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The News Agents

Rishi Sunak launches his manifesto. Is Britain still listening?

The News Agents

Global

Government, Daily News, News, Politics

4.15.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Rishi Sunak launched the Conservative manifesto today at Silverstone. We’ve been trying to swerve the racing metaphors but the odd one crept in. He talked a LOT about tax cuts - doubling down on his disproven claim of Labour tax rises, but offered few new policies.

The performance was polished. But has the public stopped listening? We talk to Home Secretary James cleverly and Deputy Foreign Secretary Andrew Mitchell.

Later WE HAVE THE QUIZ RESULTS. And A WINNER is crowned.

Editor: Tom Hughes

Senior Producer: Gabriel Radus

Producer: Zeynel Can Yuce

Social Media Editor: Georgia Foxwell

Video Production: : Rory Symon, Shane Fennelly & Arvind Badewal

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0:00.0

The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity.

0:09.4

This is a global player original podcast.

0:12.8

This country has a proud past and a bright future.

0:16.8

And I believe in that innate confidence in ourselves that has always run through our island story.

0:21.6

And just as we're proud of all that we created, invented and discovered in our past,

0:26.6

so we can be confident and optimistic about what we will achieve in our future.

0:31.6

But I'm not blind to the fact that people are frustrated with our party and frustrated with me.

0:39.3

Things have not always been easy and we have not got everything right.

0:43.3

But we are the only party in this election with the big ideas to make our country a better place to live.

0:51.3

We are three weeks in, there are three weeks to go,

0:55.0

and Rishi Sunak has launched his campaign here at Silverston

0:59.0

with special sound effects being provided by a racing car going past us

1:05.0

as we speak.

1:07.0

Can he make the difference?

1:09.0

That might even be Brad Pitt, more of which later.

1:12.8

Rishi Sunet gave a pretty polished performance. It was no water queue. It was a warm crowd and

1:19.4

there was no heckling. But we're asking a bigger question today, I think, three weeks to go until

1:25.1

the election. When Rishi speaks, when the Prime Minister stands up,

1:30.0

are people ready to listen? Welcome to the newsagents.

1:37.4

The Newsagents. It's John. It's Emily. And the jokes sort of right themselves,

1:42.3

don't they, when you come to Silverstone to launch your campaign, we're turning a corner, we're accelerating, we haven't stalled. Oh, the wheels have come off, everything. You could just go on and on and on.

1:53.5

Yeah, he clearly chose this spot because it feels like the perfect metaphor. When you see it in person, actually what you realize is how deserted

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