Rishi in the dock: Covid and Rwanda
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
With no fewer than five separate Tory factions meeting to discuss whether or not to back the government on its revised Rwanda policy, Rishi Sunak finds himself fighting for his political reputation on two fronts: immigration and his handling of the pandemic.
Yesterday, he faced the Covid inquiry. Our parliamentary sketch writer, Tom Peck, tells Manveen that Sunak may have survived the legal cross-examination, but his political fate is sealed.
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Host: Manveen Rana.
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| 1:03.0 | It's only Tuesday, but it's already a terrible week to be Rishi Sunak. |
| 1:12.0 | Today, his flagship policy on Rwanda faces a crucial |
| 1:17.0 | vote in Parliament as even the man who used to be his immigration minister and |
| 1:21.7 | was one of his closest friends in politics |
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