Morgan McSweeney podcast.

 On the Political Thinking podcast by Nick Robinson, we had the former chief of staff to the prime minister Morgan McSweeney being interviewed. And it was very revealing about the - political thinking going on behind the scenes, before the general election in July 2024. He accepted that they were - ill prepared for government and for the depth of the problems facing the country. Moreover not sufficient thought had gone into the impact politically of the cancellation of the - winter fuel payment to OAP’s. This had a serious detrimental impact on their core supporters and allies. They never fully recovered from this faux pas - which did them great harm. He has no intention of returning to politics any time soon and resigned his position earlier this year.