lots more on that on our website. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shapes our political thinking. this week, i ve been down to downing street to number 11 to speak to the chancellor, jeremy hunt, who s preparing his budget. he wanted to tell tory mps not to get ahead of themselves about the taxes that he could cut, but also to have a go at those who are saying he shouldn t cut taxes at all. all those organisations with acronyms the imf, the obr, the ifs. here now is my conversation with the chancellor. well, chancellor, thank you for having us here inside number 11 and a rather grand dining room. yes, welcome, nick, it s great to see you here. we re in 11 downing street, this is your office here, you host meetings and dinners in this particular room, but it is also your home what is it like living above the shop? well, the first thing is that i n
now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shapes our political thinking. this week, i ve been down to downing street to number 11 to speak to the chancellor, jeremy hunt, who s preparing his budget. he wanted to tell tory mps not to get ahead of themselves about the taxes that he could cut, but also to have a go at those who are saying he shouldn t cut taxes at all. all those organisations with acronyms the imf, the obr, the ifs. here now is my conversation with the chancellor. well, chancellor, thank you for having us here inside number 11 and a rather grand dining room. yes, welcome, nick, it s great to see you here. we re in 11 downing street, this is your office here, you host meetings and dinners in this particular room, but it is also your home what is it like living above the shop? well, the first thing is that i never expected to be here. and as i
within inches of you. the road surface has worn out. it s been down, some of it, for 30 years. i it was so frustrating, sat in traffic all day, every day. we have major mechanical issues. we are kind of stuck in the middle of the a1. never, ever happened in my life before. so there s a lot on my shoulders. the amount of language has been a bit atrocious. i can see you are all super keen! we ve got six hours to do what we need to do. everyone s like, quick, get signed off. we need to get out. time is not our friend now. this is the biggest project, both value wise and duration wise that i ve ever worked on. in my role, i m responsible ultimately for all construction works. i think there s probably a perception by the public that there s not a lot happening on road works. but, you know, to have 150, 200 people on site every night when the public are sleeping, if they could see that, if they could drive through and appreciate how much is going on, i think they d be surprised.