How to endure Sunak's dying government

Oh God, What Now?

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Society & Culture, News, Politics

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🗓️ 5 December 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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You might have noticed how terrible Rishi Sunak’s government is on basically everything, yet, if you listen to his cabinet you might think it’s all going swimmingly. How do we survive the next few months of a government eating itself alive without losing our sanity? Plus, why does British politics find it so hard to deal with religious issues? That’s Oh God, What Now? with guest Times Radio’s Hugo Rifkind. “It’s like watching a man who’s watching his house falling down, running from small DIY job to DIY job but actually making it all worse.” – Ros Taylor. “I think they think they’re in it to win it, it’s just bonkers, the dogs in the street can see they’re about to lose an election from the centre.” – Hugo Rifkind. “The problems with authority that Sunak has is that he’s literally not meant to be there.” – Hugo Rifkind. We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Group Editor Andrew Harrison with Ros Taylor, Yasmeen Serhan and guest Hugo Rifkind. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Alex Rees. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Oh God, what now? I'm Andrew Harrison. On today's show,
0:09.2	Rishi Sunak cuts a desperate figure at PMQ's these days and he's losing his marbles, yes nobody's said that before,
0:15.2	over petty diplomatic issues. How do we get through the final months of a dog-end administration?
0:20.7	Plus the Israel-Hamask crisis has politicians and commentators treading on eggshells
0:25.0	when it comes to the intersection of religion and politics.
0:28.0	What does British politics find it so hard to deal with religion?
0:31.0	Let's say hello to the panel.
0:32.0	Ros Taylor is a journalist and author of the forthcoming book, The Future of Trust.
0:35.4	Hello, Ros.
0:36.0	Hello, Andrew.
0:36.9	Last week we had the very sad news that the former Chancellor Alistair darling passed away.
0:41.0	He was only 70.
0:42.0	Gordon Brown gets a little credit for saving the world
0:44.0	from financial disaster in the crisis. Does Darling get the credit he deserves?
0:48.6	Probably not, no. I don't think you really wanted it though. He mean he didn't want to be leader and you're
0:56.1	not jostling for that kind of power the whole time you just tend to get ignored and
1:00.6	it's true I mean having written about politics and during that period I don't
1:04.3	pay enough didn't pay much didn't pay enough attention to darling and what he was
1:09.4	doing and what he was saying but he was quietly a very effective man and he went on his own political journey
1:17.0	apparently I was reading this morning that when Kinnock first met him in
1:20.3	Scotland when he was a young campaigner he said I never want to see that bearded trot becoming an MP and it's true he had this amazing beard which he later kind of cut down to a more respectable beard which unfortunately made him look a bit like the master in
1:34.1	Doctor Who. There's nothing wrong with that. I am usually referred to us the darling.
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