Nish dismantles Sunak's attack on disabled people and Coco meets Caroline Lucas

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🗓️ 25 April 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Rishi Sunak finally ‘got Rwanda done’ after a long and dramatic night as his Safety of Rwanda Bill ping-ponged between the Common and the Lords. Our guest, the Green MP Caroline Lucas, tells Coco what it was like to be in Westminster that night and criticises Rishi Sunak for holding a drinks party while the Bill - which she describes as “a piece of performative cruelty” - was still being debated in the Lords. She also discusses her new book about why the left needs to speak up for ‘Englishness’, and explains why she’s training to become a death doula. Nish and Coco provide an indispensable guide to next week’s local elections, talking about why they’re important and analysing what they might mean for Tory and Labour prospects at a general election. They also discuss whether the new rules on voter ID are an attempt by the Conservative Party to suppress the vote.

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0:00.0	Hi folks we've got a great episode of Ponce the UK coming up for you to enjoy I just thought I'd pop on to explain that since we recorded it
0:07.4	We've heard the news that the power sharing agreement in Scotland called the Bute House agreement between the S&P and the Scottish Greens has collapsed.
0:15.8	As I recall this, Scotland's first minister,
0:18.8	Humsie Yousaf, who was a former guest on this podcast, has just given a press conference saying it was his
0:23.4	decision to end the agreement which has served its purpose and that the SMP will
0:27.9	continue as a minority government which he admits will be difficult. The
0:31.8	Greens on the other hand have accused the
0:33.2	SMP of political cowardice. Now the background to all of this is that the
0:37.9	Scottish government has scrapped its commitment to cut emissions by 75% by 2030 and that has kind of frayed the relationship between these two parties
0:47.6	which was seen as an important factor in the Scottish Parliament because it maintained a majority that were in favour of independence.
0:56.3	puts the SMP and Hamza Yousif in a very, very difficult position and we will be keeping an eye on this story as it develops. In the meantime
1:04.5	here's this week's episode which features an interview that Coco has done with
1:07.9	Caroline Lucas is an MP for the Green Party of England and Wales which is a
1:11.6	separate party to the Scottish Greens.
1:13.4	Enjoy. Hi this is Podzave the UK I'm Nishkumar and I'm Coco Khan. This week
1:31.0	Coco continues her flirtation with the Greens.
1:33.2	Yes, I'll be chatting to the UK's only Green MP Caroline Lucas about why she's quitting
1:38.5	Parliament to become a death dula and about why she wants the left to speak up for Englishness.
1:44.0	We'll also discuss whether the Tories are heading for annihilation at next week's local and
1:48.4	mayoral elections.
1:49.4	And find out why the menstrual cramps have made me happy this week.
1:53.0	Heinish, or should I say, Gooten Tagh?
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