the Baxdendale Report, returns to Thatcherism and why he was right to say Partygate is "disproportionate fluff".

May 17, 202225 minEp. 75

The Moggcast Live

Join us for this live recording of The Moggcast - a look at the latest political news and current affairs with Jacob Rees-Mogg. This episode was recorded live at Conservative Spring Conference in Blackpool, and is held in partnership with Thorncliffe.

Mar 19, 20221 hr 3 minEp. 74
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