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Rishi in the dock: Covid and Rwanda

Rishi in the dock: Covid and Rwanda

Sunak fights for his political reputation on two fronts.

The Story · The Times

December 12, 202336m 2s

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Show Notes

With no fewer than five separate Tory factions meeting to discuss whether or not to back the government on its revised Rwanda policy, Rishi Sunak finds himself fighting for his political reputation on two fronts: immigration and his handling of the pandemic.

Yesterday, he faced the Covid inquiry. Our parliamentary sketch writer, Tom Peck, tells Manveen that Sunak may have survived the legal cross-examination, but his political fate is sealed.

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Guest: Tom Peck, parliamentary sketch writer for The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producer: Olivia Case.

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