00:00did you tell him i'm going to challenge you yes when you met kit starmer yeah i'm not going to
00:05give chapter and verse on you what how long were you in the room because you're only in the building
00:0916 minutes how long were you in the room yeah i know it was timed it felt like longer i'm
00:13not
00:13gonna i think it would be disrespectful to someone you told him yeah and that's that that is part of
00:19my frustration i was very honest with the prime minister privately about where i thought the
00:23government was going wrong as have other cabinet colleagues been as have other ministers been
00:28as have a quarter of our parliamentary party who signed a public statement you know we we did you
00:34tell him i'm going to challenge you yes and i did he say there's no need i'll change
00:43i don't want to get into the the what he said and what what i said i don't think that's
00:48fair or
00:48respectful and but you know what if honestly nick if i felt that the prime minister was going to change
00:57and things would be different then i would have i would have i would have been happy more than happy
01:04to stay doing the job that i loved because i'm not you know i'm not going to pretend that
01:10the last week has been easy or the leaving a job that i loved with all my heart has not
01:18been an emotional wrench
01:19so
01:19is
01:20you
01:22you
01:22you
01:23you
01:23you
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