Rishi Sunak’s first 100 days, with Andrew Marr
The Politics Show
The New Statesman
4.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2023
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Rishi Sunak is marking 100 days in office just after Britain was hit by the biggest day of industrial action in a decade and the IMF predicted that the UK will be the only major economy to shrink in 2023. With the Tory party engulfed in sleaze and sackings, Sunak is feeling the pressure.
Andrew Marr joins Anoosh Chakelian and Freddie Hayward to discuss whether the Prime Minister is simply too inexperienced to weather this perfect storm, the clamour for tax cuts among the Tory ranks, and the key question buzzing around Westminster – is Boris Johnson about to make a comeback?
In You Ask Us, a listener wonders if Brexit is behind the UK's gloomy economic outlook.
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| 0:00.0 | Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you slide by on track to your destination. |
| 0:12.0 | Not a car in the world, as you simply lean back. And before you know it, you're there. |
| 0:20.0 | This is how travel should feel, and on our trains, it does. |
| 0:25.0 | Avanti West Coast. Feel good travel. |
| 0:33.0 | The New Statesman. |
| 0:41.0 | Hi, I'm Anouche. |
| 0:43.0 | I'm Andrew. And I'm Freddie. |
| 0:45.0 | And on today's episode of The New Statesman Podcast, we analyse Rishi Sunak's first 100 days as Prime Minister, |
| 0:51.0 | is Brexit responsible for Britain's economic woes. |
| 1:03.0 | Today is Rishi Sunak's 100th day as Prime Minister, in the same week as Super Strike Day, |
| 1:07.0 | the biggest day of industrial action in a decade, and Britain being the only G7 economy forecast to shrink by the IMF. |
| 1:13.0 | So that gives you an idea of the socio-economic picture that Rishi Sunak is facing, |
| 1:17.0 | but he has a few problems closer to home as well. |
| 1:21.0 | He's had to sack his party chair, Nadim Zahawi, we spoke about that a bit last week, |
| 1:25.0 | and there are questions hanging over his deputy Prime Minister Dominic Rob. |
| 1:29.0 | So Freddie, you wrote about this in morning call, didn't you? His first 100 days. |
| 1:32.0 | Tell us where we are in general, and then we'll go into the details. |
| 1:35.0 | Well, I think it's gone really badly for Rishi Sunak to be honest. |
| 1:37.0 | You've got to remember what he was promising when he came in. |
| 1:40.0 | He said he was going to reinvigorate the Tory party. |
| 1:43.0 | He was going to have a fresh phase compared to Johnson and Trust, |
| 1:46.0 | and he's not been able to do that. |
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