Wes Streeting MP
3/20/20261 hr 6 min
In this episode, Gyles meets the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Wes Streeting MP. Gyles hears about Wes's remarkable life story so far, which begins in a council flat in East London and ends at the highest level of government. Wes tells Gyles about his unusual family - his mum, whose parents had both been in prison; his dad, whose father - Bill Streeting - was a formative influence on Wes. He talks about his school days, how he was introduced to the church at primary school and always had 'main character energy'. He talks about going to Cambridge, coming out, and ambition. Wes also talks about his current role and his plans for the future.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
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Wes Streeting· Guest0:04
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Speaker 00:05
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Speaker 20:31
Howdy, howdy, ho, and welcome to Fantasy Fanfellas. I'm Hayden, producer of the Fantasy Fangirls podcast and your resident lover of all things Sanderson.
Speaker 30:39
And I'm Steven, your bookish internet goofball, but you can call me the Smash Daddy.
Speaker 20:43
And we are currently deep-diving Brandon Sanderson's fantasy epic, Mistborn. But here's the catch: Steven here has not read Mistborn before.
Speaker 30:51
That's right, Hayden. So each week, you'll get my unfiltered, raw reactions to every single chapter.
Speaker 20:56
And along the way, we'll do character deep dives, magic explainers, and Steven will even try to guess what's next. Spoiler alert, he'll be wrong.
Speaker 31:04
Newsflash, I'm never wrong. Episodes come out every Wednesday, and you can find Fantasy Fanfellas wherever you get your podcasts.
Gyles Brandreth· Host1:12
[chime] Gather ye Rosebuds while ye may. There's a new guest waiting with quite a lot to say. So I'm going to shut up and say welcome to another episode of Rosebud. We do indeed have a very special guest for you. Cue the music. They're ready.
Unknown speaker1:28
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