For this week’s NS, I’ve interviewed Sarah Wollaston, the independent-minded Conservative MP for Totnes, who became the first parliamentary candidate to be selected through an open primary. We discussed the government’s decision to abandon minimum alcohol pricing (which she is “devastated” about), the malign influence of Lynton Crosby and why David Cameron’s inner circle is still, in her words, “too white, male and privileged”. You’ll have to pick up the magazine to read the full piece, but here are some of the highlights.
Minimum alcohol pricing: “it’s lobbying”
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