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Tue, 29 October 2024

6:00 pm - 7:15 pm BST

Sir Graham Brady – Secrets, Lies, and the Truth about Five Prime Ministers

Live In Conversation in London With Hannah MacInnes

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Kingmaker of the Conservatives Sir Graham Brady joins us with an explosive, insider’s account of the last five prime ministers.

The last fourteen years have seen turbulence at the centre of politics that is perhaps unique in British history. From coalition to Brexit, Covid to Partygate, Trussonomics to this year’s election, our government has never felt so fractured. And as Prime Ministers have come and gone, one man has been at the heart of every leadership challenge, seeing all, but saying nothing. Until now.

Sir Graham Brady has been the Chairman of the 1922 Committee since 2010. As the leader of the group with the power to choose a new leader of the Conservative Party, it is his hand that held the executioner’s axe over five consecutive Conservative Prime Ministers’ heads.

A lower-middle class grammar schoolboy from Salford who became the definitive Tory insider, he joins us live in conversation to reveal his insights into the character and choices of successive PMs and ask hard questions about who will be fit to lead us tomorrow.

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Sir Graham Brady

Chairman of the 1922 Committee

Born in Salford in 1967, Sir Graham Brady was elected to parliament in 1997 as the youngest Conservative MP in the house. Brady served as a Shadow Minister under four Conservative leaders before resigning in 2007 in protest at David Cameron’s opposition to grammar schools. He has been Chairman of the 1922 Committee, the group which selects the leader of the Conservative Party, since 2010. During his tenure as 1922 Committee chairman, Brady has overseen the election of three Prime Ministers – Theresa May, Liz Truss, and Rishi Sunak – as well as votes of no confidence in May and Boris Johnson.

Hannah MacInnes

Journalist and Broadcaster

Hannah MacInnes is a broadcaster and journalist. Alongside hosting How To Academy’s live programmes and podcast, she presents a cultural show on Times Radio and interviews on-stage at a number of other major literary events. She is the host of The Klosters Forum Podcast series and has written for the Radio Times, the Evening Standard and TLS. Before going freelance she worked for 8 years at BBC Newsnight, as Planning Editor and as a Producer / Filmmaker.

 

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