Sunak survives, plus the long wait for Grenfell justice
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Pod Save the UK
4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2023
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Rishi Sunak endured one his toughest weeks yet as Prime Minister, as he faced the Covid Inquiry and tried to placate rebellious MPs. But he lived to fight another day - as does his controversial Rwanda Bill. For Westminster watchers it was all about the mooted rebellion that didn’t materialise, but for Nish and Coco, the real story was the death of an asylum seeker aboard the Bibby Stockholm barge. For Nish, this stark warning about the potentially tragic effects of inhumane policies, should be cause for introspection amongst our political leaders.
The news that the final report of the Grenfell Inquiry has been pushed back once again, has frustrated many of those waiting to see justice done. Journalist Peter Apps joins Nish and Coco to discuss the inquiry, and offer his analysis of the systemic issues that allowed the tragedy to happen…and whether it could happen again.
Welsh political journalist Will Hayward also pops up to offer an instant reaction to the news that the Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford is stepping down - what’s his lasting legacy, and what happens next? Plus find out what Climate Change Minister Graham Stuart has done to make him Nish’s villain of the week, while Coco brings some festive cheer with her hero of the week.
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Guests:
Will Hayward, journalist for Wales Online
Peter Apps, journalist and author of Show Me the Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen
Audio credits:
UK Covid 19 Inquiry
Sky News
ITV News
Useful links:
Peter Apps’ book: https://oneworld-publications.com/work/show-me-the-bodies-2/
Inquest’s campaign for a National Oversight Mechanism: https://www.inquest.org.uk/no-more-deaths-campaign
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Podsave for UK. I'm Nishka Maa. And I'm Coco Khan. |
| 0:15.0 | This week, the right-wing Tory whack-jobs are in a festive mood, promising Rishi Sunai |
| 0:19.2 | can advent calendar full of shit. So not that festive then. We'll also be reflecting |
| 0:24.6 | on all the drama around Sunet's Rwanda Bill and the rebellion that never was. |
| 0:29.0 | Plus, we'll find out why the Grempel Inquiry's final report has been delayed yet again with |
| 0:33.0 | the help of our guests, the journalist and author Peter Rouse. |
| 0:41.8 | Hi, Michelle. Hi Coco. Yeah, good. How's your week been? |
| 0:45.1 | It's been busy. Christmas party season was not prepared for it. This is the thing about |
| 0:50.9 | being freelance. Some years, you get no invitations to anything in your year and for an office. |
| 0:57.0 | And this year, I got loads of invitations. So I've been doing the rounds. I'm on a circuit. |
| 1:01.3 | Christmas party circuit. So you're celebrating the birth of Jesus, the way only British people |
| 1:06.8 | can by being hung over or drunk. I am a wine soap sausage. I would be a delicacy in |
| 1:14.0 | Andalusia. I taste very good for any cannibals listening. I'm also very dehydrated like |
| 1:22.0 | a prosciutto. I'm going to stop with this meat, meat analogy. But yeah, that's been my week. |
| 1:28.9 | Although I did carve out some time at the weekend to like put the tree up, do like nice, |
| 1:34.0 | zen things. Oh, actually, this is exciting. I tasted Nigerian phanta. Oh, really? |
| 1:40.0 | Was it delicious? Oh, it was like, I'm changed. I am. There was life before the phanta. |
| 1:45.3 | And now this life after the phanta. Why is Nigerian phanta so much tasty, the normal phanta? |
| 1:49.6 | Listen, I don't know what the secret recipe is, but is it? I imagine it's sugar. |
| 1:53.6 | Only because that's like whatever people say, like, oh, Mexican coke is much tastier. |
| 1:57.8 | Yeah. It's because it's got way more sugar in it. |
| 1:59.9 | Probably. Yeah. |
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