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Politics Weekly UK

A Tory identity crisis

Politics Weekly UK

The Guardian

Politics, News

4.01.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

The drip drip of letters to the 1922 Committee has now become a steady stream. Could Boris Johnson be facing a vote of no confidence as soon as next week? Gaby Hinsliff is joined by Guardian political reporter Peter Walker and Gavin Barwell, the former Conservative MP and chief of staff to Theresa May, to figure out if the Tory party has any policy plans for the future, or are they stuck in the past?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

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0:00.0

This is the Guardian.

0:10.4

The trip, trip, trip, of Tory MPs publicly demanding a change of leader has become a steady stream.

0:16.5

So could Boris Johnson be facing a leadership challenge as soon as next week?

0:22.5

Former Tory leader William Hague certainly thinks we can't be far off.

0:25.9

The fuse is getting closer to the dynamite here and it's beating up.

0:30.5

But the Prime Minister himself evidently isn't going quietly.

0:34.0

In an interview with Mum's Ned, he ruled out resigning fallen terribly over partigate.

0:39.0

I just cannot see how actually it would be responsible right now, given everything that is going on.

0:47.4

It looks like number 10's survival strategy is to warn unhappytory MPs that they're doing

0:52.1

Labour's dirty work for them. Here's what the Everloyal Nadine Dories had to tell the BBC.

0:58.0

The public don't vote for divided parties and I don't think we want to do and both Labour and

1:06.2

the SMPs work for them. But in a week where the really big policy announcement was about bringing

1:11.5

back imperial measurements, have Boris Johnson's government simply run out of steam.

1:17.2

I'm Gabby Hinsliff standing in for John Harris and you're listening to politics weekly UK

1:21.6

for the Guardian.

1:28.9

Joining me for this Jubilee Bank holiday edition are Gavin Barwell, former Conservative MP and

1:33.5

Downing Street Chief of Staff to Theresa May and Peter Walker, Guardian Political Correspondent.

1:38.2

Hello both. Hello. We are heading into the big platinum Jubilee weekend.

1:43.1

This weekend marking 70 years on the throne for one of the few powers in the land,

1:47.5

not to have recently faced a police investigation. So are you getting the bunting out or have

1:52.8

you already had enough of what someone unforgivably referred to this week on Twitter as the platy

1:58.3

jubes? How are you feeling about this one, Gavin? No bunting but we're looking forward to having

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