Did Rishi's 'rot' start with Boris Johnson?
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🗓️ 2 July 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
We sit down with Boris Johnson's director of communications, Lee Cain.
In the last 48 hours Rishi has accused Starmer of being a threat to national security and a delight for Putin, a work-shy sloth who clocks off at 6pm, and a leader who's going to rig the electoral system forever more.
Is this the sound of a man who thinks his campaign is going to plan?
Perhaps the problem began long long before Rishi Sunak called the election - or even got into power.
We ask the man who presided over Boris Johnson's 2019 campaign - Director of Comms Lee Cain - if he accepts the rot set in with him. The lies, the Covid parties, the narcissism - and the opportunities missed by the last Conservative PM to hold onto his massive majority.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.4 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:13.0 | How often do you work past 6pm on a Friday? |
| 0:16.5 | I mean, every Friday, Nick. |
| 0:18.8 | How surprised are you by the news we've heard concerning Sekeir Starmes that he will seek whenever |
| 0:22.9 | possible to stop work at 6 o'clock on a Friday night? |
| 0:25.9 | Well, look, you know, I have seen this and, you know, I haven't seen in detail what his comments were. |
| 0:30.9 | I do think that's, it's pretty unrealistic for your prime minister not to work past 6pm. |
| 0:37.2 | I also think it's a bit odd because they're also saying they want to make people in the NHS |
| 0:41.6 | work overtime and at weekend. |
| 0:43.5 | So I think to do that on one hand, and on the other hand say that you're not going to work past 6pm, |
| 0:48.1 | it's a bit tinneered. |
| 0:49.2 | I think he's going to get a shock if he goes into government and thinks that he doesn't have to work past 6pm. Imagine that you're the Prime Minister and you might want to still see your family just occasionally. |
| 1:00.4 | And you might even want to go on a holiday at some point. |
| 1:02.7 | Appalling. |
| 1:03.8 | Is this really a serious attack on Kirstamo or are people running out of things to say? |
| 1:11.6 | In the last 48 hours, we've heard the Conservatives warning that Labour would rig the system if they got into power. |
| 1:19.4 | We've heard telegraph headlines screaming that Putin would endorse Stama because he doesn't believe in defence. |
| 1:27.2 | What are we hearing here? |
| 1:28.9 | Is it just desperation? |
| 1:31.2 | Welcome to the newsagents. |
| 1:35.7 | The Newsagents. |
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