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Coffee House Shots

Sunak comes out fighting over Boris honours row

Coffee House Shots

The Spectator

News, Daily News, Politics

4.42.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

This morning Rishi Sunak has delivered a direct rebuke of Boris Johnson over the resignation honours row, during an interview at London Tech Week. Is this the Prime Minister going into fighting mode? Do his comments go some way towards heading off a Johnson-led rebellion? 

Also on the podcast, Nicola Sturgeon was released from custody yesterday evening after seven hours of questioning. What's the latest?

Cindy Yu speaks to Katy Balls and James Heale. 

Produced by Cindy Yu and Oscar Edmondson.

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0:19.6

Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shots. The Spectators is Silly Pwners' Podcast.

0:23.6

I'm Cindy Yu and I'm joined by Katie Baws and James Hume.

0:26.8

So it's been a very dramatic week in the Conservative Party.

0:30.4

And today, where she's seen like the Prime Minister has made his first comments talking about it.

0:34.4

Here's what he had to say.

0:35.6

And look, when it comes to, you know, honours and Boris Johnson,

0:41.6

let Boris Johnson ask me to do something that I wasn't prepared to do,

0:46.8

because I didn't think it was right.

0:48.8

That was to, you know, either overrule the Holac Committee or to make promises with people.

0:54.4

Now, I wasn't prepared to do that, as I said, I didn't think it was right.

0:58.0

And if people don't like that, then tough.

1:00.8

Katie, what did you make of the Prime Minister giving his opinion about what's happened here?

1:06.4

I think it's Rishi going into fighting mode.

1:09.2

In the sense it's the most direct rebuke we've had from Rishi Sienaq of Boris Johnson.

1:15.2

In those comments, he is explicitly saying Boris Johnson asked him to do something.

1:20.4

He is not comfortable doing the implication being

1:23.2

when we get into the technicalities of this resignation on his list, which is what sparked

1:28.0

a whole series of events, which means Rishi Sienaq is currently facing free by elections

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