Sir Sajid Javid – Lessons From the Front Bench (Part One)

Welcome to Intelligence Squared, where great minds meet. I'm producer Mia Sorenti. Today's episode is part one of our recent live event with Sajard Javid, former British politician for the Conservative Party. Javid joined us at the Shaw Theatre in London to discuss his life in politics and the lessons he learned at the heart of government. Drawing on his memoir The Colour of Home, he also shared the story of his journey from a childhood shaped by poverty and racism to the highest levels of British politics, and reflected on Britain's multicultural society and his years serving in cabinet under three prime ministers.

Let's join our host, Richard Lachar, now, with more. A brief content warning for this episode. This discussion includes personal experiences of racism and discrimination and contains strong language, including racist and offensive terms. Good evening everyone. Our guest tonight has had an unlikely path to the top of British politics and to the heart of government.

Over the course of his career, he's held a number of the great offices of state, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary, Health Secretary, Secretary of State for Business, and served under three different Prime Ministers. Welcome, Sir Sajas Javid. Thank you very much. Now, I'm going to fill everyone in here tonight with a little bit of your background because politics was actually the second act of your working life.

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