DOES IT MATTER HOW RICH RISHI SUNAK IS? | Pod Save The Uk

Returning from their summer holidays, Nish and Coco reflect on the failure of the Government’s ‘small boats week’. The week was supposed to show progress being made stopping migrants crossing the channel. But the week coincided with the tragic deaths of a number of people trying to cross in small boats. . An interesting time then for Tory HQ to step up their war on so-called ‘lefty lawyers’. We hear from immigration lawyer Jacqueline McKenzie, who was the target of a smear campaign. She tells Nish and Coco how right wing newspapers were given a four page dossier on her. It was riddled with inaccuracies and misrepresentations. It’s purpose: to wrongly link her with Labour. She says it’s an experience that will scar her for life.

Economics expert Grace Blakeley joins Coco and Nish to reflect on the week’s big news on inflation and jobs…picking apart why the positive headlines are misleading. Nish, Coco and Grace also fess up to the most expensive meals they’ve ever had. But they cannot beat Rishi Sunak’s $1200-a-head Disneyland dining experience. Among the questions discussed: does is matter that our PM is so rich? Who controls the economy? And…should we have billionaires at all?

Plus hero and villain of the week, tales from Vietnam and Edinburgh, and why it’s easier to teach a dog to surf than Nish. Also find out why Nish and Coco have the cleanest butts in podcastland!

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Guests:

JACQUELINE McKENZIE, partner and head of immigration and asylum law at Leigh Day

GRACE BLAKELEY, journalist, author and economics commentator

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