A visit from the PM

Tomorrow our business will be receiving a visit from the Rt Hon MP for Richmond and Prime Minister of the UK, noted diminutive Rishi Sunak. We are told that after the initial tour of the factory, we can ask un-vetted questions. I’ve spent the last week trying to think of a single question that has a reasonable chance of actually being answered, and I don’t think I’m doing so well. Here is a non-exhaustive list of what I’ve come up with:

  • What’s the plan for economic growth in the face of a swiftly falling population? Birth rate in the UK is at less than 1.6 and still falling.

  • Two of your biggest success were arguably the Windsor Framework and your deal with Albania. Both were examples of quiet competency, diplomacy, and compromise. Why then do you waste time on divisive, noisy policies like your Rwanda legislation, which will never work as an effective deterrent?

  • In 2022 you lost 485 councillors at the local elections, and in 2023 you lost another 1063. How many councillors can you predict to lose in May’s local elections?

  • When and where is the Square One you say Labour will return us to?

    • Is it before Liz Truss put another £500 per month on the average mortgage?

    • Is it a time when you get NHS care in a timely manner?

    • Is it a time when the Education System was respectably funded?

    • Is it a time before post truth populism gripped the Conservative Party?

    • Is it a time before we were changing Prime Ministers every year or two?

  • If the Treasury has the confidence to brief out a potential suite of £20B tax cuts, when can our International Aid Budget return to 0.7% of GDP?

  • Given the world is becoming more unstable and only getting worse, why has Army recruitment failed to hit its goals every year since 2010, and what is being done about it?

  • Was it wise to grant such dubious resignation honours for disgraced former Prime Ministers Boris Johnson and Liz Truss? Do they not cheapen honours bestowed upon regular people for lifetimes of public service?

I’m not sure any of these would get a straight answer, but tomorrow I’ve got to pick at least one. We’ll see how it goes.