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The John Batchelor Show

#LondonCalling: Is the Sunak Government "accident prone?" @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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#LondonCalling: Is the Sunak Government "accident prone?" @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
https://www.economist.com/britain/2023/01/23/rishi-sunaks-hapless-government


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I'm John Batser with my colleague Joseph Sternberg.

0:39.0

He's a member of the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal.

0:42.0

He writes the political economics column.

0:44.0

He's based in London, observing the London news,

0:47.0

turning on the Sunack government,

0:49.0

which has been called by one wag accident prone.

0:52.0

Why? Well, most recently there have been a number of decisions

0:56.0

that are controversial, but I'm not speaking of budget now.

1:01.0

I'm speaking of personnel.

1:03.0

The chairman of the Tory party,

1:05.0

that's the leader of the Conservative party,

1:08.0

and the chairman of the BBC.

1:10.0

These decisions are both being challenged by voices in the parliament

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