EMQs Books Special: Do politicians make good writers?

<p>Why haven’t Ed Balls or George Osborne written political memoirs? Broadcaster Iain Dale puts the question to them, asking what’s stopping them, what they’d reveal if they did, and whether political history is incomplete without their accounts.</p><p>And another listener digs into a moment of political tension between Ed and Tony Blair over the Euro. Did Steve Richards’s book <em>Turning Points</em> get it right, and what was really said in that meeting?</p><p>Plus - the political fiction and non-fiction worth reading this summer, and whether George or Ed would ever dare to write a political thriller of their own.</p><br /><p>To get episodes early and ad-free, join Political Currency Gold or the Kitchen Cabinet:</p><p>👉 patreon.com/politicalcurrency</p><p>👉 Apple Podcasts</p><p>Please note: Kitchen Cabinet is only available via Patreon.</p><br /><p>Credits:</p><p>Producer: Miriam Hall</p><p>Senior Producer: Silvia Maresca</p><p>Video Editors: Maha Albadrawi</p><p>Executive Producer: Ellie Clifford</p><br /><p>Political Currency is a Persephonica Production and is part of the Acast Creator Network.</p><p><br /></p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>