Rishi Sunak's "watered down" Kings Speech pledges
The Politics Show
The New Statesman
4.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 8 November 2023
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Amid much pomp and circumstance, this week King Charles III delivered the first King's Speech in over 70 years. In this episode of the podcast Anoosh Chakelian is joined by deputy political editor Rachel Wearmouth, and political correspondent Freddie Hayward, to discuss what Charles announced in his speech, and perhaps more notably - what went unmentioned.
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