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Coffee House Shots

Can Rishi stop small boats?

Coffee House Shots

The Spectator

News, Daily News, Politics

4.42.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Tomorrow the government is set to deliver its plan the tackle small boats, legislation Rishi Sunak has been promising since before Christmas. Is Rishi about to get tough on immigration?

Also on the podcast, what is the latest in the Sue Gray scandal? Will this – alongside continuing questions over Simon Case – start a serious conversation about impartiality in the civil service? 

Cindy Yu speaks to Katy Balls and Isabel Hardman. 

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0:20.0

Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shots, the spectators' daily politics podcast.

0:24.0

I'm Cindy you and I'm joined by Katie Boers and Isabelle Hardman.

0:28.0

So tomorrow the government will be announcing a bit more about their plan on small boats.

0:31.0

But we've heard a little bit about it today.

0:33.0

What do we know Katie?

0:34.0

This is a legislation which Richie Sinek has been promising since before Christmas.

0:39.0

And I think it's probably all the various things he can do.

0:42.0

Viewed by MPs is one of the most, if not the most important, in terms of the next election

0:48.0

and just in terms of general government business.

0:51.0

Because of how much the issue of small boats has grown, both in terms of the number of people coming to the UK.

0:57.0

But also the number of constituents, obviously the two linked, who now mentioning to the point now where

1:03.0

I think perhaps even a year and a half, two years ago, I think some of the perhaps more blue wall MPs

1:10.0

who would be slightly appalled at anything cracking down on the human rights laws.

1:16.0

And now actually quite keen for this legislation because they think that there is just a general sense

1:20.0

and there's partly, if you look at the stories of refugees being kept in hotels, holiday camps.

1:28.0

It's becoming a very visual and potent electoral issue for Tory MPs.

1:34.0

Now, the legislation has taken longer than some MPs would like.

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