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.
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.
to divide, to show that one side is right, the other side is wrong, and to sneer at them. i aspire, keir aspires, we, the labour party, aspire to see a challenge that our country faces as an opportunity to solve the problems and challenges that the country faces, create new opportunities, but to do so in a way that brings communities together. i lljust say this, nick, about what you ve learnt, i guess, from the politics of recent times. brexit, for example. brighton hove. only 31% of people voted to leave, making it a pretty unusual place. and it sometimes made out that those people who voted to leave were, you know, as it were, flat cap people with woodwinds and a whippet in the north of england. one and a half million londoners voted leave. that s 40% of the electorate. and round about the same proportion of 25 to sa year olds voted leave. i just wonder what you, as someone who s passionate about, as someone who s passionate about remain argued for a second referendum, tried to block