4 Tory Leadership Hopefuls Take The Stage

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Today, the four MPs who hope to become the next Conservative leader had 20 minutes each to deliver a speech to conference about why they should choose them.

Adam catches up with Chris Mason about the atmosphere at Tory conference, what each leadership hopeful had to say in their speeches, and why the Prime Minister has chosen to pay back £6,000 worth of gifts he has received.

And Paul Adams, BBC diplomatic correspondent, discusses what we’ve learned since Iran’s missile strikes on Israel last night - and answer some of your questions.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:05.0	Classic, the second I step out of the studio to get my laptop cable
0:10.0	having waited what, five days to be reunited with Chris Mason he then pops up while
0:14.3	I'm out hello Adam so I am in Brindley place in the central Birmingham and you know
0:19.6	what I'm wearing right now this is because we're gonna be talking a little bit
0:22.0	about clothing
0:22.6	aren't we? So can you imagine what I might be wearing right now? I'm
0:27.0	imagining a suit, a shirt, a tie and your glasses. That is all true but
0:32.0	there is one additional
0:33.2	Oh a Tom Tuggen hat foam finger. It could have been that or it could have been a
0:38.4	James Cleverly flashing baseball camp or various of the bits of kind of tat I suppose that's been handed out here.
0:45.0	No it is a high-vis jacket because the International Convention Center has now been
0:50.4	declared a building site and so because they're taking all the kit out.
0:54.8	And so in order for me to just nip to the loo, I had to wear a high-vis jacket.
0:59.1	That was essential.
1:00.1	A less topical item of clothing but much more impartial which is what you would expect on this episode of newscast
1:06.6	newscast from the BBC I like landscapes you have a bright future behind you you think you just fell out of a coconut tree?
1:14.0	We're effectively run in this country by a bunch of childless cat ladies.
1:18.0	You don't understand the essence of brat.
1:20.0	It's the fun police working overtime.
1:22.0	It's just getting silly now.
1:23.3	Take me down to Downey Street.
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