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Is Rishi Sunak a blancmange Prime Minister?

Coffee House Shots

The Spectator

Politics, Daily News, News

4.42.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Shots were fired at PMQs today as Keir Starmer referred to Rishi Sunak as a 'blancmange Prime Minister'. The line came after Rishi Sunak conceded on the Tory rebellion over mandatory housing targets. Katy James and Fraser mull over this attack. Also on the podcast, with Stephen Fry elected as the SNP's new Westminster leader, what could this mean for Sturgeon?

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Hello and welcome to Coffee Have Sharts's Spectators daily politics podcast. I'm Katie Borson,

0:30.3

I'm joined by Fraser Nelson and James Forsyth. We just had prime minister's questions

0:34.7

and here's what Keir Starmer had to say to Rishi Sunak. After a series of Tory rebellions in which

0:40.0

Downing Street has found a compromise. Remember for the Isle of White to cheer him on because it's

0:44.4

going to build more homes, pull the other one. I'll tell him what changed. His back bench is

0:53.1

threatened him. And as always the Blamondz Prime Minister, wobble. Fraser, that was the label

1:01.2

leader saying that Rishi Sunak is a Blamondz. Do you agree? I have to say I haven't quite heard

1:09.2

that one before. But Blamondz, if you go into Urban Dictionary to ask what the meaning of that is,

1:15.2

you find a definition that won't repeat here. So I'm not quite sure if I saw Keir Starmer

1:20.5

hand in mind. You know, if they're suggesting that Prime Minister has performance issues,

1:24.3

but I think that overall he's suggesting what, that he doesn't quite know what he's doing.

1:30.9

I've never, you know, it's impossible to interpret, really. And I'm not even sure you can accuse

1:37.3

Rishi Sunak of flip-flopping if that's the other accusation. But I suppose Fraser on flip-flopping,

1:42.8

he's trying to suggest that he is wobbling in terms of Tory MPs, you know, wants to grab

1:49.6

managing housing targets. Others want to, you know, have an honest or wind. And both scenarios,

1:55.0

the government has given way to a degree. In a way they have actually found they've got a bit

1:59.0

of the way, not all the way. But does that make Rishi Sunak look weak or does it make him look

2:03.1

pragmatic? Oh, it makes him look like the Prime Minister of a coalition. He wants to give ground

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