meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Coffee House Shots

Can Sunak get a grip on his party?

Coffee House Shots

The Spectator

News, Daily News, Politics

4.42.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

As MPs mull over whether they would like to stand in the next general election, the cracks in the party widen. Notable MPs like Chloe Smith and Dehenna Davison have already declared they will not stand but there are likely to be more over the coming days.

Meanwhile, the Prime Minister has two rebellions to take on this week. One led by Theresa Villiers over mandatory housing targets; the other by Simon Clarke railing against the ban on offshore wind farms. On the podcast, Katy, James and Fraser discuss what kind of uphill struggle this week might bring. Can the cracks in the party be patched over ahead of the general election? 

Produced by Natasha Feroze.

Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.


For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts.


Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

This episode is sponsored by Canacord Genuity Wealth Management, experienced wealth planners and

0:05.6

investment managers who offer unwavering support in challenging times. Visit candowealth.com for more

0:11.8

information.

0:16.4

Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shots, Spectators' Daily Politics Podcast. I'm Katie Bulls,

0:20.7

I'm joined by Fraser Nelson and James Forsyth. Now we're starting the week with the news that

0:25.6

Matt Hancock came third and I'm a celebrity, get me out of here. Fraser, do you think when

0:31.3

Matt Hancock does return to the comments he's going to be welcomed, the boost perhaps in the nation

0:36.4

we reflect in the party? I do think the comments is natural constituency here. Where he went into

0:41.7

the jungle, Andy Coulson wrote an article for Coffee House and Andy Coulson being Cameron's former

0:48.0

and spin chief. Where he said that the odds were that Matt Hancock will emerge better from this

0:54.4

with his public profile improved and I think that's what we've seen. Television can turn

0:59.5

political neutrality into celebrity. The irony was that Matt Hancock was not a celebrity,

1:05.0

when he did not have a celebrity but now he has become one. So like Michael Bertulu,

1:09.6

like Ann Winnecombe, like other politicians who end bowls. Of course I wouldn't place

1:15.2

end bowls quite in the pantheon of political baddies but I wasn't a great fan of it but you know

1:21.8

they, these guys that they will use television to think, okay you think I'm a political baddie

1:26.8

but actually I'm an okay guy and then you go off into some varied afterlife, if not

1:31.6

Bertulu's, never off, trains surveying this country or that country and would have come,

1:37.6

went on, I don't know how many reality TV or game shows, if she ended up back in the European

1:44.2

Parliament as a Brexit, MEP. So I think Matt Hancock's career will be quite varied now. I don't

1:51.2

think she's going to welcome him back into the cabinet but it wouldn't surprise me if Matt Hancock

1:56.0

still thinks that there is a fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square waiting for him. And it's interesting

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Spectator, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Spectator and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.