The Politics of King Charles' First Speech, Plus Is Suella Trying To Get Sacked? | Pod Save The Uk

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King Charles’ first State Opening of Parliament as monarch, provides plenty of pomp, pageantry and politics for Nish and Coco to get stuck into. It’s a spectacle that throws up lots of questions, including who is Black Rod, and why does an MP get taken hostage by the Palace? As the Government presents its legislative agenda for the year ahead, we ask why is it so slim? Could it signal an early election? Nish and Coco are also incredulous as to why, with so much that needs fixing in this country, valuable space in the speech is given over to cracking down on pedicabs!

The New Statesman’s politics correspondent Zoë Grünewald is on hand to explain the splits in Labour over Gaza, as we see the first resignation from Keir Starmer’s front bench. We also discuss why so much political hot air is being expelled over this weekend’s pro-Palestinian protest - is it really disrespectful to have an anti-war march on Remembrence weekend? One of the loudest critics has of course been Home Secretary Suella Braverman - following a string of controversial pronouncements, we wonder if she’s actually trying to get herself sacked by Rishi Sunak?

Plus in our Hero and Villain of the Week section, find out how a bowl of Potpourri helped raise £50,000 for charity, and why an underwear magnate could soon be under a vest! Also, what exactly is a News Hat?

CHAPTERS:
0:00 Pre-titles
0:55 New Hat chat
2:42 The State Opening of Parliament
4:30 King’s Speech traditions explained
7:37 Clip: Black Rod in action
10:18 Clip: The King’s Speech
11:56 Rickshaw law
12:07 Clip: The King’s Speech (pedicabs)
14:35 Clip: Anti-monarchy protesters
15:37 Ad: Cariuma
17:31 Labour’s Gaza problem
18:14 Guest: Zoë Grünewald, Politics and Policy Correspondent, The New Statesman
20:14 Ceasefire v humanitarian pause
24:23 Remembrance weekend protest
27:08 Is Suella Braverman trying to get sacked?
30:25 The politics of the King’s Speech
33:54 Clip: The King’s Speech (oil and gas)
35:38 Covid Inquiry
36:05 Clip: Starmer and Johnson
38:37 Why the Tories are f**cked
41:55 Coco’s hero of the week: Joe Lycett
44:57 Nish’s villain of the week: Michele Mone
47:42 PSUK mailbag

Video credits:
Parliament.live
Guardian
Sky News

Photo credits:
Associated Press
Cecile Beaton Archive / Condë Nast
@joelycett

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