{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/657c9dc8eb643e00177fdc87/657c9dcf762a0e0016e69ade?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Hope, charity and \"lying bastards\"","description":"<p>Olympian <strong>James Cracknell</strong> joins <strong>Christopher Hope</strong> in the Red Lion to explain why he <em>hopes</em> become a Tory MP, appropriately in Henley on Thames, and how he would react if a certain blonde, former PM tapped him on the shoulder and asked him to step aside...</p><p>Also on the podcast, Culture Secretary <strong>Lucy Frazer MP</strong>, fresh from a busy few weeks with the Coronation and then Eurovision, encourages Britain to embrace its cultural soft power, and urges <em>charities</em> to stay out of politics.</p><p>Plus former producer to Andrew Neil, Jeremy Paxman and Emily Maitlis, <strong>Rob Burley </strong>reveals which revered TV legend once wrote a speech for then Prime Minister Thatcher, putting to bed the idea that journalists now are more biased, and shares his top interviewing tips with Chopper, not that he needs them...</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/why-is-this-lying-bastard-lying-to-me-searching-for-the-truth-on-political-tv-rob-burley?variant=40188508504142\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Why is this lying bastard lying to me? by Rob Burley</a></p><p><br></p><p>For 30 days' free access to The Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/chopper |</p><p>Sign up to the Chopper's Politics newsletter: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politicsnewsletter |</p><p>Read Chopper's Peterborough diary: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/peterborough-diary |</p><p>Listen to Off Script: www.playpodca.st/offsctipt|</p>","author_name":"The Telegraph"}