Unsurprisingly, the coronation – a highly symbolic event that, in economic terms, is relatively insignificant – was catnip. Suited-and-booted Rishi Sunak generates noticeably less hostility, despite him being significantly to the right of Johnson on both economics and culture. The teeth-gnashing hatred of Boris Johnson centred on his deceit, unkemptness and disregard for the dignities of high office. Science and Technical Research and DevelopmentĬentre-left cringe comes with an obsession with the vibes and “values” of politics.Infrastructure Management - Transport, Utilities.Information Services, Statistics, Records, Archives.Information and Communications Technology.HR, Training and Organisational Development.Health - Medical and Nursing Management.Facility / Grounds Management and Maintenance.This posturing, frequently twinned with a matey, sometimes excruciating banter, embodies the sense of cringe that’s currently inescapable on the British centre left. You cannot take on the moral glamour of rescuing a country from right-wing bastards if you don’t want to, as the Yankee liberals say, “do the work”. Minutes later, she says: “What do I want from politics? I just want a system I can forget about.” “So, Nish, what does the UK need saving from this week?” Khan asks in the opening spiel. Pod Save the UK, which started this month, takes a similar approach to the Tories. Hosted by the comedian Nish Kumar and the journalist Coco Khan, the podcast is a spinoff of Pod Save America, which began in 2017 as part of the flowering of anti-Donald Trump “resistance” media. It’s a vaguely disco-y, pop-rock number that summons unwanted memories of the coalition-era comedy panel shows that giggled away as Britain sunk further into the sea. Pod Save the UK’s intro music is a bit like Proust’s madeleines, if Proust hated madeleines.
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