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The Week in 60 Minutes: Boris's guilt and Taiwan's lessons

Best of the Spectator

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🗓️ 29 May 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Kate Andrews, The Spectator’s economics editor, speaks to Emma Ashford, a senior research fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center, and Spectator contributor Ian Williams.

On the rest of the show, our political team, Katy Balls and James Forsyth, discuss Sue Gray’s report and Rishi Sunak’s announcement of more money to help with the cost-of-living crisis. We also have a sneak preview of tomorrow’s Women With Balls episode – a discussion with Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen. Rod Liddle talks to Kate about his new favourite distraction: Bubbleshooter.

This episode is sponsored by Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management. 

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the week in 60 Minutes, brought to you by Spectator TV and broadcast on Thursday the 26th of May.

0:18.1

I'm Kate Andrews, a Spectator's economics editor, and your host this week.

0:21.6

Now on to the show. The Sue Gray report came out yesterday. Boris Johnson looks to be in the clear,

0:27.6

and the Chancellor has unveiled a big spending package to address the cost of living crisis.

0:32.6

Katie Balls and James Forsyth will join me. Anne Williams writes in this week's cover piece about the new front line,

0:38.8

Taiwan. What lessons has Taiwan learned from the war in Ukraine? He'll be on the show with Emma Ashford.

0:44.3

We'll have a sneak preview of tomorrow's Women with Balls episode. Katie Ball speaks to Francis

0:49.0

Howgan, the Facebook whistleblower. And finally, Rod Little will be on the show. Is technology ruining our attention spans?

0:56.0

But before we get going, a very special thank you to Can Accord Genuity Wealth Management, who are sponsoring the week in 60 minutes.

1:04.0

Can Accord are experienced wealth planners and investment managers who go above and beyond to offer you support and guidance. Just visit can-do

1:11.6

wealth.com to find out more.

1:13.6

Now first up, SuuKre has finally published her report into Number 10's lockdown parties. How

1:19.9

damning were her findings? And what's Boris Johnson's plan to move the story on? I'm joined

1:24.6

now by James Forsyth, our political editor and Katie Balls, our deputy political

1:28.4

editor.

1:29.4

James and Katie, thanks so much for joining me.

1:32.4

So it's been a big week in Westminster.

1:34.5

First, of course, Sue Gray finally dropped her report into the lockdown parties happening

1:39.9

in Downing Street.

1:41.2

James, can you tell us a bit what's in the 37 pages that we've had to read

1:45.6

and what they mean for the Prime Minister? It's a fairly grim compendium of the events that took

1:51.9

place in Downing Street and the Cabinet office that shouldn't have taken place during the various

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