Destination Rwanda?
Political Fix
Financial Times
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🗓️ 19 January 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
The government’s plan to send undocumented migrants to Rwanda has overcome a series of hurdles in the House of Commons, but how will it fare in the Lords? FT columnists Miranda Green and Stephen Bush are with Lucy Fisher to debate what could happen next. And the FT’s public policy editor Peter Foster joins them round the table to tell us more about the FT’s scoop on the dire state of finances in UK universities.
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Presented by Lucy Fisher. Produced by Philippa Goodrich. The executive producer is Manuela Saragosa. Original music and audio mix by Breen Turner. The FT’s head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.
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| 0:00.0 | You match with Maya on Tinder, you agree you don't fancy each other, but she makes you laugh till it hurts. |
| 0:05.3 | She dragged you to a mate house on the outskirts of the city, and you actually have a great time. |
| 0:10.0 | You connect with some new people, like Isaac, and decide to go to the gallery in the city centre, |
| 0:15.8 | where you bond over your shared appreciation of silence. |
| 0:19.2 | And bit by bit, the world starts to feel so full of possibilities and you think what if I hadn't met |
| 0:26.0 | Maya on tinder it starts with a swipe download the app now |
| 0:35.0 | What next for Rishi Sunax Ruanda Bill? I'm Lucy F. This is Political Fix from the F-T. |
| 0:40.0 | And with me in the studio today our political fix regulars, |
| 0:45.0 | FTE columnist Miranda Green. |
| 0:46.7 | Hi Miranda. |
| 0:47.7 | Hello Lucy. |
| 0:48.7 | I feel we've not been in the studio of late, so I'm so happy to see you. |
| 0:52.0 | I know, thank you for having |
| 0:52.8 | my back and Stephen. Hi Stephen. Hi Lucy. We'll be joined later by the |
| 0:57.0 | FT's Peter Foster he'll be here to tell us more about his scoop on the dire |
| 1:01.0 | state of the finances of many British universities. |
| 1:04.0 | But first, the roller coaster of the Rwanda bill. After victory in the House of Commons, |
| 1:09.2 | Ritchie Sunak is adamant that the Lords will not thwart his plans. |
| 1:12.4 | There is now only one question. adamant that the Lords will not thwart his plans. |
| 1:13.0 | There is now only one question. |
| 1:15.0 | Will the opposition in the appointed House of Lords |
| 1:18.0 | try and frustrate the will of the people |
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