Sunak's flights of fantasy?

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

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🗓️ 17 November 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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The Supreme Court's verdict has left the government's Rwanda asylum policy in tatters - but Rishi Sunak says he has a plan to get planes taking off by the spring. So what is the prime minister proposing, and is there any chance it will work? That won't be a job for Suella Braverman, with the controversial now ex-home secretary the biggest loser in this week's reshuffle. The biggest winner was David Cameron, who surprised everyone with his return as foreign secretary. Francis Elliott, editor of the House Magazine and Cameron's first biographer, joins the podcast to run the rule over the reshuffle and weigh up Sunak's Rwanda scheme. Plus: How big a problem did this week's resignations create for Keir Starmer? Emma Norris presents, with Jill Rutter and Rhys Clyne. Presented by Milo Hynes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Inside Briefing, the podcast from the Institute for Government.
0:13.4	I'm Emma Norris, the IFG's Deputy Director and this week's presenter. It's been an incredible
0:18.8	week in Westminster. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court ruled the government's policy to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda was unlawful,
0:25.6	leaving Rishi Sunak's plan and his pledge to stop small boat crossings in tatters, or does it?
0:30.6	We'll discuss the Supreme Court verdict and Sunak's response.
0:33.6	Suella Braverman, the biggest loser in this week's dramatic reshuffle, is definitely not
0:38.4	going quietly, with the former Home Secretary bowing out with an explosive letter. So how much of a
0:43.4	headache could Braverman end up being for the Prime Minister? We'll talk about it here. And then there's
0:48.2	the biggest winner in the reshuffle, one David, now Lord Cameron. I don't think anyone saw this one coming,
0:53.8	but will our new
0:55.1	foreign secretary, the first former Prime Minister, to return to the cabinet in 50 years, end up
0:59.8	being a wise appointment by Rishi Sunak?
1:02.8	All that to come.
1:04.0	Jill Rutter, IFG Senior Fellow and Number 10 Veteran, is here with us again.
1:08.3	Hi, Jill.
1:09.1	Hi, Emma.
1:10.1	Anne Reese Klein, IFG Associate Director and our resident immigration policy expert is with us again. Hi, Jill. Hi, Emma. And Reese Klein, IFG Associate Director and our resident
1:12.7	immigration policy expert is with us too. Hi, Rhys. Hi, Emma. And I'm delighted that we're
1:17.8	joined by Francis Elliott, editor of the House magazine and the first biographer of David Cameron. Hi,
1:23.6	So we'll come on to the reshuffle later and to Cameron's return, but your book, Cameron,
1:28.1	The Rise of the New Conservative, it was published way back in 2007, and it promised to reveal more
1:33.2	about the man behind the spin. Did he turn out as you expected? Well, we actually updated it
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