Rishi Sunak tackles the small-boat crossings
Political Fix
Financial Times
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🗓️ 11 March 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Even the Home Secretary Suella Braverman admitted there were questions over the legality of the tough new legislation introduced in the House of Commons this week. Others criticised it for being inhumane. We discuss the language and strategy of the policy and ask, is it workable? Plus, the UK-France summit in Paris shines a spotlight on the warmth between Rishi Sunak and Emmanuel Macron and the two countries’ post-Brexit relationship.
Presented by George Parker, with deputy opinion editor Miranda Green, political correspondent Jasmine Cameron-Chileshe, Paris bureau chief Leila Aboud and special guest former UK ambassador to France Lord Peter Ricketts. Produced by Anna Dedhar and Persis Love. The sound engineer was Breen Turner
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| 0:33.3 | It was a week that started with high political tensions around the small boats issue. |
| 0:38.3 | And it ended with a note of harmony, even an ontant cordial. |
| 0:42.4 | But the political week didn't start off that way. |
| 0:45.2 | Claims unprocessed, the tax payer paying for hotel rooms, |
| 0:48.9 | criminal gangs running all the way laughing to the bank |
| 0:52.4 | and an asylum sister utterly broken on his walk. |
| 0:56.3 | This is their fifth prime minister, their sixth immigration plan, |
| 0:59.7 | their seventh home secretary, and after all this time, |
| 1:02.9 | all they offer is the same old gimmicks and empty promises. |
| 1:08.4 | Welcome to Payne's Politics, your essential insider guide to Westminster |
| 1:12.0 | from the financial times with me, George Parker, |
| 1:15.1 | in the hot seat vacated by Seb Payne, and a new name is on its way |
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