All change in No 10: The battle for the soul of Boris Johnson
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The Times
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🗓️ 16 November 2020
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
After a tumultuous week, the Vote Leave contingent that brought the PM to power was expunged from No 10. But what does the undignified power struggle mean for the future of Johnson's government?
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| 0:00.0 | Attention at all passengers. You can now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in Uber credits to spend on your next train journey. |
| 0:11.0 | So no excuses not to visit your in-laws this Christmas. |
| 0:16.5 | Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply check the Uber app. It was the sort of media frenzy that's normally reserved for the resignation of a |
| 0:29.9 | Prime Minister, but on Friday evening as a man in a long dark coat with a bulky |
| 0:36.1 | backpack and his belongings packed into a cardboard box walked out of number 10, |
| 0:41.8 | the cameras flashed, the nation gasped, Twitter lit up, and headlines |
| 0:49.2 | were rapidly rewritten. |
| 0:51.0 | Dominic Cummings has left his job as Boris Johnson's chief advisor with immediate effect. |
| 0:55.9 | After a conversation with Boris Johnson today, it was decided he should go immediately. |
| 1:00.3 | One of the most influential figures in Westminster propelled out of the door after a power struggle that erupted publicly and left Downing Street in turmoil. |
| 1:09.0 | It marked the end of a week of frantic negotiations, rouse, resignations and sackings, and behind the |
| 1:16.1 | scenes power struggles that could change the shape of politics in this country. |
| 1:21.4 | We've said an extraordinary roller coaster. Everybody's been |
| 1:23.8 | threatening to design all the time over the last week. What has been going on behind |
| 1:28.8 | the black door at number 10? How will this change the government and what does it tell us about the Prime Minister? |
| 1:35.7 | You're listening to stories of our times from The Times and the Sunday Times. |
| 1:40.6 | I'm Mandvein Rana. |
| 1:41.6 | Today, all change at number 10. The Battle is in charge of government communications. |
| 2:04.7 | This is frankly a battle that has been waging for weeks and weeks in Downing Street, a little |
| 2:08.8 | bit under the radar and it's all burst to the surface this week. |
| 2:12.0 | That's Tim Shipman, the political editor of the Sunday Times. He's |
| 2:15.7 | speaking to me on a hectic Friday afternoon as Dominic Cummings, the most high profile and |
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