Boris Johnson calls the election, moderate Tories flee

Political Fix

Financial Times

News, Politics, News & Politics

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🗓️ 24 June 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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The prime minister finally succeeded in calling a general election this week, so Britain is heading to the polls on December 12. How is the campaign going to shake up? How did the launches for Labour and the Brexit party go? What will be the key themes? Plus, we discuss why so many female moderate Conservatives are quitting politics and the changing face of parliament. Presented by Sebastian Payne, with George Parker, Robert Shrimsley, Laura Hughes and Miranda Green. Produced by Anna Dedhar and Eoin McSweeney.

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0:30.0	Welcome to FT Politics, a weekly discussion on what's happening in Westminster
0:38.5	from the Financial Times.
0:40.0	I'm Sebastian Payne.
0:41.4	In this episode, we'll be discussing the UK's
0:43.7	Impending General Election.
0:45.6	Boris Johnson was finally successful in closing down this Parliament,
0:49.2	taking to the country-free pre-crestments election on December 12th.
0:53.2	We'll be taking into the first few days of campaigning,
0:55.9	the stunning of all the parties,
0:57.4	and in particular, the role of the Brexit party might play.
1:00.5	Plus, we'll be discussing the striking number of moderate conservatives
1:03.8	who are leaving politics this election,
1:05.9	and why so many women are leaving the front line too.
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