Rishi Sunak’s first ten days – with Andrew Marr

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Anoosh Chakelian, the New Statesman’s Britain editor, is joined by Andrew Marr, political editor, and Rachel Wearmouth, deputy political editor, to assess Rishi Sunak’s first ten days in Downing Street, from the damaging re-appointment of Suella Braverman as Home Secretary to mixed messages on his government’s commitment to the climate.

They discuss his tricky mandate, the prospect of tax rises and spending cuts, and how Keir Starmer is facing up to him.

Then in You Ask Us: is it ever OK to comment on a politician’s appearance or presentational style?

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Anouche. I'm Andrew. And I'm Rachel. And on today's episode of the
0:13.0	New Statesman podcast, we discuss Rishi Sunak's first 10 days in office. And you
0:17.8	ask us, is it ever right to focus on a politician's appearance or
0:21.6	presentational style? So Rishi Sunak's had his first 10 days in office as
0:29.9	Prime Minister. I want to ask each of you how you think he's doing so far.
0:33.4	Andrew first. Quite well. I mean, I think when it comes to the
0:37.4	performances in Prime Minister's questions, you know, he can do the job, he can
0:41.6	get the Tory benches roaring, he can deal with some very, very carefully
0:45.2	crafted tough and sharp questions from Keir Starmer, and he kind of looks and
0:49.7	signs the part. Second, he's got the markets quietened and quelled and
0:54.1	relatively reassured for the time being. He's put off those big financial
0:57.3	decisions. Third, by and large, the Tory party in Parliament is relatively
1:02.3	quiet. And we're on big, rivalrous groups going for him. But he has made
1:07.8	some really big mistakes. And he has got some big trouble ahead.
1:11.8	I would broadly agree with most of what Andrew said there. I think one of the
1:16.2	problems that he's had is when he came in his big selling point was, you
1:19.2	know, I'll bring integrity and accountability and honesty at every level. And
1:23.4	then one of his first decisions was to re-appoint Swella Bravanman, Home
1:27.3	Secretary. And she obviously had been forced out of her position a week
1:32.2	earlier for the breach of the Ministerial Code. That kind of felt very
1:35.6	Boris Johnson and not the new Rishi-Soon Act, which he'd put himself
1:39.8	forward as. So he's been a reshaykey start. Yeah, I have to say a lot of the
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