Inside The Room: The 2010 Coalition Talks | Political Currency podcast

To the shock of the whole country, the 2010 general election delivered a hung parliament. The result kick-started five days of arguments and negotiations as the real race to Number 10 began between Gordon Brown and David Cameron, with Nick Clegg as kingmaker.

In this special episode, Ed Balls and George Osborne are joined by Danny Alexander, who was Nick Clegg's Chief of Staff and the Lib Dem lead negotiator during the coalition talks. George and Ed were also leading negotiations on behalf of David Cameron and Gordon Brown. The three take us 'inside the room' of the talks, giving insider first-hand accounts of the high-octane, stressful, and emotional negotiations.

Inside The Room is a new series from Political Currency, where Ed and George dive deep into the big moments of political history. They will draw back the curtain on the drama and emotions that have fuelled the decisions made at the highest level, and explore the lasting effects those choices have had today.

[originolbunnyman]

Would be cool if you uploaded all episodes in full

[jackthemac]

Brilliant insight into a defining period of modern British history, thank you very much

[platexproductions]

Only just discovered this,
By god, I like Alastair Campbell but this is so much better than The Rest Is Politics, what the hell. Love the vibe of the two of you!! Please do more.

[ken-ipih]

As much as I enjoy Campbell & Stewart, this is real stuff. There’s nothing better than hearing from key figures in the years have just gone by!

[remyfarnert]

As a French follower, I really like your content and will certainely enjoy this podcast. Thank you gentlemen.

[sharkymarkie]

Deep dive into the Cameron decision to step down after Brexit Ref. Did he consider staying on to see it all through, for eg.??

[edmoore]

Really enjoyed this episode! Would love to see a deep dive podcast on the 2015 election

[billmarjot]

Very good chaps - more episodes in full please

[OVB_NL]

This is your best video yet...really great to have representation from all three parties from that period. Keep up the great work!

[matthewboyd]

A very momentous time in my late teens. Even at that time and age, I recall the uncertainly at that time. It is great to know how things happened behind the scenes. Thank you Danny, Ed and George.

[andymrkipling]

Very good uploading the video .Glad you listened to the feedback

[--Fish]

Awesome! Please do more full episodes.

[jonahsekakoni]

Bit of tension still between Ed and that LIB DEM gentleman 😂

[overlooting]

Great video! I'd love something similar on Brexit referendum decision, preparation for 2015 election and so on.

[Codeflix]

This is awesome! Easy to forget now how bad the global financial crisis was. Thanks for this podcast!

[stephenpettett]

Excellent. Thanks a lot. Please do more deep dives.

[razabadass]

Sincere thank you for this three way talk between veteran coalition negotiators from back in the day, Raza :)

[suptalks]

Really enjoyed this. I think the brexit referendum would be really good to hear about

[danieli]

Much better than the Campbell/Stewart depressive tripe.

[matthewburns]

George Osborne needs to own up to his own mistake in initiating austerity which hit the poorest hardest and has led to long term problems only now beginning to really feel real. Sunak today talks about how ‘there cannot surely be three times as many sick people than there were 10 years ago’. Many more people are feeling negative about a lot of things now and for many like me, life feels a lot more depressing than it did a decade and more ago overall. And I don’t think it’s just because I’m older. I’m 33 this year. The country has not and is not working for people like me and worse.
When I watch things like this and see two supposed opponents reminiscing about be the past and being friendly.. makes me wonder that todays two main parties are essentially the same. And therefore there is not a real choice, and therefore people like me at the bottom look at this and just do not bother to vote as it seems hopeless and pointless.
Austerity was BAD and the least some politicians could do is admit it and apologise and more importantly learn lessons and do the best to not let it happen again.