Should Sunak be fined over seatbelt-gate?
Coffee House Shots
The Spectator
4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2023
⏱️ 14 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is sponsored by Canacord Genuity Wealth Management, experienced wealth planners and |
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| 0:11.9 | information. |
| 0:16.2 | Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shots and Spectators Daily Politics Podcast. I'm Katie |
| 0:20.8 | Paul's and I'm joined by Fraser Nelson and Kate Andrews. So yesterday was leveling up day |
| 0:27.2 | and mixed bag as we discussed yesterday's podcast and perhaps a bag that is leaning towards |
| 0:32.1 | negative in terms of the complaints from Tory MPs who missed out on the leveling up fund and |
| 0:37.1 | also the complaints from Labour saying despite some Tory MPs missing out they think it was more |
| 0:41.6 | weighted towards the Tories and pork barrow politics. But there's another story from yesterday |
| 0:46.4 | linked to that which is leading in some areas and this is Rishi Sunex failure to wear a seat belt. |
| 0:52.3 | This was a video his own team put up where he was talking about leveling up. It was spotted by |
| 0:57.8 | some that he did not have a seatbelt on despite the car being moving and now Lancashire police are |
| 1:03.1 | looking into Rishi Sunex. That means that he could receive a maximum fine of £500 that I think |
| 1:09.4 | that'd be of an all the way to court. I think you can settle quicker and Rishi Sunex and I'm |
| 1:14.5 | ahead and said that ultimately the Prime Minister believes everyone should wear a seatbelt and that |
| 1:19.1 | he fully accepts as a mistake and apologises. Fraser, where do you sit Kate? No, no, no, no, no. |
| 1:26.7 | Okay, I've got my boss who ultimately is in charge of my salary pointing a Kate to go first so |
| 1:32.0 | Kate, where do you sit on seatbelt gate? It's 2023. It's a new fresh year and I'm just wondering if |
| 1:41.3 | we can leave the politics of policing behind and by that I mean and look this might be the American |
| 1:47.8 | in me as well talking being quite influenced by. I don't want to WN be a quite bad at wearing |
| 1:53.0 | seatbelt. It's been happening this days over there. In the taxi cabs I know I am. Not in a car |
| 1:56.9 | though be very clear. I'm an excellent driver. Always wear my seatbelt. In taxi cabs you're right, |
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