Why is No 10 hiring âweirdosâ?
An unconventional job ad caused a political scandal.
At the beginning of the year Dominic Cummings, the prime ministerâs senior adviser, put out an unusual job advertisement. In a blog post he asked for âsuper-talented weirdosâ and âwild-cardsâ. One of the people he hired was Andrew Sabisky, a twentysomething âsuperforecasterâ. It was later revealed that Sabisky had previously expressed extreme views on race and eugenics. He subsequently resigned.
In this episode we speak to Newsnightâs political editor Nicholas Watt who has been following the Sabisky saga. We also talk to journalist and author Matthew Syed about why hiring âweirdosâ can actually be a good idea.
Presenter: Matthew Price
Producers: Harriet Noble, Jenny Sneesby and Lucy Hancock
Mixed by Emma Crowe
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