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Welcome to The Spectator Podcast. I'm Isabel Hardman, and in this week's episode, we'll ask, why is Theresa May pulling up the drawbridge to Britain, exactly when she should be advertising the country's

openness in a post-Brexit world. We'll also discuss why charities are working to shut down

schools in Africa and hear from Quentin Letts about his experience of being monstered by the

establishment. First up, as Commonwealth leaders meet in London this week, Theresa May has been

under fire for her government's treatment of the Windrush generation.

The government initially refused a meeting requested by Commonwealth leaders to discuss the issue, only to U-turn on it hours later.

Fraser Nelson argues that this royal screw-up is symptomatic of Theresa May's wrong approach to Brexit.

Instead of pulling up the drawbridge,

now is the exact time she should be advertising Britain's openness.

Fraser joins me now, together with Joey Jones,

who worked for Theresa May when she was Home Secretary.

So, Fraser, you're not particularly impressed with the Prime Minister this week,

or perhaps at all, at the moment?

Well, look, there's no denying,

but this has been a blunder,

a fairly disastrous week to have the Commonwealth Summit in Britain at the same time as we're finding out that the government has been kicking out, people who might have been born in Commonwealth

countries, but have been here for four or five decades. It's a disastrous look for the Conservatives, for the government. But what I argue my cover piece is that

it's a bit more than that. It's a bad look for Britain as a whole. I mean, right now, after

Brexit, a whole lot of people are wondering what has just happened. Has the country turned in on

itself? Is this a sort of nativist coup d'etat, as it were, or is it really the

global Britain looking at to make new friends and lifting our sights to more distant horizons?

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