180. Question Time: Is Suella Braverman pretending to be right-wing?

The Rest Is Politics

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News, Politics, Government

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🗓️ 11 October 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Would Keir Starmer embrace proportional representation? Is the Tory right just a group of political entrepreneurs using their hardline views to climb the greasy pole? Is a wealth tax the only way to address the problem of funding adult social care? Join Alastair and Rory as they answer all these questions and more on this week’s Question Time. TRIP Plus: Become a member of The Rest Is Politics Plus to support the podcast, receive our exclusive newsletter, enjoy ad-free listening to both TRIP and Leading, benefit from discount book prices on titles mentioned on the pod, join our Discord chatroom, and receive early access to live show tickets and Question Time episodes. Just head to therestispolitics.com to sign up, or start a free trial today on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/therestispolitics. Instagram: @restispolitics Twitter: @RestIsPolitics Email: restispolitics@gmail.com Producers: Dom Johnson + Nicole Maslen Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Sky, where you can watch the brand new series of political
0:05.5	thriller, Cobra Rebellion. This is, if my counting is correct, release series three.
0:11.5	Aha, yes. Robert Carlisle, with a Y, is back as Prime Minister. I'm sure you're going to prove
0:18.0	it's a Scott in number 10, which is what we want everybody. That's, that's always good. Yeah,
0:22.4	absolutely. So this, this series, Prime Minister Robert Sutherland, facing more challenges
0:27.3	than ever before. So his popularity is plummeting. There's a new controversial police protest bill.
0:33.2	His administration's plunged into chaos when an environmental demonstration ends with grave
0:37.5	consequences. That's pretty familiar stuff. And as the inquest into the protest gets underway,
0:42.7	the Prime Minister and his government begin to realise that all is not as it seems. With his
0:47.6	daughter potentially in broir with a group behind it all, his interest in the case isn't purely
0:51.8	political. The Rebellion will push Sutherland to the edge and force him to question what he's
0:56.6	personally willing to sacrifice in order to stay in power. So something should appeal to both
1:01.2	of us, Alistair. Now, if you haven't watched Cobra before, it is a really dramatic political thriller.
1:07.6	You do get that sense of being behind the scenes of a government that's in crisis, imploding.
1:12.1	So, Alistair, were you impressed by the cast? What were your thoughts on the cast? It's got a
1:15.4	lot of great actors. Very British. Victoria Hamilton is the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff,
1:21.2	Jane Horricks, plays the Secretary of State for Defence. David Aig is the Foreign Secretary.
1:26.5	They're on top of really big issues, environmental terrorism, foreign corruption. So it is,
1:31.9	I think, it's fair to say one of the most popular shows that Sky have done.
1:34.9	It's one of these TV shows that ends up, I think, being pretty prescient because it's realistic
1:38.9	portrayal of current issues. For example, the show's high-speed railway, metro-altraline,
1:43.6	is under scrutiny, which may just be a familiar story for some of our listeners.
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