and i went to see william hague because i wa nted went to see william hague because i wanted to givepening his mouth, i told him why i was doing this and i ended up saying, if i was offered a peerage, i would ended up saying, if i was offered a peerage, iwould reject ended up saying, if i was offered a peerage, i would reject it and i was stupid enough to say i want no influence at all. 0ver stupid enough to say i want no influence at all. over the cabinet or of your policies. i think you changed your mind about that over time. yes. it interest me given your background that you've said and in again the book you discuss it —— disgusted that your views of broadly libertarian, you are right of centre when it comes to economic policy—making. i am when it comes to economic policy—making. iam right when it comes to economic policy—making. i am right wing economically. the critical point is that i would be in favour of being not at all kind to those who do not have a job unless they genuinely couldn't get one. i would be more kind to those who have low—paying jobs. it seems to me there is a

and i went to see william hague because i wanted to give him £5 million, i was taken in by my friendd him why i was doing this and i ended up saying, if i was offered a peerage, i should reject it and further, i was stupid enough to say i want no influence at all over the cabinet or over your policies. i think you changed your mind about that over time. yes. it interests me given your background that you've said and again the book you discussed it, that your views of broadly libertarian, you are right of centre when it comes to economic policy—making. "i am right wing economically. "the critical point i suppose is that i would be in favour "of being not at all kind to those who do not have a job "unless they genuinely couldn't get one." "i would be more kind to those who have low—paying jobs. " it seems to me there is an irony in that being a pillar of your political thinking went for much of your life, albeit you made a lot of money out of gambling, but you spent much of your time at card tables and racetracks. i'm just saying that it's important to encourage people to get a job and

and i went to see william hague because i wanted to give him £5 million, i was taken in by my friend told him why i was doing this and i ended up saying, if i was offered a peerage, i should reject it and further, i was stupid enough to say i want no influence at all over the cabinet or over your policies. i think you changed your mind about that over time. yes. it interests me given your background that you've said and again the book you discussed it, that your views of broadly libertarian, you are right of centre when it comes to economic policy—making. "i am right wing economically. "the critical point i suppose is that i would be in favour "of being not at all kind to those who do not have a job "unless they genuinely couldn't get one." "i would be more kind to those who have low—paying jobs. " it seems to me there is an irony in that being a pillar of your political thinking went for much of your life, albeit you made a lot of money out of gambling, but you spent much of your time at card tables and racetracks. i'm just saying that it's important to encourage people to get a job

tom: william hague and kenneth clark are talking about the need for more time.line to a late november election? does that decision await? sebastian: i think it is too late for a late november election. legislative periods that need to play out before an election. after december 12, that is written off because of christmas parties. people bucking out the rooms will be used for voting and counts. there is not the money to pay the insurance in case we have to count. soon, itsn't happen gets pushed forward to the spring. a better time to campaign because you cannot knock on doors after dark. it is a better time to campaign properly. one party it would not play well for is labour, because their voters do not come out when it is cold and rainy. sunny today, it is sebastian salek joining us from westminster. joining us now, andreas utermann. there is this assumption we are almost over the line. is that correct? andreas: why do we have that perception? the government is telling us they want to get brexit done. it is complex and we have not even brexited. if we leave the

i ran the william hague leadership contest. which he won.st openly gay conservative. i wouldn't pick any one of those as the highlight, but the combination of what i hope has been a contribution, i would like to think amounted to something. i never hit the great heights of cabinet office, because the business is 90% luck. and different characteristics count in this age and i don't regret that. i am not upset by it for a second. i am not upset by it for a second. i am gratefulfor am not upset by it for a second. i am grateful for having spent the best pa rt am grateful for having spent the best part of three decades being in the midst of this great country's politics. which is going through a huge change at the moment. is it going to be an election on policies? we saw at pmqs, jeremy corbyn picking on the nhs. or is it going to be absolutely dominated by the one issue that is dominating politics, which of course is brexit? i think brexit will be the main issue and a polarising issue. it is also going to be a complicating factor because it wil