Rebellions, reshuffles and Cameron’s return
Political Fix
Financial Times
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🗓️ 17 November 2023
⏱️ 32 minutes
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What a turbulent week in politics: home secretary Suella Braverman sacked, the government’s flagship Rwanda policy deemed unlawful by the Supreme Court and a major Labour rebellion. Not to mention the return of David Cameron. Lucy Fisher is joined by the FT’s George Parker and Stephen Bush to chew over events. And the FT’s William Wallis goes through the government’s options for revitalising its plan to remove asylum seekers to Rwanda.
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| 0:47.0 | Welcome to Political Fix, your essential insider guide to Westminster from the Financial Times. |
| 0:55.3 | I'm Lucy Fisher. |
| 0:57.3 | The F.T.'s William Wallace there, talking about the Supreme Court ruling that the government's |
| 1:01.4 | Rwanda plan is unlawful. |
| 1:03.8 | We'll come back to William a bit later. |
| 1:06.1 | Also coming up, a pretty seismic week in politics, a home secretary sacked, |
| 1:11.0 | a flagship government policy seemingly in tatters, and a major labour rebellion. |
| 1:16.9 | And to discuss all that, I'm joined by my FT colleague Stephen, |
| 1:20.3 | Hello Stephen, hi Lucy. |
| 1:21.3 | And George Parker, hi George. Hi Lucy. And George, hi George. |
| 1:23.4 | Hello Lucy. |
| 1:24.4 | So a week full of twists and turns got off to a pretty surprising start. |
| 1:32.1 | The return of former Prime Minister David Cameron to Cabinet, |
| 1:35.1 | despite not currently having a seat in the House of Commons. |
| 1:38.2 | Here's how David, now Lord Cameron, described what he will bring to Rishi Sunak's government. |
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