Rishi Sunak’s dash for oil and gas
Political Fix
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🗓️ 3 August 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Rishi Sunak calculates that by portraying himself as “on the side” of motorists and adopting a “pragmatic and proportionate” approach to climate change, he’s aligning himself with the views of middle Britain. Is he right? The FT’s Lucy Fisher weighs up the question with columnists Robert Shrimsley and Stephen Bush. They also consider the Labour party’s chances in a key autumn by-election in its former stronghold of Scotland. Plus, Lucy and political editor George Parker unpick what it will take to reform the House of Lords.
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| 0:46.7 | Welcome to Political Fix, your essential insider guide to Westminster |
| 0:50.3 | from the Financial Times with me, Lucy Fisher. |
| 0:53.5 | You heard there, Robert Schrimsley, talking about the Prime Minister's shift |
| 0:56.8 | on the eco agenda. Coming up, far from subsiding, |
| 1:00.8 | the route over the government's green policies has gathered steam in recent days, |
| 1:04.8 | dominating headlines for a second week in a row. |
| 1:07.5 | We'll examine Rishi Sunak's new dash for oil and gas. |
| 1:11.3 | We'll also look north to Scotland, where a bi-election showdown between |
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