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Hello, I'm Sean Curran, and this is the Today in Parliament podcast from BBC Radio 4, for Friday the 4th of April.

Coming up, what would happen if a Prime Minister lost an election and simply decided to stay on in Downing Street.

The only person who has that power to appoint and remove Prime Ministers is the monarch.

The phone network's going digital, but could that cut off people in rural areas?

In reality, 3% of Kerververdin will never have fibre connectivity.

Also on the programme, is it time to give one of the SAS rogue heroes a Victoria Cross?

And MPs investigate why live comedy isn't always a laughing matter.

We'll be able to take evidence from the Live Comedy Association,

but also from comedians up and down the country of all ages and backgrounds to see what they're suggesting are the obstacles and the opportunities.

Now, on Friday the 5th of July last year, Rishi Sunak stood outside 10 Downing Street for the last time.

I have given this job my awe, but you have sent a clear signal that the government of the

United Kingdom must change, and yours is the only judgment that matters.

I have heard your anger, your disappointment, and I take responsibility for this loss.

He was following a well-worn political and constitutional path.

A Prime Minister who loses a general election goes to Buckingham Palace to resign

and recommend that the leader of the party with the most MPs in Parliament should become PM.

Of course, plenty of Prime Ministers leave office between elections.

The British people have made a very clear decision to take a different path.

And as such, I think the country requires fresh leadership to take it in this direction.

I will shortly leave the job that it has been the honour of my life to hold.

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