in fact the longest serving conservative defence secretary ever, ben wallace, who stepped down from his job in the summer citing the cost of what he said was putting work and country ahead of my family. a member of the government in some form ever since the conservatives came to power in 2010, he can now reflect on what he s learned about politics and about defence as he prepares for a life outside westminster. ben wallace, welcome to political thinking. thank you. we are speaking a few hours after the chancellor unveiled what he called his largest ever tax cut for workers. if you were running at the next election, would you be preparing for a spring election? no. i would probably be waiting for september. i think it is a good autumn statement. jeremy has gone on the right place around national insurance, effectively rewarding effort, work and trying people who we need to generate wealth and pay tax receipts so we can have more to spend and grow the economy. i think he has do
he s 18 myjunior so, you know, it is his turn to throw the bag is around, i have done my bit, so it is good. everyday is a busy day start early, work hard, finish late, every day is a busy day here, start early, work hard, finish late, try and get all the little jobs done in between. i ve been on the phone chasing parcels, doing the accounts, invoicing people, so a bit of everything in this game, really. january 1st in 2021. bang, brexit comes along. it is gone, just gone, you know. it stopped dead.
i walked down the street in my own village and get all the old people coming up to me, saying, how are the boys getting on with the season this year? you tell them, yeah, not doing too bad, a lot more oysters, a lot more queens than last year, oh, more queens again, i ll have to have some of them. and i ll say, yes, i ll drop you down a feed, you know? and it isjust great, it is intertwined in the network of the community, for sure. we make a pretty good team, really. he s 18 myjunior so, you know, it is his turn to throw the bags around, i have done my bit, so it is good.
we make a pretty good team, really. he s 18 myjunior so, you know, it is his turn to throw the bags around, i have done my bit, so it is good. every day is a busy day here, start early, work hard, finish late, try and get all the little jobs done in between. i ve been on the phone chasing parcels, doing accounts, invoicing people, so a bit of everything in this game, really. january 1st in 2021. bang, brexit comes along. it is gone, just gone, you know.