helen lewis from the atlantic.om david davis, you know, it's the kind of quote that newspaper editors dream of, isn't it? yeah, i thought it was very interesting to go back and have a look at the hansard records of that 1940 debate because leo amery, who delivered it the first time, well, the second time after oliver cromwell also sort of whispered it. and that was to me the most interesting thing. the kind of drag ends of pmqs without being rude to backbench mps can often deteriorate into which the prime minister likes to say anything about the opening of my new garden centre. and so what was interesting was there was, as gerry says, it was a very heckling pmqs. but actually, when david davis stood up, it fell silent. and i think that was because people thought, hang on a minute, this is the kind of guy who might lob a grenade into the chamber. and sure enough, he did. and there have been some reports since then saying, well, actually, this and the defection of rallied the tory mp round because they don't like kin

helen lewis writes for the atlantic. hughes is political correspondent for the financial times. and phil riley is the chief executive of boom radio and has had a long career in commercial radio, including running chrysalis and overseeing its sale to global. and, phil, we'll be talking a lot in the programme about the revolving door between journalism and politics. and times radio have just snapped up ruth davidson, the former scottish conservative leader. why are ex—politicians so popular with you radio executives? any room for one more on boom radio? well, i actually started back in lbc... when i was chief exec there in 2004, we invited tony blair to do a phone—in and literally sit there and push the faders and take the calls, so i'm probably to blame for all of this. yeah, now they're all at it, aren't they? i think we took the view, and certainly the people that now run lbc have taken this to fantastic level, that, actually, it's great to have an unmediated opportunity for listeners to speak directly to politicians. i

helen lewis writes for the atlantic.d a long career in commercial radio, including running chrysalis and overseeing its sale to global and, phil, we�*ll be talking a lot in the programme

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