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Meet: Chancellor Rishi Sunak — beyond the Budget

Meet: Chancellor Rishi Sunak — beyond the Budget

FromWestminster Insider


Meet: Chancellor Rishi Sunak — beyond the Budget

FromWestminster Insider

ratings:
Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Mar 12, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Jack Blanchard sits down with Rishi Sunak to discuss his whirlwind first year as U.K. Chancellor, and hear more about his Hindu faith, his fears for the future and his love of computer games. In a wide-ranging interview, Sunak reflects on the 13 months in which he was dramatically elevated to the second-biggest job in British politics as Chancellor of the Exchequer — and then immediately plunged into the biggest global crisis since World War II. The 40-year-old Chancellor recalls how he "was barely at home, barely saw my wife and kids" as he struggled to contain the economic fallout, and defends his controversial role in opening up the British economy ahead of the second wave of the pandemic. And he opens up about his Hindu faith, his addiction to Coca-Cola and his lifelong love of Nintendo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Mar 12, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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POLITICO’s weekly political series lifts the curtain on how Westminster really works, offering in-depth insight into the political issues which typically only get broad-brush treatment in the wider media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.