Mr Reynolds went on to claim the Conservatives seem "demoralised" after losses in the local elections. He said the UK should "always be seeking to involve as many people as possible in our democracy". "I think there are arguments for expanding the franchise." "This is not a statement of policy - but of course we're always looking at ways to strengthen our democracy, to involve as many people as possible in that. "We've got a process where people put in their submissions, they're deliberated and they're voted upon. actually relates to our policy making process, it's not our manifesto, it's not a statement of party policy, but it's how we go about doing that. Mr Reynolds said: "Some of the speculation that's been in the press. He stressed that this speculation relates to the party's "policy making process", and not a Labour manifesto or statement of party policy. Jonathan Reynolds, the shadow business secretary, was asked by Sophy Ridge about reports Labour plans to allow settled migrants and older teenagers to vote. He said Mr Sunak has "broken a promise" - but the Conservatives must rally behind him. "But that doesn't mean we agree with him on every policy." But it would be an even bigger mistake right now to get rid of Rishi Sunak," he said. "Of course it was, I've said that a million times. Mr Rees-Mogg was then asked simply if it was a mistake to "get rid" of Boris Johnson. He refused to do so - claiming he wasn't appearing to give a history lesson. The conversation then takes a very interesting turn, with Sophy asking Mr Rees-Mogg to explain what he meant when he compared Rishi Sunak's behaviour to that of Borgias. He said this was potentially because of the "reorganisation of the department". Mr Rees-Mogg then said there has been a "serious lack of impetus" in the last three months. He also accused the Civil Service of being "very idle" on the matter, adding: "They need to have worked harder." Failing to do that has been a great mistake of the Business and Trade Department." "How do we make the economy better for consumers - by getting rid of regulations. This legislation had been introduced when the MP was business secretary. Mr Rees-Mogg said this is why the Retained EU Law Bill "was so important". ![]() What should we be doing that would make people's lives better." but they are in some ways a distraction from policy. ![]() "We'll have to wait and see, we all love looking at elections, and opinion polls and forecasting what's going to happen. I wouldn't read too much into local elections. "They were bad for Tony Blair who then went on to win a majority - they were terrible for Margaret Thatcher who went on to win very big majorities. "Rishi Sunak has been getting on with business, local election results are often bad for incumbent governments," he said. He was asked about the government's decision to roll back on plans to eradicate thousands of EU-era laws by the end of the year.isīut first, Mr Rees-Mogg insisted that we should not "read too much into local elections". Jacob Rees-Mogg is the next guest on Sophy Ridge on Sunday.
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