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🗓️ 30 April 2022
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Last year, to mark 300 years since Robert Walpole became Prime Minister, Matt Chorley learnt about every PM through history each week. This year, he's learning about each Leader of the Opposition with Nigel Fletcher from the Centre for Opposition Studies. Each month you'll find a collection of episodes on the podcast.
This month, Spencer Cavendish, Sir Stafford Northcote, Sir Michael Hicks Beach and the First Earl of Kimberley John Wodehouse.
Listen live to the next Leader of the Opposition every Monday morning from 10am on Times Radio.
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0:28.6 | I'm Matt Jolli with a bonus episode for you every week on my Times Radio show. |
0:34.2 | We are counting down all of the leaders of the opposition. |
0:49.2 | We do it every Monday just before midday with the political story, |
0:52.0 | Nigel Fletcher from the Centre for Opposition Studies. |
0:54.8 | And once a month we round up the latest batch that we've got and bring them to you here. |
0:58.4 | On the podcast, so we kick off this month with Spencer Caradish, |
1:02.4 | Mark Wiss of Heartington. |
1:04.4 | He's the first Liberal leader of the opposition that we've had for quite a while. |
1:07.4 | We've had quite a few conservatives over the last few weeks. |
1:10.4 | And he's the first commons leader for the last few weeks as well, |
1:14.4 | because we've mainly been looking at the House of Lords recently. |
1:17.4 | Not that he was really that common as you might guess from his title. |
1:20.4 | He was born into the Caradish family. |
1:22.4 | So he later became the eighth Duke of Devonshire. |
1:25.4 | But as I say, during this period, he was known by the Cursey title, |
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