Rishi Rich

Rishi Sunak becomes Prime Minister and pledges to be a compassionate Conservative who will restore integrity,stability and trust. Do his Cabinet appointments bear this out? How will Sir Keir Starmer cope with a very different political animal from Truss and Johnson?

Show Notes

Rishi Sunak becomes Prime Minister and pledges to be a compassionate Conservative who will restore integrity,stability and trust. Do his Cabinet appointments bear this out?
We are highly sceptical to say the least as the old boys from the Johnson administration are back and Suella Braverman returns as Home Secretary.
The majority of the podcast is taken up with our reactions and reflections on the day of reshuffles as they happened and thoughts on the policies, not just the personalities, of the Sunak premiership.
We also look at Keir Starmer's doubling down on "making Brexit work", Labour's stance on immigration, and ask if he has thrown Scottish Labour under the bus.
All this plus our review of The Banshees of Inisherin.

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Scottish politics dissected from a left, pro-independence stance. Each week, award-winning broadcaster and journalist, Lesley Riddoch chews over the week’s news with co-host Fraser Thompson. If you like intelligent, quirky chat about Scottish society and culture, and Scottish, UK and international politics analysed from a Scottish perspective; this podcast is for you.