Badenoch vs Jenrick: the battle for the soul of the Tory party
The News Agents
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🗓️ 25 October 2024
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
The Tory party are down to the final two in another long contest for leader. It's an unusual contest with both Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick coming from the right of the party.
So, who are they? What do they believe? And how would they shape the Conservative Party after the worst defeat in its history?
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.2 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:14.9 | I'm also delighted that Theresa May will be the next Prime Minister. |
| 0:18.6 | She is strong, she is competent, she's more than able to |
| 0:22.1 | provide the leadership that our country is going to be in the years ahead, and she will have |
| 0:26.8 | by full support. And therefore I give notice that Boris Johnson is elected as the leader of the |
| 0:33.9 | Conservative and unionist party. Therefore, I give notice that Liz Trust is elected as the leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party. Therefore, I give notice that Liz Trust is elected as the leader of the Conservative |
| 0:42.3 | and Unionist Party. |
| 0:43.3 | And Rishi Sunak is therefore elected as the regional |
| 0:48.3 | the Conservatives. |
| 0:53.3 | Following this result, I will step down as party leader, not immediately, but once the formal arrangements for selecting my successor are in place. |
| 1:04.0 | They've become so familiar, haven't they? |
| 1:06.0 | Part of the rhythm of our lives. There's the Olympics, Wimbledon, Cruffs, and the nearly annual Conservative |
| 1:12.9 | Party leadership contest. We are on day 112 of the most recent one, and hey, as far as I'm concerned, |
| 1:18.5 | who's counting? Given in a genius PR move from central office, the results come on November the |
| 1:23.7 | second sandwiched in between, well, the budget and Czech's notes, the US presidential election, |
| 1:29.7 | it is just possible that the news on the result itself gets rather squeezed. |
| 1:33.9 | So before we get distracted by two bear moths of news to come, foreign and domestic, |
| 1:38.2 | we thought we'd look at Badnock and Jenrick, a closer profile in political power. |
| 1:44.1 | Who are they? What do they believe? And what would |
| 1:46.7 | they do differently to the Conservative Party, enfeebled, beleaguered, but still just about the |
| 1:52.9 | alternative government in this country? What whisper it would they be like, not just as leader |
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