The Truss premiership, part one. Rees-Mogg on the alternative energy support plan he preferred.

Our interviewee on what went wrong - featuring Boris Johnson, the Bank of England, the OBR, pension funds, Kit Malthouse, why the Covid and energy support schemes were justified... and where the Government didn't act urgently enough.

The Moggcast: Episode Seventy Nine, Tuesday 8th November 2022

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Brexit - and how Corbyn saved Britain from "a government of all the non-talents"

Rees-Mogg on Cameron, Vote Leave, No Deal, May's Deal, Johnson's Deal, Gove's leadership bid - and whether a Remain view of Britain shaped the reception of Kwarteng's mini-Budget.

The Moggcast: Episode Eighty Three, Tuesday 7th February 2023

NHS reform. The Conservatives should learn from Wes Streeting. And "we should encourage people to use private health."

Plus: How the Tory "nimby tendency" killed housing reform.  Why leadership contest this year would be "completely scatty". And those who "scribble" criticism of Johnson are "fundamentally dull".

The Moggcast: Episode Eighty Two, Tuesday 24th January 2023

In defence of Johnson’s premiership.

Our interviewee says that a feature of one-to-one meetings with the former Prime Minister is that the other party would sometimes believe commitments had been made when they hadn't.

The Moggcast: Episode Eighty One, Tuesday 13th December 2022

"These rebellions are ill advised...You don't help your own seat by making life difficult for the Government."

Our interviewee on why he regrets the top rate tax U-turn, backs the radical abolition of tax reliefs, and thinks Chief Whips "can't resign, really" - as he recalls the fracking vote.

The Moggcast: Episode Seventy Nine, Tuesday 8th November 2022

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