Rwanda, resignations, and a rancorous letter
The Politics Show
The New Statesman
4.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 16 November 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
The government's Rwanda plan has been put on hold, yet again, after being ruled illegal earlier this week by the Supreme Court. And someone who would have a lot to say about this is the former Home Secretary Suella Braverman who was fired on Monday. Braverman has since published a blistering letter to the Prime Minister attacking his failure to deliver on any of his key promises.
Meanwhile, Labour is seeing losses and resignations after 56 MPs defied Keir Starmer to vote for ceasefire in Gaza.
Anoosh Chakelian is joined by associate political editor, Rachel Cunliffe, and political correspondent, Freddie Hayward, to discuss this very busy week in politics.
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| 0:50.3 | The new Statesman's Politics Podcast. |
| 0:55.0 | Hi, I'm Anush. |
| 1:00.0 | I'm Freddie. And I'm Rachel. |
| 1:01.0 | And this is the New Statesman's Politics Podcast. |
| 1:04.0 | On today's episode, we'll be discussing the Supreme Court's ruling on the Rwanda scheme. |
| 1:08.0 | Soella Braverman's scathing departing letter to Rischi Sunak after she was fired from government on Monday and a little bit about |
| 1:15.0 | Labour's rebellion. |
| 1:21.9 | Hello, I'm Anush She Kelli and Britain Editor at the New Statesman and host of this |
| 1:25.3 | podcast. |
| 1:26.3 | And in the studio, joining me I have Rachel Kunliff, our associate political editor and |
| 1:30.1 | Freddie Haywood at political correspondent. |
| 1:32.0 | So there's been so much politics this week, |
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