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Brandon Lewis

lines on the record: 31
first: 2018-03-16
most recent: 2018-03-16
sittings or episodes: 1
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“The BPs he would like to make clear. Yeah, I can't deny actually if I could take the. Was it the cinema with my son the other week and it was one of the boxes of popcorn that we were chomping our way through the film? If I go to the cinema, I mean, I saw the darkest hour recin, which is a fantastic film, an amazing performance from Gary Oldman. But I'd also be quite open about that. If I go to the cinema and watching a film at home with the family, I'd say if I'm watching a film, I kind of want to switch off and just be entertained. So I saw a Black Panther actually with my summary, which I thought was absolutely brilliant as well.”
2018-03-16 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Brandon Lewis One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, there's a really important difference, I think. And Ben's tweet is a really good example of that. Ben realised he made a mistake. He deleted it before anybody sued him or anything like that. But he deleted it. He apologised and he's paid a price and benefited to a charity. We see things coming from the hard left. In fact, we saw something just this last weekend from a Labour MP who doesn't apologise. They don't do that kind of thing. And I think it is important that we as politicians call this stuff out, particularly abuse, which is not what Ben was doing either, actually.”
2018-03-16 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Brandon Lewis One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, he has managed to get the most retweeted tweet of all politicians put together, I think, this year. But there are other ways I'd like to achieve that going forward. But there is a really important part.”
2018-03-16 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Brandon Lewis One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I think we are actually improving dramatically on our social and digital media. I think over the last period of the last few months, our team have delivered some really, really good, high-quality stuff. I think we're getting much more robust about challenging things when they're not correct from the other side, as we've seen even just this week, and I certainly experienced when I launched the new passports around Christmas time. Think about how”
2018-03-16 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Brandon Lewis One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I think we do need to have the conversation because if you think about it, anybody of my age, certainly 40 and below, but actually even my age, you can't really remember what a socialist government did to the country, the winter of discontent, what that felt like. Probably my age group kind of remember it partly because our parents were talking about it rather than really consciously being aware of it in the age of sort of six through nine. And I think, therefore, the Tony Blair government wasn't a socialist government, certainly not in the kind of Marxist socialist sort of approach we see from Jeremy Corbyn now. So I think there is a job for us to do to outline why free market is good for the economy. It creates wealth. It creates jobs. It creates improvements, technological steps forward that have happened that would not have happened otherwise. And to make a positive case, not just why people should vote conservative, but why the free market and capitalism, responsible capitalism, is good for the community.”
2018-03-16 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Brandon Lewis One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, I've done the loneliness. Yeah, I've done the marathon a couple of times. I do think there is something. I will say in the general election last year, I found it really healthy to get a bit of time half an hour every day early in the day or later in the evening to get out and have a run and clear your head and think things through. So yeah, I do enjoy that side of it.”
2018-03-16 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Brandon Lewis One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I do enjoy trifler. I try and do one or two a year. I'm hoping to do Castle Howard this year. I might do Heaver Castle I've done a couple of times. Yeah, it's good fun and it's something you can my son does and I managed to get a team of MPs doing the London Triathon a couple of years ago.”
2018-03-16 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Brandon Lewis One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I still think that's one of the reasons we want Brentwood Council, because we pledged to get rid of the on-street car parking charges.”
2018-03-16 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Brandon Lewis One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I think, yeah, I think there's a when I was the High Streets Minister, it was very clear to me when you go around the country, some of the high streets that are most successful at attracting independent businesses, having a thriving area, getting the community in and out, and ones where there's on-street free car parking and not car parking that's really expensive and too far away”
2018-03-16 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Brandon Lewis One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, I think there's something in common. When we won control of Brentwood Council, which had been the longest standing Liberal Democrat council in the country, and then obviously our one great Yarmouth from Labour, and we took back control of Yarmouth Council, which was Labour for a couple of years as well. And yes, we had that push and quite a big success in local elections in 2012 through 2014, UKIP that is. And I think the common thing around increasing my majority there on what we did before was actually getting back to the really basics of really hard work, around actually delivering for people locally. And particularly obviously, it's particularly pertinent. We're just a few weeks away now from the local elections. And remembering that actually people care about the big issues and they want to make sure they've got job security and safety for themselves, their families in the future. They also care about the pothole at the end of the road, that they're rubbish is collected on time and it's collected efficiently. And I am a bit obsessed with on-street car parking charges, so in high streets having good availability of free on-street car parking always helps.”
2018-03-16 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Brandon Lewis One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“People that polls just keep telling me are frustrated with younger people or the way that the world is. I mean in people who are all whatever their age infused with wanting to move forward and make sure we're delivering for the country.”
2018-03-16 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Brandon Lewis One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, it's interesting you say that, and you're quite right, actually. One of the things the Prime Minister was then chairman of the party outlined to the party wasn't what she thought the party was, but was how other people were describing us. And actually in doing that was right at the forefront and the start of that modernisation program that the party has been going through. And we still have work to do. I want to see more women, candidates, more women MPs, and that really did start with Teresa right back then. But I actually have to say, when I'm talking to members of the party and I've spent most of my weekends as chairman over the last few weeks going to various conferences, regional conferences, councillor conferences and this weekend we've got our party spring forum and there is a couple of things that are really striking. One is there is a very good mix of ages. I'm talking to audiences between two and 300 people with a massive range of age from teenagers right the way through to people much older in life and actually a really good atmosphere, really good interaction and really good mingling and I've not met these”
2018-03-16 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Brandon Lewis One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Actually, that very point around because we are an evolving changing country, that multiculturalism, so whether you are somebody on Friday night wants your fish and chips and Thursday night goes out and has a great curry. The fact is such a wide, I mean, where else in the world have you got such high quality range of cuisine that you can have such a high quality range of culture and sporting opportunities? There's not many places in the world that can offer that. I think we should be hugely proud of that diversity.”
2018-03-16 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Brandon Lewis One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I think there's lots of stuff that's good about Monaboon. I think whether it ranges from what can occasionally be our good sporting abilities, as we see in the Olympics, right the way through to the fact we have not such a... Well, I don't know. We have some good games. We beat Aston Villa the weekend, so that's one over on David Cameron's team. What was it West Ham? He could never quite remember.”
2018-03-16 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Brandon Lewis One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Absolutely, I think we can. And I think it is about remembering why we are conservatives. We believe in a free market, freedom of choice. And I think actually outlining why these things are not exclusive of each other and you can respect British values. One of the beauties of being British is we have a country and a way of life that is always evolving and changing. I think it's why we've managed to stay such a strong country for so long.”
2018-03-16 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Brandon Lewis One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, actually, I think there's a whole range of things in there that I'd say haven't been in the government from 2012 as an MP since 2010. I actually am really proud of. I think we should be very proud of particularly things like the fact that people of the same sex can now legally get married because of what David brought in. I think it's right that we're proud of that. And as I say, for me, I think it's also about part of that. It's some of the things that we've seen Michael Gove more recently talking about as well, which is about making sure we leave the planet, leave our communities in a better place than we found them. And I think what David was outlining right back then with the visit with the Huskies was actually being aware of our environment and actually that we care about it and we want to do things about that. It's the BBC at place.”
2018-03-16 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Brandon Lewis One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“University of Buckingham, but I think for me having grown up in that period and believing in that, I think because the party was in government and things were working, I think I fell into the trap that many people can fall into because that's all okay, I don't need to be involved in that. I'm going to get my qualifications, get involved in business, build business. And I think it was in 1997 when Labour were coming into power and it was clear they were coming into power. I was chatting to a friend of mine and I sort of expounded my views and the friend of mine said, well If people like you don't get involved it won't change. It won't come back to conservatives and I thought that was a fair point. So I said I'd get involved and as I say 26 year old in 97 saying I'm prepared to get involved I found myself being involved quite quickly.”
2018-03-16 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Brandon Lewis One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I don't think we have lost it, but I think we have certainly got some work to do in the period ahead to publicly reconnect with that, if that makes sense. And I think get out there and be on the front foot making the case for why responsible capitalism, the free market, entrepreneurship is a good thing for this country, creates wealth, creates jobs. And I think that is important for us.”
2018-03-16 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Brandon Lewis One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, I think in reality my dad was a businessman, and I think I grew up, and I could still remember actually when he was first buying out the business, when it was a smaller business, I can remember being consciously aware of them remortgaging the house to be able to afford to do it, being quite open about the fact, you know, this was a bit of a risk and we're going to make it work. And I can remember the hours he used to work all through the week and often through weekends to really make sure that was a success. And I think that kind of entrepreneurial spirit, you know, my dad was from Shepherd's Bush before it was fashionable and was a QPR fan as I am when it was and generally isn't that fashionable. But my dad left school very early without qualifications and just worked his way through. And I think that probably has definitely instilled something in me, yeah.”
2018-03-16 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Brandon Lewis One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, I like to feel I'm now a Norfolk boy, but I'll let the people of Norfolk take a view on that. But yeah, look, originally my dad would try harder on the accent. Yeah, I'm going to have to work on that. Can you do a great yarma thing? I'm not even going to attempt to play anybody's accent, let alone a Narfook one.”
2018-03-16 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Brandon Lewis One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Can you tell from my waistline? But they had a range of products and they had a number of factories at one point and one period in the 80s, one of their factories was in Great Yarmouth and it was called Dock Rock. And a lot of the rock that was sold around the country at the time was made there in a factory. So I used to as a teenager get to spend a long period every year in Great Yarmouth which was fantastic.”
2018-03-16 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Brandon Lewis One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yeah, well, my dad's business at the time, he worked for, and then he eventually owned was a company called the House of Clerks. And it was based in Dagnam. The main product they made that most people have heard of is Buttock is popcorn. And it meant that the largest popcorn factory in the world was in Dagenham. But they made a range of...”
2018-03-16 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Brandon Lewis One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I know where you're going with that. I think that was because my dad had got to know Robin thought he was a very good MP coming from somebody who worked at that time in a small, medium-sized business, just felt conservatives with the right party, was supporting Robin and took me out. But on the secret, you know, it's because you're...”
2018-03-16 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Brandon Lewis One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Oh, yes, yeah, yeah. I was about 11. My dad knew, and we lived where Robin Squire was MP in Hornchurch. So when I was about 11, I was out delivering leaflets for Robin Squire. So I still remember doing that in the evenings, yeah.”
2018-03-16 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Brandon Lewis One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, I've had many lessons from the Great Area Pickles about here and Mrs. Pickles meeting at Young Conservatives, so it's clearly done good things for people over the years.”
2018-03-16 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Brandon Lewis One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Seemed a bit old and boring, so it was a really start lesson and something that we've been thinking about, and Ben Bradley's acutely aware of, he's looking after the youth side as one of our vice chairmen and James Cleverly, my deputy, is actually we've got to think about how we facilitate younger people to do what they know they want to do. They know their demographics. There's no point us telling them how to do and what to do. We've just got to create a safe and good environment for them to do it in.”
2018-03-16 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Brandon Lewis One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, actually, I can go further than that and I'll answer the question particularly with my son who's studying politics. And I'm actually quite keen to make sure that we let younger people, we facilitate and support them to organise things that they'll enjoy. And it was a really stark lesson for me because my son was in London with me just before Christmas and he went to an event that was being organised by some younger conservatives, not a party event, but just by some young conservatives. And he went with a few of his school pals. And I'd been invited, but because I thought I'll try and be the cool dad, I left them. I thought they would be the own coolest thing possible to rock up at this event. So I left them to go on their own. And a few days later, his friends were around at home. And I said to him, was it good? Did you enjoy it? And they went, it was okay. So I said, well, go on. Well, everybody there was, they were all 25 to 30 old young professionals. Of course, to them, a 17-year-old and 18-year-olds.”
2018-03-16 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Brandon Lewis One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“As somebody who was 45 even at the last election, there was never any danger of me considering voting anything other than for the Conservatives and Theresa May. It was a pretty clear choice for me. And actually, fortunately, it was for 2.3 million more people than it was in 2015. Yeah, we got the broadcasting there, but actually, and part of the job we've got to do is to look at how we are able to encourage people who are younger and across different areas in the right areas to vote for us at the next general election in some four and a half years' time.”
2018-03-16 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Brandon Lewis One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I forgot to read the manual. When I first got really active, it was 1997. And the amount of people who would A- ask the question and B, at that time, 97 being 26 joining the Conservative Party, I wouldn't say I was a rare breed, but there was lots of opportunities to get involved in things. There wasn't too big a queue in some places.”
2018-03-16 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Brandon Lewis One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“My dad was a businessman, and I could still remember actually when he was first buying out the business when it was a smaller business. I can remember being consciously aware of them remortgaging the house to be able to afford to do it, being quite open about the fact this was a bit of a risk and we're going to make it work. And I can remember the hours he used to work. That kind of entrepreneurial spirit, you know, and my dad was from Shepherd's Bush before it was fashionable, left school very early without qualifications and just worked his way through. And I think that probably has definitely instilled something in me, yeah.”
2018-03-16 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Brandon Lewis One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Anybody of my age, certainly 40 and below, but actually even my age, you can't really remember what a socialist government did to the country. And I think, therefore, there is a job for us to do, to make a positive case, not just why people should vote conservative, but why the free market and capitalism, responsible capitalism, is good for the community.”
2018-03-16 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Brandon Lewis One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source