Summary
Alicia McCarthy reports on a dramatic day at Westminster as the health secretary resigns and MPs ponder the prime minister's future.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:06.1 | Order. Order. |
| 0:08.6 | Hello there, I'm Alyssa McCarthy, |
| 0:10.6 | and this is today in Parliament from BBC Radio 4 the Thursday the 14th of May. |
| 0:15.9 | Whereas the Health Secretary quits, stoking further speculation about the Prime Minister's future, a Conservative MP |
| 0:22.3 | warns, they can change their team captain, but they're still the same team. But a government |
| 0:28.7 | minister tries to play down the leadership speculation. The Prime Minister and the government |
| 0:33.8 | are getting on with the job of governing. Also on this programme, MPs hear disturbing evidence about the growth of anti-Jewish prejudice. |
| 0:42.5 | The anti-Semitism has moved from the margins to the mainstream in many parts of society. |
| 0:48.4 | So, just the day before, Westminster had spruced up in its ceremonial finery as the King came to Parliament |
| 0:55.3 | to read out a list of the government's planned new laws. |
| 0:59.2 | But the day had been overshadowed by questions about the Prime Minister's future |
| 1:03.0 | as dozens of Labour backbenchers called on Secere Stama to set out a timetable for his departure. |
| 1:09.7 | As the Commons gathered early this morning, |
| 1:12.3 | all eyes were on the Health Secretary West Streeting, who was widely predicted to quit the |
| 1:16.9 | cabinet and launch a leadership bid. For the Conservatives, Jesse Norman said nearly 100 Labour |
| 1:23.0 | MPs, including four ministers, had gone public with their opposition to the Prime Minister staying in the job. |
| 1:29.5 | Few, if any, Labour MPs believe that the Prime Minister will lead them into the next election. |
| 1:35.2 | And on top of that, |
| 1:36.6 | The Secretary of State for Health is widely reported to be preparing a bid for the leadership of the Labour Party. |
| 1:42.5 | King Lear asks in his bewilderment, who is it that can tell me |
| 1:46.8 | who I am? So it is with the Prime Minister. He does not know, and nor it seems does anyone |
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