Should Sunak use an NHS GP?

Coffee House Shots

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🗓️ 9 January 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

In an interview on Sunday, Rishi Sunak refused to tell Laura Kuenssberg whether he has a private GP. Could this question come back to haunt him amid accusations he is 'out of touch'? As Parliament returns from recess, ministers are holding talks with unions to avoid further public sector strikes. However, with strike action still set to go ahead, the expectation of these talks by union bosses may not coincide with reality. Is the government fighting a losing battle?

Also on the podcast, could a Boris Johnson comeback be on the cards? Isabel Hardman speaks to Katy Balls and Fraser Nelson.

Produced by Natasha Feroze.

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0:16.3	Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shots.
0:18.0	The Spectators' Daily Politics Podcast.
0:20.2	I'm Elizabeth Harbour, and I'm joined by K-Tables and Fraser Nelson.
0:24.2	Well, Parliament returns after the Christmas recess today
0:28.0	and top of the political agenda is the strikes.
0:32.2	We have lots of talks between different ministers and trade unions
0:35.7	on their different industrial action.
0:38.0	Health Secretary Steve Barkley is meeting nursing leaders
0:41.6	but he'll also be giving an update on the NHS
0:44.8	to Parliament this afternoon.
0:47.2	Katie, where are we in terms of the political debate over strikes?
0:50.7	Who's winning at the moment?
0:52.7	So the government's been trying to appear in the more reasonable party
0:55.6	but I do think there is a nervousness that as we enter the new year
0:59.2	where the number of strikes and the level of industrial action is only going up.
1:03.0	So this week we could see teachers and the ballot clasers joining the strikes.
1:07.0	There's also junior doctors who could choose to strike
1:10.5	that people are going to notice it more and at that point the unity
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