Hello and welcome to Inside Briefing the podcast from the Institute for Government.

I'm Hannah White. So here we go again. The Conservative Party appears to be in open revolt,

with Robert Genric quitting as immigration

minister after slamming Rishi Sunak's immigration plans as a triumph of hope over experience.

Former Home Secretary Soella Braverman piled on the pressure by warning that Sunak's Rwanda

bill will fail and lose him the next election.

And at the time of recording, Rishish Sunak has just held a hastily assembled and slightly te the next election. And at the time of recording, Rishi Sunak has just held a hastily

assembled and slightly techy press conference. So how big a crisis is this for the government?

What can Sunak do to satisfy both hardliners and moderates in his party? And will immigration

now be the central issue at the next election? What was meant to be the week's big story

has possibly

lost its top billing. After much buildup, plenty of briefings to the press and hundreds of

missing WhatsApp messages, Boris Johnson this week appeared before the COVID inquiry. In fact, at the

time of recording, he's still there. We'll catch up on the former Prime Minister's performance

and ask what we're learning, if anything,

about his government's handling of the pandemic. And then we'll turn our attention to Labour.

Kirstama made a big speech on the economy this week and also got into knots when he praised Margaret Thatcher for bringing in meaningful change as Prime Minister. With a general election looming,

we'll explore just how prepared Labor is for a big year ahead.

So lots to discuss and with me are two people who I'm sure will have lots to say.

Top IFG talent, Jill Rutter and Alex Thomas. Hi both. Hi, Hannah. Hello, Hannah. And I'm delighted

that we're joined again by Paul War, chief political Commentator at the Eye Paper. Hi, Paul.

Hi, Hannah. Now, let's start with Rwanda. This is turning into a very bad week for Rushi Sunak.

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