As a GP and pharmacist, they served the community. From his own parents he learnt the importance of working hard, and treating everyone with respect. Sunak says people try to bring up their kids with good values. Q: What would you like your children to learn from you? And his dad was a master of the barbecue, he says. Sunak mentions his mother’s chicken curry. Q: Have you got favourite food from childhood? “Mild amusement” is her reaction, Sunak says. Q: What does your wife make of you being called “dishy Rishi”? Mel Stride, the Tory MP and Rishi Sunak supporter, is hosting the Q&A. 12.46 Sunak says he was 'starstruck' being interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg for first time To the extent that it was possible with the information available at the time, these trade-offs were included within the uncertainty expressed in the advice. Members were acutely aware of the trade-offs associated with implementing specific actions. Sage did not make decisions, it tried to reflect its uncertainties in its advice and it worked by consensus. Especially in the early stages of the pandemic, an immense amount was not known, and this meant that risks were high, and therefore precaution was called for. Retrospective analysis of that advice needs to take account of what was known, and not known, at the time the advice was provided. The advice was based on the information available at the time. Sage was established to provide advice based on scientific evidence and inference about how best to tackle the pandemic. And he dismissed Sunak’s suggestion that Sage ignored the downsides of lockdown. Prof Ian Boyd, another Sage member, also said Sunak was wrong to suggest the scientists took the decision. Government have the power, so if one member of cabinet thinks that scientific advice was too ‘empowered’ then it is a criticism of their colleagues rather than the scientists. In a statement for the Science Media Centre, Prof Graham Medley, a member of Sage and chair of SPI-M (the Scientific Pandemic Influenza group on Modelling – a Sage sub-group) said: 13.03 Sunak wrong to say scientists given too much power over lockdown policy, Sage experts sayĪ leading member of Sage, the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies, has criticised Rishi Sunak for suggesting it had too much power to determine policy during the pandemic. I want to make sure that we beat Labour at the next election. I believe very strongly in the Conservative party, and I want it to do well and I will always – whether as a minister or as a backbencher – always support Conservative government because I believe that’s the best thing for this country. He went on:īut, of course, I’m going to support a Conservative government. He claimed that, when he gave a different answer earlier this week, he did so because he was refusing to acknowledge the possibility that he might lose the contest. I would always support a Conservative government, of course I would. Asked about his refusal to say he would vote for it, he replied: He has repeatedly argued that Truss’s plan to reverse the national insurance increase in that emergency budget would be a mistake because it would be inflationary, unfunded and most beneficial to the rich.īut in an interview with Sarah Montague on the World at One a few minutes ago, Sunak said he would back a Truss budget. At the Conservative party hustings on Tuesday night, and again in a BBC interview yesterday, Sunak pointedly refused to answer when asked whether he would vote in favour of such a measure. Rishi Sunak has said that he would vote for a Liz Truss emergency budget if she became prime minister. 13.42 Sunak says he will vote for Truss's emergency budget if she wins - after ducking question twice earlier this week
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