What will save the Tories? The economy, or Robert Jenrick?

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🗓️ 30 May 2025

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Lots to discuss today: Robert Jenrick takes on TfL, a Nazi jibe from the attorney general and allegations of shoplifting made against our own Michael Simmons.

But we start with Keir Starmer’s big speech yesterday, where the theme was ‘get Nigel’, after polling from More in Common showed that framing the election as a two-horse race could be beneficial to Labour. They are attempting to cut the Tories out altogether but, in response, the Conservatives plan to use fiscal credibility as the battleground to crawl back up the polls. Will the economy save the Tories?

Elsewhere, Robert Jenrick is the star of the week after a video of him reprimanding fare-dodgers on the Tube went viral, racking up more than ten million views on X. He seems to have struck a chord both within his party and with the public more generally, who are growing tired of our low-trust society and the blight of petty crime. Is Jenrick the one to tackle ‘Scuzz Nation’?

Oscar Edmondson speaks to James Heale and Michael Simmons.

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0:41.8	Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shots, the spectator's Daily Politics Podcast. I'm
0:46.6	Srebrensen and I'm joined today by James Heel and Michael Simmons. And we've got lots to talk about
0:51.9	from Robert Generic, who's taken on TFL, there's been a Nazi
0:55.5	jib from the Attorney General, and also allegations of shoplifting made against our own Michael
1:00.8	Simmons. But let's start with Keir Stahmer's big speech yesterday. James, what should listeners
1:06.9	know? Well, over the years, spectators run a number of covers every time a major politician was
1:10.8	under attack. 2017, it was Get Boris. Twenty-three was get Rishi. Now, the theme of
1:16.0	this week's politics is get Nigel. This speech was all about Nigel Farage following that big
1:20.2	press conference on Tuesday. The Prime Minister did a speech yesterday in the northwest of England,
1:24.6	in which he attacked Nigel Farage 16 times by name and saying that he was guilty of peddling fantasy economics, that we Liz Truss on steroids,
1:32.3	and really trying to use the same tactic that the Labour exploited to such a great extent last election,
1:37.0	which is talking about Liz Tross and compared to Nigel Farage. Now, of course, Farage back in
1:40.4	22, wasn't in government, unlike, say, the likes of Chris Phil. But, of course, he was there tweeting and saying this is the best Tory budget since 1986. And then, of course, came back. But, you know, the key thing about all this is going to be fiscal credibility and the attempt to open up a dividing line on that. What you see there is the Prime Minister going after reform, trying to frame it as a two-horse race. The aim is to as fixate the Tories with all of this and also try and frame it into a do you want Nigel-Rashby
2:04.1	Prime Minister question. Polling out last week by more in common showed that 43% in public
2:07.4	didn't want that to happen. 29% did want it to happen, i.e. if you frame it as an anyone but
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