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

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

It's been an eventful week with a jubilant Reform UK conference contrasting with Angela Rainer's resignation and

Kirstarmer's ensuing cabinet reshuffle. The government wants to present this as progress,

but others are somewhat sceptical. On G.B. News this morning, Camilla Tomini suggested to

Defence Secretary John Healy that the public view, view labour as being in chaos and crisis.

The government's reset this week's gone terribly badly wrong. Morning. Angela Rainer has now

resigned. I think the public is looking at this government thinking it's in complete chaos and

crisis. It is, isn't it? No, on the contrary, what's happened this week is that Angela Raina has found she's broken

the ministerial code, she's taken the decision to resign, that's the right thing to do,

and it's a reflection of the higher standards that Kiyosthama has insisted on in public life, the strength of the independent advisor, and the toughening of the ministerial code.

Hang on a minute.

These things always happen in government. The question is how you deal with them. And we've seen clean, swift, fair action taken.

Although it does mean that

we've lost Angela Rainer and I have to say any government is stronger if Angela Rainer is in

it.

I'm sorry, but I'm going to just disagree with you on a couple of points there.

Why does a former director of public prosecutions, a top lawyer, need to take legal advice

on whether or not a deputy prime minister who is admitted

to avoiding tax should or shouldn't be fired. Not only has he got legal training, but he's

also, as he says himself, the son of a toolmaker, somebody who wants to lead a government

of service. You've got his right-hand woman having admitted to avoiding tax

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