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Oh God, What Now?

The Great Rishi Sunak Swindle

Oh God, What Now?

Podmasters

News, Politics, Society & Culture

4.62.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Were we all conned by Calm, Collected, Competent Sunak? Have oil, cars, migration and woke-bashing revealed him to be the most right-wing PM since Margaret Thatcher? We look at the real Rishi who was unveiled last week, and how he’ll govern in the year (?) he’s got left. Plus, rent controls: a great fix for our housing hell or totally impractical? And in the Extra Bit, tat’s entertainment. We look at political merchandise. Joining Dorian Lynskey are Hannah Fearn, Geri Scott of The Times and special guest Oli Dugmore, Head of Politics at PoliticsJOE.  • “Sunak’s trying to be all men to all people… and for a man who trades on authenticity that’s not a good look” – Geri Scott • “He comes across as calm even though he holds exactly the same views as the most extreme right-wingers.” – Hannah Fearn • “You’re looking at a gold medal in mental gymnastics if you think that burning more fossil fuels will bring us closer to net zero.” – Oli Dugmore • “The climate isn’t a liberal agenda any more. It’s a central facet of modern politics.” – Hannah Fearn Presented by Dorian Lynskey with Hannah Fearn and Geri Scott. Audio producer: Alex Rees. Producer: Chris Jones. Art: James Parrett. Theme music by Cornershop. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:01.0

Welcome to Oh God What Now. I'm Dorian Linsky. On today's show, Rishi Sunak's image screams technocratic dweep, but to his belief smart him out as further to the right than Johnson & Truss.

1:16.0

Plus, the Labour top grass doesn't seem open to stood eat cans called for rent controls in the capital, but he hopes that a UU term might be in the offing.

1:23.0

Is the policy the answer to generation rents prayers or Labour right to fear the unintended consequences?

1:30.0

And in the extra bit for Patreon backers, Margaret Thatcher cooking apron anyone? No.

1:35.0

With conference season and its accompanying tat almost upon us, we look at the best and worst political merchandise.

1:40.0

Let's meet the panel. Hannah Fern is a columnist for the eye paper. Hi Hannah!

1:44.0

Hi!

1:45.0

You would have been delighted to hear that Nick Timothy, co-author of the Tories 2017 Manifesto, one of the architects of the hostile environment and general bad take haver on the internet, has been selected as the candidate to replace Matt Hancock in West Suffolk.

1:58.0

Happy news!

1:59.0

It's a real frying pan fire situation for West Suffolk. Is this another case of failing upwards or does Nick have very well hidden strengths?

2:07.0

Well, he didn't really go away. This is the thing. He lost May the 2017 general election by pushing her into a snap election, which was a bad idea.

2:15.0

But then since then, he's been a bit of a shady backroom operator. He's been consulting for the Department of Education and then for the home office where he's doing a big review into his effectiveness, which is ironic.

2:26.0

He was considering, as you said, he was part of the hostile environment and creative team in the first place.

2:32.0

So I personally would rather that his career is exposed to the light that he stands and that we can follow everything he's doing clearly and we know what he is, you know, what he's pushing for, what his job is and that it's publicly accountable.

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