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I'm Sebastian Payne.

In this episode, we'll be discussing the latest in the Conservative Party leadership contest,

what Matt Hancock has been saying to the FT, where Michael Govis and

why Boris Johnson has yet to enter the race.

Plus, we'll be looking ahead to Donald Trump's state visit to the UK and how Theresa May is going to navigate it as a

lame duck prime minister. I'm delighted to be joined by a columnist Robert Shrimsley,

deputy appeared to Miranda Green, White or editor James Blitz, and Chief Foreign Affairs commentator Gideon

Rackman. Thank you all for joining. If you find yourself liking this

episode of FT Politics then don't forget to subscribe through all the usual

channels to receive it every Saturday morning. We also do quite like a positive

review. So the Tory leadership contest has yet to formally begin yet all

the candidates are going and there's a lot of them. There are now 11

candidates in the race to succeed Theresa May when she steps down as party leader

on June the 7th. There are five main candidates but a lot of other people have

thrown their hats into the ring possibly just to try and get themselves a better job

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