The Edition: the haunting of Rishi Sunak
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🗓️ 9 February 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
In her cover piece for The Spectator Katy Balls says that Rishi Sunak cannot escape the ghosts of prime ministers past. She is joined by former Chief Secretary to the Treasury and New Statesman contributor David Gauke to discuss pesky former PMs (01:05).
Also this week:
In the magazine Julius Strauss writes about Black Tulip, a volunteer-led humanitarian organisation who recover the war dead from the front line in Ukraine. He is joined by Mark MacKinnnon, senior international correspondent at the Globe and Mail in Canada, to talk about the time they spent with the Black Tulip (16:45).
And finally:
The Spectator’s vintage chef Olivia Potts writes this week about the rise of nursery apps which allow parents to spy on their children whilst they are at daycare. She is joined by The Spectator’s executive editor Lara Prendergast (28:34).
Hosted by William Moore.
Produced by Oscar Edmondson.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is sponsored by Can Accord Genuity Wealth Management, experienced wealth planners and investment managers who offer unwavering support in challenging times. |
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| 0:17.1 | Hello and welcome to the edition podcast from The Spectator. |
| 0:25.1 | Each week we look at three pieces from the magazine with the writers behind them. |
| 0:29.7 | I'm William Moore, the Spectator's features editor. |
| 0:32.8 | On this week's episode, I'll be talking about troublesome former prime ministers, |
| 0:37.3 | hearing about the volunteer-led |
| 0:38.9 | organisation recovering the dead from Ukraine's frontline, and discussing the rise of toddler tech. |
| 0:45.7 | First up, the haunting of Rishi Sunak. In her cover piece for the magazine this week, |
| 0:51.7 | our political editor, Katie Balls, says that Rishi Sunak cannot escape |
| 0:55.5 | the ghosts of Prime Minister's past. She joins me now alongside former Chief Secretary to the Treasury |
| 1:01.5 | and New Statesman contributor David Gork. Katie, could you start by taking us through this week's |
| 1:08.5 | reshuffle? Do you think that this was an attempt by the Prime Minister |
| 1:12.8 | to regain the headlines from his pesky predecessors? So I would never want to exactly say |
| 1:20.0 | Number 10's motivations on this because I think there's always going to be a Whitehall relying at some |
| 1:24.4 | point. But I think Number 10'm pretty happy when people stopped talking about |
| 1:28.7 | Liz Truss for a day and started talking about the Department for Science. However, how long that |
| 1:34.0 | lasts, I think is up in the air. And you have an issue where Rishi Sunak ultimately is in quite a unique |
| 1:40.3 | position in the sense he has two very recent predecessors in the House of Commons. |
| 1:45.0 | Nile a plan to go anywhere anytime soon. They both have said they're going to stand in the next |
| 1:49.3 | election. And they both right now have plenty to say. And it does mean that Rishi Seneck is |
| 1:55.7 | someone who wants to slow down the pace of politics from last year. I think lots of people |
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