Does Westminster make good people awful or does it attract awful people? As far as Sarah Vine is concerned, it鈥檚 the former 鈥 corrupting those with the best of intentions, turning them 鈥渕ad and toxic.鈥
For twenty years, Sarah Vine was on the frontline of UK politics 鈥 married to former Secretary of State Michael Gove, friend (and later, foe) of the Camerons and a tabloid columnist. She witnessed Brexit up close 鈥 so close in fact, that it cost her her marriage.
In this episode of the Fourcast, journalist and author Sarah Vine talks to Krishnan Guru-Murthy about her new book, 鈥楬ow Not to Be a Political Wife鈥. She talks about her 鈥榗rush鈥 on Samantha Cameron and their devastating fallout, her view that MPs aren鈥檛 paid enough, the pressures of public scrutiny and the emotional toll of being married to power.