Sunday shows round-up: windfall tax ‘not off the table’

This week the minister doing the morning media round was Nadhim Zahawi, who faced questions over the probe into Partygate, school bullying and the possibility of a 'windfall tax.'

Nadhim Zahawi – Boris Johnson ‘did not interfere’ in the Sue Gray report

The Education Secretary spoke to Jo Coburn about the long-awaited Sue Gray report. Coburn asked Zahawi to explain why the Prime Minister had had a meeting with Gray, and if there was a risk of undue influence:

A windfall tax ‘is not off the table’

Sophy Ridge asked Zahawi about whether the government was moving towards a potential windfall tax on oil and gas companies:

Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi tells @SophyRidgeSky that "we will look at all of the options" with regards to a windfall tax.#Ridge https://t.co/77wdk4fQ6M

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— Sophy Ridge on Sunday & The Take (@RidgeOnSunday) May 22, 2022

Raheem Bailey bullying story is ‘sickening’

Ridge asked about the case of Raheem Bailey, an 11-year old boy who allegedly suffered racist bullying so badly that he lost his finger while trying to escape. Zahawi responded with some of his own personal experiences of bullying:

"I suffered bullying when I first arrived on these shores."

Education Sec @nadhimzahawi tells @SophyRidgeSky that he was bullied when he was younger and says "there's no place for racism, let alone in education."#Ridge https://t.co/77wdk4fQ6M

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— Sophy Ridge on Sunday & The Take (@RidgeOnSunday) May 22, 2022

Pat McFadden – Starmer has shown ‘integrity and leadership’ over ‘Beergate’

Ridge also spoke to the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Pat McFadden, asking him about his leader’s position:

Labour's @patmcfaddenmp says Sir Keir Starmer showed "real integrity and leadership" by saying he would resign if fined over #beergate. #Ridge https://t.co/77wdk4fQ6M

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— Sophy Ridge on Sunday & The Take (@RidgeOnSunday) May 22, 2022

Labour has a ‘hunger for change’ in order to win

McFadden also defended the review of polices that Labour were conducting, arguing that his party was changing rapidly:

"We've got a new leader but we also need a new direction too."

Labour's @patmcfaddenmp says there's a "hunger for change" within the Labour party.#Ridge https://t.co/77wdk4fQ6M

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— Sophy Ridge on Sunday & The Take (@RidgeOnSunday) May 22, 2022

Michael Lewis – Energy crisis ‘simply too big to manage’

And finally, the CEO of E.on spoke to Coburn about his company’s efforts to help with soaring bills:

"The scale of this is simply too big for us to manage"

CEO of E.ON UK Michael Lewis calls for more intervention from the government to help customers with "unprecedented" rising energy bills#SundayMorning https://t.co/JZN97vv2Fk pic.twitter.com/YdgycEynaC

— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) May 22, 2022