Why Raab's holiday answers only raised more questions

Coffee House Shots

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🗓️ 25 August 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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In his first broadcast round since coming back from Crete, Raab's handling of the questions surrounding his holiday have only managed to fuel the conversation further, with choice quotes such as 'the sea was closed that day'. Cindy Yu talks to Isabel Hardman and Katy Balls about what went wrong with the Foreign Secretary's handling of the issue.

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0:19.5	Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shots, the Spectator's Daily Politics Podcast. I'm Cindy You and I'm joined by Isabel Hardman and Katie Balls.
0:28.0	So after yesterday's unsurprising G7 conclusion that America was not going to extend the August 31st deadline, perhaps there was a silver lining that had been agreed at the meeting.
0:38.4	Here's what the Prime Minister had to say afterwards.
0:41.2	The number one condition we're setting as G7 is that they've got to guarantee right the way through,
0:50.3	through August 31st and beyond, a safe passage, safe passage for those who want to come out.
0:58.9	Isabel, what does it mean to have to guarantee that safe passage for people? I mean,
1:02.9	is it essentially meaningless considering the deadline hasn't been moved? Yeah, I'm not sure that
1:08.7	we've had much clarity on what safe passage after the deadline actually means,
1:14.5	other than from the Taliban who said that they won't allow it, basically,
1:18.4	that they've been saying repeatedly over the past 24 hours that they're not going to allow Afghans to leave.
1:24.8	And they've been making arguments, including that they need these people to
1:30.1	stay in the country to help keep the country going because a lot of these people who are
1:34.2	trying to leave are highly skilled. But I'm not sure that that particular plea is going to really
1:39.9	endear the Taliban to the people who are desperately trying to leave.
1:44.6	I think one thing that hasn't really been talked about,
1:47.8	possibly, again, because G7 leaders really don't know what the answer is,
1:52.3	is what's going to happen to the people outside Kabul airport,
1:56.1	who are there already in horrendous conditions,
2:00.2	panicking about whether or not the next 48 hours,
2:03.6	which is really what we've got left of the evacuation, particularly from the British side,
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