The Minutes of Sir Richard Dearlove on phones https://minutesof.com/richard-dearlove/on/phones/ Everything Sir Richard Dearlove has said on phones: 4 verbatim quotes from April 2021, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it came from. en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:23:25 +0000 Dearlove says politicians and phones have always been a problem, not unique to any single politician. https://minutesof.com/q/5253dc95-ec27-4dd9-9249-d0b2101d4d34/ https://minutesof.com/q/5253dc95-ec27-4dd9-9249-d0b2101d4d34/ “Have Politicians and always been a problem. It is not a unique problem to any single politician.” — LBC Fri, 30 Apr 2021 07:53:03 +0000 phones Dearlove states politicians and phones have always been a problem across all politicians, not unique to any in https://minutesof.com/q/326bb71c-cd0b-4894-83d1-9a5cb21c6b0e/ https://minutesof.com/q/326bb71c-cd0b-4894-83d1-9a5cb21c6b0e/ “Politicians and always been a problem. It is not a unique problem to any single politician.” — LBC Fri, 30 Apr 2021 07:53:03 +0000 phones Dearlove claims every politician he has known, foreign and British, has used phones unwisely. https://minutesof.com/q/5fdc2a73-f8b5-4ec7-b2c5-9dbfbfee9753/ https://minutesof.com/q/5fdc2a73-f8b5-4ec7-b2c5-9dbfbfee9753/ “Every single politician I have ever known, foreign and British, have used their phones in a way which probably is unwise.” — LBC Fri, 30 Apr 2021 07:53:03 +0000 phones Dearlove argues unwise phone use stems from the nature of political life, not politician behavior. https://minutesof.com/q/262d6d59-f0f0-4722-9d60-0bf859c08a0a/ https://minutesof.com/q/262d6d59-f0f0-4722-9d60-0bf859c08a0a/ “That's the nature of political life, it's not to do with the behaviour of politicians.” — LBC Fri, 30 Apr 2021 07:53:03 +0000 phones