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Coffee House Shots

Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 02/05/21

Coffee House Shots

The Spectator

News, Politics, Government, Daily News

4.42.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2021

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Isabel Hardman presents the highlights from Sunday's political shows. Interviewees today include Douglas Ross, Dominic Raab and Lisa Nandy.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:08.6

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0:13.5

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0:17.1

Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shots, The Spectator's Daily Politics Podcast.

0:22.3

I'm Isabel Hardman and this is the Sunday Roundup.

0:25.8

Andrew Ma's first guest today was Douglas Ross, the leader of the Scottish Conservatives.

0:31.1

The row about the Prime Minister's arrangements to pay for the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat continues to rumble on.

0:37.2

Mar asked Ross if he would

0:38.6

demand the same standards of Boris Johnson as he did of the Scottish First Minister.

0:43.3

Can I ask you something about what you've said about Nicola Sturgeon? You said that she had

0:47.6

broken the ministerial code and should therefore resign. I take it from that that you believe

0:52.7

that if it turns out that Boris Johnson has broken the ministerial code, he should resign. Well take it from that that you believe that if it turns out that Boris Johnson

0:54.5

has broken the ministerial code, he should resign.

0:57.3

Well, Nicola Sturgeon was found to have misled MSPs in Parliament by a cross-party

1:02.9

committee of MSPs. But I think as your earlier commentator said, there are currently

1:08.1

three investigations underway in terms of what the Prime Minister has done and issues around that.

1:13.5

And I think it's right that we look to have serious questions answered on all of those points.

1:18.9

I'm just making the point. If he is found to have broken the ministerial code, and I'm using my words carefully, if he is found to have broken that code, should he resign yes or no?

1:28.9

Of course. I think people expect the highest standards of those in the highest office of the land.

1:34.5

And that's why I think people are looking at the investigations that are currently ongoing

1:39.0

and waiting for the answers to be heard.

1:41.9

Mark, at the same point to the Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab.

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