80: Lord William Waldegrave – Following your own path: why resilience and luck matter

"Try to be resilient. Luck is a huge part of life and where things go wrong or right, it is often not down to you." Those are the words of our guest, Lord Waldegrave of North Hill. As the MP for Bristol West, Lord Waldegrave served 16 uninterrupted years in both the Thatcher and Major governments, including seven years in the Cabinet from 1990-97. His memoir, 'A Different Kind Of Weather' was described by the Sunday Times as "the diary of a somebody in all its italicised glory". Taking a sideways look at his own ambition, Lord Waldegrave reflects on the addictive nature of politics and the need to follow your own path. And it is that ambition and the path it led him down that we reflect on in this interview.