Hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shaped our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. My guest today was told that he has a reading age ofjust eight. His dyslexia was so bad he had to return to school to study in his 20s for the exams that he simply couldnt pass when he was there the first time. He is now dr peter kyle, a close ally of keir starmer s and the shadow Northern Ireland secretary, who, if labour comes to power, may find himself having to take a very important decision whether there should be another referendum about the future of the uk. This time it would be about whether Northern Ireland should leave and become reunited with the republic. Peter kyle, welcome to political thinking. Thanks, nick. I say that in the introduction that you have a reading age of eight. Really . And if so, how on earth do you do the job youve got now . Well, ive never known any difference, so i cant describe i cant com
hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shaped our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. my guest today was told that he has a reading age ofjust eight. his dyslexia was so bad he had to return to school to study in his 20s for the exams that he simply couldn t pass when he was there the first time. he is now dr peter kyle, a close ally of keir starmer s and the shadow northern ireland secretary, who, if labour comes to power, may find himself having to take a very important decision whether there should be another referendum about the future of the uk. this time it would be about whether northern ireland should leave and become reunited with the republic. peter kyle, welcome to political thinking. thanks, nick. i say that in the introduction that you have a reading age of eight. really? and if so, how on earth do you do the job you ve got now? well, i ve never known any difference, so i can t describ
a pretty decent person going about it. that was what she would want for me. i try. peter kyle, thanks forjoining me on political thinking. thanks so much. when peter kyle is asked to go campaigning, he s often sent to areas that other labour mps wouldn t be seen dead in. why? well, the people who run labour s campaigns tell him that he speaks fluent tory if he s to progress in the labour party, fluent tory. if he s to progress in the labour party, as many of his supporters think he will, he s going to have to persuade his own party supporters that he uses that language as a way to sell labour ideas. thanks for watching.
who voted differently in the past and think differently you listen and learn from it. i mean, i keep saying to to colleagues in the labour party, listening to tories doesn t make you a tory, it helps you beat them. and i think if you look at how i acted during the remain campaign, there was only one occasion where i said something which was pejorative or dismissive of the leave campaign and the way that they were using certain arguments, which i felt were, was, was inappropriate. i, ifocused entirely on a positive vision. i tried really hard to use language that could bring people together. now there s a big decision that keir starmer has taken. he reinforced it this week. it s brexit. it s all in the past. britain s future is outside the eu he wrote in a piece for the daily express this week. and it was deliberately, clearly the daily express, not in the single market, not in the customs union, he wrote. not with a return to free movement.