EMQs: Preparing for PMQs, crisis management & setting the royal budget
Jan 22, 2024
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George, leader of the Labour party, joins Ed to discuss crisis management, preparing for PMQs, and changing the monarchy's financing. They also address the accidental kick on live TV and reflect on impactful political ideas that weren't implemented.
Preparing for PMQs and crisis management are important skills for politicians.
Ed and George discuss changing how the monarchy is financed.
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Ed and George are back to answer more of your Ex-Ministers' Questions. Who would lead a crisis during coalition negotiations? How do you prepare for PMQs? George and Ed discuss how they changed how the monarchy is financed. George reveals his double-life as leader of the Labour party. And Ed is grilled about kicking Susanna Reid in the head on live TV…
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